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Dalby Regional Saleyards: auction in Dalby

Dalby Regional Saleyards is a regional live-cattle marketplace in Queensland serving both prime and store stock. Dalby, Australia.

AGR-381 · Auction · Dalby, Australia · AUD

Dalby Regional Saleyards is a regional live-cattle marketplace in Queensland serving both prime and store stock. It brings producer consignments together with buyers operating at different stages of beef production. The operator advertises a regular Wednesday sale starting at 7:30 am. Transactions concern physical groups of animals, making category, weight, condition and collection arrangements as important as the nominal price. The venue is useful for producers seeking a selling channel and buyers comparing stock suitable for their production system.

A Western Downs Regional Council release dated 6 August 2026 reports 298,499 cattle sold in the 2025/26 financial year. Separately, the 28 October 2026 market report records 2,486 head yarded. The first number is an annual sales result; the second measures supply at one session and comes from an interim report. They cannot establish the proportion sold at that session without additional transaction data. Keeping the financial year and sale date separate makes the statistics useful rather than misleading.

Buyers register at the saleyards office in the canteen building or contact their preferred agent. Vendors book cattle through an agent by 11 am on the Tuesday before the standard sale. The operator publishes a list of licensed selling agents. Confirm the date, receiving arrangements and documentation for the intended consignment before dispatch, since special sales and seasonal breaks may differ from the usual weekly pattern.

The public Agora report separates stock classes, weight bands and buyer destinations. It includes Australian cents per kilogram liveweight as well as other value columns. Preserve the correct column heading and observation date when recording a quotation. A class average provides market context, but is not an offer for arbitrary cattle and does not automatically include commission or haulage costs. Its interim label should also remain visible when the figures are reused.

For a practical selling enquiry, prepare a consistent description of the group: head count, sex, production type, expected weight and information relevant to subsequent management. Buyers should state the intended use of the animals and compare matching classes before agreeing collection and any weight-related settlement arrangements. Ask the agent for the full transaction cost and document handover procedure. Dalby's information is particularly useful for following a specific regional cattle market, provided it is kept separate from national price indicators and results from other saleyards. A clear distinction between animals offered and animals sold is essential when assessing market capacity or demand.

What is priced: Livestock and meat

Products and quotations

Prime and store cattle: steers; heifers; cows and bulls

Sources

All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources