FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 23/02/2026

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 23/02/2026

Total Yarding : 1627

Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 1627 head. Quality continues to be mixed with some quality lines of well bred cattle offered along with the secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.

Yearling steers lifted 8 to 12c/kg with middle and heavyweights to feed selling from 390 to 509c/kg. Finished types to processors sold from 445 to 470c/kg. The heifer portion was also 8 to 19c better with feeders paying from 378 to 465c/kg. Finished heifers to processors ranged in price from 430 to 455c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks sold from 420 to 467c/kg. Grown heifers received from 386 to 430c/kg. An excellent run of cows were firm to a couple better. heavy finished cows sold from 372 to 394c/kg with plainer types from 348 to 368c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 400c/kg.