{"id":327044,"date":"2022-11-28T22:24:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T12:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=327044"},"modified":"2022-11-28T22:28:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T12:28:49","slug":"droughtmasters-draw-top-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/11\/28\/droughtmasters-draw-top-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Droughtmasters Draw Top Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_327045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327045\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327045\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year\u2019s top-selling female Droughtmaster &#8216;Seymour Newday&#8217; with GDL agent Mark Duthie, A.L.L. agent James Bredhauer and vendors Rob and Kirsty Orphant from Seymour Droughtmasters (Photo: AL&amp;L)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 28, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aussiell.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aussie Land &amp; Livestock<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The annual Cream of The Crop Droughtmaster Female Sale held at Coolabunia Saleyards on Saturday has been hailed a tremendous success by happy vendors.<\/p>\n<p>The sale attracted several record-breaking prices.<\/p>\n<p>Auction attendees came from the local area but a number of bidders travelled from far afield in search of quality stock.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a strong contingent taking part online through Elite Livestock Auctions.<\/p>\n<p>In all, 108 top quality females were offered for sale, achieving a 95 per cent clearance rate and an average sale price of $6345.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some highlights of this year&#8217;s auction included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eight cows and calves which sold for an average of $9563<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>4 PTIC females to average $7000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>96 unjoined females were sold, with 91 of them averaging $6033<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The day&#8217;s top selling heifer &#8211; Seymour Newday, a purebred 15-month-old &#8211; was offered by Seymour Droughtmasters and sold online for $26,000 to Troy Mitchell of Emerald Peaks, NSW.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We offered 30 heifers more than last year, and with higher averages as well as a new record-breaking price we really can\u2019t complain,&#8221; Graham Brown from RSVP and Sylvan Springs Droughtmasters said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vendors presented a really good line of cattle, probably one of the best drafts we\u2019ve had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The sale was conducted by Aussie Land &amp; Livestock in Kingaroy and GDL Stud stock in Dalby.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327046\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327046\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221128market2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The A.L.L. Special Store Sale at Coolabunia Saleyards on November 24 attracted a strong yarding and produced good sale prices (Photo: AL&amp;L)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Over 680 head were yarded at the Coolabunia Fat and Store Sale on Thursday, November 24.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prices remained in line with other recent sales, with some in-demand breeds and weights commanding a premium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows and calves topped at $2800 and averaged $1825, with nine Angus Red\/Blue Tag PTIC Cows making $2125 per head<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulls 450kg-600kg averaged $3.37\/kg and topped at $3.66\/kg, returning $2074<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows made up to $3.02\/kg to return $1828, with an average of $2.98\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Weight steers sold up to $3.68\/kg, returning $2209<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Steers under 200kg averaged $5.35\/kg and topped at $6.14\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Steers 200-300kg topped at $6.64\/kg, averaging $5.48\/kg and $1400<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavier 300-650kg steers returned an average of $1850 at $4.36\/kg, topping at $5.32\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heifers under 200kg averaged $4.60\/kg, topping at $6.00\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heifers 200-300kg topped at $5.20\/kg, and averaged $4.40\/kg to return around $1500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heifers 300-400kg topped at $4.60\/kg and $1943, and averaged $3.75\/kg to return $1765<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Upcoming Sales<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The next SBLX Fat and Store Sale will be held at Murgon Saleyards on Tuesday, December 13 (8:00am start).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The next A.L.L. Fat and Store Sale will be held at Coolabunia Saleyards later the same day (12:00 noon start)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Cream of The Crop sale held at Coolabunia Saleyards on Saturday has been hailed a tremendous success by happy vendors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":327045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[152,1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Droughtmasters Draw Top Prices - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The annual Cream of The Crop Droughtmaster Female Sale held at Coolabunia Saleyards on Saturday has been hailed a tremendous success by happy vendors.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/11\/28\/droughtmasters-draw-top-prices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Droughtmasters Draw Top Prices - 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