This week's stud sale spotlight for the week ending Friday, September 6 has turned up another dial across the 2024 spring stud selling season. It was the Angus offerings who pushed the needle this week with 17 out of the 30 sales interfaced through AuctionsPlus offering Angus seedstock.
Across the 17 Angus stud sales, seven achieved a clearance over 90%. However, it was ‘3RD Annual Grassdale Angus Spring Sale’, ‘Hicks Beef Spring Bull Sale’, ‘Hazeldean Angus Spring Bull Sale 2024’, ‘Banquet Angus Spring Bull Sale’ and the ‘Millah Murrah 2024 Angus Bull Sale’ who achieved full clearance.
It was another successful day out at the ‘Millah Murrah 2024 Angus Bull Sale’ where the Thompson family achieved stunning sale averages across a line of highly-sort after genetics.
Based out of Bathurst, NSW, the stud sold all 123 bulls to a top of $140,000, attaining an average of $27,227.
In the breakdown, 33 yearling bulls sold to $140,000, averaging $32,727. The 18-month-old offerings sold to $70,000 to average $25,453, and 15 two-year-olds sold to $70,000, averaging $24,000.
The top-priced bull was the yearling, MILLAH MURRAH RAMJET U356 purchased for $140,000 by return buyers Shepwok Angus, Gibson, WA.
The stud’s catalogue said the young bull “does everything right” and had a “beautiful phenotype and skeletal structure” and his genes carried fantastic maternal heritage.
Pointing to his ability to produce fast growing calves, Ramjet’s Estimated Breeding Values rank him as +3.3 for birth weight but a whopping +122 for 600-day growth.
The sale attracted people from across the nation with bulls being sold to five states. However, it was the online activity driven by keen bidders through the AuctionsPlus platform who drew an electric presence to the buying field.
AuctionsPlus’ Business Development Manager Hugh Courts attended the sale, placing bids on behalf of the platform’s online bidders.
“Millah Murrah was a tremendous sale to attend for the first time. The outstanding line up of bulls was highlighted by how even they were as well as the sound structural phenotype," Mr Courts said.
“Online buyers could bid with confidence knowing the work that has gone in to breeding these spectacular bulls."
In safe hands with Mr Courts and seasoned Market Operator’s Millie George and Abby Naumann back at AuctionsPlus Headquarters in Sydney, bidders on the platform secured nine of the hotly-contested bulls with a total of 181 bids being placed online across 73 lots.
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‘The Trent Bridge Wagyu Bull Sale 2024’ was a flying success for the Perry family, achieving full clearance and attaining a sale average of $20,461.
In only its second year of an annual on-property bull sale, the stud’s offering of 169 combined Wagyu yearling and two-year-old bulls sold for a top price of $55,000 with the purchase of TRENT BRIDGE U120 (Lot 71), who sold to Stone Ace Pastoral Company.
AuctionsPlus had constant, strong online action throughout the sale, securing 55 bulls for online buyers and placed bids on 75% of the available lots.
The second highest purchase of the day was made through AuctionsPlus, with TRENT BRIDGE U694 (lot 11) purchased for $52,000. Struan Pearce was on ground bidding on behalf on AuctionsPlus buyers.
The fierce online activity lead AuctionsPlus to secure an additional 15 lots online compared to the 2023 inaugural sale, with the online purchases averaging $21,127 across the 55 lots.
The ‘Yulgilbar Annual Production Sale’ picked up a new pace for Santa Gertrudis offerings for the spring stud season.
Honouring 70 years of Santa Gertrudis breeding for the Yulgibar stud, the sale achieved an average of $10,528, with the auction topping at $34,000.
The top selling bull was an homozygous poll sire named YULGILBAR TITANIC T156 (lot 5) who was purchased via AuctionsPlus to a Queensland-based bidder.
The ‘Jarrah Genetics ‘Bred to Perform’ Bull Sale 2024’ was another smooth and successful sale for the Becker family with 94% clearance across a lineup of modern Herefords and Jarrah Red bulls.
The Jarrah Red breed is unique to the Becker family. Marketed as "the clean-coated flatbacks", a Jarrah Red consists of just under 50% British genetics and the remaining percentage Brahman.
The 2024 sale was the stud’s first live auction, on-property sale held out at 'Glenarchy', Banana Queensland.
The Herefords were sold before the Jarrah Reds, with 13 lots sold on the day to online bidders through AuctionsPlus.
Described as “a bull that can have a real impact on your herd”, the top purchase of the day JARRAH RED T457 (Lot 41) sold for $23,000 through AuctionsPlus on behalf of an online bidder.
However, the Hereford offerings held its ground with the top-priced Hereford bull JARRAH ROBERT REDFORD T218 (lot 2) sold for $18,000.
The ‘Barambah-Dale Charolais Sale’ closed the week with another strong result for Charolais sales over the spring stud selling season.
The Barambah-Dale sale held in Dalby, Queensland, achieved full clearance across a strong line of Charolais genetics. Across the 65 bulls offered, the sale achieved an average of $10,621 and topped at $22,000 with BARAMBAH-DALE T-REX (lot 19) purchased onsite.
Earlier in the week, the ‘Hopgood Charolais Bull Sale’ located in Clermont, Queensland, achieved almost perfect clearance with 98% across the 44 head on offer, achieving a sale average of $9,047 with the top-priced bull HOPGOOD TOUGHEN UP (lot 4) purchased for $18,000 secured by AuctionsPlus on behalf on an online bidder.
