Rosevale sale brings in $2.4 million, as expanded catalogue suits all buyers

Loyal buyers got the quality they had come for at the Rosevale Santa Gertrudis sale near Jandowae on September 22, with bidding reaching just shy of $100,000.

A crowd of roughly 300 enjoyed the lunch served by Jandowae's junior football team, and one NSW guest arrived by plane onto the property's airstrip.

The sale offered 170 lots, 168 of which sold, for a clearance rate of 98.82 per cent, an average of $14,699.40, and a gross of $2,469,500.

Ninety-six stud bulls were offered and all sold, for a 100pc clearance rate, an average of $18,161.46, and a gross of $1,743,500.

Sixty-eight herd bulls were offered, 66 of which sold, for a clearance rate of 97.06pc, an average of $10,393.94, and a gross of $686,000.

Six females were offered, all of which sold for a 100pc clearance rate, a top price of $7500, an average of $4916.67, and a gross of $40,000.

In comparison, the 2025 sale offered 154 bulls, and sold 153, for a clearance rate of 99.4pc, an average of $17,160, and a gross of $2.65 million.

Vendor David Greenup said the family chose to offer more bulls this year as they felt that while 2025 was a successful sale, smaller-scale loyal customers couldn't get a bid in, and they wanted to change that.

"The good thing about [the sale] was that people who have sometimes missed out on bulls at the sale got the bulls they wanted," he said.

"The reason we catalogue a big number of bulls is that we're satisfying the top-end buyers who are buying the top-end bulls for higher money, but we're also catering for people wanting big numbers and good commercial bulls - and it was satisfying that we saw them get those bulls today."

Elders stud stock representative Michael Smith reiterated Mr Greenup's point, saying that while there were sales with higher averages, those sales didn't meet broad demand in the way the Rosevale sale did.

"It was very solid from start to finish - a top price of $95,000, but still a lot of bulls that ranged from $6000 to $10,000, which the Greenup family are always very pleased to see," Mr Smith said.

"Because in those years where the sale has averaged $18,000, [the Greenups] are a bit fearful that a lot of those good loyal clients can't get into the market at that rate.

"There's Santa Gertrudis sales that have had a higher averages than what we've had today, but to put the number of bulls up that we have today and only have two not sell is very strong."

The top-price bull, Rosevale Wentworth W246, sold to the Walker family from the Strathmore Santa Gertrudis stud at Blackall for $95,000.

He was 22 months old, weighed 804 kilograms, had rump and rib fat scans of 14 and 8 millimetres respectively, an eye muscle area of 131 square centimetres, intramuscular fat of 6.3pc, a scrotal circumference of 42 centimetres, and a morphology of 85pc.

He was sired by Gyranda Soldier S202, and was out of Rosevale Joy S617.

Mr Walker, who runs the Strathmore stud at Blackall on almost 5000ha, said he had taken notice of the Gyranda Soldier progeny at the 2025 Rosevale sale, and when he saw that Rosevale Wentworth was by the same sire, he wanted to take a better look.

"I saw his sire's progeny last year, and I was quite impressed with them, and when this fellow came up I wanted to have a good look at him," Mr Walker said.

"I like the type and conformation on him, and his figures and raw data backed up that physical assessment."

Mr Walker said that the top-priced bull was very typical of the bulls he would purchase, and that as a repeat buyer at the Rosevale sale, it was the performance of the bulls that kept him coming back.

"I like the Rosevale cattle and how they perform... [Rosevale Wentworth] will be going into stud duties at Strathmore, and we'll monitor him pretty closely," he said.

Mr Greenup said he felt Rosevale Wentworth was a complete bull, and that his phenotype was what had bidders interested.

"There's a number of bulls with good data or outstanding features on the market, but not many that have the balance of everything, and have all the phenotypic things to go with it," Mr Greenup said.

"He had a good morphology, and a good sheath that our cattle are renowned for... just a good moderate frame bull that weighs heavy, so he ticks a lot of boxes for a lot of people, and that's why he's popular."

The second top-price bull, Rosevale Worcester W556, sold to Jason Goodland from Wightfield Santa Gertrudis stud located at Wandoan for $55,000.

He was 22 months old, weighed 782kg, had rump and rib fat scans of 10 and 7mm respectively, an EMA of 127sq cm, IMF of 5.2pc, a scrotal circumference of 42cm, and morphology of 89pc.

Rosevale Worcester was sired by Gyranda Soldier S202, and out of Rosevale Classic S213.

Mr Goodland, who operates a small stud of 100 stud cows and a 700-head commercial beef operation, said he was the underbidder for the top-priced bull, but said Rosevale Worcester stood out to him because of his bone.

"His genetics, and he's got a little bit more bone than some of the other Santas, and he's homozygous polled... he comes from a very good female line that's bred some very good bulls," he said.

"This bull is probably a little bit different to what we've been [buying previously]... we're chasing a little bit more eye muscle, so this bull sort of ticked all our boxes, and he's dead quiet, so that was one of the big pluses."

Mr Goodland said he plans to use the bull in his own stud operation, and will put him with 50 stud females whenever it rains, hopefully in November.

The third top-priced bull, Rosevale Winchester W198, sold to Cree Santa Gertrudis stud from Thangool, for $50,000.

He was 23 months old, weighed 850kg , had rump and rib fat scans of 11 and 8mm respectively, an EMA of 124sq cm, IMF of 6.8pc, a scrotal circumference of 41cm, and morphology of 81pc.

He was sired by Rosevale Jackaroo P126, and was out of Rosevale Hussy N1329.

Buyer Shaun McGuigan said the bull's phenotype represented the direction he was hoping to take his own stud, and that the accurate data put out by the Greenup family meant he could have confidence in the predictions made.

Volume buyers included Harvey Black, Nebrean Pty Ltd, Toowoomba, who bought seven head for an average of $8285.71, and the McGilvray family from Womblebank Cattle Co, located between between Mitchell and Injune, who bought seven head for an average of $10,571.43.

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