CHARTERS TOWERS COMBINED AGENTS MARKET REPORT
Wednesday – 16th September 2020
Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2507 cattle consisting of 1217 Prime Cattle and 1290 Store Cattle. The Prime Cattle consisted of 125 Bullocks, 219 Heifers, 797 Cows and 76 Bulls.
Store Cattle consisted of 302 Steers, 124 Mickeys, 833 Heifers, 13 Vet PTIC Cows and 18 Cows & Calves.
Majority of the Prime Cattle of the sale consisted of mostly meat works Cows that were showing the effects from the dry conditions of the late season. Competition was firm across the board. The yarding was drawn from Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Laura, Croydon, Georgetown, Einasleigh, Burketown, Ingham, Gumlu as well as local and coastal areas.
Prime Quotes:
Bullocks were unchanged, Heifers were 5-10¢ dearer, Cows were 2¢ easier and Bulls were unchanged on last week’s rates.
| Description | Category | Wt. Range kg | Head | Price in cents/kg | ||
| Lowest | Average | Highest | ||||
| Steers & Bullocks | Medium | Up to 500kg | 50 | 262 | 302 | 350 |
| Heavy | Over 500kg | 75 | 268 | 332 | 340 | |
| Heifers | Medium | Up to 440kg | 208 | 180 | 310 | 342 |
| Heavy | Over 440kg | 11 | 270 | 298 | 312 | |
| Cows | Medium | Up to 400kg | 508 | 120 | 205 | 260 |
| Heavy | Over 400kg | 289 | 185 | 246 | 268 | |
| Bulls | Medium | Up to 450kg | 30 | 268 | 298 | 340 |
| Heavy | Over 450kg | 46 | 158 | 306 | 338 | |
Bullocks topped at 340.2¢/kg sold on a/c M McClymont, Cloncurry that weighed 600kg to return $2041 per head.
Best priced Trade Heifers were presented on a/c Mt Douglas Pastoral Co, “Mt Douglas”, Clermont that sold for 342.2¢/kg and weighed 326kg to return $1117 per head. The top pen of Cows was sold by a/c Cameron Hewitt, “Hanging Rock”, Charters Towers for 268.2¢/kg, weighing 644kg to return $1727 per head.
Bulls sold on a/c Elrose Ent., “Elrose”, Cloncurry topped at 338.2¢/kg and weighed 665kg to return $2249 per head.
Store Quotes:
Store cattle were made up of limited lines of Steers with majority of the yarding consisting of good lines of Heifers. Feeder types met with stronger competition while younger cattle were less in demand.
| Description | Wt. Range kg | Head | Price in cents/kg | ||
| Lowest | Average | Highest | |||
|
Steers |
Up to 200kg | 40 | 280 | 334 | 398 |
| 200 – 320kg | 214 | 230 | 362 | 398 | |
| 320 – 400kg | 48 | 220 | 338 | 360 | |
| Over 400kg | – | – | – | – | |
| Mickeys | Up to 400kg | 124 | – | 323 | 344 |
|
Heifers |
Up to 200kg | 224 | 120 | 319 | 360 |
| 200 – 320kg | 533 | 218 | 321 | 374 | |
| 320 – 370kg | 76 | 300 | 331 | 344 | |
A pen of 4 Steers a/c G & J Easton, “Sandy Creek”, Ravenswood made 398.2¢/kg and weighed 208kg, returning an average of $828 per head.
A good line of 117 Heifers on a/c Mt Douglas Pastoral Co, “Mt Douglas”, Clermont topped at 348.2¢/kg to average 345¢/kg, weighed 316kg returning an average of $1090 per head.
13 Vet PTIC Brangus Cows to a Charbray Bull on a/c GJ O’Donoghue, Charters Towers sold for $1360 per head.
6 x 6 Cows and Calves sold on a/c M Easton, “Sandy Creek”, Ravenswood returned $1230 per unit.
Read the latest Charters Towers Store Cattle Report courtesy of Nutrien Ag Charters Towers Nutrien Market Report1609
