{"id":348275,"date":"2024-05-17T12:08:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=348275"},"modified":"2024-05-17T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T10:13:33","slug":"numbers-down-but-prices-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/05\/17\/numbers-down-but-prices-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers Down But Prices Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_303588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-303588\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-303588\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805murgon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805murgon.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805murgon-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805murgon-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805murgon-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805murgon-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210805murgon-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-303588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Numbers were down but prices stayed reasonably firm at the most recent fortnightly cattle sale in Murgon on Tuesday, with some categories showing a slight uptick (Photo: AL&amp;L)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 17, 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>A total of 450 cattle were yarded in Murgon for Tuesday&#8217;s fortnightly cattle sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All descriptions remained reasonably firm, and export cattle showed some promise with increases in places, as did better feeder types. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Better quality weaner steers also sold strongly but lighter weaner heifers were still hard to place.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were drawn from Gayndah, Mt Perry, Durong, Nanango, Kingaroy, Kilkivan and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sale results:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy bulls sold to $2.52\/kg and $1980<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy cows over 500kg sold to $2.38\/kg and $1520<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg topped at $2.36\/kg for $1130; no lighter cows under 400kg were yarded<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $2.84\/kg for $1820<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local 400kg Charolais cross steers sold to $3.26\/kg to return $1300<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Brangus and Speckled Park steers ex-Durong sold for $3.46\/kg, averaging 392kg and $1360<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local 343kg Santa steers also sold for $3.46\/kg and $1190<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>303kg Santa cross steers from Johnstown sold to $1040 at $3.42\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charolais cross weaner steers from Nanango sold to $3.44\/kg and $790<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Simmental cross weaner steers from Gayndah sold for $3.40\/kg to return $1065.00 &amp; $838.00.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Santa cross Heifers from Wooroolin sold to $2.84\/kg, returning $1335 and $1230 respectively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa cross heifers from Windera sold for $2.40\/kg for $760<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Simmental cross weaner heifers from Tingoora sold for $552 and $2.44\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A small number of cows and calves sold to $1025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon Sale will be on Tuesday, May 28, at 8:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 450 cattle were yarded in Murgon for Tuesday&#8217;s fortnightly cattle sale. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":303588,"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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