2009 Wagin Woolorama

2009 WA Supreme Bull Sale

Courtesy Farm Weekly
Once again it was a cherry red bull from the Patterson's family's Bullock Hills stud, Katanning, which took top price honours when it was knocked down for $4250 to Ian Staples, Harvey.
The 945kg ET-bred calf, Bullock Hills Cracker, was sired by BHR Three Sixes and had EBVs of +1.1 for birthweight, +10 for milk, +26 and +23 for 400 and 600 day weight, +0.1 for retail beef yield and +0.2 for IMF and a raw EMA scan of 128cm2.
Mr Staples said he sought advice from Bullock Hills principal Brad Patterson prior to the sale on what bull would best fit his requirements and Cracker was the answer.
"The bull's genetics, low birthweight and temperament ideally suited him to our property's breeding program," he said.
For more than 20 years, Mr Staples has sourced his first cross Angus-Friesian breeders from calf sales where from a week old he reards them through to joining age and puts a Simmental bull over them for baby beef production.
Along with selling the top price Simmental bull, Bullock Hills also sold another two BHR Three Sixes sons at $4000 each.
The first to sell for this price was the cream-coloured Bullock Hills Cheetah who was knocked down to AE & SM Muir, Manjimup.
The second bull was the 936kg Bullock Hills Contact who was bought by Frankland River Grazing, Katanning.
By the end of its run, Bullock Hills had cleared its team of nine bulls at an average of $3389.

Wagin Woolorama wins

We had a good showing at this year's Wagin Woolorama with Bullock Hills Bruiser being judged the champion bull in the Any Other Breed Euro class. Judge Leon Giglia said Bruiser was very well balanced for a two year-old bull. He is not over excessive, but quite moderate with great depth of rib.
We also exhibited the first placegetters in the pair of commercial heifers competition.
The Shorthorn-Simmental cross heifers (pictured below) finished with 78 out of a possible 100 points. A pair of our Simmental-Hereford heifers finished in third place.

Top Sale at Brunswick Supreme Bull Sale

TWO bulls by new sire to WA, Shawacres Nacobi - a South African bred sire - stole the show at this year's Supreme bull sale.
The two red coated head-turning led bulls from Bullock Hills stud, Katanning, commanded the $5750 top price tags in the Simmental section of the sale and were the fourth top price of the sale overall..

One of these was Bullock Hills Buster, a soft. proud, 880kg polled bull with a scrotal circumfernce of 46cm and 200, 400, and 600 day weight EBVs of +22, +44 and +40.

Buster was claimed through a telephone bid from Peter and Charmaine Cook, Barana Simmental stud, Coolah, NSW, who had never bought a bull from WA previously, but like the look of Buster after seeing him on the Bullock Hills website.

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Langton Gate Autumn Girl

Langton Gate Autumn Girl, Supreme Champion Simmental at 2007 Sydney Royal Show, was recently purchased at the dispersal sale of Graham and Sandra Jordan's Goonoo Creek Simmental Stud herd on May 23. She sold for $7,000 to Woonallee and Bullock Hills Simmental studs. We will be using Autumn Girl in our embryo program next year.

Wagin Woolarama Results

Led Cattle

The champion Any Other Breed Euro Bull was Bullock Hills' Bruiser exhibited by the Patterson family, Katanning.

Trade Results

Bullock Hills Simmental was a winning stud in Woolorama's trade cattle competition.

The judge said those who had entered cattle should be congratulated on presenting such good paddock run heifers despite the tough conditions.

The femininity of the Bullock Hills heifers pushed them out in front with the champion heifers being awarded 26 out of 30. They also scored 40 out of 50 for structural soundness, and 14 out of 15 for eveness of pen and 4 out of 5 for the judges discretion sector, taking the winning total to 84.

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Wagin Woolarama Success!

Above: Winners of the Wagin Woolarama Interbreed Pair of Bulls - Bullock Hills Afro and Bullock Hills Africa. Both are polled and sired by BHR Three Sixes. Photo by Farm Weekly.

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