*Total clearance of 103 bulls to $25,000, av $7714
THERE was strong Victorian and South Australian interest in Coonamble Angus stud's on-property bull sale at Bremer Bay, WA, last week.
The top-priced, second top-priced and third top-priced bulls were headed to interstate studs.
The stud achieved a 100 per cent clearance of 103 bulls, to an average price of $7714.
The bull to hit the $25,000 top price was Coonamble Hold Em N373, a Texas Hold Em son out of Coonamble K283.
It was this pedigree that prompted buyer Chris Oswin, Alpine Angus stud, Myrtleford, to see off the competition to post the winning bid.
Mr Oswin said the Coonamble sale team was one of the best line ups of Angus bulls he had seen.
“It was a strong offering of bulls and the one we bought was long with great growth potential and exceptional raw scan data for eye muscle and intramuscular fat,” Mr Oswin said.
“He has a massive set of testicles on him and I think this bull will do a lot of good within our herd.”
N373 weighed in at 706 kilograms on sale day and had estimated breeding values of a +3.1kg birth weight, +48kg for 200-day weight, +93kg for 400-day weight and +125kg for 600-day weight.
Taking the second top price honours of $20,000 was Lot 15, Coonamble Kevin N35.
This bull is headed to South Australia when it was bought by Jock Hislop, JB Angus stud, Naracoorte.
Mr Hislop said in his mind, N35 was a stand out in the sale team.
“He has lots of muscle and is square with a low birth weight and good growth rates,” Mr Hislop said.
“He is very quiet and also had the equal highest scanning figures of any bull in the catalogue.”
Mr Hislop has used Coonamble genetics in the past, saying two Coonamble Hero ET sons topped his sale this year.
“This bull was the pick for me because it is a combination of all the best breeding at Coonamble and is also a heifer’s first calf,” he said.
Also heading to Victoria was Lot 40, Coonamble Discovery N439, when it was bought by Lachie Wilson, Murdeduke Angus stud, Winchelsea, for $17,000.
Mr Wilson said he had used Coonamble genetics in the past and N439 represented an outcross performance pedigree for his stud herd.
“He was just a very structurally sound bull with a good temperament,” Mr Wilson said.
“I picked him out on pedigree and he stood out physically for me as well.
“He had a fair few flush brothers in the sale and I thought he was the pick of them and had the good raw scan data to go with it.”