A gallery of southern Queensland and New South Wales buyers were in attendance at the second annual Southern Downs Angus Bull Sale on Saturday.
A total of 28 lots of quality Angus bulls went under the hammer with a total of 24 head sold to achieve a clearance rate of 86 per cent.
Bull sale agents George and Fuhrmann, Warwick said the three studs participating in the sale, Clunes Crossing Angus, Lode Creek Angus and DSF Angus, put an excellent draft together of high quality Australian and United States of America Angus bull genetics.
The bull sale’s top price went to lot 11, Clunes Crossing Lazarus L19, who reached $8000 during a bout of spirited bidding from the buying gallery and was owned by Andrew Bryant and Francesca Webster, Clunes Crossing Angus, Dalveen. The lucky buyer was Don Marshall, Heather Brae, Greymore who will now put the sire to work in his commercial cattle breeding herd.
“I’m aiming to turn weaner cattle off quicker and I believe this bull’s early maturing growth will add the boost I’m looking for to help improve the faster turn-off of weaners,” Mr Marshall said.
“I’m starting to put my bulls out earlier now, around September, and like to wean calves in April or May onto an oats crop to prepare them for sale.
“I sell my weans to different cattle producers and feedlots across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.”
The 21-month-old Clunes Crossing Lazarus L19 bull weighed 800 kilograms with a 40 centimetre scrotal measurement.
Second top priced bull of the sale was Lode Creek Impact L11 (AI) who made to $7000 during the sale and sold to the Gillespie family, Mt Walker West. The 23-month-old bull was owned by Ken Hollingsworth, Lode Creek Angus, Warwick with the sire weighing 880 kilograms with a scrotal measurement of 47 centimetres.
Overall the volume buyer at the sale was the Carrigan family, Carrigan Farming, Moonie who bought three bulls. The bulls were Clunes Crossing Legend L10 for $3500, Clunes Crossing Lazarus L11 for $4000 and Clunes Crossing Lazarus L22 for $3000.
Another buyer, Janet Muller, purchased lot 16 Lode Creek Thunderbird L10 (AI) for $6500 with the 24-month-old bull weighing 915 kilograms with a scrotal measurement of 38 centimetres. She also bought lot 9 Lode Creek Prophet L13 (AI) for $5000 with the 24-month-old bull weighing 985 kilograms with a scrotal measurement of 42 centimetres.
Lucy Gordan from Boonah purchased two bulls including lot 21 Lode Creek Impact L15 (AI) for $6500 who weighed 900 kilograms at 23-months-old and recorded at scrotal measurement of 38 centimetres.
