ABSOLUTE Angus hit a new record high of $14,000 and stud-first average of $7488 for 48 bulls offered at its third annual spring sale last Friday.At the fall of the hammer, 41 bulls were sold with the 27 rising two-year-old bulls averaging $7407, with Lot 7, Absolute Qual Q490, the sale topper at $14,000.The yearling bulls were in hot demand with 14 selling for an impressive average of $7643 and topping their group at $11,000.

*32 of 38 Angus bulls sold to $8100, av $3460. Absolute Angus stud principal Anthony Pisa said his inaugural on-farm bull sale "exceeded all expectations" after 32 bulls were sold at auction today. It was the first sale for the Trafalgar stud which sold 32 of 38 bulls, with four passed in, to record a top price of $8100 and an average of $3460.

A new record was set for the sale of a bull in Tasmania at Landfall Angus' on-property auction on Monday.The Launceston, Tas-based stud sold Lot 3 for $75,000, more than doubling its own bull sale record of $37,000, achieved last year.It is the highest price a bull has sold for on record in Tasmania.