Bullock Hills tops Supreme at $17,750

LIVESTOCK2013Farm Weekly WAAlan EvansSelling ComplexBrunswickThursday, February 14, 2013SupremeBull Sale133 Bulls 8 Breeds 31 Studs104 Farm Weekly Thursday, February 21, BULLOCK HILLS $17,750Bullock Hills tops Supreme at $17,750❐ WIth the $17,750 top-priced bull at last week's Farm Weekly WA Supreme Bull Sale at Brunswick sold by the Bullock Hills stud, Katanning,were Landmark state livestock manager Leon Giglia (left), who purchased the bull on behalf of the Wormbete Simmental stud, Illabo, NSW andthe Valley Creek Simmental stud, Bowral, NSW, Elders stud representative and Katanning agent Russell McKay and Bullock Hills connectionsSam, Sylvia and Brad Patterson.By JODIE RINTOUL andKANE CHATFIELDIT was a day of two tales at lastweek’s Farm Weekly WASupreme Bull Sale at Brunswickwhere prices hit a high of$17,750 for a Bullock HillsSimmental bull.While some vendors recordedtheir best ever results, othersstruggled to sell a bull as buyerskept their hands in their pocketsdue to a lack of confidence inthe cattle industry.While the quality of bullscouldn’t be questioned it was atough day at the office for theElders and Landmark sellingteams which had to use every bitof their experience to extractbids from buyers.By the time the final bull hadleft the ring the Elders andLandmark selling teams hadcleared 71 bulls from the 133offered at an average of $4130,which was down $584 on lastyear when 70 bulls sold from105 offered at an average of$4714.The increase in the number ofbulls offered and reducedbuying list certainly were thetwo key factors which had asignificant impact on the overallclearance of the sale comparedto last year.This year there were 31vendors to offer bulls in the salefrom eight breeds which meantthere was plenty of variety andbloodlines for buyers to choosefrom.In the European breeds it wasthe Simmental breed which tooktop honours with an average of$5231 for the 13 bulls sold.This was the best breedaverage on the day, with theBlonde d’Aquitaine breed nextbest with an average of $4111for the nine bulls sold.In the British breeds theHerefords were again the bestperformers averaging $4500 forthe 12 out of 17 bulls sold, withthe Angus breed second with anaverage of $4096 for the 13bulls sold.But the accolades for theSimmental breed didn’t endwith top average honours - italso took top price honourswhen a well-muscled bull fromthe Patterson family’s BullockHills stud, Katanning, sold for aSimmental State auction recordprice of $17,750.The $17,750 price tag alsomarked the highest price paidfor a bull at the Supreme salesince the $22,000 paid for aCharolais bull at the 2006 sale.Taking the top honours in thesale was the first bull offered inthe Bullock Hills team, BullockHills Gladiator G601 (P) (ET).As soon as the 954kg,exciting young sire entered the

LIVESTOCKFarm Weekly WASupreme Bull SaleFarm Weekly Thursday, February 21, 2013105Thursday,February 14, 2013ring it created a bidding frenzyamong buyers and the pricequickly rose beyond the $15,000mark.But after some drawn outbidding it was Landmark statelivestock manager Leon Gigliawho had the final bid at $17,750after taking buying instructionsover the phone.When the bull was finallyknocked down it was revealed ithad sold to John and NicoleHopkins, WormbeteSimmentals, Illabo, New SouthWales and Stuart Moeck, ValleyCreek Simmentals, Bowral,NSW, in a 50:50 partnership.While neither buyer had seenthe bull in the flesh they bothbelieved it was standout bullwhich ticked all the boxes.Mr Hopkins said he had donehis homework on the bull.“We saw pictures of him andhad an agent check out the finerpoints and report back,” MrHopkins said.“We were after a poll sire tocomplement our poll geneticsalready in the stud and this bulljust really fitted the bill.“His genetics are a completeoutcross to our herd but we doknow how the Tornado bullshave been breeding and I alsoknow how his dam hasperformed.“He is a complete bull with awonderful nature and good skinand hair type.“He is just really hard to faultboth structurally and pedigreewise.”Fellow buyer Staurt Moecksaid he and Mr Hopkins hadbeen looking for the ultimatebull to buy in partnership for thelast couple of years andGladiator ticked as many boxesas they could tick in terms oftheir criteria.“I have seen photos andspoken to a few people and Icouldn’t find and haven’t hearda bad thing about the bull,” MrMoeck said.“Structurally he is verycorrect and his genetics werealso very good and somethingwe were chasing.“He will be a completeoutcross to our herd and will be❐ Yallaroo Hereford stud principals Rob (left) and Heather Francis, Busselton and Elders Busselton-Nannup agent Terry Tarbotton with the $10,000 top-priced Hereford bull, Yallaroo General G15, at theFarm Weekly WA Supreme Bull Sale at Brunswick last week. The bull was purchased by regular Yallaroobuyer ED Wedge, Gingin.used over polled cows tostabilise the poll genetics in ourherd.”The ET-bred, April 2011-dropthick, long bull was sired byWoonallee BHR Tornado andout of Woonallee Ashante E202.Along with showing excellentstructure and a top hindquarter,the very quiet bull also had thegood growth figures to matchwith EBVs of +23, +37 and +30for 200, 400 and 600-dayweight.❐ CharolaisThe European breeds felt thefull effects of the current beefindustry climate at the sale withthe Charolais no exception.A total of 26 Charolais bullswere penned for inspection byfour studs but apprehensiveparticipation from buyers duringthe sale saw only 58 per cent(15 bulls) of the team clearedunder the hammer to average$3450 and prices reaching themodest top price of $4750.This resulted in a $2110decline in averages compared tolast year’s strong sale where 21of 24 Charolais bulls sold to$9000 twice and top the breedaverages at $5560.On a more positive note,strong post-sale negotiationssaw a further three Copplestonebulls and the overlooked bullfrom the Elgin Park stud findnew homes.Under the hammer, theCopplestone stud sold 12 of its18 bulls to average $3417 andtopped the breed prices when itsold lot 17 for $4750 to PeterReid, DJ & HM Reid, Nillup.The 836kg bull, CopplestoneGrandslam G36, is a son ofLinkletter Y9 and is describedas a moderate framed, well-builtbull with low birthweight andgood growth figures and dollarindexes.Its January 21 scanning dataincluded 8mm rib and rump fats,3.5pc IMF, 122cm 2 EMA, 41cmSC while its EBVs were +0.1birthweight, + 5 milk, +10, +17and +17 for 200, 400 and 600-day weights and +$25Domestic, +$31 Export indexes.Mr Reid is a first time buyerat Copplestone and runs 150Angus-Friesian breeders andmarkets the calves as vealersdirect to Woolworths.He said the bull had gooddepth, length and back-end onsound feet with good height andgrowth for its age.Landmark Boyup Brookagent Jamie Abbs representingJB Phillips, Collie, secured twoCopplestone bulls and paid to$3750 for CopplestoneGenerator G30, anotherYALLAROO $10,000moderate framed Y9 son thathad strong figures including+0.2 birthweight, +7 milk, +13+24 and +27 for 200, 400 and600-day weights and dollarindexes that are $1 short ofdouble the breed average at+$33 domestic and +$43 export.Kau & Son, Yarloop, alsopaid $3750 for theirCopplestone selection, a son ofPalgrove Ditch who wasoffering his first batch of salebulls.Landmark Waroona agentRichard Pollock purchased twoCopplestone bulls on behalf of P& D Kau, Waroona and twobulls (one post sale) forOakridge Lodge, Pinjarra, whileAG Bain, Wonthella, alsosecured a bull after the sale tobring their account to twoCopplestone bulls for $3000each.The Elgin Park stud, Elgin,sold two Charolais bulls underthe hammer for $3500.JB Phillips secured the firstbull, the 872kg Elgin ParkGiovanni, an AI son of JDJSmokester with early Novemberraw data scans of 7mm rumpfat, 6mm rib fat, 125cm 2 EMA,2.8pc IMF and 43cm SC.VR & EJ Pitter, Waroona,❐ Continued on page 106

106Farm Weekly Thursday, February 21, 2013FARM WEEKLY WA SUPREME BULL SALE(Under the hammer results)Stud offered sold top gross averageCHAROLAISCopplestone 18 12 $4750 $41,000 $3417Sharlee 2 - - - -Elgin Park 3 2 $3500 $7000 $3500Bardoo 3 1 $3750 $3750 $3750Total 26 15 $4750 $51,750 $3450BLONDE D’AQUITAINEAmaroo 11 4 $5000 $16,500 $4125Uranongo 2 2 $5250 $9250 $4625Corolin 5 1 $3000 $3000 $3000Belini 5 2 $5250 $8250 $4125Superior 1 - - - -Weeronga 3 - - - -Sangreal 1 - - - -Total 28 9 $5250 (2) $37,000 $4111HEREFORDYallaroo 5 5 $10,000 $30,250 $6050Copplestone 5 3 $3000 (3) $9000 $3000Eskdale 4 2 $4750 $7750 $3875Greenland 3 2 $4000 $7000 $3500Total 17 12 $10,000 $54,000 $4500SIMMENTALTopweight 2 1 $3000 $3000 $3000Bullock Hills 13 11 $17,750 $60,000 $5455Seven Brooks 1 1 $5000 $5000 $5000Total 16 13 $17,750 $68,000 $5231LIMOUSINShannalea 2 - - - -Morrisvale 2 - - - -Coolbeenie 1 - - - -Willendaise 2 2 $4000 $7000 $3500Unison 2 - - - -Lysgorran 3 1 $3000 $3000 $3000Total 12 3 $4000 $10,000 $3333ANGUSCarenda 17 9 $4500 (2) $34,000 $3778Black Market 3 3 $5250(3) $15,750 $5250Esselmont 2 1 $3500 $3500 $3500Total 22 13 $5250 (3) $53,250 $4096MURRAY GREYWarrel 5 1 $3000 $3000 $3000Jolaw 2 2 $3000 (2) $6000 $3000Greycliff 2 1 $3000 $3000 $3000Total 9 4 $3000 (4) $12,000 $3000RED ANGUSKingslane 3 2 $4000 $7250 $3625Total 3 2 $4000 $7250 $3625OVERALL TOTAL 133 71 $17,750 $293,250 $4130FarmWeeklyWA SupremeBull Sale❐ Continued from page 105picked up Elgin Park Gangster,a 876kg polled son of BlawearyDevenport that was thechampion interbreed calf at the2011 IGA Perth Royal Show,with scan results of 6mm riband rump fats, 122cm 2 EMA,2.9pc IMF and 41cm SC.The Bain family alsonegotiated the other overlookedElgin Park bull following thesale for $3000.The Bardoo stud, Elgin, soldone of its three bulls at auction,Bardoo G2E, to RobertGibbings, Elders Capel,representing Burrendah Grazing,Boyanup, for $3750.The bull was by PalgroveBussell and recorded figures of+2.4 BW, +3 Milk, +16, +27and +33, for 200, 400 and 600-day weights.KJ Dilley, Coolup, purchaseda Bardoo bull following the sale.❐ Blonde d’AquitaineOverall the Blonded’Aquitaines was anotherEuropean breed that found thegoing tough at the sale.A lack of buying supportresulted in only nine of the 28bulls catalogued from sevenbreeders to sell at auction andaverage $4111 with subduedinterest following the sale.When weighed up against lastyear’s sale, the average dropped$675 from $4786 where 14 of22 bulls sold under the hammer.Despite the tough going,some breeders recordedmemorable sales.This included the Uranongostud, Bridgetown, that toppedthe Blonde breed average at$4625 for the stud’s two bullsincluding the breed’s $5250equal top price.The 718kg Uranongo GallantG29 was purchased by RichardPollock on behalf of Bernardand Di Hocking, Trafalgar,Brunswick.Gallant G29was sired byWhitefield Leader and scannedin early October 105cm 2 EMA,2.4pc IMF and 6mm rib andrump fats to put it in the top fiveper cent of the breed for rib andrump EBVs.LIVESTOCKThursday,February 14,2013Landmark Waroona agentRichard Pollock said this wasthe first time the Hocking familyhad bought from the Uranongostud.“Looking for better musclingin the traditional beef breedsthey opted for the Blonded’Aquitaine breed,” he said.“They liked the depth of bodyand softness in the Uranongobulls and particularly in thissire.”The Uranongo stud’s nextbull, a 761kg son of Renard SVictor, sold for $4000 to MG &JC Bennett, Northcliffe.The Belini Blonde stud,Dardanup, also recorded thebreed’s other $5250 equal topprice with Belini Friday F005that sold to the Bunker family’sPardee Blonde stud, Kendenup.Friday is by French sireUSUS PY8153 and is the firstprogeny to be offered in WAand was used lightly in theBelini stud to back up the studheifers.Friday recorded in the breed’stop 15pc for 200 and 600-daygrowth and top 10pc for 400-day growth.Buyer Pauline Bunker saidthe bull represented an outcrossbloodline for the stud.“It’s good to have somedifferent genetics to use in thestud and Friday shouldcomplement our femalesnicely,” Ms Bunker said.“He is a structurally soundbull with good feet and squareback-end that is long, soft anddeep bodied.”The other Belini bull to sell atauction was purchased byGnowangerup grazier J Imbertifor $3000.The Blondes’ biggest vendorwith a team of 11 bulls was theAmaroo stud, Mundijong.Unfortunately only four bullssold under the hammer for anaverage of $4125.The stud’s $5000 top pricewas paid by Marlo Farms,Gnowangerup, for AmarooGold Dust G18, a 812kg lowbirthweight son of AmarooCaesar.AS & M Campbell,Keysbrook, paid $4000 for

108Farm Weekly Thursday, February 21, 2013Farm Weekly WASupreme Bull SaleLIVESTOCKThursday,February 14, 2013❐ Continued from page 107its four bulls nominated atauction.The stud’s $4750 top pricebull was purchased by PP & BSmith, Busselton.Eskdale Governor V086 was aearly July 2011-drop bull byStudbrooke D’Artagnion anddisplayed impressive figures thatplaced the bull in the breed’s top5pc for carcase weight, top 10pcfor 200, 400 and 600-dayweights, EMA and top 15pc forrib fat and RBY.The Eskdale stud’s other bullwas purchased by A, R & GPalermo, Manjimup.The Greenland stud,Pemberton, sold two of its threebulls to a $4000 top to VA & AJBlechynden, Manjimup, withboth bulls by Norelle GK BrettLee.❐ SimmentalThe Simmental breed enteredthe ring in the middle of the saleand it certainly didn’t disappoint.Unlike the rest of the sale theauctioneering team was certainlykept on their toes as they fieldedbids from all sides of the sellingring on the majority of the bulls.Not only did the sale’s$17,750 top-priced bull comefrom this section of the sale, thebreed also recorded the highestbreed average for the day at$5231 for the 13 bulls soldCOPPLESTONE $4750URANONGO $5250❐ With Uranongo Gallant G29 which sold for $5250 at last week's Farm Weekly WA Supreme bull salewere Uranongo stud principal Ann Harris (left), Bridgetown and Landmark Waroona agent RichardPollock who bought the Blonde bull on behalf of Bernard and Di Hocking, Trafalgar, Brunswick.under the hammer.The clearance rate of 81pc forthe 16 bulls offered was also byfar the best for the sale and thiswas further improved with twoof the passed in bulls being soldafterwards.After selling the top-pricedbull at $17,750 the Pattersonfamily, Bullock Hills stud,Katanning, continued to have anexcellent sale and finishedclearing 11 of the 13 bulls theyoffered under the hammer at anaverage of $5455, which was up$1305 on their result last yearwhen they averaged $4150 for10 bulls sold.The result for the stud wasfurther improved when it alsosold its two passed in bulls postsale to give it a 100pc clearancefor the day.While Bullock Hills GladiatorG601 set the stud up for a goodsale early there were plenty ofother bulls in the Bullock Hillsteam which pulled their weightto ensure the stud recorded itsbest ever sale and this includedthe black Bullock Hills GraniteG604 (P) (ET) in lot 89 when it❐ Copplestone Charolais stud principals Peter (left) and Judy Milton, Dardanup, buyer Peter Reid, DJ &HM Reid, Nillup and Landmark Boyanup agent Chris Waddingham, with Copplestone Grandslam G36, the$4750 top-priced Charolais bull at the sale.sold for $6500 to KM & BJGiudici, Donnybrook.Granite G604 was one of twoBlack Simmental bulls to beoffered by the stud for the firsttime.The thick, deep 870kg polledbull was sired by KappesUnique and out of Bullock HillsCharisma U1.Along with showing plenty ofmuscling and length GraniteG604 had EBVs of +0.4 forbirthweight, +17, +25 and +21for 200, 400 and 600-dayweight and +2.3 for EMA.Granite G604’s full ETbrother sold for $3500 in thesale to LN & JP Black, Albany.Also creating interest in theBullock Hills team was the923kg Bullock Hills GraphiteG044 (P) which was purchasedby DC & KT Wright, Denmark,at $6000.Graphite G044 was the firstson of Zurita DA King ofJungle to be offered in WA andalong with its breeding itshowed why it was highlysought after when it displayedexcellent muscling and growthin the ring.The polled bull also had thefigures to match with EBVs of+1.9 for birthweight and +19,+37 and +37 for 200, 400 and600-day weight.Paying $4500 for the 895kg

LIVESTOCKFarm Weekly WASupreme Bull SaleFarm Weekly Thursday, February 21, 2013109Thursday,February 14, 2013Bullock Hills George G021 wasthe Cowcher family, Willandrastud, Williams.George G021 was sired byBullock Hills Yule-Du (P) andhad EBVs of +28, +44 and +54for 200, 400 and 600-dayweight.Two bulls in the BullockHills team also made $4000 andthese were purchased by JB &H Wringe, Kirup and WRSmith, Marlo Farm,Gnowangerup.Offering and selling one bullin the sale was SamWeightman, Seven Brooks stud,Forest Grove.The single entry from SevenBrooks, Seven BrooksGentleman G003 waspurchased at $5000 by AB, GL& SM Kammann, Manjimup.The 1035kg Gentleman G003was sired by Woonallee BuddyWeep B087 and had EBVs of+3.8 for birthweight, +5 formilk and +28, +44 and +47 for200, 400 and 600-day weight.The third stud to offer bulls inthe Simmental run was theTopweight stud, Forest Grove,which offered two sires andsold one at $3000 to AMGranucci, Manjimup.The stud’s sole bull to sellwas Topweight Gardner GT44which was sired by WoonalleeVision and had EBVs of +19,+20 and +22 for 200, 400 and600-day weight.❐ LimousinThe Limousin breed was nextinto the ring with 22 bulls onoffer from six vendors howeverdespite the quality of theoffering, a lack of buyingsupport resulted in adisappointing sale for the breedwith only three bulls sellingunder the hammer for anaverage of $3333.Topping this section of thesale at $4000 and achieving acomplete clearance of the twobulls it offered was theWillendaise stud.Securing the top Willendaisebull, Willendaise GranthamG018 (P) at $4000 was PatriciaFraser, PC Fraser, Nannup.Grantham G018 was sired byLysgorran Chevalier and had❐ Elders auctioneer Don Morgan (left), Kingslane stud connection and Cranston’s Wandering propertymanager Geoff Hillman and Kingslane stud manager Cam Steele, Benger property manager, with the$4000 top-priced Kingslane Red Angus bull that was purchased by Wellard Agri, Fremantle.EBVs of +2.6 for birthweight,+13 for milk and +17, +23 and+33 for 200, 400 and 600-dayweight.Ms Fraser said she purchasedthe Willendaise bull to breedreplacement heifers in herLimousin herd of 310 females.“He is polled, has good milkfigures and is an easy fleshingsire that I think will breed greatdaughters,” she said.“I will sell the heifers I do notwish to keep with the steeryearlings at 18 months of ageoff pasture.”The second Willendaise bullto sell, sold for $3000 to GW &AP Clifford, Donnybrook.The only other stud whichmanaged to sell a bull in theLimousin run was theLysgorran stud, Boddington.It sold Lysgorran Gazette G3(PU) for $3000 to JohnCilemanoff, Manjimup, whohad a left a buying order withLandmark Manjimuprepresentative Don Lyster.Gazette G3 was sired byLysgorran Bullino.❐ AngusBy numbers the Angus breedwith 22 bulls offered was thethird biggest in the sale.However limited buyingsupport resulted in only 13 ofthe 22 bulls offered sellingunder the hammer for anaverage of $4096 and to a topof $5250 on three occasions.Topping the Angus section ofthe sale was the Black Marketstud, Donnybrook, when it soldits three bulls all at the $5250top price.Securing two of the BlackMarket bulls at this price wasElders Boyanup agent MalBarrett, who was bidding onbehalf of Darwonga Farm,KINGSLANE $4000Ferguson Valley.Darwonga Farm purchasedfull ET brothers Black MarketWarwick G018 (AI) (ET) andBlack Market Warwick G021(AI) (ET).The two bulls were sired byBooroomooka Warwick W245and out of Vermont WilcoolaZ323.Warwick G018 had growthEBVs of +45, +81 and +100 for❐ Continued on page 110BULLS AVAILABLE FOR SALEPRIVATELY ON-FARMFrom $2500 inc GSTPlease note we are not selling at thisyear’s Invitation SaleContact Steve Magini on9833 12371394416