{"id":337045,"date":"2023-09-11T20:29:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T10:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=337045"},"modified":"2023-09-11T20:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T10:49:47","slug":"prices-dip-at-local-cattle-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/09\/11\/prices-dip-at-local-cattle-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Prices Dip At Local Cattle Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_319689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319689\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319689\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614murgonsale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614murgonsale.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614murgonsale-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614murgonsale-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614murgonsale-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614murgonsale-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614murgonsale-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dry weather and an oversupply of cattle are driving local cattle market prices back to levels last seen in 2019 (PhotoAL&amp;L)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 11, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prattagencies.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pratt Agencies<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A combination of dry weather and an oversupply of cattle is driving values down to levels not experienced since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>At the last combined agents sale in Murgon on August 29, 900 head were put up for auction, but prices were down across the board.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the market for weaner heifers was very tough with few selling above $1.70\/kg.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were drawn from Gayndah, Mundubbera, Boondooma, Kingaroy, Yarraman, Nanango, Kilkivan, Gunalda and local areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Bulls sold to $2.40\/kg and $1670<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows over 500kg sold to $2.09\/kg and $1420, averaging $2.04\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg topped at $1.98\/kg for $980<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows under 400kg sold to $1.70\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $2.40\/kg for $1450<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>450kg Santa steers from Merlwood sold for $1350 at $3.00\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>428kg Droughtmaster steers from Johnstown sold for $3.01\/kg, returning $1290<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>380kg Limousin steers from Tingoora sold for $1200 at $3.16\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa steers ex Wooroonden sold for $1170 at $3.13\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>290kg Speckled Park steers from Cushnie sold for $812 at $2.80\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>300kg Charbray steers from Goomeri sold for $823 at $2.73\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa cross weaner steers from Murgon sold to $2.85\/kg for $680<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Three pens of Santa weaner steers from Gayndah sold to $2.81\/kg, topping at $730<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa heifers from Wooroolin sold to $2.40\/kg and $1190<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>390kg Droughtmaster heifers sold for $2.45\/kg and $950<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>300kg Limousin heifers ex Tingoora sold for $830 at $2.70\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon sale will be held on Tuesday, September 12, from 8:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of dry weather and an oversupply of cattle is driving values down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":319689,"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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