{"id":194550,"date":"2017-11-03T23:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=194550"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:40:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T03:40:01","slug":"murgon-prices-hold-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/11\/03\/murgon-prices-hold-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Murgon Prices Hold Firm"},"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\">Prices held firm at the fortnightly cattle sale in Murgon on Tuesday, but heavy cattle were in short supply (Photo: Pratt Agencies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 3, 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>Tuesday&#8217;s fortnightly cattle sale at Murgon saw 450 beasts yarded, with all descriptions selling to strong rates.<\/p>\n<p>Heavier cattle were in short supply again, with approximately 120 of the yarding being export types, and the balance made up of mainly weaner age cattle.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle were consigned from Mundubbera, Gayndah, Mt Perry, Biggenden, Kingaroy and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Cows<\/strong> topped at $2.36\/kg for $1480<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The best of the <strong>Bullocks<\/strong> sold to $2.78\/kg and $1480<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows over 500kg<\/strong> averaged $2.11\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows 400\u2013500kg<\/strong> topped at $2.27\/kg, averaging $2.09\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lighter Cows<\/strong> sold to $2.00\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Export Heifers<\/strong> sold to $1150 and $2.79\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Bulls<\/strong> sold to $2.59\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>440kg Simmental steers<\/strong> from D. Louis of Goomeri sold to $2.92\/kg and $1290<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>360kg Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> from D &amp; G Shailer of Goomeri West sold for $1125 at $3.12c\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>309kg Charbray steers<\/strong> from D &amp; M Hoogstraten of Goomeri sold to $3.39\/kg to return $1049<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster weaner steers<\/strong> from S &amp; T Holding of Cloyna sold for $3.00\/kg and $953<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brangus weaner steers<\/strong> from R &amp; D Warren of Mondure sold for $940 at $3.47\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simmental cross weaner steers<\/strong> from P &amp; A Dingle of Mt Perry sold for $3.57\/kg and $769<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Limousin cross weaner steers<\/strong> from the Steinhardt family of Hivesville sold for $859 at $3.49\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Charbray weaner steers<\/strong> sold for $3.44\/kg, returning $700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>402kg Droughtmaster heifers<\/strong> from Merlwood sold for $2.79\/kg and returned $1122<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>405kg Droughtmaster heifers<\/strong> from D. Vine of Hivesville also sold for $2.79\/kg for $1130<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>300kg Charbray heifers<\/strong> sold to backgrounders for $881 at $2.92\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>242kg Limousin cross weaner heifers<\/strong> sold for $764 at $3.15\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>246kg Limousin cross weaner heifers<\/strong> from Cloyna sold for $770 at $3.12\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Santa cross weaner heifers<\/strong> from S &amp; J Borninkhof of Cloyna sold for $855 and $3.08\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>195kg Simmental cross weaner heifers<\/strong> from Mt Perry sold to $2.99\/kg, returning $583<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Santa cross cows and calves<\/strong> sold to $1320<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon sale will be on Tuesday, November 14 at 8:00am. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday&#8217;s fortnightly cattle sale at Murgon saw 450 beasts yarded, with all descriptions selling to strong 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