Two stud bull sales last week showed there was some stability in the market and a brighter outlook for the remainder of 2024.
It was a successful first hit-out for the vendors of the inaugural Premier Charbray Sale at Woolooga, with the Wellcamp and Emjay studs achieving a near full clearance.
Emjay Charbray and Wellcamp Stud with Celestial Charbray stud bull sale on the Friday saw 55 of 58 bulls sold to $21,000 and an average of $6927.
Conducted by Shepherdson & Boyd together with Sullivan Livestock, AuctionsPlus and Charbray Society of Australia saw a good result for current times.
Top price was Lot 6, Wellcamp Trenton, bred by Anthony and Kylee Curtis of Wellcamp Stud on the south-western Darling Downs.
Michael and Lindy Connolly of Emjay Charbray at Goomeri averaged $7,181 for a total clearance through the ring for 33 bulls.
For Michael, it is always a little nostalgic to sell bulls at Woolooga.
His father, along with “the Pope“ Bill Bishop and Chilla Bewick, built the original “Top Yards” where the sales are conducted.
Michael can recall seeing it built when he was about six years old and the planting of the fig trees which adorn the yards and provide beautiful shade.
“I spent many days in my early years at those yards unloading, drafting and calling bids and then the deliveries reloading until all hours of the night in the dark under torchlight.
“I love the place and it will continue to hold a special place in my heart.”
Dan and Leanne Sullivan have rebuilt the yards which provide a beautiful setting to conduct bull sales.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
The sun was out at Kandanga Valley on Saturday and so was the crowd for the 21st on-property sale of charolais and charbray at John and Roz Mercer’s property, Warravale.
Conducted by Nutrien Livestock in conjunction with Shepherdson & Boyd, the auction saw 110 bulls on offer.
The sale finished up with an 84 percent clearance and and impressive top price of $23,000.
“It was a really good day,” John Mercer said. “The stands were packed and there were a lot of repeat buyers.
“At the end of the day there were good quality cattle at fair prices.”
Of the 110 offered, 92 sold for 84 percent clearance at an average of $8315.
There were repeat buyers from Milmerren to Charleville, from Esk to Sarina and local as well the South Burnett
About 90 bulls will be offered at the summer sale, that looks likely to be early December.
RESULTS
Charolais: 53 of 60 sold at 86 percent for an average of $8308.
Top price was $15,000 for Lot 22 Kandanga Valley Tyro, a 21-month-old polled red factor bull. It went to the Price family of Yuleba.
Charbray: 39 of 50 sold at 78 percent with an average of $8384.
Top price was $23,000 for Lot 71, Kandanga Valley Tzu, a 23-month-old polled light honey bull that went to the Callendar family of Sarina.
The Callendar family have been buying Kandanga Valley bulls for many years, John said, and were again a volume buyer.
