{"id":191781,"date":"2017-10-04T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T05:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=191781"},"modified":"2020-08-12T17:00:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T07:00:51","slug":"murgon-values-improve-slightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/10\/04\/murgon-values-improve-slightly\/","title":{"rendered":"Murgon Values Improve Slightly"},"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 were down at the fortnightly cattle sale in Murgon on Tuesday, but values improved slightly (Photo: Pratt Agencies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 4, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prattagencies.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by Pratt Agencies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Numbers were back to just 400 in Murgon on Tuesday, but values for most descriptions improved slightly.<\/p>\n<p>However, cattlemen gained some relief from the dry conditions affecting pastures with 30mm to 70mm falling in the South Burnett on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle were consigned from Coringa, Mt Perry, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Nanango, Kingaroy and locally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Bulls<\/strong> sold to $2.57\/kg, an improvement of 5-10 cents per kilo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A few <strong>Heavy Steers<\/strong> were yarded and sold to a top of $2.79\/kg for $1700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows over 500kg<\/strong> averaged $2.02\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows 400\u2013500kg<\/strong> averaged $1.99\/kg and topped at $2.27\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows under 400kg<\/strong> were firm on the previous sale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais steers<\/strong> from T &amp; B Schulz of Moffatdale sold for $2.77\/kg for $1420<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Senepol cross steers<\/strong> from S &amp; J Finney of Memerambi sold for $1265 at $2.89\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>390kg Charolais cross steers<\/strong> from I &amp; M Buckley of Gayndah sold for $1112 at $2.85\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Their lighter brothers weighing 334 kg sold for $966 and $2.89\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster cross steers<\/strong> from R Sudull of Booie sold for $939 at $2.97\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2 pens of Droughtmaster cross steers<\/strong> from Myora Pastoral Co of Johnstown sold to $3.16\/kg to return $953 and $928<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>275kg Angus cross weaner steers<\/strong> from A &amp; J McLennan of Corndale sold for $858 at $3.12\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brangus weaner steers<\/strong> from J &amp; J Oppermann of Gayndah sold for $848 and $3.27\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>208kg Angus cross weaner steers<\/strong> from \u201cHolroyd\u201d of Booubyjan sold for $698 at $3.34\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Santa weaner steers<\/strong> from G &amp; T Campbell of Paradise Dam sold for $687 and $3.32\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Light Brahman weaner steers<\/strong> from S Oppermann of Gayndah sold for $3.15\/kg to return $615<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brahman steers<\/strong> from Daddamarine Trust of Booubyjan also sold for $635 at $2.87\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>440kg Charbray Heifers<\/strong> from D &amp; M Hoogstraten of Goomeri sold for $2.63\/kg, returning $1164<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Senepol cross heifers<\/strong> from CE Finney of Manumbar sold for $813 at $2.70\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>275kg Devon cross heifers<\/strong> from Goomeri sold for $754 at $2.74\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2 pens of Santa weaner heifers<\/strong> from G &amp; T Campbell sold for $2.85\/kg, returning $670 and $588<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>218kg Brangus weaner heifers<\/strong> from Koobooda Grazing of Gayndah sold for $571 at $2.62\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next fortnightly cattle sale will be held on Tuesday, October 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numbers were 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