Their draft of 38 bulls averaged a fantastic $9132.Īfter a cautious opening, when Jim Cobain, Sale picked up Days Benedict K73 (P) for just $7000, again indicating the first lot is often the cheapest, nine of their next 12 bulls offered topped $10,000. While Allendale received the top price, it was Lachy & Lou Day’s Days Whiteface stud that had the strongest result, with 12 of the 19 bulls making five figures coming from the Days Whiteface draft, including the next four highest prices ranging from $13,500 to $16,000. Purchaser Craig Trickey said, “We were looking to purchase something good to go over the progeny of the last bull top bull we bought from here, and particularly looking at bulls with lower birthweight and top growth.” Two lots earlier he also purchased Days Exceptional K53 (P) (AI), by the $90,000 Days Calibre G74 (P) for $11,000 to go home with two elite young sires to fulfil his purchasing objective. The buying honours were shared by beef producers from four states and territories, with all these regions featuring in the headlines.Īlastair and Jayne Day and family’s Allendale stud topped the sale with Allendale Chinchilla K65 (P) (AI) selling to repeat buyer, Craig Trickey, Coryule Pastoral Co, Ballarat for $17,000 buying through agent Crawford Dowling. Such bidding strength saw just 29 very serious buyers blow the other 30 registered bidders away in front of a large crowd of around 200 people. Nineteen bulls sold for $10,000 or better, which went a big way towards lifting the overall sale average by an amazing $3001 on last year’s still very good result at that time of $5217. The top price matched last year’s top and while there have been higher top priced bulls at this sale previously it was the depth of the competition that was the In a total clearance, 78 bulls sold to a top of $17,000 and averaged $8218. Red and White was certainly the colour of the day as the studs’ 18th annual Poll Hereford bull sale saw a wonderful lift in prices up to levels where they belong. The combined Days Whiteface and Allendale Poll Hereford bull offering on Monday 22nd Feb clearly demonstrated there are more great performance cattle in the south east of South Australia than those of a black colour.
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