Spry bulls top at $46,000 ~ females  at $22,000

Yesterday's Spry's "Bred for Australian Conditions" Shorthorn Bull sale certainly rang a bell with both stud and commercial breeders, with a top bull price of $46,000 and the females topping at $22,000

In a tense bidding duel that saw the bids rise from an opening $10,000 to the final price of $46,000, the crowd new that Lot 3, Spry's Patent's Ace G38 (P) was something special, and the eventual buyers, a partnership of The Grove Shorthorns and the Woolalla Pastoral Company, both of Condamine Qld, certainly showed that they agreed!

Overall, the 43 bulls sold to $46,000 and averaged a very credible $7883, with buyers from as far afield as South Australia, King Island, Victoria, Queensland and most areas of NSW, with very strong support from a number of leading commercial herds.

The only female on offer was the 2011 Brisbane Junior and Grand Champion Female (and Grand Champion Heifer at the 2011 Junior Heifer Show) Sprys Gold's Uneata F27 (P) with a bull calf at foot by Sprys Roche E161 (P).

After a sustained bidding duel that ended at the $22,000 mark, she was sold to the Last Brothers Brothers from Victoria.

Other sales included:

* PTIC recipient with a sexed male embryo (Waukuru Patent 8161 (P) imp USA- Eden Park Legends Frances W006 (P)) - $5000
* PTIC recipient with a sexed female embryo (Waukuru Patent 8161 (P) - imp USA - Sprys Zams Augusta (P) ) - $4500

The sale concluded with an auction in support of the Shorthorn Youth, (with the five 38kg meat packs kindly donated the Capel and Hawkins families, fed by Ashleigh Park Feedlot for 150 days,packed by Countryside Meats of Albury and the Spry family) and which raised $3750. This was then followed, after being generously donated back by the winners of the Wangolina Wines ( the Goode family of Kingston SE,South Australia and who were major bull purchaser as well) product given by Sprys for various bull buying criteria, and which raised another $500.

Selling agents were Elders, Landmark and RWR Fountain & Co

Regards

Tony Fountain