{"id":165586,"date":"2016-12-07T23:34:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T13:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=165586"},"modified":"2020-09-30T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T00:33:47","slug":"cattle-sale-draws-800-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/12\/07\/cattle-sale-draws-800-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattle Sale Draws 800 Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_165591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165591\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161207-murgon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-165591\" title=\"20161207 Murgon cattle sales\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161207-murgon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161207-murgon.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161207-murgon-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Numbers and prices both stayed firm at Murgon&#8217;s final fortnightly cattle sale for the year, which was held at the Murgon Sale Yards on Tuesday (Photo: Pratt Agencies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 7, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prattagencies.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pratt Agencies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Numbers remained high in Murgon for the cattle sale on Tuesday, with 800 cattle yarded.<\/p>\n<p>The market for all descriptions was fully firm on the previous sale, and there was an improvement in the values of most weaners, both for steers and heifers.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were drawn from Mundubbera, Gayndah, Mt Perry, Coringa, Biggenden, Nanango, Kingaroy, Kilkivan and Murgon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> of 560kg from K &amp; M Armstrong at Manyung sold for $3.05\/kg for a $1700 return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Charolais cows<\/strong> from Manumbar sold to $2.45\/kg for $1765. Cows over 500kg averaged $2.33\/kg, 400-500kg cows sold to $2.40\/kg, averaging $2.22\/kg, and lighter cows under 400kg sold to $1.70\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A few <strong>Heavy Bulls<\/strong> were yarded, the tops selling to $2.48\/kg and $1820.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Export heifers<\/strong> topped at $2.98\/kg and $1320.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais cross steers<\/strong> of 428kg from B. Knight at Manumbar sold at $3.40\/kg for $1458.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> weighing 410kg sold to $1365 at $3.35\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais cross steers<\/strong> weighing 320kg from S &amp; J Hodgson of Redgate sold for $1136 at $3.54\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Santa cross steers<\/strong> of 375kg from A &amp; K Zerner of Murgon sold for $1290 and $3.44\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais steers<\/strong> of 380kg from G &amp; C Julian sold for $3.40\/kg to return $1290.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray steers<\/strong> of 352kg from L &amp; R Newton sold for $1202 and $3.41\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster weaner steers<\/strong> from J. Webber of Cloyna sold for $902 and $3.98\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brangus weaner steers<\/strong> on the account of R &amp; D Warren at Hivesvillle sold for $810 at $3.96\/kg. R. Randle of Johnstown also sold Brangus weaner steers for $814 at $3.91\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster cross weaner steers<\/strong> of 238kg from B &amp; A Gannon in Gayndah sold for $922 at $3.87\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brahman cross weaner steers<\/strong> for P &amp; A Dingle of Mt Perry sold for $881 at $3.68\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais cross heifers<\/strong> of 378kg sold for $1253 at $3.31\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Belmont Red cross heifers<\/strong> weighing 340kg from M &amp; C Ward in Murgon sold for $3.30\/kg at $1122.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brangus weaner heifers<\/strong> from Hivesville sold for $3.59\/kg for $784.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Murray Grey weaner heifers<\/strong> from Goomeri sold to $3.43\/kg for $772.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Santa weaner heifers<\/strong> weighing 211kg from Paradise Dam at Coringa sold for $711 at $3.36\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pratt Agencies would like to thank all the buyers, producers and sale yard staff for their continued support in 2016, and wish you a very happy and safe Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The next sale will be held in January 2017.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>UPDATE December 9, 2016:<\/strong> southburnett.com.au has been informed that Pratt Agencies have now decided to hold another sale on Tuesday, December 13 at 8:00am.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the extra sale is to avoid a long gap between the December 6 sale and the first sale of the New Year, which will be held on January 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Originally published as Final 2016 Sale Draws 800 Head]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numbers remained high in Murgon for the cattle sale on Tuesday, with 800 cattle yarded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":165591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[28,1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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