Voewood Brangus 'Cattleman's Sale' at Calliope achieves total clearance with average lifting to $7500
Summary
The Voewood Brangus stud's Cattleman's Sale at Calliope delivered improved averages and a full clearance on September 9. The helmsman sale offered a catalogue of 26 rising two-year-old registered and herd bulls, and every lot sold at auction for a bottom-line average of $7500 to a top of $15,000. The result marked a clear lift on the inaugural sale a year earlier, when 20 bulls averaged $5800 for a 75 per cent clearance and a high of $8500. The $15,000 top seller, Voewood Victory V757 (PP) (ET), was a 22-month-old homozygous poll weighing 824 kilograms, with P8 and rib fat of 16 and 12 millimetres, a 130 square centimetre eye muscle area and 5.7 per cent intramuscular fat. The volume buyer secured two bulls for a $13,000 average, including a homozygous poll son of a $64,000 sire bought for $11,000. Another homozygous poll son of the same sire made $13,000, weighing 730 kilograms with 13 and 10 millimetre P8 and rib fat, a 120 square centimetre eye muscle area and 6 per cent intramuscular fat. Other purchases included two bulls at a $9500 average, four at $6750 topping at $9000, a single at $7000, four head at $6000, a trio at $6000 each, and single entries at $10,000, $9000 and $8000. Buyers were drawn from Banana, Camboon, Calliope, Collinsville and further afield, with several bidding online. The strong clearance and higher average were seen as a vote of confidence in the Brangus program. The sale was conducted by Elders, interfaced with AuctionsPlus.
Key Data
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clearance | 100% (26 bulls) |
| Average price | $7500 |
| Top price | $15,000 |
| Top bull weight | 824 kg |
| Top bull eye muscle area | 130 sq cm |
| Inaugural sale average (prior year) | $5800 |
| Inaugural sale clearance | 75% |
| Referenced sire value | $64,000 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What clearance did the Voewood Brangus Cattleman's Sale achieve?
The sale achieved a total clearance at auction of all 26 rising two-year-old registered and herd bulls. This was a lift on the inaugural sale's 75 per cent clearance.
What were the average and top prices?
The bulls averaged $7500 and sold to a top of $15,000. The average rose from $5800 at the inaugural sale a year earlier.
What were the top seller's details?
The $15,000 top bull was a 22-month-old homozygous poll weighing 824 kilograms. It recorded P8 and rib fat of 16 and 12 millimetres, a 130 square centimetre eye muscle area and 5.7 per cent intramuscular fat.
What sold for $13,000 at the sale?
A homozygous poll son of a $64,000 sire made $13,000, weighing 730 kilograms with 13 and 10 millimetre P8 and rib fat. It had a 120 square centimetre eye muscle area and 6 per cent intramuscular fat.
How did this sale compare with the inaugural event?
The inaugural sale a year earlier saw 20 bulls average $5800 for a 75 per cent clearance and a high of $8500. This year lifted to a full clearance, a $7500 average and a $15,000 top.
Where did the buyers come from?
Buyers were drawn from districts including Banana, Camboon, Calliope and Collinsville, with several bidding online. Purchases ranged from single entries to lots of four head.
Who conducted the sale?
The sale was conducted by Elders and interfaced with AuctionsPlus. It was staged as a helmsman-format auction.
