Week-on-week comparisons don’t comply with the present turn-off story attributable to seasonal situations. Beginning on the high, Queensland cattle yardings elevated by greater than 10,000 head on the again of final week’s rain interruptions at Gracemere and Charters Towers. Nonetheless, year-on-year the weekly yarding was 10% decrease, sitting proper on Meat & Livestock Australia’s rolling three-year common.
Shifting to NSW, the place elements of the State are nonetheless comparatively dry, and yardings fell from final week’s sky-high determine of over 56,000 head, possible a file quantity. Nonetheless, it was nonetheless greater than 20,000 head above the MLA rolling common, 27% greater than the identical week final yr, and 93% above the five-year-average.
Cattle slaughter dipped final week to its lowest level since January, however remained above the final two years, up practically 12% on the identical week in 2025. Regardless of saleyard quantity discrepancies, the state slaughter breakdown remained pretty on par with the standard, whereas feminine slaughter got here in proper on the 47% turn-off mark.
The Japanese States Younger Cattle Indicator got here below probably the most stress this week, shedding 32¢/kg for the week and touchdown at 865¢/kg. In fact it stays traditionally sturdy, on the second-highest stage on file for this explicit week of the yr, and 12% above the five-year-average. Dalby, Queensland, had 20% of the throughput for the EYCI and averaged 839¢/kg, bringing the worth again, whereas in Wagga Wagga, NSW, (10%) EYCI eligible cattle averaged 919¢/kg.
Feeder steers held up the most effective nationally, and whereas Dalby was once more the bulk yarding, this time it sat nicely above the common. The nationwide value indicator closed at 484¢/kg, down about 5¢/kg for the week however sustaining the best premium over month-ago ranges of all the main classes, up by 12¢/kg. Processor cows solely misplaced 6¢/kg for the week, and this was on the again of a rise in nationwide indicator throughput of greater than 16,000 head, by far the most important weekly leap. NSW had the highest six yardings quantity clever, and averaged 2¢/kg under the nationwide indicator.
