A SOUTH Australian bull has broken the selling record for the Simmental breed after it was knocked down for $160,000 at a sale yesterday.
Vendors Tom and Lizzy Baker, Woonallee Simmentals sold Woonallee Los Angeles for $160,000 to Brett Nobbs, Nobbs Cattle Co, Duaringa at their on-property autumn sale.
The sale topped the previous Australian Simmental bull record of $46,000 set by the Bakers in 2013 for Woonallee Gold Rush G061 and purchased by Scott York, Villa Park Beef, Dulacca.
Other sale highlights included A huge thank you to everyone that supported the Elite Production Bull and Female Sales.
According to the stud’s Facebook page, they had a total clearance of 02 bulls with an average of $9760 and a total clearance of 36 females with an average of $7208.
other sale highlights included Lot 2 for $37,000 to Rodney and Elisabeth Skene; lot 22 for $32,500 and lot 36 for $27,000 both to Wombramurra Simmentals; lot 215 for $19,000 to Paul and Natalie Tuckey; and lot 201 the "Pick of the 2016 Heifer Calves" for $17,000 to Brett Nobbs
More to come.
Lucy Kinbacher
Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.
Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.
