Market Highlights - Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Published on 06 May 2026
There was a reduction in numbers at this week’s Tuesday cattle sale following the Labour Day public holiday in Queensland on Monday; however, the quality and selection of the consignments available once again solidified the Roma Saleyards as the marketplace of choice.
Cattle hailed from across Queensland and New South Wales and the regular buyers, feedlotters and backgrounders were among the laneways and competing for the yarding consisting of just over 4,700 head.
A large portion of the yarding was drawn from the Maranoa supply district including the areas of Jackson, Mitchell, Mungallala, Surat and Wallumbilla.
Cattle also travelled from far afield to go under the hammer, from McKinlay in the north, Adavale, Augathella, Eromanga, Cunnamulla and Windorah in the west and Glen Innes in the south.
DrayCo Beef of ‘Finsbury Park’, Roma, offloaded Charolais cross steers, selling to 524c/kg, to weigh 306kg and receive $1,605/hd.
With five pens of steers on offer, four of the pens sold to 526c/kg.
The heaviest pen weighed in at 337kg and returned $1,775/hd.
DrayCo Beef also sold Charolais cross heifers at this week’s sale, with the heifers fetching 377c/kg, averaging 271kg and making $1,023/hd.
One pen of heifers sold to 376c/kg, weighing in at 299kg and receiving a return of $1,126/hd.
The lines were consigned through TopX Roma. Pictured are vendors Pam and Brian Dray and TopX livestock agent Carl Warren.
Nugent Farming sold Angus steers and Angus heifers at this week’s sale, with the steers fetching 526c/kg, to weigh 245kg and average $1,293/hd, and the heifers selling to 363c/kg, weighing in at 233kg and returning $847/hd.
Travelling from ‘Balaclava’, Glen Innes, New South Wales to go to market, four pens of Nugent Farming’s steers sold to 534c/kg.
The heaviest pen of the four pens averaged 267kg and received $1,428/hd.
Two pens of Nugent Farming’s heifers sold to 376c/kg, the heaviest of the two pens weighing in at 254kg and returning $958/hd.
The lines were consigned through TopX Roma. Pictured is TopX livestock agent Carl Warren with Nugent Farming’s steers.
DA & KL York, based out of ‘Bainbilla’, Surat, sold steers, selling to 494c/kg to average 330kg and make $1,633/hd.
One pen of Charolais cross steers fetched 516c/kg to weigh 324kg and receive $1,674/hd.
A pen of Limousin cross steers sold to 506c/kg, weighing in at 356kg and returning $1,804/hd.
Along with offloading steers at this week’s sale, DA & KL York also sold heifers, selling to 365c/kg, weighing 282kg and averaging $1,031/hd.
One pen of Limousin cross heifers sold to 374c/kg, to weigh 291kg and make $1,090/hd.
Another pen of Limousin cross heifers fetched 382c/kg, weighing in at 289kg and receiving a return of $1,106/hd.
The lines were consigned through Watkins and Company. Pictured are DA & KL York’s steers.