The 8th Annual Warwick Santa Gertrudis Show and Sale was held at Warwick Saleyards on April 20, which saw agents David Friend Nowlan Stock and Station, George McVeigh Top X and Mathew Grayson - George & Fuhrmann (Holdings) P/L yard 328 quality Santa Gertrudis and Santa Infused cattle of all descriptions.
Sale organisers Elizabeth Piggott, David Friend and George McVeigh said the yarding was a credit to vendors given the dry seasonal conditions many areas were experiencing at present.
There had been a large amount of enquiry for the females at the sale in particular for the PTIC cows on offer at the sale from an advertisement placed in the QCL cattle section by Rosevale Park Santa Gertrudis and Warwick Santa Gertrudis Show and Sale Facebook page.
Cattle were yarded from 15 vendors, many of whom were repeat vendors. The two main vendors were BW & SM Webster, Geddesvale, Chinchilla with 55 head and Rosevale Park Santa Gertrudis, Rose Valley, Bolivia with 83 head.
Cattle also came from Toowoomba and Southern Downs, Boonah, Texas, and Tenterfield areas.
Several repeat buyers were operating. Pat McMahon (PM & LM McMahon) purchased 65 head and Stanbroke Beef commented that they would have liked to see more steers at the sale.
Sale Highlights
PT & GM Hayes Partnership sold 10 vealer steers for 319c/kg to return $818.24.
BW & SM Webster sold 14 yearling steers for 331c to return $969.38.
18 Yearling Steers sold by Rosevale Park Santa Gertrudis sold 18 yearling steers for 330c returning $770 to Top X 112 and 324c returning $882.90 to PM & LM McMahon.
AJ & AM Doering sold six feeder steers for 297c to return $1286.05.
Mathew Wainright sold seven steers for 265c to return $1396.93.
Barry Lindeman, Lindlands Santa Gertrudis Stud, Toowoomba sold seven manufacturing steers for 286c to return $1505.61.
Rosevale Park Santa Gertrudis sold feeder heifers for 222c to return $1065.
J W Doyle sold yearling heifers for 253c to return $1129.01.
HR FA & JH Beutel sold 12 joining age heifers returning $1300 sold to Cameron Burton under bidder.
Lachlan Sorely purchased three PTIC heifers for $920 from Rosevale Park Santa Gertrudis and three stud cows for $1025 also from Rosevale Park Santa Gertrudis. Lachlan also purchased a Santa Gertrudis Bull Rosevale Park Beaumon from Spring Classic Bull sale in 2016.
Barry Lindeman, Lindlands Santa Gertrudis Stud Toowoomba sold Santa Gertrudis PTIC Heifers $900.
Beven and Hillary Weedon, Bunya Mountains contacted Rosevale Park Stud before the sale and purchased four pens of cows – 21 Santa Gertrudis cows for $1100, $950 and $850 each, and six cows and calves for $1350 each.
Cameron Wilson and Courtney Wainright also contacted Rosevale Park before the sale and purchased 14 Santa Gertrudis cows PTIC for $1025 and $1050.
Other Big S Members to sell at the sale were John and Helen Rohde sold Santa Gertrudis heifers $674, John and Rosemaree McCarthy sold Santa Gertrudis steers for 261c for $1029, Auspomour Pty Ltd purchased two classified heifers at 2017 Big S Sale from Rosevale Park Santa Gertrudis and last week sold five cows and two calves to average $805.
Guymer Family from Texas have been great supporters of the Warwick Santa Sale for many years and have also purchased bulls from Big S Sale in Toowoomba and they sold 16 steers to average 269.2c to return and average of $775.56.
