The first week of August delivered a strong run of stud cattle sales interfaced through AuctionsPlus, with high clearance rates and spirited competition both in person and online. In Guyra, recent snowfall didn’t cool the red-hot buying activity, with two local studs, Glenavon Angus and Eastern Plains Angus, achieving top results.
Meanwhile, the inaugural Northwood Scottish Highland Sale has taken home the chocolates" when it came to online bidding activity.
Read more on who else made this week's stud sale highlights for the week ending Friday, August 8.
Glenavon recorded the top overall price for the week, with a $46,000 bull sold as Lot 24. The sale saw 123 of 126 bulls sold for a 97% clearance and an average price of $11,816.
The Glenavon Angus 41st Annual Bull Sale kicked the week off with a bang as Glenavon sold 123 of 126 bulls to a top of $46,000, achieved by Lot 24, Glenavon Upward U313, purchased by Foster & Sons, Uralla, NSW.
The sale averaged $11,816 and achieved a clearance rate of 97%.
Lot 24, Glenavon Upward U313, fetched the top price of $46,000 at the Glenavon Angus Bull Sale. Pic: Supplied
Online interest was healthy, with 39 lots receiving online bids and six bulls purchased outright via AuctionsPlus. The top online price achieved was $17,000, and an online average of $13,167.
The Litchfield family of Hazeldean, Cooma, NSW, once again demonstrated the commercial appeal of their Angus genetics.
Within the Hazeldean Northern Performance Angus Bull Sale, out of the 192 bulls offered, 176 were sold, resulting in a clearance rate of 93% and a sale average of $11,172.
The top-priced bull of the sale, Hazeldean U216, was offered early in proceedings as Lot 2.
Sired by Hazeldean Q1229 and out of Hazeldean S803, the two-year-old weighed in at 898kg, with an eye muscle area of 133 square centimetres, 10mm rib fat, and 13mm rump fat. He was purchased for $30,000 by Mandy Curran, Longreach.
Online bidding contributed strongly to the sale’s success, with 74 lots attracting bids via AuctionsPlus. Eleven of those lots were purchased online, with the top online sale reaching $24,000. In total, online takings amounted to $348,000, with an online average of $10,545.
Despite recent snowfall in the region, the Eastern Plains Angus Bull Sale attracted red-hot bidding activity, recording the top average price for a sale interfaced through AuctionsPlus this week.
All 66 bulls offered were sold, achieving a perfect clearance rate and averaging $13,212.
The standout of the sale was Eastern Plains Urinca U159, by Alpine Real Deal R163 and from Eastern Plains Bertha P182.
Used as a yearling over stud cows, he displayed exceptional growth EBVs (+62 for 200-day weight, +103 for 400-day weight, +136 for 600-day weight) and strong carcase traits, including +80 for carcase weight and +11.9 for eye muscle area.
The sire sold to repeat buyer Una Denham, Tingha, for $34,000. Ms Denham also secured the second-top-priced bull, Eastern Plains Universal U38, for $30,000.
Online activity was lively, with 19 lots attracting bids via AuctionsPlus and nine purchased online. The top online price reached $20,000, contributing to an online average of $13,556.
Meanwhile, earlier in the week, the Northwood Scottish Highland Sale was held entirely online and proved an outstanding success for the breed. All 62 lots offered were sold, achieving a 100 per cent clearance and averaging $4,565. The top-priced lot "Pippa & Mabel", a five year old PTIC cow and a PTIC Heifer, topped the sale at $11,200.
Lot 12, 'Dakota of the High Country', a five year old, Dun Cow, was purchased for $11,100. Pic: Supplied.
This sale attracted the highest level of online bidding activity for the week, with 68 active bidders placing a total of 1,835 bids.