What a heck of a year for Angus bull sales! Samantha Hamilton, Marketing Officer & Sale Catalogues
What a way to end the 2021 bull sale season with some quality sale statistics, an outstanding season and those we hold nearly and dearly. Another year of slashing past records and rewriting new ones for the Angus breed has been at the forefront of most media publications this year, sharing the headlines with the good old COVID-19 once again. But what COVID-19? It most certainly didn’t upset the saleyard and bull sale results this year! With the numbers climbing it was predicted to be a good year for the Angus market and it surely did not disappoint. And who doesn’t love a good statistic either, below is a brief Summary By Year Stats for Angus Bulls Sold at Auction, if you’d like to see the full Bull Sale Statistics you can see them here. YEAR
NO. OF SALES
BULLS SOLD
TOP $
AVERAGE $
2021
204
10,811
$280,000
$13,776
2020
174
8,695
$140,000
$8,106
2019
186
8,141
$160,000
$6,197
2018
182
9,245
$54,000
$6,837
2017
167
9,297
$110,000
$7,634
2016
158
8,405
$85,000
$7,375
Western Australia
Total Sales: 26 Bulls Sold: 873 Top Price: $30,000 Top Bull: Coonamble Q24 PV - WDCQ24 Top Average: $13,422 – Coonamble Angus Overall Average: $9,067 They say West is best, and that’s what seems to be coming out of WA at the moment, bulls that are ticking all the right boxes. An increase in the overall average once again of a whopping 39% from last years’ overall average of $6,520, however there was a tough benchmark set again this year by Coonamble Angus with their on-property bull sale held in February. A successful sale once again for Coonamble, 102 bulls selling to generate a sale average of $13,422 and selling the state’s top priced bull sired by the famous Sitz Investment 660ZPV for $30,000 was Coonamble Q24PV (WDCQ24), which has been said to be the highest priced bull sold this year in WA. Making this exciting purchase was the Bairstow family, Arizona Farms, Lake Grace.
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The good fortune didn’t stop there for Coonamble, selling Coonamble Q502PV (WDCQ502) to the Walker family, Coonac Angus, Wilga, for $26,000, making this purchase the second highest priced bull sold in WA. The second highest average was Black Tara Angus at the annual Gingin Bull Sale in March, where 12 bulls sold for an average of $13,417.
Victoria
Total Sales: 40 Bulls Sold: 2,337 Top Price: $130,000 Top Bull: Lawsons Rocky R4010 SV – VLYR4010 Top Average: $16,718 – Banquet Angus Overall Average: $10,168 Outstanding results coming out of Victoria this year, the sales were up, bulls sold up, top price up and averages up! Things couldn’t be better for the studs when sales are reaching overall averages of $10,159, that’s an increase of 32%! It’s no wonder bulls like Lawsons Rocky Road R4010SV (VLYR4010) are topping at a price of $130,000, currently an Australian record for a yearling bull. Sold at Lawsons Spring NSW & VIC sale in September, Lawsons Rocky Road R4010SV was snavelled up in a syndicate consisting of Gilmandyke Angus, Dunoon Angus, Kelly Angus and Knowla Angus. Delighted with the syndicate purchase, James Laurie of Knowla Angus said, “He is a unique individual - when you look at the data, most bulls need to be protected for something, but he doesn’t need protecting, he is really strong across the board.” Peter McNamara stud manager of Gilmandyke Angus also commented saying
