{"id":331601,"date":"2023-05-01T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T08:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=331601"},"modified":"2023-05-01T18:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T08:23:25","slug":"tighter-market-for-weaners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/05\/01\/tighter-market-for-weaners\/","title":{"rendered":"Tighter Market For Weaners"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_278125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278125\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-278125\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923murgon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923murgon.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923murgon-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923murgon-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923murgon-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923murgon-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923murgon-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-278125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agents prepare to sort pens of cattle at the Murgon Saleyards (Photo: Aussie Land &amp; Livestock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 2, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prattagencies.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pratt Agencies<\/a>\u00a0<\/b> and <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aussiell.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aussie Land &amp; Livestock<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Murgon Agents yarded 750 head on Wednesday, April 26 &#8211; a day later than normal due to the Anzac Day public holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Processing cattle were slightly dearer in places, mainly bullocks, bulls and heavier cows, but feeders and better quality weaner steers remained firm.<\/p>\n<p>The weaner heifer market, however, was very tough.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were mostly drawn from Mt Perry, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Durong, Kingaroy, Nanango, Kilkivan and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sale results:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Bulls sold to $3.06\/kg and $2560<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullocks topped at $3.36\/kg and $2090<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows over 500kg sold to $2.83\/kg and $2010, averaging $2.60<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg topped at $2.95\/kg for $1340<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows under 400kg sold to $2.43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $3.26\/kg for $1700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>484kg Red Angus steers from Mt McEuen sold to $3.50\/kg to return $1695<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>415kg Droughtmaster cross steers from Windera also sold to $3.50\/kg for $1450<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charbray steers from Gayndah weighing 345kg sold for $1330 at $3.86\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>353kg local crossbred steers sold for $1340 at $3.80\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Charbray steers ex Laidley sold for $1280 and $1080 at $4.50\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Droughtmaster steers from Sandy Ridges sold for $4.30\/kg, returning $1330<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Braford weaner steers from Mt Perry sold at $4.28.kg for $1240 and $4.10\/kg for$980<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Speckle Park cross weaner steers from Nanango sold for $834 at $4.36\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Euro cross heifers from Windera sold for $1360 at $3.28\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>405kg Brahman heifers from Crownthorpe sold for $1280 and $3.18\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>335kg Santa cross heifers ex Gayndah sold for $3.20\/kg and $1070<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of crossbred heifers from Goomeri sold for $3.20\/kg, returning $1176 and $1175<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>310kg Charbray heifers from Gayndah sold for $960 at $3.10\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Euro cross weaner heifers from Wondai sold for $3.32\/kg to return $890<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus cross weaner heifers from Gayndah sold for $3.30\/kg at $880.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows &amp; Calves sold to $1200<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The next Murgon sale is on Tuesday, May 9 at 8.00am.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The annual Coolabunia Weaner Show and Sale was held a few days earlier on April 20.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Combined agents yarded 1350 head for this well-attended event.<\/p>\n<p>Prices declined somewhat compared to last year\u2019s sale prices due to unpredictable weather conditions, but overall returns were in line with current market conditions.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sale results:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steers under 200kg sold to $4.32\/kg and averaged $3.57\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>200-300kg Steers averaged $4.04\/kg and topped at $4.78\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>300-400kg Steers saw a top of $4.82\/kg and averaged $3.85\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heifers under 200kg averaged $2.76\/kg and topped at $3.22\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>200-300kg Heifers sold to $4.50\/kg and averaged $3.13\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>300-400kg Heifers saw a top of $5.35\/kg and averaged $2.96\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murgon Agents yarded 750 head on Wednesday, April 26 &#8211; a day later than normal due to the ANZAC Day public holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":278125,"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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tighter Market For Weaners - 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