Wednesday – 12th November
Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2,804 cattle consisting of 1,999 Prime Cattle & 805 Store Cattle.
The Prime cattle consisted of 543 Bullocks, 255 Heifers, 890 Cows and 311 Bulls.
The Store Cattle consisted of 439 Steers, 321 Heifers & 45x45 Cows & Calves.
Cattle comprised of several good lines of heavy Bullocks, isolated pens of heavy Heifers and Cows, and good numbers of Bulls.
All categories experienced strong competition, particularly in the Prime section with Stores selling to last week’s rates.
The yarding was drawn from Hughenden, Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Richmond, Georgetown, Mount Garnett as well as local and coastal areas.
Bullocks were quoted 20¢ dearer, Heifers were 25¢ dearer, Cows were 25¢ dearer and Bulls were 40¢ dearer on last week’s rates.
Prime Quotes:
• Bullocks Topped at 448.2¢/kg A/c LG Grazing that weighed 673kg to return to $3,016 per head.
• Best priced trade heifers were presented on A/c Circle X Cattle Co that sold for 430.2¢/kg and weighed 456kg return to $1,960 per head.
• The top pen of Cows was sold by A/c Ashley Smith for 420.2¢/kg weighing 654kg to return $2,750 per head.
• Bulls sold on A/c JR & DJ Brownson topped 386.2¢/kg and weighed 642kg to return $2,479 per head.
Store Quotes:
• A pen of 27 Steers A/c PG & RC Terry, “Robinhood”, Forsayth sold for 438¢/kg, to weigh 351kg and return $1,537 per head.
• A good pen of 12 Weaner Heifers A/c L & L Fegan, sold for 396¢/kg, to weigh 276kg and return $1,093 per head.
• Cows and Calves sold from a range of $900 to $1,575 per unit.
NEXT PRIME & STORE SALE IS BOOKED FOR WEDNESDAY, 19th NOVEMBER 2025
