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A: $110,000 paid for Millah Murrah Stormtrooper S235 purchased by Heart Angus and Palgrove, B: $170,000 paid for Milwillah Powerpoint R318, with John Settree, Lincoln McKinlay, Stephen Peake, Deanne Sykes and Brandon Sykes, Andrew Wishart, Will Caldwell and Peter Sykes. Image: The Land, C: $100,000 paid for Millah Murrah Stormtrooper S52, purchased by Bassett Cattle Company, D: $200.000 paid for Milwillah Jaal R138 (right), with Will Caldwell, Evelyn Solway and Siobhan Cowan, Andrew Wishart, Nutrien, and Beatrice and William SolwayPhoto: Denis Howard, E: $100,00 paid for Millah Murrah Sugar Ray S273, purchased by David McLeod, F: $190,000 paid for Knowla So Right S48, purchased by Sprys Angus and Cottage Creek Angus, G: $110,000 paid for Waitara GK Safekeeping S56, purchased by Merridale Angus, Crawford Angus, Cascade Angus and Little Meadows Angus.

Strong results across the board

Many Angus producers across the country are reaping the rewards of this demand, with phenomenal results being achieved. The day following Millah Murrah, Milwillah Angus, Young NSW sold 112 bulls for an average of $30,452 and claimed the current top price paid for an Angus bull so far in 2022. $200,000, was paid for Milwillah Jaal R138, when purchased by Arkle Angus, Munglinup WA. This result took over the previous high price for the year, achieved at the Knowla Livestock Sale, Gloucester NSW, where $190,000 was paid for Knowla So Right S48 purchased by Sprys Angus, Wagga Wagga NSW and Cottage Creek Angus, Tarcutta NSW. Milwillah also achieved $170,000 for Milwillah Powerpoint R318, with Mawarra Genetics, Longford Vic and the Bowen Stud, Barraba NSW teaming up for the purchase. Bowen themselves had earlier in the season sold 82 Angus bulls for an average of $22,878. Earlier in the bull selling season a new record for an APR bull sold at auction, was achieved at the Coffin Creek Bull Sale, with Coffin Creek S100 selling for $70,000 to Neil Bolte, Wing Vee Pastoral, Hargraves. Waitara Angus, Trangie NSW are another stud to have achieved six figures, with Waitara GK Safekeeping S56, selling for $110,000 when purchased by Merridale Angus, Tennyson Vic, Crawford Angus, Tumorrama NSW, Cascade Angus, Currabubula NSW and Little Meadows Angus, Dardanup WA forming a syndicate. Texas Angus set an industry record for the highest sale gross when they sold 209 Angus bulls for an average of $28,055 and a gross of $5.864 million. Booroomooka Angus were not far behind, with their August sale seeing 241 bulls clear for an average of $21,987 and gross of $5.299 million. At their Spring Bull Sale, Rennylea Angus Culcairn, NSW sold 212 bulls for an average of $22,546. The Te Mania Angus Northern Bull Sale, Walgett NSW, saw 114 bulls average $24,394. While Clunie Range, Wallangra NSW sold 170 bulls for an average of $25,212.

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