RETURNING buyers dominated purchases at the third annual Choice Angus stud bull sale at Molong last Friday, when 36 of the 40 bulls offered selling at auction to a top of $12,000 and an average of $4667.
One ended up buying seven bulls under the hammer and later another three to take home 10 head.
Tim and Becc Brazier of Choice stud, catalogued 35 yearling bulls with 31 selling at auction for a $4726 average.
A client of 10 years standing Hamish Thompson, Belang, Coolah, returned to pay an average of $9333 for three bulls including the $12,000 sale-topper Choice P482, a 14 month-old son of Ascot Kings Ransom K306 weighing 791 kilograms.
P482 carried 15 millimetres of fat his rump and 8mm on the rib while his eye muscle area (EMA) was 111 square centimetres and intramuscular fat (IMF) was at 6.4 per cent.
Mr Thompson also paid $10,500 for a 14 month-old son of Baldridge Command (USA) weighing 687kg with an EMA of 105sqcc and IMF of 6.8pc.
He said the Braziers were breeding structurally sound, well-bodied cattle.
"The progeny's ability to maintain quick growth for age is remarkable.
"These cattle speak for themselves. Obviously the Braziers are doing something right because the cattle are selling in these tough times."
The Belang herd has been cut back from close to 600 breeders down to 300.
"With replacement heifers, this year we'll join 450 head," he said.
Also returning after buying at the first two sales was Stirling Pastoral, Orange, who bought the 10 bulls while paying a $3820 average and up to $7500 another son of Baldridge Command weighing 689kg and another at $6500 by Kansas Aberdeen.
The Taylor family of Bobinyah, Nimmitabel, travelled the distance to buy two bulls at $4500 each,m one by LD Capitalist 316 (USA) and the other a son of Karoo 839 Reality.
The Helmsman sale was conducted by Elders Bathurst, with David Simpson the auctioneer.
