CHARTERS TOWERS COMBINED AGENTS PRIME & STORE SALE
MARKET REPORT
Wednesday – 24th of July 2024
Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2884 cattle, consisting of 1358 Prime cattle
& 1526 Store cattle. The Prime cattle consisted of 237 Bullocks, 172 Heifers, 912 Cows and 37 Bulls.
The Store section consisted of 661 Steers, 260 Mickeys, 587 Heifers and 18 x 18 Cows & Calves.
Cattle comprised of a larger yarding of heavy prime cattle, with a total of 912 cows penned. With all categories selling to a firm to slightly dearer trend.
The yarding was drawn from Mt Isa, Burketown, Georgetown, Normanton, Croydon, Hughenden, Prairie as well as local and coastal areas.

Prime Quotes: Bullocks were firm, Heifers were firm, Cows were 10 -15c dearer, and Bulls firm on last week’s rates.
Bullocks topped at 286¢/kg sold on A/c Brown & Sons that weighed 581kg to return a $1,663 per head.
Best priced trade Heifers were presented on A/c Pat & Carol Myles that sold for 286¢/kg and weighed 490kg to return $1,402 per head.
The top pen of Cows were sold on A/c M & B Davison for 274¢/kg, weighing 549kg to return $1,504 per head.
Bulls sold on A/c Fleetwood Grazing topped at 270¢/kg and weighed 780kg, to return $2,107 per head.

Store Quotes: Store cattle were met with fair competition from local backgrounders and feedlot operators.
A pen of 20 Steers on A/c T & B Whelan, made 300¢/kg and weighed 207kg, returning an average of $621 per head.
A pen of Mickeys on A/c BW & MI Landsberg, made 270 c/kg and weighed 370 kg returning $1000 per head.
A good pen of Heifers on A/c Greg & Jocelyn Condon, made 256¢/kg weighed 355kg returning $909 per head.
18 x 18 cows and calves ranged from 500 -$1200 per unit.