Good lines of prime cows dominated the prime section of the yarding at Charters Towers on Wednesday.

Values for bullocks, cows and bulls reduced at Mareeba this week.

It is still unclear whether the US and Japan have reached agreement on a bilateral deal.

Slaughter cattle remained firm and bullocks increased an average of 15c/kg at Gracemere on Friday.

There were 688 prime cattle and 1485 store cattle yarded at Charters Towers on Wednesday.

Despite selling on a falling market, Russell and Cathy Hall were happy with the prices received for their line of Charolais cross steers at Blackall on Thursday.

Slaughter types experienced a marginal lift in rate at Emerald on Thursday.

Mareeba agents yarded 540 cattle at this week's prime and store cattle sale.

Woolworths now appears to have made the transition to its case-ready model.

There was a larger than normal number of cows offered at Emerald on Thursday.