26 Sep 02 | VALUES trended dearer for most categories of stock when Longreach's combined agents penned a bigger yarding of 1729 head for last week's sale at the Cramsie selling complex. Grown steers improved by as much as 18-23c/KG, heifers were 10c dearer, m
26 Sep 02 | NUMBERS and values maintained their steady upward trend when Mareeba's combined agents penned 1076 head for last week's sale at the Mareeba selling complex. Light cows and bulls dominated the offering, but good lines of well muscled steers and bul
26 Sep 02 | COMPETITORS in the recent Forsayth All Sports Club's four wheel drive rally got more than they bargained for when they came across a mob of cattle all yarded up in middle of the council road on Rungulla, 100 kilometres or so south of town. So did
26 Sep 02 | AN Australian record price of $61,000 has been achieved by the Bondfield family's Palgrove Charolais Stud. The previous record price was $35,000. The bull won grand champion Charolais bull and supreme beef exhibit of all breeds at Sydney Royal
26 Sep 02 | VALUES tended dearer for all descriptions when Charters Towers combined agents penned 1050 head for last week's sale at the Dalrymple selling complex. Bullocks and heifers improved by 6-10c/kg, cows were 8-15c dearer, and bulls continued on their
26 Sep 02 | By SHIRLEY BROUN and GEOFF KELK LIVE cattle exports to Indonesia are 'on fire' and leading demand for North Queensland's better quality livestock. Cattleman Union's Keith Adams said a dramatic decline in the value of Indonesia's currenc
26 Sep 02 | NINE short months after completing a gut-busting 9000km, 14-month bicycle ride halfway around Australia, Ingham retiree Alf Garard is at it again. Only this time there'll be no half measures. This time, 75-year-old Alf intends going the who
26 Sep 02 | THE McCamley families of Tartrus and Lancefield Brahman Studs in Central Queensland have invited cattle producers to inspect their 2002 sale teams as a lead-up to the commencement of the large run of mid-spring Brahman sales. This year's Tartrus L
26 Sep 02 | THE loading of the giant live export ship Rodolfo Mata at Townsville Port early in October promises to set the seal on a lucrative trading season between the North Queensland cattle industry and the volatile Egyptian market. With more than 42,500
26 Sep 02 | ROMA'S combined agents offered another huge yarding of 9000 head at last week's store sale where, despite most cattle being in very plain condition, values tended firm to dearer for all categories. Cattle were sourced from Cloncurry, Condobolin, B
19 Sep 02 | GRAZIERS will get the chance to purchase a unique block ideal for fattening when Beckers Road goes to auction later this month. The 126 hectare property has frost free status and a tropical climate ensuring a year round growing season. It is lo
19 Sep 02 | NUMBERS have been slightly reduced from 2001's record figures to ensure quality remains at a premium for this year's Gold City Sale at Charters Towers on October 10-11. Cattle producers have been increasingly demanding better quality bulls and the
19 Sep 02 | DIVERSE Central Queensland property Kaiuroo has been sold prior to auction. The property has been sold to the McCamley family. Sir Graham McCamley, wife Shirley and daughter Jenny purchased the property for an undisclosed price, expected to be
19 Sep 02 | THE Federal Government has outlined its $150 million sugar industry reform package and, like the much-vaunted Hildebrand report, it has copped criticism from the sector it aims to help. The industry's peak body, Canegrowers, has labelled it 'disap
19 Sep 02 | VALUES tended firm to dearer across the board when Charters Towers combined agents penned 1124 head for last Thursday's prime and store sale at the Dalrymple selling complex. The cattle were drawn from the Julia Creek, Richmond, Hughenden, Georget
19 Sep 02 | MAREEBA'S combined agents penned a yarding of 920 head for last week's sale, an offering dominated by light cows and bulls. Trends varied on the day, with some of the poorer quality light steers gaining 3-6c/kg, light cows improving by 1-8c, mediu
19 Sep 02 | A HERD of 33 Riverine Buffalo this week swapped the floodplains around the NT Government's experimental station at Beatrice Hill in the Top End for Laurel Park, a dairy farm in the highlands of Queensland's Atherton Tableland near Millaa Millaa. T
19 Sep 02 | A SMALLER yarding sold to stronger processor competition for the better quality cattle when Longreach's combined agents penned 1399 head for last week's sale at the Cramsie complex. The overall quality of the yarding was up and included some very
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