{"id":348758,"date":"2024-05-30T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=348758"},"modified":"2024-05-30T19:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:24:37","slug":"numbers-up-but-prices-mixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/05\/30\/numbers-up-but-prices-mixed\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers Up But Prices Mixed"},"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=\"460\" 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 up at the most recent fortnightly cattle sale in Murgon, but prices were mixed (Photo: Pratt Agencies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 30, 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>Slightly more than 900 beasts were yarded in Murgon on Tuesday for the last sale of May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Export cattle eased back in price depending on quality and weight, but better quality weaner steers were fairly firm and lesser quality calves were easier. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The market for weaner heifers is still very tough, but prices for feeder types remained firm.<\/p>\n<p>Cattle for the sale were drawn from Mundubbera, Gayndah, Mt Perry, Blackbutt, Nanango, Kingaroy, Kilkivan, Glen Echo, Kia Ora and the Murgon district.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sale Results:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Bulls sold to $2.49\/kg and $2260<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy Cows over 500kg sold to $2.21\/kg and $1410<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cows 400-500kg topped at $2.05\/kg for $995<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lighter Cows under 400kg sold to $1.65\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Export heifers sold to $2.78\/kg for $1500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>410kg Santa steers from Gayndah sold for $1366 at $3.33\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>428kg Charbray steers from Mingo sold for $1400 at $3.28\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Charbray steers from Mt Perry sold for $3.25\/kg, returning $1510 and $1365<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Angus steers from Mt McEuen sold for $3.40\/kg at $1350 and $1130<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Charbray steers weighing 360kg and 352kg sold for $3.36\/kg, returning $1210 and $1185 respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Brangus weaner steers sold at $3.32\/kg for $940<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Brangus weaner steers from Branch creek sold for $3.22\/kg, returning $885 and $740.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>420kg Murray Grey cross heifers from Windera sold for $1060 at $2.54\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Charolais cross heifers from Ban Ban Springs weighing 406kg sold for $1020 at $2.52\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Local 450kg Simmental cross heifers sold for $1125 at $2.50\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>390kg Santa heifers from Byee sold to $1008 at $2.59\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>350 kg Santa heifers from Gayndah sold for $860 at $2.45\/kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A draft of quality Angus weaner heifers from Kia Ora sold to average $2.55\/kg and $657, topping at $2.62\/kg and $710<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two pens of Charbray weaner heifers from Glen Echo sold for $2.44\/kg, returning $599 &amp; and 567<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The next Murgon Sale will be on Tuesday, June 11 at 8:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slightly more than 900 beasts were yarded in Murgon on Tuesday for the last sale of May. <\/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":[28,1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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