In a milestone shift for the family-run Talgai and Red Oak Santa Gertrudis studs, the 2025 bull-selling season marks the first time their sires will be sold online.
The Talgai Santa Gertrudis Online production Sale is scheduled from 18 September to 22 September, providing easier access to premium Talgai Santa and Red Oak Santas genetics optimised for fertility, muscle and temperate adaptability.
Talgai’s stud breeding objective remains focused: to produce herd-improving sires for commercial cattle producers.
Bartholomew and Co and AuctionsPlus will facilitate bidding on the 19 classified and commercial Santa Gertrudis bulls, aged 22 to 24 months, which are bred to meet market specifications.
Also in this sale are four PTIC stud females – with perhaps a calf at foot by sale time – as well as 24 commercial heifers ready to join.
Bartholomew and Co Garth Weatherall said the online sale allowed access to top-quality bulls without having to leave home.
“It also gives western clients the opportunity to buy top-quality coastal-bred Santa bulls with wonderful temperaments.“
Talgai has sold bulls exclusively through traditional auctions and will still send four sires to the Brisbane Valley Santa Gertrudis Sale at Toogoolawah this year.
The digital pivot offers multiple advantages for buyers and breeders:
Greater accessibility: Buyers anywhere in Australia — can participate without travel constraints, broadening market reach for Talgai genetics.
Convenience and efficiency: Bidders can evaluate bulls remotely at their own pace and bid in real time from their desktop or mobile.
Consistent quality assurance: As in past sales, all bulls will undergo soundness, semen morphology and fertility evaluations prior to sale.
Like earlier offerings from Talgai, bulls will be clearly presented with comprehensive data.
The Talgai enterprise was established in 2004 after owners Max and Roz Baldwin bought the Robenlea Santa Gertrudis stud and property, “Dingyarra” at Toogoolawah.
The Talgai Santas’ prefix and stud number 1990 entered the Santa Gertrudis industry in 2005 as the Baldwin family owned the Australian heritage-listed homestead Talgai near Allora on the Darling Downs.
The entire stud operation moved in 2007 from “Dingyarra” to the Darling Downs when Max and Roz purchased two other properties in the area. In 2014 the homestead was sold.
In March 2018 the company bought The Gorge and then the neighbouring property Broadlands. Both are located in the Nindooinbah area just outside of Beaudesert.
The entire stud operation is based at The Gorge and a commercial herd of Santa/Charolais/Angus breeders is run on Broadlands.
Along with both stud and commercial cattle operations, Talgai runs Talgai Prime Hay Suppliers. Quality hay is produced from both The Gorge and Broadlands.
Malcolm and Chick Gadsby have managed Talgai Santas 20 years.
“We’ve only been in the Nindooinbah area for six years,“ Chick said. “Before that we were on the Darling Downs and there’s a big difference coming onto ticky, coastal country, which we were partly prepared for.
“All cattle in our operation are blooded. The herd has adapted now but it took a couple of years.
“We find, however, when we send our bulls out towards the Darling Downs, Western Downs, Maranoa and Central West Queensland as far as the Atherton Tablelands areas, they really thrive.“
Talgai plans to host an online catalogue release in August, followed by pre-sale inspection windows and a scheduled sale date in early September.
Buyers will register on AuctionsPlus a minimum of 48 hours prior, confirm identity and complete induction modules —ensuring the bidding process is secure and smooth.
As other studs in southern Queensland continue with hybrid formats, Talgai’s full digital model may become a template for the future of livestock marketing — where high-quality Santa bull genetics from the Scenic Rim can now virtually travel nationwide.
In embracing online selling, Talgai Santa Gertrudis demonstrates leadership and adaptability — aligning time-honored breeding tradition with modern technology.
Talgai Santas will also host an on-farm pre-sale inspection on Saturday, 22 September starting from 1pm.
Please call Malcolm on 0428 689 146 or Garth on 0438 793 100 to arrange an alternative time.
