LONG-STANDING clients demonstrated their confidence in the McCormack family’s Clonlara breeding direction after paying a $7054 average for Droughtmaster bulls at their annual sale, Dilga, Glenmorgan on Wednesday.
Selling agent Elders with guest auctioneer Wayne York cleared 55 Droughtmaster bulls at $7054 and 10 red composite bulls for a $6600 average to a top of $10,000.
Overall the sale saw 65 bulls average $6984 for a 94 per cent clearance rate.
David and Colleen Smith, Vale View Droughtmasters, Goomeri were successful bidders at the $40,000 top money for Clonlara 17210, a superbly put together, 23-month-old son of Redskin Gator (P) with excellent raw data and Breedplan figures.
We inspected him a few days prior to the sale and he was a standout then and I’am delighted Clonlara 17210 will be joining our sire battery.
- David Smith, Vale View Droughtmasters
Mr Smith said he (Clonlara 17210) was hard to fault, clean coated and tidy underneath with plenty of bone and scale.
“We inspected him a few days prior to the sale and he was a standout then and I’am delighted Clonlara 17210 will be joining our sire battery,” Mr Smith said.
The last bull into the ring, Clonlara Composite 17406 (P), a high growth son of Kimberley FB170 with excellent fertility aspects attracted the top red composite price of $10,000 from WNM Macdonald Pty Ltd, Fossil Downs Station, Fitzroy Crossing, West Australia.
Agents: Elders.