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THE LAND | Thursday, September 30, 2010
Dynamite bull explodes at $42,500
ANTA Gertrudis bulls sold to a
seasonal breed high of $42,500,
unled bulls hit $35,000, and
classified heifers peaked at $11,000
in a three State buying spree at last
week’s annual Santa Central Sale,
Nobby, Queensland.
Patchy demand saw average male
values dip by $221 a head on the
previous year’s result, while the
classified average fell by a mere $18 a
head to come in at $6797 a head.
Opening proceedings saw 22 led
bulls top $42,500 to average $11,545,
while 68 unled ‘S’ bulls recorded an
average of $5360.
Five purebred commercials
averaged $2900, while two females
topped at $11,000 to average $7250.
Balancing these highlights where
seedstock and commercial beef
producers competed for a share of the
catalogue was a decline in clearances
by five per cent (87pc in 2009).
These fluctuations saw
affordability remain a prominent
feature of the sale where 55 head
(60pc) sold for $4500 or less.
Wave Hill Dynamite (P), at 26
months, topped the sale at $42,500.
Offered by Phillip Kirkby, Wave
Hill stud, Narrabri, the 1102kilogram youngster produced a 128
square centimetre eye muscle area
(EMA) and a daily weight gain of
1.35kg.
By the former RNA champion,
Warenda Jester, Dynamite sold to a
S
Sale Summary
■ 96 bulls av $6594, top $42,500
■ Two females av $7250, top $11,000
■ 82 per cent clearance
■ Santa Central’s $42,500 top
partnership between the
Bassingthwaighte family’s
Yarrawonga Waco studs,
Wallumbilla, Qld, and the Hatton
family, Diamond H stud, Chinchilla,
Qld, in a three-quarter share, full
possession arrangement.
Losing bidder on the sale topper
was Matt Windrum, Gralyn stud,
Monkerai.
Moreton and Frances Rolfe’s,
Hardigreen Park stud, Wallabadah,
enjoyed another successful sale,
investing in two more new sires at
an average $25,500.
These included the $16,000 Tookey
Creek Flynn (PS), 25-months, from
the MacCue family’s Tookey Creek
stud, Bellata, and the top selling
unled entry, the 23-month-old,
808kg, $35,000 Hillside 650 (P), by
Strathmore U544, from Max and
Leola Leggett’s Hillside Stud,
Tamworth.
Paul Hatton, Santahat stud,
Eidsvold, Qld, paid $29,000 for the
25-month-old, 1014kg, Hardigreen
Park Manager (P), by Glenn Oaks
Farmhand.
Another high-selling Farmhand
son was the $35,000, 23-month-old,
1003kg, Hardigreen Park Mountain
(PS), going to Bert and Jason
Bruggemann, Triple S stud,
Wandoan, Qld.
Sir William Allen, Forest Park stud,
Blackall, Qld, took another
Hardigreen Park entry, Maximus (P)
(800kg), a 24-month-old Wave Hill
Z146 (P) son, for $30,000.
Peter and Yvonne Webster,
Somerset, Wandoan, Qld, took four
to average $5875 topping at $10,000
for the 25-month-old, Wave Hill
Dickson (PS), by Wave Hill Arnie.
The 26-month-old, 1102-kilogram Wave Hill Dynamite (P) fetched a seasonal breed high selling for $42,500 at last week’s
Santa Central Sale, Nobby, Queensland. Pictured with the bull are partnership buyers, Alastair Bassingthwaighte, Yarrawonga
Waco studs, Wallumbilla, Qld, and Shane Hatton, Diamond H stud, Chinchilla, Qld, and Scott Ferguson of the Santa Central
Sale.
secured the services of the $7000
Qld, took the top-selling female in
Also securing new material at
Sujo Indiana , (P) a 33-month-old
the 21-month-old Glenn Oaks Ella
$10,000 was the Cumberland stud,
(P), the grand champion of the 2010 bull by Sujo Duke offered by Sue
Longreach, Qld, in the form of the
Hunt, Sujo stud, Coonabarabran.
Sydney Royal Show.
24-month-old Warenda Denmark,
Andrew Orman, Benelkay stud,
By Yarrawonga Tavern (Matrix),
from Sylvia Kirkby’s Warenda stud,
Mullaley, took the $23,000 unled
Ella was tested positive to the topNarrabri.
selling bull, Wave Hill Dynamite (P). Wave Hill Dapto (P) a 26-monthThe Speed family, Brigodoon,
The Dunlop family, Jingeri Pastoral old by Wave Hill Yokel (P).
Wandoan, picked the $11,000 Glenn
Roger Purtell, “Muean”, Mungindi,
Company, Proston, Qld, signed off
Oaks Echo (P) from Scott and
took eight to average $3063 and the
on four to average $6750.
Wendy Ferguson’s Glenn Oaks stud,
Coleman family, Yarral Yarral,
Included in their haul was the
Nobby, Qld, while Lance and Helen
Rowena, accounted for four to
$7500 Warenda Darcy (P), by
Dunlop, Jingeri, Proston, Qld, took
average $3250, and the Whalan
the 1212kg heavyweight and $10,000 Warenda Mahogany, offered by
Partnership, Torquay, Garah, took a
Michael and Danni MacCue, Jarrah
proven sire, Hardigreen Park
trio to average $6167.
Park stud, Bellata.
Landmark (37 months).
Selling agents were Elders,
Jason and Joanne Wolff,
Frank Ashman and Lynn Ericksen,
Landmark and AuctionsPlus.
Canowindra stud, Emerald, Qld,
Shannonbrook stud, Beaudesert,
Performance shines as Rosevale hits $18,000 top, twice
Joint selling agents, Elders and
Landmark, sold 76 classified S bulls
for a $6322 average, 53 purebred herd
bulls for a $4169 and six stud pregnancy-tested-in-calf (PTIC) heifers
to a top of $4500, twice, for a $3625
average to realise $723,250 for the
Greenup family.
Large scale commercial beef producer Jim Scully, “Carlow”, Blackall,
Qld, trading as Ryan Brothers made
the $18,000 equal top money bid for
Rosevale Fixall E162(P), a 23-month-
old, deep-bodied son of Rosevale
Fixall Z222(P), with a slick coat and
plenty of eye appeal.
Mr Scully was advised by Gary
Greer, Grant Daniel Long, Brisbane,
who said R Fixall E162 was the best
bull in the catalogue and a real beef
machine which will improve the
overall performance of the Santa
Gertrudis/Poll Hereford herd on
“Carlow”.
Local commercial cattleman, Grant
Thorne, Curra Park Cattle, who
operates “Kurrajong” and “Dixie”
properties in the Jandowae district,
Qld, paid the same amount for
Rosevale Battalion E700(P), a high
performance son of Rosevale
Battalion B150(P).
Mr Thorne said he wanted performance in his selection and reckoned R Battalion E700 was the ideal
candidate given its 600-day weight
figure was +35, a domestic index
value of +27 and a high morphology
test of 90 per cent.
Two quality classified S heifers in-calf
to Cooinda Bullion attracted the $4500
top female money; the first Rosevale
Twilight E267(P), a soft feminine
daughter of Rosevale Ambassador
A26(P) went to Frank Ashman,
Shannonbrook stud, Beaudesert, Qld.
A superb daughter of Tyndale
Noddy(P) in Rosevale Chloe E341
which was also PTIC to Cooinda
Bullion went to Dennis Moxey,
Denngal stud, Wilga Downs, Forbes,
for the same money.
Making News
Eidsvold Station sale: Rain held out for the
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PASTURE prepared, performance
recorded Santa Gertrudis bulls with
outstanding beef characteristics were
the order of the day at the Greenup
family’s annual Rosevale sale at
Jandowae, Queensland, last Tuesday,
where bulls topped at $18,000, twice.
For stud principals, Grahame,
Peggy, David and Sonya Greenup, it
was a rewarding experience to clear
129 bulls out of 130 representing a
near total clearance at their 54th onproperty fixture.
duration of the Eidsvold Station 53rd annual bull sale
at the Eidsvold saleyards in Queensland recently.
Repeat clients were in strong attendance, and
both seedstock and commercial breeders were well
represented to secure the quality Greenup Eidsvold
Station genetics in the 68 bulls offered.
Fourteen Santa Gertrudis herd bulls sold to
average $4357 and a top of $7500, while 37
classified bulls averaged $4392 to top $12,000,
achieving a 75pc clearance overall.
An optimistic future lies ahead for the top-priced
bull, Eidsvold Station Examine E460, to make its
mark on the breed in one of the country’s leading
herds.
Examine, which weighed 811 kilograms, was sold
to the Bassingthwaighte family of Yarrawonga Waco
Santa Gertrudis, Wallumbilla, Qld.
While classified, the bull did not have a pedigree
to report, and was sired by a classified bull and
from a classified cow.
David Bassingthwaighte sees their new
acquisition as an opportunity to introduce outcross
genetics into their herd, in a phenotypical package
that was commented on by his father, Alastair, as
“a complete bull who is a real sire”.
While catalogued at lot 15, Examine led the sale
in more ways than one.
It boasted the equal highest eye muscle area in
the sale at 125 square centimetres, was the
heaviest bull on offer, and also had the highest
lifetime daily gain, of 1.11kg/day.
It recorded the third highest scrotal size of 43
centimetres, and scored five and eight millimetres
on the rib and rump for fat.