{"id":181908,"date":"2017-06-21T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T04:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=181908"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:23:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T02:23:27","slug":"650-yarded-at-murgon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/06\/21\/650-yarded-at-murgon\/","title":{"rendered":"650 Yarded At Murgon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_178296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178296\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170516murgon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-178296\" title=\"20170516 Murgon Cattle Sale\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170516murgon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170516murgon.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170516murgon-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170516murgon-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Numbers at Murgon&#8217;s fortnightly cattle sale rose to 650 last Tuesday; heavier export cattle made up more than a third of the offerings (Photo: Pratt Agencies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 21, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prattagencies.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pratt Agencies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A sizable 650 head of cattle were yarded in Murgon last Tuesday. with all descriptions selling to firm rates based on the previous sale.<\/p>\n<p>There was a noticeable increase in heavier export cattle, with just over 230 bullocks and cows in this class.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle were consigned from Mt Larcom, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Mt Perry, Nanango, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Kilkivan and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Bulls<\/strong> topped at $2.69\/kg and $2150<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Export Heifers<\/strong> also sold strongly topping at $2.80\/kg and $1500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The best of the heavy cows sold to $2.46\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows over 500kg<\/strong> averaged $2.34\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows 400-500kg<\/strong> averaged $2.17\/kg selling to $2.36\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows under 400kg<\/strong> averaged $1.76\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray steers<\/strong> from &#8220;Wigton&#8221; at Hivesville sold for $3.39\/kg, returning $1696<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> from R. Glenny of Kumbia sold for $3.35\/kg to return $1610<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Droughtmaster cross steers from I. R. Clarke of Redgate sold to $3.32\/kg, returning $1520<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Santa cross steers<\/strong> weighing 400kg sold for $1340 at $3.32\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>485kg Santa steers<\/strong> sold to $1570 at $3.24\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>380kg Droughtmaster cross steers<\/strong> from A &amp; L Wilkins of Murgon sold for $1290 and $3.40\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> from P. Powne of Wheatlands sold for $1250 at $3.40\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Santa steers<\/strong> weighing 385kg from L &amp; T Smith of Mt Larcom sold for $1248 ($3.24\/kg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster weaner steers<\/strong> from Freedom Farming of Tansey sold for $770 and $3.53\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner steers<\/strong> from B &amp; K King of Mundubbera sold for $706 at $3.54\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quality Simmental cross weaner steers<\/strong> from Nicolson Family Trust of Mundubbera sold for $877<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Charbray Heifers<\/strong> weighing 430kg sold for $1222 and $2.84\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>316kg Santa Heifers<\/strong> sold to $3.20\/kg, returning $1011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>272kg Santa weaner heifers<\/strong> from K &amp; M Sippel of Goomeri sold for $911 at $3.35\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>250kg Charbray weaner heifers<\/strong> from D &amp; G 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