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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 938467" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>We have the same problem with Murray Greys in my part of Australia. They buyers at our local sale yard dont pay for them. Some of my weaner angus steers were sharing a pen at the annual calf sale with some nice Murray Grey steers that were about 4 inches taller than them and my steers got $50 a head more than theirs. They do better not far from here where I think it is local butchers that buy them. So same here, good carcass value but not so much in the yards.</p><p></p><p>Re: drought tolerance. That is going to depend on bloodlines as well I guess. This is a really cold area at about 3000 ft and one of the well respected older farmers runs a Murray Grey stud despite the local yards. I think he mostly sells elsewhere. This is the coldest cattle raising area in Australia, the feed is poor and it has often been dry as well. Murray Greys do as well as Angus. This stud breeder has a regular customer from the Northern Territory, usually a Bos Indicus area, that takes a semi load of his bulls every year. </p><p></p><p>So I dont know personally, just heard that they can cope. </p><p></p><p>Research how well they do in the northern and central parts of Australia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 938467, member: 18575"] We have the same problem with Murray Greys in my part of Australia. They buyers at our local sale yard dont pay for them. Some of my weaner angus steers were sharing a pen at the annual calf sale with some nice Murray Grey steers that were about 4 inches taller than them and my steers got $50 a head more than theirs. They do better not far from here where I think it is local butchers that buy them. So same here, good carcass value but not so much in the yards. Re: drought tolerance. That is going to depend on bloodlines as well I guess. This is a really cold area at about 3000 ft and one of the well respected older farmers runs a Murray Grey stud despite the local yards. I think he mostly sells elsewhere. This is the coldest cattle raising area in Australia, the feed is poor and it has often been dry as well. Murray Greys do as well as Angus. This stud breeder has a regular customer from the Northern Territory, usually a Bos Indicus area, that takes a semi load of his bulls every year. So I dont know personally, just heard that they can cope. Research how well they do in the northern and central parts of Australia. [/QUOTE]
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