Top price bull OSullivans Radium R27 with back; Garth Weatherall, Bartholomew & co, Peter Grant, The Downfall Limousin, Brad & Jodie Frohloff, BJF Limousin, Sandy & Mick O’Sullivan, OSullivans Black Limousin, front; Midge Thompson, Aussie Land & Livestock, Rhys Bodey, Bartholomew & Co, Samantha, David & Tabetha Silcock, Storm King Limousin.
Strong demand for black poll Limousin bulls continued at the BJF Limousin Invitational Bull & Female sale, the 47 polled Limousin bulls on offer averaged $11,894.
However, the premium for homozygous polled bulls was evident with 22 homozygous polled bulls averaging $14,182.
Similarly, the black Limousin bulls were hotly contested with 28 black bulls averaging $13,357, and the 16 of those that were homozygous black averaging $15,488.
Thirteen homozygous polled, homozygous black bulls were offered and sold for an average of $16,000.
It was one of these homozygous polled, homozygous black bulls that attracted the top money OSullivans Radium R27 offered by Mick & Sandy O’Sullivan, Lower Mount Walker selling to fellow sale vendors Peter & Pauline Grant, The Downfall Limousins, Wilsons Downfall NSW and Brad & Jodie Frohloff, BJF Limousin, Yarraman along with David & Samantha Silcock & Family, Storm King Limousin, Mutdapilly.
The recent EKKA grand champion bull, Radium R27 was a Summit Masterplan L27 son out of OSullivans Black Pearl L27 who sold to Jen-Daview Limousin as the top price female at the OSullivans Ladies-in-black female sale in 2021.
Radium R27 ranked in the top 1% of the breed for 200, 400 & 600-day growth, top 5% for eye-muscle-area, & docility, top 10% for retail-beef-yield, and top 15% for intra-muscular-fat.
He will work in all three herds, and semen will be offered ahead of the upcoming spring joining season.
His stable mate OSullivans Special K S15 the EKKA junior champion bull and runner up in ACM’s sire shootout competition sold for $22,000 the second top price realised on the day.
Another Masterplan L27 son, Special K S15 was out of OSullivans Black Pearl K35 and will travel south to Merriwa NSW to join the sire battery at the Gill Family’s Alexander Downs.
Long-term supporters of the sale the Joynson family, Howard bid hard to secure their pick of the draft The Downfall Solid Nugget S14, offered by Peter & Pauline Grant for $21,000.
Operating on AuctionsPlus the Wilson family, Banana Station, Banana paid to a top of $20,000 twice for OSullivans Rack Em Up R30 offered by the O’Sullivan’s and OSullivans Rip Snorter R36 offered by Brad & Jodie Frohloff when putting together their draft of four black polled bulls at an average of $16,250.
While, Walara Cattle Co, Walara, Comet also put together a draft of four black poll bulls operating online for a $10,750 average, paying to a top of $16,000 for BJF Tamallolo offered by the Frohloff’s.
With 45 per cent of the bull offering selling for $10,000 or less there was plenty of value to be found within the catalogue.
In the females 12 of the 24 offered sold to a top of $9000 for an average of $4792.
It was the 3-in-1 unit BJF Zambuka Wilma N307 offered by Brad & Jodie Frohloff that attracted the top money selling to Peter & Pauline Grant, The Downfall Limousins, Wilsons Downfall NSW.
The Silcock family, Storm King Limousin, Mutdapilly selected four females in total paying to a top of $5000 on two occasions for The Downfall NYSE Chunk S15 and The Downfall BSW Ways S12 both offered by the Grant’s.
Rosemary & Chris Clifton, Clifton Cattle, Loomberah NSW and Mick & Sandy O’Sullivan, OSullivans Black Limousin, Lower Mount Walker both parted with $5000 for their picks of the female offering The Downfall Sweet Chunk S2 and BJF Masterplan Pearl S55 respectively.
The sale was conducted by Aussie Land & Livestock and Bartholomew & Co with Midge Thompson, Garth Weatherall, and Corey Evans auctioneering.
-Limousin Australia