Boonaroo’s annual on-property bull sale proved to be one to remember, with the Foster family waiting anxiously for news on whether they could run the sale after the snap five-day lockdown in Victoria.<\/p>\n
With confirmation the sale could go ahead, stud and commercial support pushed the average to $10,059, $969 up on last year’s average.<\/p>\n
The top-priced bull of the day – Lot 4 – was purchased by Daniel and Anne Marie Barrow, Merlewood Angus, Mirboo North, through Elders.<\/p>\n
The 18-month-old bull was an embryo transfer son of Landfall Keystone K132 and in the top 2 per cent of the breed for calving ease and carcase weight.<\/p>\n
“We have been looking for a good Keystone son for the last two years, and from what we saw with Lot 4, he had the key traits and style we were looking for,” Mr Barrow said.<\/p>\n
“We were able to reach out to Jodie [Foster] to see the maternal line before the sale, and we liked what we saw with her.<\/p>\n
“He’s a complete outcross to what we have in our herd, and extremely quiet which is a focus for us and our clients.”<\/p>\n
The second top-priced bull was picked up by return buyers RW and CJ Merrett, Lindsay.<\/p>\n
Lot 6 was an 18-month-old Booroomooka Genius son out of the True Blue cow line, with figures in the top 1pc for mature cow weight.<\/p>\n
“We were looking for higher early growth figures, trying to put more weight into our calves and we believe that both Lot 6 and Lot 15 are the bulls to do that,” Bob Merrett said.<\/p>\n
“We have been supporting Jodie’s breeding program for over 20 years, since she had Murray Greys, because her principals have been the same the whole way through.<\/p>\n
“You pay for quality and Boonaroo has just that.”<\/p>\n
Volume buyers for the sale included the Whitehead family, Edenhope, purchasing six bulls to a top of $11,000 and an average of $9833 for their 600-head cattle operation.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been supporting Boonaroo for a while, and were looking for low birth weight heifer bulls,” Sam Whitehead said.<\/p>\n
“They just have good bulls with great temperament.”<\/p>\n
At the conclusion of the sale Boonaroo stud principals Shane and Jodie Foster were overwhelmed with the support received from their clients.<\/p>\n
“It was a fantastic sale, we are really pleased to see our repeat and new clients at the sale, after such a stressful lead up,” Ms Foster said.<\/p>\n
“It was something we’ve never experienced before with the lockdown that occurred, and the uncertainty of whether we were going ahead or not.”<\/p>\n
Mr Foster said he was wrapped with the results, particularly given they put extra bulls up for sale and still got a great average.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Jess Parker, Stock & Land<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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