Angus Bull Sells for Record Price

Angus bull sells for a whopping $225,000

A brand-new Angus breed record was set in New South Wales at the end of July as the nation swings into bull selling season this spring. The record holder is 15-month-old Texas Iceman R725, who sold for $225,000. He was bought by Robert McKenzie, the owner of Macka’s Australian Black Angus Beef.

Texas Iceman was the son of an American sire, Poss Maverick. Maverick is one of the most sought-after sires in the United States, with his sons selling for an average of A$1.157 million and his daughters selling for A$137,000 in the US.

The previous national Angus record holder was Paratrooper P15, a stud sold by Millah Murrah Angus in Bathurst, NSW, during the annual spring bull sale in September 2019 to Paul and Siobhan Cowan, Oldfield Angus Stud, WA.

While past bull selling seasons has produced a number of new records, Texas Iceman’s sale is remarkably impressive. He currently holds the record for the second most expensive bull auctioned in Australia, with the top position being held by NCC Justified, a Brahman stud sold in 2017 for $325,000.

Texas Iceman is prized for his genetics, which are two decades in the making, according to the Mayne family. Seeking the best genetics for their breeding program led them to the young bull, which they believe will benefit “the whole line of the beef industry.”

The Mayne family with record-breaking Angus sire Texas Iceman R725. Image credit: The Land

The Mayne’s catalogue entry for Iceman listed him as “one of the widest, most heavily-built muscular bulls we have bred for a long time, with a huge-back end.” Iceman is expected to perform extremely well, and his new owner expects there to be high demand for his semen.

McKenzie has commented that Iceman is expected to artificially inseminate 1000 breeders this year, with a heavier workload in 2022. “He was a bull that fitted our operation and our future,” said McKenzie in an interview. “This bull gives us an even better opportunity to deliver better quality to customers.”

Because of Maverick’s excellent performance in the US, and the strong maternal line that Iceman comes from, McKenzie is certain that the stud will be an asset to the Australian beef industry at large.