Andrew and Norah Cass, ANC Full French Charolais sold 125 bulls to average $6148 with the top price reaching $37,000 at their on-property sale held at Gulugba last Friday.
The sale topper ANC Lastovski created a lot of attention early in the sale and was sold to repeat buyers Jeff and Ryan Holzwart, Bauhinia Park Charolais, Emerald.
The heaviest bull in the sale draft Lastovski entered the ring weighing 1008kg, an eye muscle area of 150sq, P8 scan of 8mm, rib of 7mm and IMF of 4.2 percent.
He is the son of the highly regarded sire ANC Hectare, an exceptionally beefy bull who has bred well for the Cass family and from the ANC Highroad female.
Mr Holzwart said he had inspected the Lastovski a month before the sale and was on a mission to secure him.
“He is completely outstanding in every way, he has a great carcase, high IMF reading and has a large eye muscle area,” Mr Holzwart said.
“We will use him over a mix of polled and horned Bauhinia Park stud females.
Next at $17,000 was ANC Lichee (P, a polled son of ANC Honda, with a weight of 940kg and an eye muscle area of 146cm sq.
He was just one of a draft of six bulls put together by north-western Queensland beef producers Eric and Lyn Slack-Smith, Gladesvale Station, Richmond.
The Slack-Smith’s also paid to $14,000 for ANC Longview and overall their draft of bulls averaged $10,500.
These bulls will be joined to Brahman cows running on the Slack-Smith family properties in the Richmond and Julia Creek districts.
New Zealand buyers Hemingford Limited, buying over the phone through Harvey Weyman-Jones, GDL Stud Stock, paid to $15,500 for ANC La Porte (P), a son of ANC Gustac, and $15,000 for ANC Lynx also a polled son of ANC Danube.
Also making $15,000 was ANC Leonardo, a son of ANC Bounty (P), selected by Wayne and Lesley Davis, Murgon. The couple also paid $8000 for ANC Lagan (P).
Bulk buyer was Gavin and Dillon Scott, Rosetta Station, Collinsville who provided strong bidding strength throughout the sale and finished 22 bulls to average $6136.
These bulls will be joined to some of the 15,000 Brahman-cross breeders the Scott family run in the Collinsville district. A repeat buyer Mr Scott said he was delighted to secure a lovely draft of bulls.
“When they get home we will have to look after them a bit as the weather is starting to dry off, and they will be joined to the cows after the first of the summer storms,” Mr Scott said.
Buying support was garnered from most parts of Queensland and the Northern Rivers district of NSW.
Three stud females sold to average $2667.