It was the day of the Dons last Thursday at the Rennylea Angus spring bull sale with Don McRae, McRae Pastoral, Goondiwindi, Queensland, paying the top money of $22,000 for Rennylea K835.
While Don Heatley, Heatley Cattle Co., “Byrne Valley”, Home Hill, QLD, showed the southerners how to buy them putting together a draft of 10 bulls for an average price of $12,200.
Rennylea offered and sold 137 bulls for an average of $10,752, in what was a demonstration of the strength in the industry and Rennylea program.
The confidence of commercial cattleman in the Rennylea program, the current season, and the beef industry was the highlight of the day not only for the Corrigan family, but everyone in attendance.
McRae Pastoral, were clearing after the top-end future sire of tomorrow, purchasing two of the three bulls of which Rennylea retained full marketing rights in.
Rennylea K835 a Rennylea G420 son out of an Edmund E11 daughter in the top one per cent of the breed for intramuscular fat (IMF) and all indices was purchased for top money $22,000.
Mr McRae continued in the same fashion paying $16,000 for Rennylea L319, a Rennylea H106 son out of an Africa A217 daughter in the top one pc of breed for IMF, Angus Breeding and Heavy Grain Indices.
Heatley Cattle Company from Home Hill in northern QLD demanded attention when they continually won the auction for high indexing bulls, with big EMA’s and high IMF. In all, Mr Heatley put together 10 bulls to use over his Braham based cowherd with a focus on 600-day weight and fertility.
“Rennylea genetics really fit with our breeding program,” Mr Heatley said.
“They are quality bulls in a known package”.
Michael McCormack, The Cascade Pastoral, Tallangatta, Victoria, paid $18,000 for Rennylea L178, an embryo transfer son of GAR Prophet.
While the Cavanagh families Hardhat Angus, Dubbo, also paid $18,000 for Rennylea K522 a calving ease, high fertility son of Edmund E11, from a Berkley B1 daughter.
Malcolm Sinclair, “Yamalla”, Greenethorpe, put together eight bulls in his draft paying between $8000 and $10,000 to average $9125.
While Coolac Cattle Company, “Cooininee”, Coolac, fought hard for their four paying to a top of $16,000 three times to average $15,000.
It was a great expression of confidence from our commercial clients and the commercial industry,” Lucinda Corrigan, stud principal said. “Only four bulls went to bull breeders.”
The sale was conducted by Landmark Albury with Andrew Wishart and Peter Godbolt sharing the gavel.
