NAMPARA stud at Penola topped the SA Angus Week sales, with a total clearance and magical $9644 average on Tuesday last week.
The massive crowd of 70 registered bidders from SA, Qld, NSW and Vic also witnessed a new $85,000 SA Angus on-property bull sale record.
Nampara Freedom L21, which was recognised by many astute stud and commercial breeders as something special, was the heaviest in the draft weighing 958-kilograms. He also had the largest eye muscle scanning 129 square centimetres.
Freedom was AI-bred by Atahua Freedom – a bull sold for $35,000 in New Zealand in 2012 – and was out of a SAV Pioneer 7301 daughter.
It had the Breedplan figures to match, including an eye muscle figure of +8.1 – top 5pc of the breed – and positive fat of +0.7 rib fat and +0.1 rump fat.
Elders auctioneer Ross Milne took an opening bid of $15,000, before $5000 rises to the magical $85,000 price tag.
The successful buyers were Jim Wedge and Jackie Chard, Ascot Angus, Warwick, Qld, and Trent Walker, Keringa Angus, Culburra.
Mr Wedge said it would be a tremendous outcross sire for both herds and would complement Ascot’s Te Mania Emperor and Ascot Hallmark daughters. “Its near perfect structure, overall thickness and meat, temperament and carriage is everything we like,” he said.
Gilmandyke Angus, Orange, was the losing bidder.
The price smashed Nampara’s previous stud record of $18,000 achieved in 2011.
Elders conducted the sale.