*50 of 52 bulls sold to a top of $22,000 (twice) av $9980<\/p>\n
ABSOLUTE Angus, Trafalgar South, has had a near-total clearance at its second autumn bull sale, falling just shy of a $10,000 average.<\/p>\n
Absolute stud principal Anthony Pisa said Gippsland was starting to get a name for breeding really good bulls.<\/p>\n
“My genetic program is getting stronger and people are starting to realise that,” Mr Pisa said.<\/p>\n
“Obviously Landfall New Ground has made a great impact on the herd.<\/p>\n
“At the same time, the heifers I have bred are cows now and it’s showing in their progeny.”<\/p>\n
Lot 21, Absolute Newground R045, was sired by Landfall New Ground N90, out of Landfall Loretta J251.<\/p>\n
He had a birth weight of +3.3 kilograms, a 200-day weight of +56kg, 400-day weight of +100kg and 600-day weight of +137kg.<\/p>\n
Newground had mid-March TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation (TACE) estimated breeding values of a scrotal size of 45 centimetres, an eye muscle area (EMA) of +8.2 square centimetres, rib measurement of +1.0 millimetres and P8 of +0.0.<\/p>\n
The October 2020-drop bull had an intramuscular fat (IMF) of +2.1 and weighed 735kg.<\/p>\n
Lot 23, Absolute Newground RO46, was also by Landfall New Ground N90, out of Absolute Lowan P804.<\/p>\n
The October-drop bull weighed 680kg and had a birth weight of +3kg, a 200-day weight of +56kg, a 400-day weight of +106kg and 600-day weight of +136kg.<\/p>\n
His TACE figures were a +6.2 EMA, +3.1mm rib measurement, +3.0 P8 and IMF of +2.4pc.<\/p>\n
Mr Pisa said the amount of money he had invested in high-class bulls was now showing dividends.<\/p>\n
He said the Landfall bulls had come into similar conditions to where they were bred in Tasmania.<\/p>\n
He was part of a syndicate that paid $75,000 for New Ground N90 in 2019.<\/p>\n
“Obviously New Ground is second to none, he is an amazing bull, and it’s showing in his progeny and other breeders’ programs,” he said.<\/p>\n
He said he was pleased to see other studs recognising his breeding.<\/p>\n
“I have the genetics they are looking for and I am doing the right thing by the breed,” he said.<\/p>\n
Elders auctioneer Ross Milne said it was a solid sale throughout.<\/p>\n
“Anthony is certainly heading in the right direction, that’s for sure,” Mr Milne said.<\/p>\n
Popular bloodlines in the sale were from Landfall, with seven bulls on offer, and the 12 sons of American sire Sitz Stellar.<\/p>\n
“They were very good animals to look at, good phenotype and structurally very good,” he said.<\/p>\n
Bulls mostly went to local commercial producers, with three going to studs, including two to South Australia.<\/p>\n
They also went out to Sale, Bairnsdale and Maffra, as well as Horsham, Yea, Wodonga and Callignee.<\/p>\n
“The stud breeders would have got good value in their purchases,” he said.<\/p>\n
Among the volume buyers were Blythewood Pastoral, Maffra, who bought 10 bulls, and Amberley Park, Sale, who bought seven, while Pepperhill Trading, Pearcedale, picked up four bulls.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Andrew Miller, Stock & Land<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
*50 of 52 bulls sold to a top of $22,000 (twice) av $9980<\/p>\n
ABSOLUTE Angus, Trafalgar South, has had a near-total clearance at its second autumn bull sale, falling just shy of a $10,000 average.<\/p>\n
Absolute stud principal Anthony Pisa said Gippsland was starting to get a name for breeding really good bulls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":974,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions\/974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteangus.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}