A good crowd was present last Wednesday for the annual Yamburgan Shorthorn Bull Sale. A total of 50 bulls sold from 58 offered to average $4,850.
The top priced bull, Yamburgan Lockyer C30 sold for $10,000 to the Brownlie Family, Deepwater, Meandarra, Qld. Lockyer C30 was in the top 10% of the breed for 200 and 400 day growth, EMA and rib fat.
Mr Brownlie said “He is a very balanced bull with excellent weight for age and muscle expression.”
In total the Brownlies purchased 7 bulls to average $7,000, also purchasing the equal second priced bull Yamburgan Aladdin D13 for $9,000 and the Brisbane Grand Champion Bull Yamburgan Aladdin D6 for $6,000.
The Brownlie family consisting of John, Carol and their sons, Stuart and Tom purchased their first Yamburgan bull in 1996 and said “We have always been very happy with the performance of the Yamburgan cattle”. |
The next top price of $9,000 was for lot 10 Yamburgan Lockyer C8, selling to the Munro family, “Weebollabolla” Moree. The massive 1056kg, 25 month old bull with a 137 sq cm eye muscle will go straight into the Weebollabolla stud based a Boonal Boggabilla. Also at $9,000 was Lot 15 Yamburgan Aladdin D8 selling to Harry Lauire and his daughter Alison Cameron, Glenall stud Walcha.
Rob Cropper, Greenhills Willow Tree returned again purchasing 4 bulls to average $5,625, topping at $7,000 for Lot 3 Yamburgan Coolabah C18. Mr Cropper said “we are now a pure Yamburgan blood shorthorn herd, I’ve been buying here for 14 years. We sold a line of our steers to Swifts Caroona feedlot on Thursday with the buyer describing them as some of the best performing steers they have ever had.”
Other buyers travelled from Gympie Queensland, with George and Lyn Cotter buying lot 34 for $3,500 to go into their successful steer cross breeding program, the Grills family “Waverly” Guyra purchasing 3 bulls to average $4,666. Evan Flint, Kingston South Australia purchasing Lot 12 Yamburgan Masterpiece C82 for $6,000, Robbie Jones, “Barellan” Clermont purchased a low birthweight bull in Lot 61, Yamburgan Coolabah C109 for $4,000.
This year the sale again had extremely high repeat buying competition with over 85% repeat buyers, reflecting the quality of the bulls on offer and the
Manchee family’s strong commercial focus. The sale was conducted by Landmark and Elders, with Paul Dooley the auctioneer.
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