A cow and calf unit stole the show at the inaugural Poll Wagyu premier sale at Leyburn last Thursday, commanding more than $100,000.
Thirty-four-month-old W447 sold with bull calf at foot, along with a bonus semen straw, to James and Helen Parker for $110,000.
The Parkers run about 750 purebred Wagyu cows at Harrami, Monto, where they breed cattle for the feedlot market.
"The calf is actually by our poll bull at home and he's got phenomenal data," Mr Parker said.
"We'll use him in our herd and then obviously, the female has just got a really good, strong maternal line. She'll go into our flush program."
A direct daughter of Kanadagene 100, out of an Itoshigenami JNR female, the heterozygous polled cow is the only one of her kind, as the IVF resulted in no other DM100 x Itoshigenami JNR polled cattle. W447's dam is PWYPM0035.
The Parkers also purchased three heifers for an average of $30,000.
The sole cow-calf package formed part of the public offering of 31 lots, including females, bulls and seedstock.
Poll Wagyu included one straw of semen for every female lot, with the purchaser having the option of taking a straw from the nominated poll sire, or a straw of semen from the nominated fullblood sire.
Poll Wagyu brings together three families in the Wagyu industry - the De Bruin family, Mayura Station, Millicent, SA, the Hamblin family, Strathdale Wagyu, Sarina, and the Hammond family, Robbins Island Wagyu, Robbins Island, Tasmania.
Originally from Leyburn, Darren Hamblin got back to his roots when he hosted the sale at the 'Old Ellangowan Shearing Shed' at Leyburn.
Mr Hamblin thanked all bidders and buyers for their participation.
"Congratulations to the buyers. I'm sure you'll be happy with these cattle," Mr Hamblin said.
The top selling bull was S2522, purchased for $60,000 by Dean and Sam Pollard, Sahara Park Wagyu, Garnant.
All 31 lots sold for an average of $30,935.
In a breakdown of the catalogue, 18 bulls sold to a top of $60,000 to average $24,944, 11 heifers topped at $60,000 and an average of $31,818, one cow and calf unit sold for $110,000, and one cow sold for $50,000.
Interest from northern operators was strong, with the successful buyers list including K Spur Pastoral, Mirtna Station, Charters Towers, who bought four bulls to average $18,000.
Lotus Park Ag Trust, Lotus Creek, bought one bull for $16,000, and Fort Cooper Pastoral, Fort Cooper, Nebo, bought one bull for $28,000.
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