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$8,149 Nationals record average
The 57th National Shorthorn Sale has again smashed it’s own record average, selling to a top of $42,000, with a 93% clearance and an outstanding overall average of $8,149, an increase of $1,935 on last years record average.
National Show and Sale committee President, Lester Job, Moombi Shorthorns, was extremely thrilled with the results for record breaking event, which attracted one of the largest galleries of buyers seen in years.
Driven by tremendous commercial demand for Shorthorn cattle, fuelled by the JBS Australia Thousand Guineas Shorthorn branded beef program, the number of registered bidders at the sale saw an increase of over 50% on 2015.
Topping this year’s sale was the only entry from Royalla Shorthorns, the Division 1 Reserve Champion, Royalla Rembrandt K413 (P). The 878-kilogram son of Royalla stud sire, Royalla Ostentatious G404, attracted a storm of bidding before being knocked down to a syndicate of Sprys Shorthorns, Outback Shorthorns and Morton Shorthorns, NZ.
The curve bending Rembrandt K413 boasted a +2.9 BW EBV with 400 Day Growth of +43 and 600 Day Growth of +61 and a Scrotal EBV of +2.7. Rembrandt also scanned a massive 129 sq. cm EMA and a scrotal measurement of 41 cms.
Rembrandt is from a Weebollabolla Theodore daughter, Marellan Dora 8074L, a proven donor in the Royalla herd, with embryos selling to the UK.
Gerald Spry, Sprys Shorthorns, said Rembrandt “has an awful lot of good to offer the Shorthorn breed.”
Rembrandt’s top price of $42,000 is the 3rd highest price ever paid for a Shorthorn sire in the history of the 57-year-old sale.
Volume vendors, Bayview Shorthorns, Yorketown, SA, sold a total of 5 sires for an overall average of $13,300
including Bayview Unique who sold for $30,000 and the Division 2 Reserve Champion, Bayview Vision K87, who sold for $15,000.
Other volume vendors included Ronelle Park / Trojon Shorthorns who sold 6 sires for an average of $8,417 including Ronelle Park Knockout K439 at $15,000.
Tarraganda Shorthorns sold 2 sires for an average of $11,500 including Tarraganda SS Kidson K13 who sold for $14,000.
Polldale Shorthorns offered 9 sires to an average of $8,167 whilst Moombi Shorthorns sold 9 sires to an average of $8,111 including the $18,000 Moombi William K15. Nero Shorthorns also offered 8 sires for an average of $6,500 and Wynyard Shorthorns offered 5 to an average of $7,800 including the $10,000 Wynyard Kaage K38.
The clearance rate of 93% at auction was an outstanding result for the long running multi vendor sale, with all passed in bulls sold directly after the auction, leaving a 100% clearance in the final wash up, a tremendous outcome for the event.
