{"id":338311,"date":"2023-10-10T12:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T02:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=338311"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:39:01","slug":"cattle-prices-crash-to-2019-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/10\/10\/cattle-prices-crash-to-2019-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattle Prices Crash To 2019 Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_326513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326513\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326513\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221116sblx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221116sblx.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221116sblx-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221116sblx-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221116sblx-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221116sblx-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221116sblx-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-326513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agents survey some of the cattle up for auction before the start of a fortnightly SBLX sale at Murgon&#8217;s saleyards<br \/>(Photo: Aussie Land &amp; Livestock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 10, 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>900 head were yarded at Murgon&#8217;s fortnightly combined agents sale on September 28, with the market falling in places to levels not experienced since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of dry weather and an oversupply of cattle to market is driving values down.<\/p>\n<p>The market for weaner heifers, in particular, 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 the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sale results:<\/b><\/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 $1290.00<\/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 $730.00<\/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>Droughtmaster heifers weighing 390kg 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>900 head were yarded at Murgon&#8217;s fortnightly combined agents sale on September 28, with the market falling in places to levels not experienced since 2019. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":326513,"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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