Dunoon Angus clears all 149 bulls for $7625 average.

Buyers of all descriptions picked their mark, as bulls sold from $4000 to $19,000 on two occasions.

Auctioneer Michael Glasser, GTSM, said the sale could have handled another 10 to 20 bulls on the day.

The first of the top bulls, Dunoon Louis L075, sold to NK Nichol and Company, Bathanga, Vic, for $19,000 with growth of +116, +3.4 IMF, and a +3.9 BW, by the Te Mania Gascoyne G333 sire.

The second of the top bulls sold via the phone to Onalim Nominees, Branswick, Vic, and was another Gascoyne son,  with length, balance, style and weight all in a single package.

He was another low birth weight sire with a heavy grain fed index of +$159, +127 600 day growth, and +8.8 EMA.

Volume buyer and strong regular supporter Malcolm Davies, Greenwald Pastoral Company, Foster, Vic, averaged $7267 for 15 bulls to join his 2200 head cow herd to produce weaners.

Mr Davies said he recently sold 600, nine to ten month old calves at Mount Gambier, South Australia, for 440c/kg and 500 at the Koonwarra, Vic, sale for 400c/kg.

“We have created a following and buyers come to chase our Dunoon blood calves, especially for their temperament,” he said.

Andrew Lloyd (manager), Hugh Andrews and Sons Pty Ltd,  “Berrembed Station”, Grong Grong, bought eight bulls, for  $8750.

Mr Lloyd joins 1300 cows annually and wanted bulls that could walk and were well muscled to target the feedlot market or sell to Teys at 550 to 600 kilograms.

Other buyers included Barrajo Pty Ltd, Melbourne, who bought five bulls at $7000, Glendaruel Pastoral Company bought seven at $7286, AJ Greenhalgh and Company, “Carcoola”, Ournie, averaged nine at $4444, GH and AJ Burston, Benambra, Vic, loaded three at $12,000 and Quilter Nominees, Branswick, Vic, secured three at $10,333..

The sale was conducted by GTSM with Michael Glasser as the auctioneer.