Tasmanian Quarter-way Angus bulls sell to high prices

The top-priced bull, Lot 6, sold to $16,000 and two other bulls sold to $14,000.

Stud principal Trevor Hall said the $8009 average was an increase of about $1400.

"I think it was a very positive sale for the season we're in at the moment," he said.

"I think it was a good sale for us as vendors and a good sale for buyers."

Two buyers bought in volume, purchasing seven bulls each, he said, and most of the buyers were return customers along with a handful of new clients.

"We had quite a lot of people there and we do it by video auction, so we had to adjust our shed to still meet social distancing," he said.

He was particularly pleased with this year's line-up.

"I think they were probably one of the most even line-up of bulls we've presented - all true to type with plenty of depth, length, with a good hindquarter on them, sound feet," he said.

"We concentrate on the structure of the cattle a lot and breed for calving ease really, not low birth weight.

"We like to have the shoulder shape in them."

He said it had been a good season.

"We had a small shower of rain on Saturday, it was only about 4 millimetres," he said.

"That's been our first rain in about four to five weeks but it's still green and it still looks good."

Nutrien Tasmania stud stock manager Jock Gibson said it was a very good result.

"It was a bit hard to know what to expect being that first bull sale of the season but I think all in all it was a good, strong sale," he said.

"[It was] a very strong, even line-up of bulls - I thought one of the best line-up of bulls they've put up there at Quarter-way."

He said more bulls were offered but the quality was maintained.

He predicted upcoming bull sales to also bring good prices.

"The cattle market is on a high so we've got to expect bull sales to be fairly strong," he said.