Vendors’ pockets were filled with cash from the Emerald Ag-Grow Elite Multi-Breed Bull Sale after a Traditional Simmental bull topped prices for first-time vendors from New South Wales (NSW).
From Mendooran NSW, Chris and Ashleigh Ickinger offered the registered 31-month-old Herlo Park Rover (lot 129) and 30-month-old Herlo Park Raptor (lot 186).
Herlo Park Rover, an existing Senior Champion Simmental at Melbourne Show and Reserve Senior Champion Simmental at Sydney Show, started a bidding massacre, eventually achieving the top selling bull title at $30,000, sold to buyer Erin Goodwin from Kingstone Grazing in Alpha.
Offering a total of 166 multi-breed bulls and selling 145, the wholesale achieved an 87 per cent clearance rate, disregarding the 24 head withdrawn.
The average sale figure was sold at $8531 with a gross of $1,237,000.
A 24-month-old polled bull, Four Ways MLR (lot nine), from Four Ways Charolais, David Whitechurch from Little Plain in NSW, sold the top price Charolais bull for $22,000 to an online buyer from Clermont.
Topping the Angus section with a selling price of $18,000 was an Angus bull from the Acacia Angus Stud sold to Jordan Grazing QLD.
Central Highlands mayor Kerry Hayes acknowledged Ag-Grow’s new comers.
“I thank the Ag-Grow organisers for their invitation to be along here today, and how regional Australia is being treated today, acknowledging the fact that there are a lot of faces that I do recognise, but I am certainly seeing that there are a lot of people outside our region, which is excellent,” said Cr Hayes.
“When it comes to agriculture, the people here really help highlight the fact we need to make them understand how important these days are.
“I thank the exhibitors and everyone for coming along here today.”
Auctioneers were Elders stud stock agents, Anthony Ball, Michael Smith and Andrew Meara.
“On behalf of the Elder Stud Stock team, we thank everyone for coming today,” Mr Ball said.
“Over the years you can certainly see the quality that has consistently stayed there.”
Mr Meara thanked his colleagues.
“I’d like to congratulate Anthony Ball and Eliza Connor for putting a great sale together,” he said.
“We wish all our buyers well with their purchases.”
