A bull has sold at the Landfall Angus annual autumn sale for $240,000.
Dunoon Angus stud, Holbrook, NSW, snapped up Lot 15, Landfall Pheasantry S1755, at Landfall Angus' sale on Monday.
The August 2021-drop bull was sired by Te Mania Pheasantry P1479 and out of Landfall Eline Q835.
Its TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation estimated breeding values included +1.9 kilograms birth weight, +48kg 200-day weight, +89kg 400-day weight, +118kg 600-day weight, as well as +4.7 centimetres scrotal size, +12.5 square centimetres eye muscle area and +6.3 per cent intramuscular fat.
The bull was sold as part of the stud's 2023 autumn bull sale at Launceston, Tas, where 235 bulls were offered.
The bull's price fell $40,000 short of the current Australian record price for an Angus bull set at the 2021 Millah Murrah Angus bull sale when Millah Murrah Rocket Man R38 sold for $280,000.
Other high prices at the sale included $46,000 for Lot 67, $45,000 for Lot 157, $38,000 for Lot 2, and $36,000 each for Lot 11 and Lot 17.
The sale was conducted by Nutrien Ag Solutions Tasmania.
More to come.
Rachel Simmonds
Rachel is an agricultural journalist for Australian Community Media's Stock & Land. She covers all aspects of Victoria's farming community and industry. To get in contact, email rachel.simmonds@stockandland.com.au
Rachel is an agricultural journalist for Australian Community Media's Stock & Land. She covers all aspects of Victoria's farming community and industry. To get in contact, email rachel.simmonds@stockandland.com.au
