A COMBINED sale of Futurity Shorthorns and Temana Charolais topped at $30,000 and $9000 respectively at “Glen Ayr”, near Kenebri on Thursday afternoon.
Futurity Might and Power M234, a 24-month old 1070-kilogram Shorthorn sired by Futurity Edged in Stone and from dam Futurity Stars Ruby G62 sold to repeat buyer Carlton Shorthorn stud, based at Hahndorf, in South Australia’s Adelaide Hills.
Buyer for Carlton Shorthorn, Mike Newton, said the sale was very solid, the cattle soft and easy doing and that was why he returned to buy for stud principal Lyn Nitschke.
He said he was impressed by principals Jason and Kylie Catts’ committment at Futurity in what had obviously been a very trying season.
“All this talk about drought relief, the best thing we can do is come here and buy quality and reward the breeders who have locked in to pursuing excellence,” he said.
Futurity Masterplan M314 was the second top priced bull.
Snapped up by Colin Say and Co., Glen Innes, Futurity Masterplan M314 – sired by Yamburgan Hector J423 and from dam Lake Hawdon Approval F57 – sold for $20,000.
Ray and Rebecca Woodiwiss, owners of Royston Shorthorns, just outside of Devonport, Tasmania, will be loading Futurity Moonlight M278 onto the good ship Searoad Mersey for the journey home to Sunnyside.
They bought 24-month-old, 972kg, Futurity Moonlight M278 – sired by Futurity F118 and from dam Futurity Chicagos Muriel E34 – for $18,000.
It’s the second bull they’ve bought from the stud, the first was three years ago, and Mr Woodiwiss said the first bull had had the desired effect on his line of cattle.
Combined with a line of Futurity females he bought through AuctionsPlus during an elite females sale in 2016, Mr Woodiwiss is well pleased with the efforts at Futurity.
“We’ve achieved even, consistent lines and that’s why we’ve come back,” he said.
Terry and Maylene Griffin, “The Ridges”, Baradine, released a fine line of Charolais bulls following the Shorthorn sale and, while receiving a more subdued response, were pleased with the results.
“It’s pretty much what we expected,” said Mr Griffin, “we sell to commercial Shorthorn, Angus and Hereford growers and they don’t have many females left and if you haven’t got females why would you need a bull?”
Mark Perkins, buyer for Stanbroke Pastoral, bought 23-month old Temana M65E, for $9000.
The 1006kg bull, sired by Minnie-Vale Jack Sprat SGSJ142E and from dam Temana H60E, was noted for his tremedous depth and length of spine.
Mr Perkins said he was pleased with the line of bulls condition and said the result was reward for effort.
Mr Griffin said since the wet winter of 2016, they had churned through 1700 rounds and 200 big squares feeding his herd.
“Two of our clients have destocked 500 cows each, that’s the season for you,” he said.
