{"id":346636,"date":"2024-04-08T16:43:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T06:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=346636"},"modified":"2024-04-08T16:43:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T06:43:43","slug":"wet-weather-keeps-numbers-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/04\/08\/wet-weather-keeps-numbers-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Wet Weather Keeps Numbers Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_259055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259055\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-259055\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/murgon-saleyards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/murgon-saleyards.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/murgon-saleyards-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/murgon-saleyards-263x163.jpg 263w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/murgon-saleyards-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/murgon-saleyards-269x167.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-259055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cattle numbers were well down at the most recent Murgon cattle sale, largely due to wet weather over the past few weeks (Photo: Pratt Agencies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 8, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prattagencies.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pratt Agencies<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wet weather saw yarding numbers drop to 400 at the most recent Murgon cattle sale last Tuesday. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Better Export cattle sold to firm values and the market for heavy cows improved.<\/p>\n<p>However the weaner market remains very tough, bearing in mind that not many lines of better weaners were yarded. <\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were drawn from Mundubbera, Gayndah, Mt Perry, Nanango, Kingaroy, Kilkivan and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Bulls sold to $2.51\/kg and $2560\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Cows over 500kg improved, selling to $2.40\/kg and $1450 (average of $2.30\/kg)\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg topped at $2.15\/kg for $1010\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows under 400kg topped at $2.10\/kg, averaging $1.74\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $2.65\/kg for $1250\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brangus steers from Tansey sold to $3.10\/kg for $1400\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>427kg steers from MP Creek sold for $1280 at $3.00\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>334kg Brangus steers from Tansey sold for $3.16\/kg, returning $1050\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>337kg Droughtmaster cross steers from Corndale sold for $1050 at $3.10\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charbray cross steers from Hivesville sold for $1230 at $3.10\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>288kg Brangus steers sold to $940 at $3.26\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Braford steers from Mt Perry sold for $2.98\/kg to return $890\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Simmental cross weaner steers from Wooroolin sold for $840 at $3.30\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charolais cross weaner steers from Wooroonden sold to $3.27\/kg for $880\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>390kg Simmental cross heifers sold to $930 at $2.40\/kg\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brangus heifers ex Tansey sold for $2.30\/kg, returning $915\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Braford heifers ex Mt Perry sold to $2.73\/kg and $845\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A line of 44 Brangus weaner heifers from Gayndah sold for $2.31\/kg, topping at $624\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon Sale will be on Tuesday, April 16 at 8:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wet weather saw yarding numbers drop to 400 at the most recent Murgon cattle sale last Tuesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":259055,"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 - 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