Eastern Young Cattle Indicator climbs 8c/kg in a week

The benchmark ECYI Indicator has now risen 82c/kg in the past month, to sit 278c/kg higher than the same time last year. See the latest figures.

The benchmark Eastern Young Cattle Indicator is sitting at 907c/kg carcass weight on November 21, 2025.

It is up 8c/kg in a week, 82c/kg in one month and 278c/kg than the same time last year.

The National Young Cattle Indicator is trading at 484c/kg liveweight on November 21, 2025. It has risen 11c/kg in one week, 56c/kg in one month and 150c/kg higher than the same time last year.

The EYCI, calculated by Meat and Livestock Australia, is the key price guide for restocker, processor and feedlot buyers, and sellers.

Precisely, it is derived from the seven-day moving average price for C2 and C3 vealers and yearlings at major cattle markets in NSW, Victoria and Queensland.

Meanwhile, NYCI is the key price guide for vealer, weaner, and yearling heifers, steers and mixed pens bought by restockers, with a live weight from 200kg.

It is a seven-day rolling average of young cattle sold across all National Livestock Reporting Service-reported saleyards and online livestock marketplaces. It is expressed in cents-a-kilogram liveweight.

Selling action at the Yea weaner sale.

The EYCI’s latest close is based on 24,269 cattle sold during the past seven days. The top eight contributing saleyards were as follows:

Dalby

Head: 4158

Contribution %: 17.13

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 934.92

Dubbo

Head: 3964

Contribution %: 16.33

Average Price (c/kg cwt Current Close: 914.63

Wagga Wagga

Head: 3082

Contribution %: 12.70

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 938.95

Gunnedah

Head: 2201

Contribution %: 9.07

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 879.09

Roma

Head: 1936

Contribution %: 7.98

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 944.69

TRLX Tamworth

Head: 1361

Contribution %: 5.61

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 897.85

CTLX Carcoar

Head: 1057

Contribution %: 4.36

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 904.59

Forbes

Head: 923

Contribution %: 3.80

Average Price (c/kg cwt) Current Close: 863.36

The NYCI’s latest close is based on 19,995 sold during the past seven days. The top eight contributing saleyards were as follows:

NSW Online Sales

Head: 5224

Contribution %: 26.13

Avg Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 493.33

Dalby

Head: 2872

Contribution %: 14.36

Avg Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 493.99

Queensland Online Sales

Head: 2393

Contribution %: 11.97

Avg Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 478.28

Roma

Head: 1065

Contribution %: 5.33

Avg Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 508.96

CQLX Gracemere

Head: 884

Contribution %: 4.42

Avg Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 439.23

Vic Online Sales

Head: 803

Contribution %: 4.02

Avg Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 526.13

Wagga Wagga

Head: 757

Contribution %: 3.79

Av Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 510.75

TRLX Tamworth

Head: 563

Contribution %: 2.82

Avg Price (c/kg lwt) Current Close: 491.60

Please note: Saleyards with incomplete data have been excluded from this list.

For more, visit: mla.com.au/prices-markets/cattle/eycireport/