Records tumbled at the Red Angus Power of Red XI sale in Toowoomba last weekend.
Twenty one bulls, six heifers and 10 semen lots all met with spirited competition from 49 onsite bidders and 34 online bidders.
The unprecedented demand resulted in best ever averages.
By the end of the sale 21/21 bulls sold to an average of $13,571, 6/6 heifers sold to an average of $5,833 and 10/10 semen lots sold to an average of $250 per straw.
Top-priced bull for the sale was the Lot 23 bull of David, Ashleigh and Taylah Hobbs (Round-Em Up / Moorwatha) making $23,000. This was closely followed by the Lot 6 bull of Heather Davies’ Rosemullion Red Angus which topped out at $22,000.
Top priced heifer was Lot 30 from the Hobbs Family making $9,000. Top priced semen lot was offered by GK Livestock, with Sweetland Grazing paying $425 per straw for three straws of the Red Angus breed icon in Red Fine Line Mulberry 26P. Melissa and Matt George, Eskdale Cattle Company was the volume bull buyer taking home three bulls. In the female side of the barn, Oakland Reds took home three new heifers for their burgeoning operation.
Original Power of Red Group vendor Heather Davies of Goomburra Qld had the second top priced bull on the day with Rosemullion Red Upgrade selling for $22,000 to Jateebee Brangus, Theodore. Upgrade is a 23 month old son of H2R Profitbuilder. Heather sold three bulls on the day to average $14,000.
Original POR committee member and vendor Maryanne Kearney, Boonyouin Red Angus, Kingaroy QLD sold four bulls on the day with the top of $19,000 selling to Waikare Partnership Glen Innes for her rising two year old 5M Oreson U87 and averaged $12,500 for four bulls.
Kirrily Johnson-Iseppi, GK Livestock Dalby, sold this year’s Ekka Grand Champion bull and member of the Supreme Interbreed Pair, GK Red NCJ Valyrian V1 for $19,000 to Balancer Cattle Co Harlin to go over Gelbvieh heifers. The 20 month old bull was 822 kg and had an EMA of 128cm2 . Kirrily also offered six genetic packages in the sale to top at $425/straw for a semen package in the triple trait leader Red Fine Line Mulberry 26P.
Hard-working junior member Millie Martin, AKM Red Angus, Stony Creek Qld only had a single entry this year, but AKM Valentine sold for $13,000 to local Kilcoy producers the Webster family.
Keen Junior Red Angus member, Lachlan Moore , Langley Vale NSW, sold his single entry Moorevale Red S20 Vin Diesel V01 for $12,000 to bulk buyer on the day, Eskdale Cattle. V01 was the first son Moorevale has bred & offered for out of the current Australian record price female, GK Red 624 Dina S2, who Lachlan purchased through the 2023 Queensland Power of Red Sale for $25,000.
Darling Downs breeders Allan & Lucie Brown, Keen Edge Red Angus, Pittsworth Qld also had a single entry in the sale this year in Keen Edge Umpire, a son of Canadian Sire Red Wheel Stark 67G who sold for $10,000.
Second time vendors Phil & Linda Matthews, Pledge Red Angus, Kumbia Qld sold their trio of PTIC heifers to average $6333. Topping at $7000 for Pledge Rose U2 a two year old granddaughter of Millwillah Marble Bar.
Newest vendors in the sale the Redgwell family, Heartland Red Angus made the trip up from Tamworth NSW to sell their two bulls to average $7000 for a top of $8000 for Heartland Uriah.
Largest vendor in the sale this year was the Hobbs Family of Round-em-up & Moorwatha Red Angus, Molong NSW. As well as their top priced bull selling to Sweetland Grazing Roma for $23,000, they also sold three bulls to South Australian buyers for $19,000, $18,000 and $16,000. Their team of 8 bulls averaged a hefty $15,625 and their trio of heifers topped at $9,000 for Round-Em-Up Dina V36 to Oakland’s Reds, Widgee Qld and averaged $5,333.
Queensland Red Angus Chairman Tony Martin and the Power of Red Sale committee would like to thank all vendors for the fabulous line up of both cattle and genetics, and for the Queensland Red Angus members who turned up to the sale to help get all the required jobs done, to Nutrien Livestock for their professionalism in the conduct of the sale and to Stocklive for their online selling platform. Finally, we would like to thank our major sponsors for this sale in Stag Machinery, Nutrien Livestock and Farmers Breeding Supplies for their ongoing support of this sale.
