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Charolais cattle prices

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

Charolais cattle
Latest tracked price $5.28/kg
▼ 6.4% 1 week ▼ 6.8% 12 month
Breed price trendTracked weekly average · $/kg liveweight
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$7.65$6.11$4.57$3.03$1.49 6 Sept 202116 Jan 202315 Apr 20242 Jun 202520 Jul 2026 $5.28
Market summary

The quick read

Charolais cattle are averaging $5.28/kg liveweight in the latest tracked benchmark. Recent movement is 1 month: down 2.9%; 3 months: down 8.3%; 6 months: down 16.5%; 12 months: down 6.7%. In the recent comparable rows, results most often reference the Heifers class, the 151-250 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

Charolais are currently reading at $5.28/kg liveweight in the latest weekly benchmark. That is 6.4% below last week and 6.8% below 52 completed weeks earlier.

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 6 Sept 2021 to 20 Jul 2026. Public reporting varies and the benchmark may not include every lot sold.

Current / kg
$5.28/kg
latest weekly average
Avg / head
$2,008
where reported
Evidence
6
3 sales with matching rows
Source
Market reports
breed-labelled price lines

Class mix

matching rows
Steers2,218matching rows · 36967% of evidence
Heifers2,160matching rows · 36000% of evidence
Weaners2,024matching rows · 33733% of evidence
Bulls441matching rows · 7350% of evidence
Bobby Calves291matching rows · 4850% of evidence
Cows98matching rows · 1633% of evidence
Other Cattle1matching rows · 17% of evidence

Breed variants

source labels
Charolais X4,171source rows · 69517% of evidence
Charolais3,062source rows · 51033% of evidence

Recent comparable sales

Charolais · latest first
Sale dateSaleyardClass Avg $/kgAvg $/headHead soldWeight band
23 Jul 2026 Feilding Weaners $7.31/kg $1,270 16 151-250
23 Jul 2026 Tuakau Heifers $950 12 100-120
23 Jul 2026 Tuakau Steers $1,115 12 121-150
23 Jul 2026 Tuakau Steers $1,110 11 100-120
23 Jul 2026 Tuakau Heifers $1,020 11 121-150
22 Jul 2026 Stratford Heifers $5.64/kg $1,080 151-250
22 Jul 2026 Stratford Steers $6.42/kg $1,060 151-250
22 Jul 2026 Stratford Heifers $4.99/kg $2,270 401-480
21 Jul 2026 Rongotea Heifers $4.86/kg $2,220 3 401-480
21 Jul 2026 Stratford Heifers $5.61/kg $1,740 6 251-350

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