DATA & METHODOLOGY

How Saleyard market data works

Saleyard turns public cattle sale results into plain market context for farmers, agents and buyers. The numbers are indicative, not offers to trade.

Sources

What is included

BIDR: verified sold and finalised lot results form the highest-precedence Store price evidence.

AG Online: verified sold Store class results add coverage where the reported tally and prices describe one non-overlapping cohort.

MyLivestock: exact and ranged price reports add market context. A line without a reported tally is never counted as one animal or used to move a tally-weighted headline.

Processor schedules: works schedule rows are stored separately as carcass-weight data. They are not mixed into saleyard liveweight averages.

Interpretation

How to read the numbers

Coverage: Saleyard processes a multi-year public saleyard archive, including current 2026 results and historical sale data where available. Coverage varies by source, saleyard and reporting period.

Price basis: saleyard prices are shown as indicative $/kg liveweight or $/head where reported. Processor schedule data is carcass-weight and kept separate.

Averages: weekly Store and class prices are calculated from verified sold lots using represented liveweight. Per-head prices are converted using the same lot's average liveweight.

Clearance: clearance is shown only as “where reported” because offered and sold numbers vary by source and can sometimes be identical in public tables.

Limitations: mixed store/prime lines without class detail are disclosed separately. Actual sale prices still depend on quality, timing, freight, buyer demand, breeding, and yard.

Not advice: Saleyard is market information only. It is not financial advice and it is not an offer to buy or sell cattle.

Important: Liveweight saleyard prices and carcass-weight processor schedules use different price bases and should not be compared directly.