Quarterway exceeds top price and average at annual Waterhouse spring sale

Quarterway Angus improved both its top price and average at its annual spring sale on Thursday.

The Waterhouse, Tas, stud sold 32 of 39 bulls offered for an average price of $8850.

The seven bulls which were passed in during the sale were sold after the fall of the final hammer.

The top price at the stud's spring sale last year was $14,000, with an average of $8121.

Return client Alex Holloway, Flinders Island, Tas, bought the top priced bull for $16,000.

Lot 13, Quarter-Way Vital V344, was sired by Keringa Sovereign S161 and out of Quarter-Way Tenpin T52.

The bull recorded estimated breeding values of +3.0 kilograms birth weight, +48 kilograms 200-day weight, +82kg 400-day weight, +115kg 600-day weight, +6.6 square centimetre eye muscle area and +1.8 per cent intramuscular fat.

"We were looking for a low-birth-weight bull to join to the heifers and he fit the criteria," Mr Holloway said.

Mr Holloway also took home Lot 8, Quarter-Way Venera V199, for $10,000.

He has bought bulls at Quarterway Angus for the past six years.

"They're always good, structurally-built bulls," Mr Holloway said.

Quarterway Angus stud principal Trevor Hall said he was pleased with the overall result.

"I think it was a good day all round," Mr Hall said.

He said there were mainly return clients at the sale on the day from a number of parts of Tasmania, including Flinders Island and King Island.

Mr Hall said Quarter-Way Vital V344 was a "good, thick meaty bull with easy calving".

He said the stud, which has operated for 70 years, has focused on structure in recent years.

Mr Hall said he and his wife Teresa were grateful to all of their clients.

He said buyers had to brave a particularly cold day after a frost on the morning of the sale.

"We'd like to say a big thank you to all of our clients," Mr Hall said.

"We're here for the long haul with them and we appreciate their support."

The second top price on the day was $14,000 for lots 38, 39 and 41.

Lots 15, 16, 17, 25 and 28 were all knocked down for $12,000.

Nutrien agent Warren Johnston, Launceston, Tas, was the auctioneer on the day.

He said it was a very good result for the sale, with bulls from the start to the finish of the catalogue attracting good prices.

Mr Johnston said the top-priced bull was a stand out and this was evident in the strong bidding.

"There were good bulls throughout the catalogue," he said.

"Even the last six to eight bulls were making above the average price."