September 21, 2017
Agents yarded 650 in Murgon on Tuesday, where values seemed to remain fairly firm on the previous sale.
The current dry paddock conditions are now obviously taking their toll, especially on heavier adult cattle.
But better lines of weaner steers sold well, and so did fresher killable vealer heifers.
However numbers of both feeder steers and heifers were in short supply.
Cattle were consigned from Coringa, Mt Perry, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Yarraman, Nanango, Kingaroy and the Murgon district.
Sale results:
- The best of the Heavy Bulls sold to $2.46/kg and $2440
- Heavy export steers sold to $2.66/kg for $1840
- Cows over 500kg sold to $2.20/kg, averaging $2.04/kg
- Cows 400–500kg averaged $2.06/kg and topped at $2.10/kg
- Cows under 400kg sold to $1.93/kg
- Heavy feeder steers from Murgon sold to $1430 at $2.70/kg
- 483kg Charbray steers from C & M Adams of Eidsvold sold for $1300 at $2.69/kg
- 430kg Charbray steers from N & L Pearce of Tansey sold for $1179 and $2.74/kg
- 325kg Wagyu cross steers from Crownthorpe sold for $3.01/kg returning $978
- 332kg Brangus steers from R & R Pender of Tansey sold for $980 at $2.95/kg
- 310 Brahman cross steers from R Sudull of Nanango sold for $905 at $2.92/kg
- Three pens of Santa weaner steers from G & T Campbell of Paradise Dam sold for an average of $770 at $3.19/kg, topping at $857.00
- 226kg Angus weaner steers from Moffatdale also sold to $3.19/kg for $722
- Droughtmaster weaner steers from T & A Dennien of Windera sold to $3.16/kg for $682
- Light Droughtmaster steers from Booubyjan sold to $3.34/kg, returning $600
- Local Droughtmaster heifers weighing 309kg sold to $2.65/kg for $820
- Devon heifers weighing 319kg from D. Hoogstraten of Goomeri sold for $821 at $2.57/kg
- 230kg Santa weaner heifers from Coringa sold for $653 at $2.83/kg and their 257kg sisters sold for $708 and $2.75/kg
- 245kg Angus weaner heifers sold for $687 and $2.80/kg
- Charbray weaner heifers from Proston sold for $642 at $2.78/kg
The next Fat and Store sale will be held at the Murgon Saleyards on Tuesday, October 3.
