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Rural Queensland Today with Ben Dobbin — Emerald sakes report (6 March). Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
0:00Welcome back to Rural Queen's Land today just an update on the Emerald store and prime sale yesterday All thanks to RB V Rural Emerald combined agents yardered 1600 head of cattle in a mixed quality offering With the majority of cattle presented in prime condition this supported the prime market which held firm to slightly dearer And some isolated stale standing out in the cow sector. So the cow job has been rolling along very well all Week Across Queensland secondary types these slightly as it was evident that the weight was being rewarded The store section comprised of a very mixed quality adding experience general softening largely to just Due to the quality the spite large buying bannels being there in the prime section bullocks over 550 sold the 460 to Average 443 cents per kilo steers 500 to 550 made to 484 to average 447 cents per kilo Heavy heppers over 400 made 445 cents per kilo to average 413 and heavy cows over 520 top to 399 to average 378
1:08cows lighter cows 450 to 520 made as much as 385 to average 371 By the bull market was very strong 600 kilo bull sold to 413 in the store section heavy feeders 400 to 500 made 496 to average 455 350 to 400 steers top 530 to average 428 280 to 350 kilo steers made as much as 530 cents a kilo to average 479 200 to 280 KG weenest is reached to 548 to average 484 there was no steers under 200 acquired on trade heppers Now I sold the 415 to average 392 A lot of heppers around that 430 to average 393 weener heppers 200 to 280 made as much as 423 but average 395 Some of the saw highlight lights Charmer's family Janet rise capella and sold a run of drought master cross bullocks that reach 446 weighing 615 kilos 2700 dollars per head to really good result Gordon family burn meadows
2:15NRU sold young brangers cows to top of 399 Averaging 575 KG that's 2295 dollars almost 2300 dollars a cow great result great result and A lot to like about that And look the prime job very very dear they will have a prime and store sale next week And obviously Emerald auction center Relocatable house auction on the 23rd to the 26th of this month And there's a lot now just for people wanting to know when their weenest is take place 5th the may is their first one So not far away, but there is obviously Still some time there that was RBV rural Maddie beard Terry Ray and co This is rural queens and it has been a strong week in the prime job the store job just a fraction softer this week But we roll around the next week. This is rural queens and today we'll come back with plenty more across the reasonable cuss network
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