The two-day Big Country Brahman Sale got off to an outstanding start on Monday with all 90 Red bulls offered selling to an enthusiastic panel of buyers.
In total 78 Red Brahman registered sires grossed $605,500 to average $7765 topping at $35,000, while 12 Red Brahman herd bulls made $57,000 to average $4750 with a high of $7000. Combined Red Brahman bulls made $662,500 to average $7360 for a excellent 100 per cent clearance.
Sale co-coordinator’s Ken McCaffrey, McCaffrey’s Australian Livestock Marketing and Jim Geaney, Geaney’s Real estate and Livestock, said the first day of the sale produced a great result.
“We had solid bidding occurring all day, guests at the sale came prepared to invest in the high quality Red Brahman bulls that were on offer,” Mr McCaffrey said.
“There is a record offering of 95 poll/scurr lots included in this years sale draft which is the largest offering ever at a northern sale, and we definitely saw a poll preference among the panel of buyers, it’s a demand we think will continue to grow,” he said.
In summing up what he thought of the day one Big Country result Mr McCaffrey said he couldn’t imagine there would be a single vendor that wouldn’t be happy with the prices they received for their sale team’s.
The $35,000 top price Red bull Lanes Creek Dolemite 1555 (P) from vendors Brian and Cindy Hughes, Lanes Creek Brahmans, Georgetown, sold in a fierce rush of bidding to David, Clinton and Sam Dunn, Somerton Brahmans, St Lawrence.
David Dunn said doing his pre-sale inspection of Dolemite he found the two-year-old was hard to fault.
“You couldn’t get a better sirey head on a poll bull,he’s also very correct and has good bone,” he said.
“He’ll go straight into our heifers at home and may also be used for A.I work.”
Darren and Sue Kent, Ooline Brahman Stud, Goovigen, secured the second top price of the day with Ooline Conquest 909 (P) selling to Eugene and Heather Matthews, Blue Range, Charters Towers, for $26,000.
Mr Matthews said they’d bought from the same bloodline in the past and had great results which is what attracted them to Conquest.
“He’s a good long well-muscled bull with good bone, he’s the complete package,” he said.
After the Red bull draft concluded select semen packages were sold grossing $9800 to average $1635 peaking at $1750, and 13 Brahman stud heifers made $61,000 to average $4750 reaching a high of $7000.