Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2,544 cattle, consisting of 1,131 prime cattle & 1,407 store cattle. The Prime cattle consisted of 118 Bullocks, 192 Heifers, 458 Cows and 363 Bulls. The Store cattle consisted of 716 Steers, 133 Mickeys, 543 Heifers and 15 Cows & Calves.

Cattle comprised of isolated pens of heavy, well finished Prime cattle and the remainder lacked weight and condition. There was good competition from processors and exporters on suitable pens. The yarding was drawn from Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Richmond, Torrens Creek, Hughenden, Croydon, Mt Surprise, Atherton as well as local and coastal areas.

Prime Quotes: Bullocks were unchanged, Heifers were unchanged, Cows were 10¢ dearer and Bulls were 10¢ easier on last week’s rates.

• Bullocks topped at 345¢/kg sold on A/c Peter J Reeves, Atherton that weighed 695kg to return a $2,399 per head.
• Best priced trade Heifers were presented on A/c SA Grazing, “Hopewell Park”, Torrens Creek that sold for 290¢/kg and weighed 520kg to return $1,509 per head.
• The top pen of Cows were sold by A/c SA Grazing, “Hopewell Park”, Torrens Creek for 284¢/kg, weighing 549kg to return $1,560 per head.
• Bulls sold on A/c Gipsy Plains Cattle Co, “Gipsy Plains”, Cloncurry topped at 286¢/kg and weighed 837kg, to return $2,393 per head.

Store Quotes: Store cattle were made up of some good lines of lightweight Steers and Heifers which sold to strong competition from western and coastal restockers.

• A pen of 31 Steers A/c KJ & MM Taylor, “Oaralat”, Mt Surprise made 358¢/kg and weighed 227kg, returning an average of $812 per head.
• A good pen of 28 Heifers on A/c RG Keats & Co, “Bow Park”, Julia Creek made 278¢/kg, weighed 363kg returning $1,009 per head.
• 13 x 13 Cows & Calves sold on A/c D & A Forster, “Stonington”, Pentland returned $935 per unit.