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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 reported price $5.85/kg Week of 7 Sept 2026
▲ 4.4% 1 week ▲ 10.7% 12 month
Breed price trendTracked weekly average · $/kg liveweight
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Market summary

The quick read

Charolais cattle averaged $5.85/kg liveweight in the latest reported week of 7 Sept 2026. Recent movement is 1 month: up 2.5%; 3 months: down 5.3%; 6 months: down 5.3%; 12 months: up 10.6%. In the recent comparable rows, results most often reference the Heifers class, the 120 reported weight band, and Frankton. Treat the benchmark as context: weight, class, quality, region and sale date can materially change an individual result.

What this means

The latest reported charolais result is $5.85/kg liveweight for the week of 7 Sept 2026. That is 4.4% above last week and 10.7% 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 6 Sept 2021 to 7 Sept 2026. Public reporting varies and the benchmark may not include every lot sold.

Latest / kg
$5.85/kg
week of 7 Sept 2026
Avg / head
$1,450
where reported
Latest evidence
64 head
8 lots across 5 sales
Source
Verified sold BIDR lots
breed-labelled price lines

Class mix

matching rows
Heifers827matching rows · 30% of evidence
Weaners809matching rows · 30% of evidence
Steers793matching rows · 29% of evidence
Bulls291matching rows · 11% of evidence

Breed variants

source labels
Charolais2,720source rows · 100% of evidence

Recent comparable sales

Charolais · latest first
Sale dateSaleyardClass Avg $/kgAvg $/headHead soldWeight band
11 Sept 2026 Te Kuiti Steers $6.15/kg $1,580 22 257
9 Sept 2026 Temuka Heifers $5.59/kg $1,120 13 200
9 Sept 2026 Frankton Heifers $5.24/kg $2,700 4 515
9 Sept 2026 Frankton Heifers $5.45/kg $1,390 2 255
9 Sept 2026 Frankton Weaners $8.41/kg $820 8 98
9 Sept 2026 Stratford Weaners $7.67/kg $920 2 120
9 Sept 2026 Stratford Heifers $5.38/kg $1,200 7 223
8 Sept 2026 Rangiuru Heifers $5.34/kg $2,180 6 408
2 Sept 2026 Frankton Weaners $8.91/kg $780 2 88
1 Sept 2026 Stratford Steers $5.48/kg $3,560 2 650

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