WHITEFACE cattle posted an average of $8183 and gross of $1.2 million at the Herefords Australia National Show and Sale at Wodonga.
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A total of 147 bulls sold from 183 offered for an 80 per cent clearance.
In the breakdown, six Top of the Drop bulls sold to a high of$14,000, gross of $50,000 and average of $8333.
Of the junior bulls, 75 sold under the hammer to a top of $26,000, gross of $542,000 and average of $7226, while 66 senior bulls sold to $38,000, a gross of $611,000 and average of $9257.
National sale committee chairman Alvio Trovatello said the inclusion of Top of the Drop, or yearling bulls, was well received.
Long time purchaser at the Wodonga National, Vern Robertson, McCooey Herefords, Goulburn, snapped up the top price bull and senior champion, Glendan Park Maddox M024, for $38,000 from Alvio Trovatello, Glendan Park Herefords, Kyneton, Victoria.
The 26-month-old bull was sired by Injemira Anzac AI J188 and out of Glendan Park Marinda J063.
Maddox weighed 1096kg and scanned with an eye muscle area of 144sqcm, rump fat of 25mm, rib fat of 15mm and a scrotal circumference of 43cm.
The bull had estimated breeding values of +115kg for 600 day weight, +6.3sqcm for eye muscle area and +1.1 per cent for intramuscular fat.
The second top price bull at $34,000 was the intermediate champion EDR Mojo, bought by Anthony Bailleau, Western District Pastoral, Willaura, Vic, and Graham Newham, Cara Park Herefords, Delungra, from David Russell, EDR Herefords, Wynyard, Tasmania.
The 24-month-old bull weighed 944kg, was sired by Yarram Unique F107 and had BREEDPLAN figures of +4.1kg for birthweight, +23kg for milk and +5.0sqcm for eye muscle area.
Ross Smith, Glenellerslie Herefords, Adelong, outlaid $30,000 for WRL Makka, a 990kg son of Mawarra Black Heart, from WRL Herefords, Dalby, Queensland.
Mr Smith also paid $16,000 for the Yarram Storm son, Kaludah Stormboy M579, from Pam Shelley, Kaludah Herefords, Cooma.
Ensay breeder, Barry Newcomen, Newcomen Herefords, couldn’t go past Mawarra Prime Time at $26,000 from Peter and Deanne Sykes, Mawarra Herefords, Longford, Victoria.
Fred Starr and daughter Anne Starr, Foxforth Herefords, Guyra, paid $26,000 for Glendan Park Megastar M026, a 1162kg son of Yarram Unique F107, from Glendan Park.
Leeway Maximise M008, a 1040kg son of Glendan Park Empire E002, was sold by Leeway Herefords, Ootha, NSW, for $22,000 to Mark and Wendy Campion, Amos-Vale Herefords, Glen Innes.
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