{"id":204057,"date":"2018-03-14T22:31:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T12:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=204057"},"modified":"2020-08-06T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T01:39:27","slug":"sale-breaks-month-long-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/03\/14\/sale-breaks-month-long-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale Breaks Month-Long Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_130209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130209\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151214cattle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-130209\" title=\"20151214 Cattle\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151214cattle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151214cattle.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151214cattle-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151214cattle-285x177.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yarding numbers were just shy of 1000 and prices were up &#8211; particularly for export cattle &#8211; after wet weather caused Murgon&#8217;s last fortnightly cattle sale to be postponed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 14, 2018<\/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 were yarded in Murgon Tuesday after a month without a sale due to weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The market for all descriptions was dearer throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Export cattle sold very strongly with an improvement of 10 to 15 cents per kilo in places.<\/p>\n<p>Rates for Feeder types and vealers were also firmer.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle were drawn from Mundubbera, Mt Perry, Gayndah, Durong, Nanango, Kingaroy, Kilkivan and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bullocks<\/strong> topped at $2.99\/kg and $2040<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Bulls<\/strong> sold to $2190 and $2.64\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows over 500kg<\/strong> averaged $2.21\/kg, up 10 cents on the last market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cows 400-500kg<\/strong> sold to $2.41\/kg and averaged $2.17\/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>Droughtmaster cross steers<\/strong> from Perkins &amp; Alford of Kilkivan sold for $2.83\/kg, returning $1416<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>434 Droughtmaster cross steers<\/strong> from E. Hansen of Chelmsford sold for $1240 at $2.85\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais cross steers<\/strong> from R &amp; D Hand of Moffatdale sold for $1135 at $3.14\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>337kg Droughtmaster steers<\/strong> from Myora Pastoral Co. of Johnstown sold for $1070 and $3.19\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner steers<\/strong> from A &amp; R Barsby of Tansey sold for $1030 and $3.41\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charolais weaner steers<\/strong> from J &amp; B Smith of Brigooda sold for $3.22\/kg to return $1030<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner steers<\/strong> from S &amp; T Holding of Cloyna sold for $1060 at $3.14\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>250kg Charbray weaner steers<\/strong> sold to $842 at $3.36\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A draft of crossbred heifers<\/strong> averaging 426kg from Merlwood Enterprises sold for an average of $2.75\/kg, and the line topped at $1280<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>415kg Limousin heifers<\/strong> from L &amp; L Lee sold for $1140 at $2.75\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray heifers<\/strong> from J &amp; M Pastoral of Wooroonden sold for $2.72\/kg and $1188<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner heifers<\/strong> form Tansey sold to $2.86\/kg and $868<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner heifers<\/strong> from Barcross Investments of Gayndah sold for $771 and $3.14\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charbray weaner heifers<\/strong> from R &amp; F Nichol of Mt Perry sold for $738 and $3.09\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>255kg Charolais cross weaner heifers<\/strong> sold for $2.91\/kg and $744<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Droughtmaster cross Cows &amp; Calves<\/strong> sold to $1460<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next Murgon sale will be held on Tuesday, March 27 at 8:00am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just under 1000 were yarded in Murgon Tuesday 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