Despite the increasing dry conditions in central Queensland, the Burenda Angus and Brangus sale held in Clermont last week saw strong buyer interest.
The sale saw 62 bulls sell for an average of $4537, a top of $8500 and an 89 per cent clearance.
The top-priced Angus sire, Burenda Jubilee QBUJ 196, made $8500 and was purchased by Spring Creek Grassing Co, Springsure. The buyers took home four bulls at an average of $5500.
The top-priced Brangus also sold for $8500 to the Lethbridge family of Mungindi. Burenda Benhope J929, a polled sire with 75 per cent Angus content, attracted considerable interest from buyers. “Buyers came from a wide area of Queensland, and it went pretty well,” vendor Jonathan Schmidt said.
Taking advantage of the sale was Jim Gorman, Seamark Pty Ltd, Cliffordale, Theodore, whose manager Ray Jansen snapped up eight Angus sires for a $4200 average.
“We went to the sale in anticipation of picking up eight Angus bulls, as we want to introduce Angus to our herd,” Mr Jansen said.
“They were a good line of bulls for the right price,” he added.
Cliffordale runs a Charolais-Brahman cross herd with a fairly high Charolais content, and this is their first foray into Angus. These bulls will go over Charolais-Droughtmaster cows.
Other volume buyers at the Burenda sale included the Munnaweena Partnership, Mitchell, which bought six bulls for a $3000 average.
The Murray Family, Eidsvold, and the O’Sullivans, Clermont, each bought four bulls for an average of $3500 and $3000 respectively. Braitling Estates, Maree Downs, Springsure, bought two bulls for a $6750 average.
The bulls had been prepared on oats with a small silage supplement with whole-of-life weight gains of up to 1.275 kg a day.
The Angus two-year-olds averaged 25-months-of-age with an average weight of 850kg. The similarly aged Brangus averaged 918kgs, with the top bull J819 weighing 1065kg and an average daily weight gain of 1.45 kg.
The bulls that were passed in at the sale have been subsequently sold.
