Glatz Black Angus triples offering with full clearance at Branxholme sale
The catalogue of bulls was almost triple the size, but demand at the Glatz Black Angus Vic Cattleman's Bull Sale at Branxholme, on Wednesday, February 18, didn't waver as a full clearance was achieved.
Glatz Black Angus stud principals Samantha and Ben Glatz, who run the operation across Victoria and South Australia, sold all 59 bulls on offer to average $10,661, in what was their first time making Branxholme their central selling centre.
The result was up on their 2025 Branxholme sale when all 21 Angus bulls sold to average $9429.
The top price bull in 2026 was Black Angus Wattle Street V295, which sold for $20,000 to Nicholas Ellis, Millicent, SA.
The 22-month-old was by Black Angus Wattle Street Q127 and out of Black Angus Rosebud P123.
A returning client who had purchased from Glatz for the past decade, Mr Ellis said he was chasing a bull with a lot of meat, in a medium to large frame.
"I got the bull I wanted," he said.
"I came back with confidence...[we are] getting what we are after."
Wattle Street sons had topped stud sales and sire group averages in NSW and Western Australia, according to the Glatz sale catalogue.
"The progeny produced by Wattle Street are super sound, super docile, super thick and heavy," it read.
All up, seven Wattle Street sons offered on Wednesday sold to average $14,143.
Among the bulk buyers was Luke Nicolai, NicolaiFarms, Millicent, SA, who bought six bulls to average $14,500 and gross $87,000.
Mr Nicolai said they had changed a lot of things in the last five years, including introducing new bloodlines from Glatz.
The bulls he bought will be put to heifers and cows in the Millicent and Stuart Range area of SA.
The sale attracted a strong turnout with commercial and stud owners, as well as local and distant stock agents.
A collection of bulls were heading to Western Australia, SA as well as staying in Victoria.
Nutrien SA auctioneer Richard Miller said the presentation of the bulls was a credit to the Glatz family.
"I thought that the bulls were presented fantastically for a really trying 2025; that's the take-home message, being born and raised in a drought," he said.
Nutrien SA auctioneer Gordon Wood said there were a lot of South Australian buyers willing to travel to secure the bulls.
"People are still following the cattle, so it's a really good result," he said.
Mr Glatz said it was pleasing to see their loyal, SA-based clients in attendance, providing strong support along with an increasing number of local Victorian producers appreciating what GBA had to offer.
"Once again, there were also long-term and new clients operating via AuctionsPlus," he said.
"We are enthusiastic to build on our growing Victorian clientele into the future, with auction and paddock sales.
"A new client has been quoted, as saying, 'to see a program for the first time and be so impressed with the commercial focus, robust type and uniformity is refreshing'."
Along with Black Angus Wattle Street, sons of homebred sire Black Angus Rockstar sold well, while the first progeny from Black Angus Tom Stewart averaged $9000, topping at $14,000.
