FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 27/10/2025

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 27/10/2025

Total Yarding : 1825

Numbers lifted this sale with agents yarding 1825 head. Quality was very mixed with a large percentage of secondary cattle penned and less weight yarded than previous weeks. The usual buyers were present and competing in a mostly firm to dearer market but one where prices fluctuated with quality and breed.

Yearling steers to feed were 2c to 6c dearer with prices ranging from 380 to 499c/kg. Finished types to processors sold from 440c to 483c/kg. Yearling heifers to feed sold from 369c to 460c/kg with quality having an effect on price. Those to processors received from 373c to 469c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks sold from 395c to 483c/kg. Grown heifers ranged from 350 to 420c/kg. Cows lifted 10c to 12c with heavy 2 score from 356c to 380c and 3 score 372 to 401c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 384c/kg.