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Belgian Blue cattle prices

Belgian Blue price history from breed-labelled New Zealand cattle sale results, shown as an indicative liveweight benchmark.

Belgian Blue cattle
Latest reported price $5.16/kg Week of 7 Sept 2026
— 1 week ▲ 5.3% 12 month
Breed price trendTracked weekly average · $/kg liveweight
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Market summary

The quick read

Belgian Blue cattle averaged $5.16/kg liveweight in the latest reported week of 7 Sept 2026. Recent movement is 1 month: up 4.7%; 3 months: up 9.8%; 6 months: down 14.0%; 12 months: up 5.3%. In the recent comparable rows, results most often reference the Heifers class, the 102 reported weight band, and Stratford. Treat the benchmark as context: weight, class, quality, region and sale date can materially change an individual result.

What this means

The latest reported belgian blue result is $5.16/kg liveweight for the week of 7 Sept 2026. That is not yet comparable with last week and 5.3% above this time last year.

How to use it

Use this as a market starting point, then account for breed, weight, yard, quality, transport, fees and the specific sale conditions.

What affects price

Weight, breed, cattle class, quality, condition, region, buyer demand and sale timing can all move an individual result away from the benchmark.

Coverage and caveat

The line is a cleaned weekly saleyard price series from 8 Aug 2022 to 7 Sept 2026. Public reporting varies and the benchmark may not include every lot sold.

Latest / kg
$5.16/kg
week of 7 Sept 2026
Avg / head
$1,888
where reported
Latest evidence
15 head
3 lots across 1 sales
Source
Verified sold BIDR lots
breed-labelled price lines

Class mix

matching rows
Heifers102matching rows · 44% of evidence
Steers75matching rows · 32% of evidence
Weaners39matching rows · 17% of evidence
Bulls16matching rows · 7% of evidence

Breed variants

source labels
Belgian Blue232source rows · 100% of evidence

Recent comparable sales

Belgian Blue · latest first
Sale dateSaleyardClass Avg $/kgAvg $/headHead soldWeight band
9 Sept 2026 Stratford Steers $4.94/kg $2,000 4 405
9 Sept 2026 Stratford Heifers $5.23/kg $1,920 7 367
9 Sept 2026 Stratford Heifers $5.29/kg $1,720 4 325
24 Aug 2026 Cambridge Weaners $8.63/kg $880 2 102
20 Aug 2026 Lumsden Steers $5.06/kg $2,060 7 407
20 Aug 2026 Lumsden Steers $5.55/kg $1,320 8 238
20 Aug 2026 Lumsden Heifers $4.81/kg $1,650 10 343
19 Aug 2026 Frankton Steers $5.05/kg $2,710 3 537
11 Aug 2026 Stratford Heifers $4.93/kg $2,390 2 485
14 Jul 2026 Rongotea Heifers $4.90/kg $2,070 2 423

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Prices are indicative and depend on weight, class, region, quality and sale conditions.