Thankyou to all buyers, bidders and underbidders for supporting Wattletop’s 21st Annual bull sale!!

Guyra turned on a cracking winter’s day for Wattletop’s 21st Annual bull sale which was also reflected in the results achieving 100% clearance on the 83 bulls sold averaging $6,536 and topping at $16,000.  The top priced bull was bought in shares by the Laurie family Knowla Angus, Gloucester and the Vincent family Booragul Angus, Piallaway.   E111 a powerful, slick skinned Sitz New Design 458N son is a genuine curve bender being below average for birth weight at +4.3 and +120 for 600 day weight putting him in the top 1% for the breed.

Lot 3, E236 another standout in the sale sold to James Harris Abington, Uralla for $12,000.  A strong, highly muscled bull with a lot of depth he boasts high growth figures with +127 for 600 day matched with strong carcase figures with +4.5 for EMA and +1.9 for IMF.  Both E111 and E236 have been enlisted in the 2011 Angus Sire Benchmarking Program.

Support was very strong from local clients with over 80% of bulls remaining in the northern NSW region.  Three bulls ventured south to Victoria, E323 and E278 going to Coonmoor Pastoral Company, Lindenow South for an average of $7,000 and E194 to Bruce and Kath Allen Mortlake for $8,000. 

We appreciate our long term client’s support and it was great to see repeat buyers returning and buying in volume, highlighting the success they have had with previous Wattletop sires.  Ken and Barb Ellis “Killarney” Wards Mistake , and Peter and Christine Hall Bundarra who have had great success with their Wattletop bred weaners purchased 4 averaging $8,125 and 3 bulls averaging $6,500 respectively.  Bill, Bronwyn and Tim Petrie “Briarleigh” Tenterfield purchased 4 lots averaging $5,000 and Renato Gaspari a long term purchaser of Wattletop cows purchased 4 bulls on Auctionsplus averaging $7,375.  Archie Watts “Ben Mhor” Oberon who has also previously purchased females and bulls from Wattletop was very pleased with his purchase of E59 for $12,000.

We were very happy to have the support of Macquarie Bank’s agricultural identity Paraway Pastoral Company who have become a significant client over the past three years.  In this year’s sale they purchased 15 bulls for an average of $5,833. 

Lock, Ali and the team at Wattletop would like to again thank all buyers and supporters of the sale and we wish you all the best with your purchases.  Many thanks must also go to the people that worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make the day such a success.  To John Portas the manager of Stratton who’s dedication and attention to detail is hard to come by.  Thanks to Bald Blair school and our good friend and chef Pete Malcolm from Rafters for keeping the caffeine and delicious beef curry up to the crowd on the day.  Thank you to Elders and in particular Paul Dooley for the excellent job auctioning all bulls.  Thankyou to the WEB group and Ian McDuie for working together to make the first week of August a great week to buy bulls in Guyra.  Thanks to Ben Simpson and the team at OGA design for the stellar job they have done revamping our website and producing our catalogue.

Lock inspecting calves with Joan Woodruff

Witherswood have 21 bulls and 24 heifers from the 2010 drop by Andy. According to Chris Saunders the manager at Witherswood Angus, Andy’s calves averaged 1.36kg/day at weaning ranking him as the second highest sire for weight gain in their 2010 drop calves. Chris also said that:

“C109 was the largest single sire group with 45 calves which makes his daily weight gains even more impressive.”

Wattletop Andy C109 progeny at Witherswood Angus

 John and Joan Woodruff of Witherswood Angus, were also pleased with the results the 45 Andy progeny achieved when graded by Independant Assessment Expert Dick Whale in June this year. Dick’s assessment resulted in retaining the 21 bulls and 24 heifers, a rarity to have no culls at all. Below is a comment made by John on Dick’s assessment:

“Dick said that Andy C109 was the outstanding sire used at Witherswood this year. His comments were that Andy’s calves had excellent growth and thickness, good feet and leg set with excellent phenotype. We are certainly looking forward to Andy’s spring calves, and to the next step in our breeding programme.”

Within our herd at Wattletop, we are also seeing some promising progeny coming through the ranks.  On offer at this year’s sale are Wattletop E236 to be sold as lot 3 and E222 as lot 49. 

Wattletop Bull Sale Preview Video

Wed 3rd August 12 noon.

93 Angus Bulls

Auction held at Stratton 21km west of Guyra (Click Here for a Map )

Wed 3rd August 12pm 
93 Angus Bulls 
Auction held at Stratton 
21km west of Guyra

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Female Sales

* No female sale in 2011, we’re preparing for a bigger vintage in 2012 
* Limited number of select PTIC females for private sale – please enquire

WATTLETOP WONDER ENDS SIRE SEARCH
Carla Wiese-Smith – The Land | Thursday, August 13, 2009
An 18-month search for an Angus stud sire resulted in the $38,000 knockdown of Wattletop Andy C109 (AI) (ET) to John and Joan Woodruff, Witherswood Angus stud, Glenrowan, Victoria.
The two-year-old, 916-kilogram son of Bando 9074, from a B/R New Design 036 cow, was secured by the Wooddruffs to follow on from the $41,000 Millah Murrah Woody W100, which they purchased in 2003.

Mr Woodruff said they were pleased to find a bull such as Andy C109, with lower birth weight, good growth and the same structural correctness.
“He’s good footed, has lovely soft skin and a very good frame,” Mr Woodruff said.
“His overall thickness, length and capacity are impressive, and he just ticked all the right boxes for use in our herd.”

Wattletop Andy’s estimated breeding values (EBVs) put him in the top five per cent of the breed for milk, 400 and 600-day weights, and in the top 10pc for 200-day weight, carcase weight and the heavy grass-fed and terminal indexes.

Andy was also in the top 15pc for the long feed and short fed domestic indexes.
“Another big plus was the breeding strength on the dam’s side – his dam and grand dam’s families have been excellent breeders in the Wattletop herd,” Mr Woodruff said.
Wattletop principal, Lock Rogers, was quick to agree.

“C109′s mother is just awesome,” Mr Rogers said of the bull’s dam, Wattletop Ann V58 (AI).
“Her fertility is fantastic, she’s sound, solid and has incredible capacity.
“We’ve got two magnificent full sisters that have just calved, and with V58 due to be joined again, we know who we’ll be joining her to (Bando 9074).”

In a sale which sold 71 Angus bulls for a 97pc clearance, the 67 two-year-old sires averaged $6515, while six yearlings averaged $4000.
The sale grossed $460,500 and averaged $6308.

The second top priced bull C263 was by Wattletop Axon A42 (by Ardrossan Connection X15) which had been used over stud heifers and sold for $14,000.
Secured by Upton Pastoral Company, “Alpha”, Niangla, the 868kg two-year-old was from a daughter of Ironwood New Level.

The Maloney family, “The Glen”, Hernani, purchased on 878kg son of Bando 9074 from donor cow, Wattletop Usual U86 (AI) (ET), at $13,000.
Wattletop C305, by a home grown son of Prairiedge Marbull Design 931, was secured by the Coulton family, “Morella”, Goondiwindi, Queensland, for $12,000.
Rounding out the double figures was a son of B/R Ambush 28 at $10,000, which was also bought by the Coulter family.

The Coulters took four Wattletop bulls for an average of $8500.
Volume buyers were Clyde Agriculture’s Oxley Station, Warren, which took 13 bulls to a top of $7000 four times, and averaged $5539 for the draft.
Fernside Pastoral Company, “Fernside”, Rylstone, secured seven bulls to a top of $7500 and averaged $5714.

Paraway Pastoral Company, “Burindi”, Barraba, took five bulls to a top of $7000, three times, and average of $5750, while Tulach Ard Pastoral Company, Glen Innes, took four to a top of $6500, twice, and average of $5750.

Vendor, Mr Rogers, was extremely pleased with what he called a “wonderful sale”.
Elders Guyra conducted the sale, and Paul Dooley, Elders Tamworth, and Andy McGeoch, Elders Dubbo, shared the rostrum.