{"id":258672,"date":"2020-05-27T18:15:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T08:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=258672"},"modified":"2020-07-10T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T05:29:47","slug":"cattle-sales-remain-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/05\/27\/cattle-sales-remain-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattle Sales Remain Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_178296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178296\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170516murgon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178296\" 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\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had no effect on local cattle sales  (Photo: Pratt Agencies)<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>May 27, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prattagencies.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by Pratt Agencies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had little effect on local cattle sales.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 900 head of all descriptions were yarded in Murgon last Tuesday, and sold to very strong values.  <\/p>\n<p>Both weaner steers and heifers were in high demand.  <\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were drawn from Biloela, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Biggenden, Mt Perry, Durong, Nanango, Yarraman, Jimna, Kingaroy and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulls topped at $3.05\/kg and $2620\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Cows over 500kg topped at $2.95\/kg and $1910, averaging $2.59\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg sold to $2.69\/kg for a $2.37\/kg average\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lighter Cows under 400kg topped at $2.42\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $3.19\/kg and $1780\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>430kg Santa steers from Murgon sold to $3.69\/kg to return $1590\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>461kg local Belmont Red Cross steers sold for $1660 at $3.60\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Braford steers from Redgate sold for $3.59\/kg to return $1514 and $1482\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>438kg Droughtmaster steers from Gayndah sold for $1570 and $3.58\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>375kg Simmental cross steers from Murgon sold for $1414 at $3.77\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>308kg Angus steers sold for $1140 at $3.70\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Romagnola cross steers from Proston weighing 322kg sold for $1170 at $3.63\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charolais cross weaner steers from Proston sold for $4.01\/kg to return $1005\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Blonde cross weaner steers from Wondai sold for $832 at $4.16\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charbray weaner steers from Jimna sold for $877 and $4.05\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>223 Angus cross weaner steers sold to $4.02\/kg to return $898\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of light Charbray steers from Nanango sold for $4.15\/kg and $3.95\/kg to return $811 and $741\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Simmental cross weaner steers from Corndale sold for $623 at $4.05\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>335kg Wagyu cross heifers from Crownthorpe sold for $1155 at $3.45\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>342kg Droughtmaster heifers sold for $3.31\/kg to return $1134\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brangus heifers from Biloela sold for $3.30\/kg and $1075\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus weaner heifers from Yarraman sold to $3.79\/kg for $952\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charolais cross weaner heifers from Proston sold for $3.70\/kg, returning $819\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus weaner heifers from Gayndah sold for $742 at $3.64\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Hereford cross weaner heifers sold to $3.62\/kg for $848\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon sale will be held at Murgon Saleyards on Tuesday, June 2, at 8:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had little effect on local cattle sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":178296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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