Million-dollar sale just one of the highlights for Glenlea Charolais at Winton

Although he almost doubled the number of bulls available for sale, Roderick Binny's Glenlea Charolais stud finished with excellent results from its eighth annual Winton sale.

As well as a total clearance of the 103 lots offered, which included young Charolais heifers shown and handled by the Winton Cattle Club, the top price record was broken by a $4000 margin.

Although buyers were rugged up in the stands against a cool south easterly breeze on Friday, July 17, there was plenty of hot competition, resulting in a top price of $30,000, and an overall average of $10,257.

The equivalent sale in 2025 saw a top price of $26,000, an overall average of $12,517, and a 100 per cent clearance of 59 bulls offered.

The sale this year comprised 86 Charolais bulls, averaging $10,733; 10 Simmental bulls, averaging $8700; three Charolais cow and calf units, averaging $8166; two Charolais PTIC heifers, averaging $6750; and two Charolais heifers, averaging $4250.

Fellow NSW stud Calmview Charolais, in the Northern Rivers region, successfully pursued Glenlea Victor Red, a homozygous polled strong red factor bull, for the top price of $30,000, bidding via AuctionsPlus.

The 27.5-month-old PP bull, sired by Chenu Quibbler, weighed 933 kilograms, had rib and rump fat measurements of 7 and 12 millimetres respectively, an eye muscle area of 141 square centimetres, intramuscular fat of 6.8pc, and a scrotal circumference of 43 centimetres.

His purchaser, Tony Farrell said Victor Red would become an important part of his breeding program, joining with red cows to produce honey coloured calves that were homozygous polled, which he said were very hard to come by in that colour.

"It's the direction we're heading in - red factor bulls are in high demand now," he said. "The crossbred is giving the desired outcome for people in Queensland."

Describing him as well put together, Mr Farrell said another desirable attribute was his pink nose, which he would pass on to his progeny.

"We're looking forward to seeing what he will do for us," he said.

Calmview also bought a Charolais bull that was in the top 2pc for EMA and IMF attributes, for $8000, and one of the two PTIC heifers offered, due to calve in late August, for $7000.

The sale opened with two bulls sold for $24,000 each, the first to Deleece Carrington, Anrod Station, Winton, and the second to Crichton Pastoral, Ivanhoe Downs, Morven.

The PJ and PM Lonergan Family Trust, Parnu, Clermont paid $20,000 for their top purchase, as did SM and JM Elliott, Lovelle Downs, Winton.

The Elliotts paid $22,000 for a second bull as well.

Dale and Kelsey Neilson, Two Rivers, Boulia paid a top price of $22,000, for a red factor yearling bull, Glenlea Rover W702, and finished with seven bulls from the day, for an average $13,428.

Mr Binny said they'd purchased two bulls at their first time at the sale last year, and had returned this year.

He said that as well as return clients, there were a number of new buyers for the stud's bulls, largely in an arc from Winton, out to Boulia and sweeping around to the Julia Creek, Richmond and Hughenden areas.

The sale grossed $1,056,500 and Mr Binny said that had been one of the best things about the sale for him.

"We were hoping for that outcome - they were incredible numbers, with almost twice the number of bulls here," he said.

He put much of the result down to the good season, and the demand for Charolais in general.

He also said Glenlea was the largest producer of red factor Charolais bulls, which are very much in demand for crossing with red-based cow herds, and said his bulls were a way of introducing the poll gene into herds.

Other volume buyers included KR and JR Middleton, Warwombie Station, Hughenden, buying eight bulls for an average $10,125, and Ouchy Alva Pastoral, Viola Station, Julia Creek, also buying eight bulls and paying an average $7625.

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