ONE South Australian feedlot has dominated the 2024 Boonaroo on-property Angus sale in Corndale on Friday, paying the sale's top price and spending the most money by a fair margin.
Princess Royal Station, Burra, SA, dominated the early part of the sale and was the biggest volume buyer, paying a total of $185,000 for 10 bulls.
That included the top-priced bull, Lot 9, Boonaroo Effective T202, for $34,000.
The August 2022-drop bull weighed 804 kilograms, with estimated breeding values (EBV) including a birth weight of +4.3 kilograms, a 200-day weight of +52kg, a 400-day weight of +100kg, a 600-day weight of +131kg, and an eye muscle depth of +3.8.
His sire was Kidman Effective Q16, while his dam was Boonaroo Fatima Q260.
Luke Bavistock, Princess Royal Station, said he was willing to pay top dollar for quality genetics.
"We've bought here in the last couple of years, and we tend to target the top end of the bulls on offer," he said.
He said the 10 bulls would play an integral role in their 20,000-head feedlot for the next few years.
Other purchases in Princess Royal Station's lot of bulls included Lot 17, Boonaroo Charlie T309, which sold for $22,000, and Lot 19, Boonaroo N20 Kasbah T288, which sold for $28,000.
The second-top-priced bull, Lot 4, Boonaroo Genius T227, sold for $30,000 and will stay within western Victoria after being bought by first-time buyers Winfield Angus stud, Wangoom.
His sire was Boonaroo Genius Q63, while his dam was Boonaroo Jedda R65.
Winfield Angus stud co-principal Clare Porter said she was impressed by the bull's 600-day weight EBV of +157kg and birth weight of +4.6kg.
"This bull has great docility, with easy calving, and we were pretty impressed by his bloodline as well," she said.
"It will definitely improve our calves coming through for replacement heifers and in selling higher weights for our younger calves."
Of the 94 registered buyers from Victoria and SA, 72 went home with at least one bull.
Boonaroo stud co-principal Shane Foster said having a wide range of purchasers attend the sale was encouraging for local producers.
"Having some of those bulls sell at a base price meant that there was something for everyone, and having those who were willing to pay a bit more gave some confidence," he said.
He said consistency was a focus for the stud over the past year and that most of the 2024 sale group were good "curve benders".
