Friday 15th March, 2024
76 LOTS
47 Registered Bulls
29 Herd Bulls
2020 Sale Preview
Keen bull buyers at Clermont Highlands sale despite coronavirus concerns
After a week of news dominated by coronavirus, 41 bid cards were filled in and more than three-quarters of the bulls offered were sold.
For the second year in a row, Warren and Carolyn Kenny scored the sale’s top price, this year with Wajatryn 2580, a sought-after son of Redskin Harley and a Wajatryn dam.
As well as interest from the stands, two phone bidders were in operation on the 23-month-old sire weighing 775kg, and he was eventually knocked down for $17,000 to Bruce Semple, Coolibah, Dysart.
Medway’s Brenton Donaldson with Wayne York, purchaser of the stud’s top priced bull, Medway Bas.
Speaking on Mr Semple’s behalf, Elders representative Jock Oates said the purchasers, bullock breeders whose operation concentrates on fattening, liked the bull’s loose skin with lots of length and depth.
His figures included an eye muscle area of 133 square centimetres, P8 and rib fat measurements of 13 and 9mm, and a scrotal circumference of 44cm.
The stud averaged $8625, selling four bulls, as well as one bull on behalf of Drew and Jade Garside, Wetheron Barrister, for $4000, and principal Warren Kenny described it as a perfect sale for the stud.
“The top-selling bull was out of the first draft of calves by Redskin Harley, which we bought here three years ago for a top price of $38,000,” he said. “He’s producing a consistent line of good beef cattle and this one is a good example of that.”
Mr Semple was a new client for them and the Kennys said they were appreciative of all the support they’d received from both new and returning clients.
The Donaldson family at Medway posted the second top price of the sale, $13,500, paid by the Karragarra Stud’s Wayne and Ingrid York for Medway Bas.
Bas, 26 months, weighed 780kg and had an EMA of 133sq cm. His scrotal circumference was 41cm and his P8 and rib fat measurements were 9 and 6mm. It’s the first Medway bull they’ve purchased but Mr York said the strength of Medway’s breeding counted when they were making their purchase.
Medway finished the sale with an average of $6375 and all 12 bulls offered sold, plus their lot 3 and 4 bulls won the sale’s prize for the best pen of carcase bulls.
They sold for $6000 and $6500 respectively.
The Rutherford family’s Redskin stud averaged $5750 and four of seven bulls sold under the hammer, including a top price of $11,000 for Redskin 14, aged 28 months and weighing 725kg. His EMA was 126sq cm and his scrotal circumference was 39.5cm.
Tara View Droughtmasters at Sarina were the purchasers and principal Jeff Scells said they liked his sire presence and that he had plenty of bone and leg, and would have a high semen count. This was their first purchase from the sale despite attending before but Mr Scells commented that Rutherford bulls didn’t disappoint.
The Karragarra stud sold three bulls for an average of $4666, while Huntly sold nine bulls for an average of $5111.
The two other vendors were Strathfield, selling six bulls for an average of $4583, and Kenlogan, averaging $6250 for four bulls sold.
The sale’s main volume buyers were the Bennett Family Trust of Calliope and Jumba Holdings of Charters Towers, each purchasing 10 bulls.
Sale spokesman Brian Wedemeyer, Elders, said the concerns swirling about the coronavirus pandemic had probably dropped the number of bid cards taken out by a quarter but hadn’t been a big factor in the sale result.
“Last year the sale had to contend with drought, this year it’s this – the affect was nowhere near as bad as we feared it might be,” he said. – Elders, Nutrien selling agents
Article credit: Sally Gall – North Queensland Register