MANCHEE Agriculture’s Yamburgan Durham Shorthorns sale sold to a top of $28,000 last Wednesday an on-farm record for the shorthorn herd.

Overall average for the day, for the 72 bulls offered was $7228.

“It was great to see 83% repeat clients again this year, we have had over 80% repeat buyers year in, year out for the last 18 years, there was also a 30 per cent increase in bulls this year,” Mr Manchee said.

Numbers were up in all areas this year, in average and in attendance with bulls selling to NSW, QLD, VIC & SA.

The record-breaking bull was Yamburgan Everest E102 (P), pictured above. The 25-month-old roan bull, sold to Lyn and John Nitschke of Carlton Poll Shorthorns, Hahndorf, SA, weighed in at 874kg and measured a 124-centimetre square eye muscle area (EMA) with fat scans of 13mm and 10mm on the rump and ribs.

“Everest E102 was used heavily as a junior sire last year with some very good calves now on the ground,” Mr Manchee said.

Everest was in the top one per cent for gestation length; top five per cent for 400 day weight, carcase weight, EMA, heavy domestic and export maternal indexes; and top 10 per cent for 200 and 600 day weights and SB3 index. The Nitschkes also purchased a second Oscar son for $5,000 to use in their south east breeding herd of over 1,000 females after being extremely pleased with the calves they have on the ground by AI sire Yamburgan Ossie D59 (P).

Peter Mills, Wynyard Sutd, with Lot 8 who sold for $16,000.

Angus and Terry Pointing Purchased Lot 9 for $16,000.

Following this, the next best bulls reached $16,000, twice.

Yamburgan Ossie E99 (P) sold to Peter Mills of Wynyard Shorthorns at Manilla and Yamburgan Jafar E82 (P) sold to the Pointing Family Trust of “Burraki”, Walcha.

Prepared on forage oats, Yamburgan Ossie E99 weighed 1014kg, measured 140 centimetre square eye muscle area, with fat scans of 15mm and 10mm on the rump and ribs.

Terry Pointing said his bull would go into a breeder operation where he had about 900 cows.

“This was a good soft bull with plenty of cover, good fat scans and easy calving figures,” he said.

Jafar was also Reserve Senior Champion at the Brisbane Ekka this year weighing 1050kg, 140 cetimetre square eye muscle area, with fat scans of 27mm and 16mm on the rump and ribs.

Bill Gordon and family, Dalgonally stud, Condobolin, NSW purchased Yamburgan Jafar E120 for $14,000 who weighed 1142 kg at 25 months with an EMA of 141 square centimetres with fat measurements of 19mm and 14mm on the rump and rib.

Sandy Munro of Weebollabolla Shorthorns, Moree also bought two bulls to a top of $10,000. Mr Munro also purchased two semen lots totalling 50 straws from Yamburgan Emperor E103 (P) for $300 per straw.

Andy and Sally Withers purchased Yamburgan Jaguar E274 (P) for $9,000, a low birth weight bull to be used in the Belmore Shorthorn stud, Naracourte, SA.

Meanwhile, the biggest volume buyer on the day was John and Carol Brownlie of “Deepwater”, Meandarra, QLD.
Deepwater Farming purchased seven bulls on the day to a top of $13,500 and at an average of $8643. Mr Brownlie said the bulls would be joining 2500 cows.

“I’ve been buying here for about eleven years, they have lovely, soft, easy doing cattle” Mr Brownlie said.

“I grow the progeny through to bullocks which are sold direct to works at an average dressed weight of 350 to 360kg while they’ve still got their milk teeth,” he said.

Other volume buyers on the day included long time clients Rob and Camilla Cropper of Greenhills Pastoral, Meriwah who purchased four bulls to a top of $8000 and at an average of $6000.

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