MORE than 34 Angus bulls of a total of 45 sold at Central West Livestock Exchange Forbes on Friday afternoon at the Moogenilla Angus annual sale.
It was the 10th year the stud, based 50 kilometres northwest of Condobolin has sold from the saleyards, but the 29th year of the stud's existence.
In the immediate aftermath of the sale, at which 34 sold from the ring, negotiations continued for a number of bulls.
The sale topped at $7500 and returned an average of $4485 for stud principals Sarah Quigley and Paul Sinderberry.
Volume buyer James Crossing took home four, headed for Angullong, near Paunuara.
"I guess it's a buyers' market isn't it?" said Mr Crossing.
"It's really good value."
The Crossing family runs 800 Angus cows and generally 20 to 25 bulls.
They've been buying from Moogenilla for a decade and were specifically this year looking for heifer bulls.
Mr Crossing said such low cow numbers, with many having been sold off given the continued dry stretch, had taken a lot of the competition out of the market and buyers benefitted as a result.
One of the stud's co-principals Sarah Wrigley said it was a positive result, considering the "significantly reduced cow numbers across Australia".
Selling agents Kevin Miller, Whitty, Lennon and Co. stock and station agent Brendan Mainsbridge backed Ms Wrigley's comments and said the bulls presented really well.
He too said the Australian herd had a long way to come back after this most severe of droughts. The top-selling bull was Moogenilla N25#, out of BWFL 76 Moogenilla L76# and sired by EF Complement 8088#.
The bull had an eye muscle area of 7.9 centimetres and 1.6 millimetres of rib fat.
Moogenilla N25# sold to C and K Andrews, Tottenham.
ANZ Dubbo's agribusiness team cooked and supplied Angus verified scotch fillet steak sandwiches on the day, as a gesture of solidarity with the stud during dry times.
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