{"id":197490,"date":"2017-12-07T22:16:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=197490"},"modified":"2020-08-10T12:13:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T02:13:38","slug":"cattle-numbers-up-at-murgon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/12\/07\/cattle-numbers-up-at-murgon\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattle Numbers Up 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\">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>December 7, 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>Just under 1000 cattle were yarded for Murgon\u2019s second last sale for 2017 last week, an increase of more than 10 per cent on the previous fortnightly sale.<\/p>\n<p>All descriptions sold to very strong values with about 200 export cattle yarded, and the balance stores.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle were consigned from Mundubbera, Gayndah, Mt Perry, Biggenden, Durong, Yarraman, Nanango, Kingaroy and locally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Bulls<\/strong> sold to $2.74\/kg for $2440<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bullocks<\/strong> sold to $2.89\/kg and $1650<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows over 500kg<\/strong> averaged $2.21\/kg for a top of $2.33\/kg and $1620<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows 400\u2013500kg<\/strong> sold to $2.18\/kg and $1080 for a $2.11 average<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lighter Cows under 400kg<\/strong> sold to $2.06\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavier Export Heifers<\/strong> sold to $2.73\/kg and $1475<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hereford steers<\/strong> from J &amp; B Seymour of Wondai sold for $2.98\/kg and $1505<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray steers<\/strong> from V &amp; N Browning of Moffatdale also sold to $2.98\/kg, returning $1340<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>412kg Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> from P. Lacey sold to $1260 and $3.07\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>411kg Santa cross steers<\/strong> from J &amp; C Pulham of Redgate sold for $2.95\/kg, returning $1213<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>330kg Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> from G &amp; A Ezzy of Gayndah sold for $3.45\/kg to return $1140<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Angus steers<\/strong> from Murgon sold for $1200 at $3.69\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais cross steers<\/strong> from Manumbar sold for $3.21\/kg, returning $1220<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner steers<\/strong> from Tansey sold to $3.65\/kg for $903<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brangus cross weaner steers<\/strong> from D &amp; M Sheehan of Brigooda sold for $855 at $3.64\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>258kg Braford cross weaner steers<\/strong> from P &amp; A Dingle of Mt Perry sold for $937 at $3.63\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2 pens of Santa weaner steers<\/strong> from J &amp; M Zillman of Gayndah sold for $960 ($3.52) and $823 ($3.60)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>420kg Charolais cross heifers<\/strong> sold for $1152 at $2.73\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>335kg Charbray heifers<\/strong> from Gayndah sold for $1030 at $3.08\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shorthorn heifers<\/strong> from J &amp; A Rose of Moffatdale sold for $933 and $3.09\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner heifers<\/strong> from Barcross Investments of Gayndah sold to $3.23\/kg, returning $722<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zillman weaner heifers<\/strong> also sold for $3.22 and $3.20, returning $730 and $797 respectively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Red Brangus Cows and Calves<\/strong> from Mawson Pastoral Co of Mondure sold for $1500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster cross Cows and Calves<\/strong> from Waringa Breeding Co of Hivesville sold for $1340<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last Murgon sale for 2017 will be on Tuesday, December 12 at 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