Young studs achieve huge top price and full clearance at Tasmanian sale

A multi-vendor sale has recorded impressive results for two new and one long-running stud at the Tasmania Livestock Exchange at Powranna, Tas.

The sale sold 44 of the 51 bulls offered on Tuesday, March 17, for an average of $7682 and a top price of $19,000.

Three Tasmanian studs put forward bulls on the day.

New River Angus, Ringarooma, Tas, sold all 16 bulls on offer which made the highest average of the sale at $10,688, and achieved a top price of $16,000 three times.

The three bulls were bought by commercial clients in Tasmania.

It was only the fourth sale for New River co stud principals Michael and Sarah Mather.

"We were blown away with the continuing support," Ms Mather said.

"We have managed to achieve full clearance in all four of our sales so far.

"It's twice the number of bulls we had on offer last year."

The top price of the sale was achieved by another young stud who were also celebrating their fourth sale.

Tolivar Angus, Lulworth, Tas, sold nine of its 12 bulls on offer for an average of $7111 and a top price of $19,000.

Tolivar Angus stud principals Colin and Susan Hill were thrilled to sell Lot 42, Tolivar Vision V5, to the only stud buyer of the day.

The two-year-old bull was purchased by South Australian stud Granite Ridge Angus, Reedy Creek, SA.

"This is the first time we've sold to a stud and we're extremely pleased he's going into such a large stud program," Mr Hill said.

"We're focused on estimated breeding values and that bull was a very good, data-driven, genomic bull."

The bull was artificial inseminated by Alpine 38 Special, who also sired the Alpine Angus stud's recent $120,000 sale topper from the stud's autumn sale last week.

Weighing 914 kilograms with a scrotal circumference of 44 centimetres, the bull boasted well-rounded EBVs, including a calving ease of +5.2, a birth weight of +3, a 200-day growth weight of +61kg, a 400-day growth weight of +102kg, and 600-day weight of +137kg.

The stud's second top-price bull, Lot 46 Tolivar Special V77, sold for $10,000 to a repeat commercial buyer located in north Preston, Tas.

Two Tolivar bulls sold for $5000 immediately after the sale resulting in a near full clearance for the stud on the day.

Tamaroo Angus, Cygnet, sold 19 of 23 bulls for an average of $5421 to top at $14,000 for Lot 7, Tamaroo Pacific V7, who sold to Jamie Wooley, Surveyors Bay Pastoral, Surveyors Bay, Tas.

Mr Wooley also bought four bulls from Tamaroo on Tuesday.

"That bull was just long, soft, and sure-footed with heaps of maternal strength and very well-balanced EBVs," Tamaroo co stud principal Adam Harvey said.

Mr Harvey has been selling bulls at the sale for 26 years and said he was "really happy" with the results this year.

"There was a lot of interest in our bulls and we're targeting that grass-fed, calf production market and they're coming to us for that purpose now," he said.

One Tamaroo bull sold into NSW to a commercial producer at Glen Innes, NSW.

"They were a new client operating so that was great to see," Mr Harvey said.