Agricultural
13 September, 2024
NIOA and RL Pastoral Successful Annual Sale
The two Santa Gertrudis studs marked a successful return to the on-property auction ring with a full clearance at their third annual joint sale held last Thursday.
After two years of American-style video selling, NIOA and RL showed off the best of their best in a hangar-turned-all-weather sale barn at NIOA Pastoral Co.’s Talgai Homestead near Allora.
Against the backdrop of a huge Australian flag, bidders voted with their hands and feet – with the stands packed, plus many more watching the livestream and all 51 bulls finding new homes.
Buyers came from Queensland’s southeast corner to properties in Cloncurry, Richmond and Hughenden in the northwest, southwest to Cunnamulla, north to Clermont, Nebo, Marlborough, Taroom on the Western Downs, the New South Wales Northern Rivers region and as far as Tasmania.
Repeat buyer Craig Ross of Ross Grazing, Kemmis Creek, Nebo led the charge, snapping up four head – three Riverina bulls and one NIOA bull - for an outlay of $56,500 including the Lot 4 sale topper Riverina Tambo T20 (P) for $22,500.
The first bull up in the NIOA draft was Lot 9 - the 24-month-old NIOA Utah U11 (P) weighing in at 1095kg with an eye muscle of 134sq cm, IMF of 7.4 per cent, rib scan 20 and scrotal circumference of 41cm. The son of Tookey Creek N24 (P) out of Rosevale Ada N353 (P) is now on his way to Taroom, Queensland, after the Brigadoon Cattle Co. paid $15,000.
Riverina Santa Gertrudis catalogued 12 Classified S heifers with 11 selling under the stick and one afterwards for an average of $4045.
Sale manager and RL Pastoral’s Rob Sinnamon, presiding over his 35th santa stud sale, was pleased with the results while the initial feedback on the revised format proved it was the right decision.
“I reckon we had 100 bid cards or more and there would’ve been 200 people here,” he said.
“(Overall) there’s a lot more confidence re-emerging in the industry and I think that’s been reflected (today), while it’s still a little reserved, we saw a total clearance - that is something we strived to do.”
Similarly, NIOA Santa Gertrudis General Manager Shannon Gardner said the success of the event combined with growing industry confidence set a positive tone for future selling seasons including next year with the first sons of Australian breed record breakers Yarrawonga Spartacus S316 (P) and Riverina Roland Sanchez R88 (PP).
“I think it’s been a great result for a smaller stud within the industry. We were very happy to receive $15,000 for Lot 9 to a repeat buyer in Brigadoon (Cattle Co.),” he said.
