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INAUGURAL SUMMER SALE OF DROUGHTMASTER FEMALE GENETICS
Saturday 20th January, 2007

Coolabunia Saleyard Complex

RESULTS
           

Despite the ongoing drought conditions occurring in most areas of the South east, the Inaugural Summer Sale defied pundits and the weather, resulting in a solid, strong sale with top cow and calf unit fetching $8,500 and a very good clearance.

Sale results are
53     Registered   Cows and Calves              Averaged   $2,509        Top   $8,500
20     Registered   Females Joined                 Averaged   $2,030        Top   $2,800
38     Registered   Females Unjoined             Averaged    $1,697       Top   $3,600
 2      Registered   Bulls                                  Averaged   $1,850                
Total  111 Registered Females                     Averaged    $2,145
           83 Commercial Females mostly unjoined  Averaged      $ 738        Top $1,400

92% CLEARANCE ON ALL CATTLE
Top price of $8,500 for a cow and calf unit, account of Ros and Bill Heeney, Pine River Droughtmasters, who dispersed their herd with a Calioran 3 year old female with a magnificent Glenlands High Profile bull calf at foot, of 8 months, and 3 months in calf to the Wundaburra Sire, Gladiator.   Buyers were new stud breeders - Lindsay and Janet Allan of "Digby" Gunnedah, N.S.W. and who purchased a dozen very nice heifers at the Sth. Burnett Sale in November, 2006.

Pine Rivers averaged $3,250 for their 15 females.

Another successful vendor was Jeff and Annette Rose, Amavale Droughtmasters with 10 cows and calves averaging $2,825 to a top of $5,250 for Amavale Aimee, a 10 year old matron with a Garthowen Cameron 2 bull calf at foot of 9 months, and in calf again to the same sire... selling to Ken Rungert, Innisfail. 

Warren and Carolyn Kenny of Wajatryn Stud had a successful day for their 5 unjoined heifers averaging $2,600 and topping at $3,600 which was also sold to Ken Rungert.

  • Support for the sale was widespread, going as far north as Innisfail, with
    Ken Rungert who is beginning a stud and purchasing 27 head averaging $2,040
  •  the Ulett family - Whitsunday Droughtmasters at Proserpine, purchasing 10 averaging $2,420
  • Kevin Woolcock of Springsure buying 12 averaging $2,533
  • A. Templeton & Son, AT3 Droughtmasters, Eumundi, taking away 8 registered and 14 Commercials and
  • Westcor Pty Ltd, Buccan taking 9 averaging $2,150 for their Blackbutt aggregation.

                 

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