Big live-ex demand from all over country for ALC Brahman bulls at Nebo

A top price of $31,000 was paid for a homozygous polled Brahman bull in the top 10 per cent for breed for live export $ index at the 2025 ALC Brahman Bull Sale on July 2.

Louise and Alf Collins' stud at Gundaroo Station, Nebo, sold 109 bulls for a 100 per cent clearance to an average of $7165.

The top-priced bull, ALC24-7718, went to Northern Territory live export suppliers Kelly and Don White, DK Grazing Co at Bridge Creek Station in the Adelaide River.

The light red bull boasted an impressive +3.1 scrotal size estimated breeding value, putting him in the top 8pc of breed; a -21.0 days-to-calving EBV which is in the top 7pc and he was also in the top 6pc for intramuscular fat.

He has multiple generations of tight calving intervals from the both the sire and dam's side and both dam and grand dam are two-year-old calvers.

The Whites, whose operation runs 10,000 head across three properties, took 18 ALC bulls, all polled, to an average $7500.

Mr White, who has been buying from ALC for 15 years, said he was chasing growth-for-age and fertility but mostly polled.

"The ALC herd is in the top 10pc of Brahman across the EBVs so that's the base reason for sourcing these bulls there but now we are trying to push our herd forward with the polled gene," he said.

The top-priced bull was both a nice style of animal, had the EBVs and a double polled gene, making him worth going the extra for, Mr White said.

"Polled is the way forward for our industry but it pays us back immediately in less stress on every single animal," he said.

The bulls will go out on the White's breeding property at Christmas with first-calve heifers.

The rising two-year-old ALC sale bulls were grass prepared and averaged in the top 5pc

for central production and live-ex $ indexes.

They also averaged in the top 10pc for scrotal size and days-to-calving and top 30pc for 600-day growth.

Half were polled or scurred and 77pc were out of two-year-old calving dams or grand dams.

The bulls will go as far as Western Australia, the Northern Territory and north and central Queensland.

North Queenslander Alister McClymont took three homozygous polled bulls, all out of two-year-old calving dams with calving intervals under 367 days, to an average $9667.

The sale was interfaced with AuctionsPlus and Mrs Collins said the bidding activity online was particularly strong this year, with two buyers new to ALC Brahmans making successful purchases.

"Their confidence in selecting quality cattle based solely on our videos and comprehensive data, reassured us that the information provided was both valuable and reliable," she said.

"Positive feedback from multiple buyers on the day was how impressed they were with the large number of bulls they had to pick from with exceptional data, favourable muscling, temperament and phenotype.

"It's rewarding to see cattlemen value our genetics and even more pleasing to receive positive feedback from clients who are accomplishing amazing results, due to the genetic gain."

• Agents: JW Livestock and Services.