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Herd improvers on offer

The 2025 Brisbane Valley Santa bull sale will be held at the Toogoolawah Showgrounds on Wednesday, 17 September commencing at 12:30pm, where 65 quality, commercially-orientated, herd improvers will go under the hammer.

All bulls have had the same vaccinations, three germ blood, vibrio, seven in one and three day sickness.

All bulls will be scanned and semen tested by the one person to enable comparisons to be made between drafts and are all pre-sale weighed at the saleyards on Tuesday, 16 September.

The nine studs represented in the sale are all domiciled east of the Great Dividing Range where their cow herds run on forest country giving these bulls a natural doing ability to perform wherever they go.

Commercial clients of this sale have performed well in local weaner sales taking out first places at Toogoolawah, Coolabunia and Murgon.

There is a broad range of genetics represented in the sale with 23 individual sires giving 50 classified bulls and 90 per cent with polled genetics.

Also on offer are seven purebred heifers from Welbatch stud with some being broken in for potential showing.

The bulls and heifers will be available for inspection at Toogoolawah Showgrounds from Monday afternoon.

The vendors are offering freight assistance to these centres, Murgon, Gayndah, Eidsvold, Dalby, Coolabunia, Beaudesert, Casino and Moreton saleyards if agents are contacted prior to the sale.

Sole agents for the sale are Sheperdson and Boyd and it will be interfaced with AuctionsPlus.

Catalogues are available by contacting Russell Gray 0429 005 013 or (07) 5424 8138 or can be downloaded from the link on Brisbane Valley Facebook Page.

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