4/11/2025

MARKET VERY STRONG THROUGHOUT 

Numbers were back to 550 in Murgon Tuesday mainly due to a lot of areas receiving some rainfall over the weekend. The market was very strong throughout. Export numbers were back to 150 & suitable feeder steers & heifers were in very short supply. Bullocks sold to $4.46 c/kg and $3120.00. Bulls topped at $3.88 c/kg for $3800.00. Cows over 500kg sold to $3.76 per kilogram and $2220.00. Cows 400 to 500kg sold to $3.70 for $1810.00. Light Cows under 400 kg sold to $3.52 & $1400.00. Export heifers topped at $4.28 c/kg and $2230.00.  Cattle were drawn from Gayndah, Mundubbera, Kilcoy, Durong, Byrnestown, Yarraman, Kingaroy & locally. 440 kg Charolais cross steers from Yarraman sold to $4.50 c/kg for $1980.00. Hereford cross steers from Kilcoy sold for $1760.00 at $4.46 c/kg. 295 kg Charolais steers ex Yarraman sold for $1520.00 at $5.16 c/kg. Local Santa weaner steers sold to $5.04 c/kg and $1410.00. A draft of 60 Santa weaner steers from Gayndah sold for $5.30 c/kg to average 205 kg & $1085.00.  Santa weaner steers sold to $5.20 c/kg for $1140.00. Droughtmaster cross heifers from Tansey sold to $4.06 c/kg to return $1740.00. 340 kg Brangus heifers from Manyung sold for $1360.00 at $4.00 c/kg. Droughtmaster heifers 367 kg sold for $3.78 c/kg & $1390.00. Charolais cross heifers 300 kg from Yarraman sold for $1236.00 at $4.10 c/kg. 295 kg Santa heifers from Gayndah sold for $3.90 c/kg to return $1150.00. 2 pens of Santa weaner heifers from Barambah sold for $4.30 c/kg returning $1170.00 & $1095.00. Droughtmaster cross weaner heifers from Tansey sold for $4.10 c/kg and $930.00. Brahman cross Cows & Calves sold to $1450.00.

The next Murgon sale will be on Tuesday the 18th of November at 8.00 am  

Murgon Market Report   

Agents yarded 650 in Murgon yesterday. Patchy localised rainfall in the past week slowed numbers down compared to the previous sale of 1150. The market was fully firm throughout. Export numbers were in short supply with just over 120 yarded. Better quality feeder cattle sold very strongly as did the better quality weaners. Bullocks sold to $4.12 c/kg and $2190.00. Bulls sold strongly topping at $3.94 c/kg for $3800.00. Cows over 500kg sold to $3.64 per kilogram and $2460.00. Cows 400 to 500kg sold to $3.48 for $1680.00. Light Cows under 400 kg sold to $3.26 & $1240.00.  Export heifers topped at $3.78 c/kg and $1850.00. Steers 400 to 500kg sold to $4.74 per kilo and $2160.00. A draft of 60 2 & 4 tooth Charbray steers averaged 425 kg for $1970.00 at $4.74 c/kg.  Steers 300 to 400 kg topped at $4.88 per kg for $1705.00. 33 Santa steers averaging 320 kg sold to $1670.00 to average $1570.00 at $4.88 c/kg. Heifers 400 to 500 kg sold to $3.66 and $1700.00. The market for heifers in the 300 to 400kg bracket topped at $3.60 per kilo and $1290.00. Weaner steers sold to a top of $5.16 per kilo for $1315.00.  Better quality weaner heifers topped at $3.84 and $920.00. Brahman cross Cows & Calves sold to $1500.00. 

The next Murgon Sale will be held on Tuesday the 4th of November at   8.00am        

Murgon Market Report

Numbers jumped to 1150 at Murgon’s liveweight sale today. Out of the 1150, 250 were Export cattle, the balance being feeders & re-stocker types. Better quality Export cattle remained fairly firm, otherwise it was slightly cheaper for lesser quality less finished types. The same applied across the board for feeders and weaners. Depending on quality, smaller heifers were tougher in places. Bullocks sold to $4.12 c/kg and $2490.00. Bulls topped at $3.72 c/kg for $3980.00. Cows over 500kg sold to a top of $3.60 per kilogram and $2180.00. Cows 400 to 500kg sold to $3.60 for $1760.00. Light Cows under 400 kg sold to $3.08 & $1150.00.  Export heifers topped at $3.878 c/kg and $1790.00. Steers 400 to 500kg sold to $4.66 per kilo and $2150.00. Steers 300 to 400 kg topped at $4.70 per kg for $1760.00. Heifers 400 to 500 kg sold to $3.70 and $1700.00. The market for heifers in the 300 to 400kg bracket topped at $3.80 per kilo and $1490.00. Weaner steers sold to a top of $5.34 per kilo for $1400.00.  The better quality weaner heifers topped at $3.92 and $910.00. A small number of crossbred Cows & Calves sold to $1350.00. 

The next Murgon Sale will be held on Tuesday the 21st of October at   8.00am