*41 of 47 bulls sold to a top price of $15,000, av $8100
HEAVY rain and mud did not deter buyers at the Pinora Angus autumn bull sale last Wednesday, with the stud setting a new record top price and strong average.
Stud co-principal John Sundermann said the sale results were even better than expected despite the testing weather, which saw 40 millimetres of rain recorded the night before.
Mr Sundermann said the average sale price of $8100 was up about $2000 on the year before.
He said the only thing lacking was buyers to take home the last few bulls in the catalogue.
The two top-priced bulls were both by the stud's new sire Milwillah Fevola M16, and his offspring proved very popular throughout the sale.
Mr Sundermann said the Milwillah Fevola bulls were very docile and sound with excellent growth.
Lot 17 was purchased by Brian and Sandra Higgins for $15,000.
He weighed 802 kilograms and was in the top 20 per cent for his growth figures.
The couple's son Michael bought the 834kg Lot 18, also for $15,000.
The family also bought another two bulls with the aim of putting them over Hereford cows to sell the progeny as a feature line at the autumn and spring Heyfield store sales.
Volume buyers included the Ferguson family from Dutson who purchased 12 bulls to a top $10,000, and Chesterfield Pty Ltd, Glenmaggie, who took home five bulls to a top of $12,000.
Mr Sundermann said it was a very good line up of bulls and the stud welcomed a lot of return buyers to the sale.
He said after years of drought, it was the first group of bulls to have been grassfed from birth right through.
The excellent season meant the bulls offered were heavier than than the year before and presented in excellent condition, he said.
Nutrien stud stock agent Andrew Sloan said it was once again a very good sale.
"Like a lot of the Angus bull sales around the place at the moment, it was very strong," he said.
"People were prepared to pay good money for the bulls.
"The only blip was a couple of the younger bulls, they didn't make a sale on those but only because of the age."
He said the stud produced a very even line up of bulls with good figures and phenotype.
"It's been around a long time and it's still delivering the goods," he said.
Rebecca Nadge
Bec is livestock editor for The Land. She has previously worked for Stock & Land in Victoria, the ABC in Kununurra, and newspapers in Kalgoorlie and New Zealand. Contact her at bec.nadge@theland.com.au
Bec is livestock editor for The Land. She has previously worked for Stock & Land in Victoria, the ABC in Kununurra, and newspapers in Kalgoorlie and New Zealand. Contact her at bec.nadge@theland.com.au
