{"id":307254,"date":"2021-10-13T19:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T09:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=307254"},"modified":"2021-10-13T20:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T10:50:45","slug":"numbers-dip-but-prices-stay-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/10\/13\/numbers-dip-but-prices-stay-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers Dip But Prices Stay Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_307257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307257\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211013market.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" class=\"size-full wp-image-307257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211013market.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211013market-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211013market-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211013market-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211013market-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211013market-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-307257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yarding numbers dropped from 700 to 580 at the latest fortnightly Murgon cattle sale, but the strong prices recorded over the past year remained unchanged (Photo: AL&#038;L)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 13, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/prattagencies.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by Pratt Agencies<\/a><\/b> and <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aussiell.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aussie Land &amp; Livestock<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cattle numbers were down by almost 20 per cent at Murgon&#8217;s fortnightly combined agents sale on Tuesday, which had a yarding of 580.    <\/p>\n<p>However, all descriptions sold to fully firm rates. <\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were consigned from Mundubbera, Gayndah, Mt Perry, Brisbane Valley, Kingaroy, Kilkivan and the Murgon area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Bulls sold to $3.86\/kg and $3139\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullocks topped at $4.19\/kg for $2500\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Cows over 500kg sold to $3.83\/kg and $2276\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg sold to $3.70\/kg, averaging $3.49\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows under 400kg topped at $2.87\/kg for an average of $2.75\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $3.83\/kg and $2140\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A line of Charbray steers from Mt Perry sold for $4.87\/kg to return $2557, averaging $2253\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Limousin steers weighing 454kg sold for $5.18\/kg and $2355\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charolais cross steers from Goomeri sold for $1892 at $6.06\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>320kg Angus cross steers from Tansey sold for $1908 at $5.98\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus cross weaner steers sold to $6.66\/kg for $1632\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charolais cross weaner steers from Goomeri sold for $1602 at $6.42\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A line of Droughtmaster heifers from Tansey sold for a top of $1823 at $5.00\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>345kg Charolais cross heifers from Proston sold for $1863 at $5.40\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brangus heifers weighing 341kg sold to $4.41\/kg and $1507\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>330kg Gelvieh heifers sold to $5.20\/kg for $1716\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus cross weaner heifers sold to $5.72\/kg and $1520\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Limousin cross weaner heifers sold for $5.60\/kg and $1330\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brangus weaner heifers sold for $1242 at $5.62\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There was a small number of Cows and Calves yarded and they sold for $2250\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon sale will be held at Murgon Saleyards on Tuesday, October 26 at 8:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/10\/13\/corey-wins-auction-competition\/\">Corey Wins Auction Competition<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cattle numbers were down by almost 20 per cent at Murgon&#8217;s fortnightly combined agents sale on Tuesday, which had a yarding of 580.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":307257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[28,1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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