Heart Angus achieves total clearance

Heart Angus has rounded out its ninth annual bull sale on Tuesday with a total clearance and a healthy average. The sale attracted over 50 registered buyers with a strong presence of buyers from the Tamworth region.

Sixty-two Angus bulls cleared for an average of $11,620, with a top of $22,000.

Results were up on last year's sale, which saw 54 from 59 Angus bulls sell to an $9196 average and $22,000 top.

Four bulls were sold via online selling platform Auctions Plus.

The top-priced bull, Heart Rolls Royce V80, sold for $22,000 to repeat buyer NT Higgins, Nowendoc.

By Millah Murrah Rolls Royce R275 and out of Millah Murrah Flower J196, the bull's estimated breeding values included -3.4 gestation length, days to calving of -4.8 and intramuscular fat of +3.2.

The 17-month-old Angus bull weighed in at 764 kilograms with a 40-centimetre scrotal.

Mr Higgins rounded out his sale draft with four bulls to average $17,500.

Volume buyer Jack Ranken, Spring Ridge accompanied by Nick Hooley purchased eight bulls for a $9250 average.

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Mr Ranken has been purchasing bulls from Heart Angus for about six years. His Spring Ridge operation runs a commercial Simmental/Angus herd.

Jye Patterson, Heart Angus, said it was a solid result and it was particularly pleasing to have a full clearance.

"Everyone got the bulls they wanted," he said.

"It was probably a good 60\40 split - 60 per cent return buyers and then a good 40pc new buyers."

Many of the stud's clients were experiencing a good season and the main demand was for cow bulls, he said.

It was the second year in a row that a Millah Murrah Rolls Royce son had topped the sale, Mr Patterson said.

Offspring from the US sires Sitz Resilient 10208, Ellingson Prolific and Myers Fair-N-Square M39 also sold well.

"A lot of our bigger clients were looking for good numbers of bulls, they're all joining a few more cows and good lines of heifers this year," he said.

"Everyone needed bulls - they're wanting to join them because they're thinking their going to have a pretty good spring."

New buyer WL Grieve, Armidale, purchased five bulls to average $8600.

The sale was covered by Davidson Cameron & Co, Tamworth, with Paul Dooley the guest auctioneer.