{"id":335629,"date":"2023-08-10T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=335629"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:51:22","slug":"market-improves-for-heavier-cattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/08\/10\/market-improves-for-heavier-cattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Improves For Heavier Cattle"},"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\">Prices improved for heavier cattle at the most recent Fat and Store Sale in Murgon (Photo: Aussie Land &amp; Livestock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 10, 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>Just over 700 cattle were sold at the Fat &amp; Store Sale in Murgon on Tuesday, August 1.<\/p>\n<p>The market for better finished heavier cattle and better quality stores improved, while the market for heifers market remained consistent since the last fortnightly sale.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle were drawn from Gayndah, Mundubbera, Mt Perry, Kingaroy, Yarraman, Nanango, Kilkivan and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sale results:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Bulls sold to $2.47\/kg and $2220<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullocks topped at $2.93\/kg and $2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows over 500kg sold to $2.22\/kg and $1510, averaging $2.15\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg topped at $2.19\/kg for $1060<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows under 400kg sold to $2.00\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $2.76\/kg for $1530<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>420kg Simmental cross steers from Redgate sold for $1426 at $3.38\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>337kg Droughtmaster cross steers from Tansey sold for $1130 at $3.36\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus cross steers from Gayndah also sold for $3.36\/kg, returning $1170<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa cross steers from Gayndah sold for $966 at $3.36\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>294kg Brangus steers from Hivesville sold for $3.34\/kg, returning $984<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charbray weaner steers from Manyung sold for $906 at $3.50\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa weaner steers from Gayndah sold for $3.36\/kg to return $820<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Simbrah weaner steers from Hivesville sold for $858 at $3.28\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Light Droughtmaster steers from Murgon sold for $3.80\/kg, returning $620<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>450kg Brangus heifers from Gayndah sold for $1200 at $2.67\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Brahman cross heifers sold to $1300 at $2.67\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Braford heifers ex Mt Perry sold for $855 at $2.59\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Red Brangus heifers sold for $968 and $2.58\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>289kg Santa cross heifers sold for $750 at $2.60\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A line of Brangus heifers from Gayndah sold for $2.54\/kg to $3.12\/kg at $795<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Charbray weaner heifers sold for $2.51\/kg, returning $600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charbray weaner heifers from the Stuart River sold to $2.38\/kg, returning $628<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Light Droughtmaster cross heifers from Hivesville sold for $2.82\/kg and $364<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus cross Cows &amp; Calves sold to $1100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Upcoming Sales<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon Fat and Store sale will be held on Tuesday, August 15 at 8:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next Coolabunia Fat &amp; Store sale will be held on Thursday, August 24 at 8:00am.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And with Bull Sale Season coming up quickly, three other sales to put in your diary are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Coolabunia Classic Charolais Bull Sale &#8211; Thursday, August 17 (at Coolabunia)<\/li>\n<li>BJF Limousin Bull Sale &#8211; Friday, August 18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(at Yarraman)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aussie Angus Brangus Bull Sale &#8211; Saturday, August 19 (at Coolabunia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Catalogues for these three bull sales can be obtained by phoning (07) 4162-2233.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over 700 cattle were sold at the Fat &#038; Store Sale in Murgon on Tuesday, August 1.<\/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":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Market Improves For Heavier Cattle - 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