THE inaugural Clifton All Breeds Multi-Vendor Sale held this week achieved a strong average price.
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The invitational sale at the Clifton complex at Hamilton saw 18 vendors from throughout Victoria and South Australia put up nearly 70 bulls, covering most of the major beef breeds.
Overall, 24 of the 64 bulls offered sold to an average of $4562.
Lot 4, Ayrvale Jagger J12, topped the sale at $13,000.
Ayrvale Jagger J12 was in hot demand on sale day with a handful of notable Angus breeders going head to head in a bid to secure the young sire.
Granite Ridge, Avenue Range, SA, had the last bid and took the Millah Murrah Equator D78 son home at $13,000.
Jagger is out of a Te Mania Bartel cow and sits in the top one per cent for growth, carcase weight and domestic and heavy grain indexes.
On the day of the sale, Jagger turned two years old.
"He is a positive calving-ease bull with a low birthweight with good muscle," Ayrvale Angus principal Richard White said.
Granite Ridge purchased this sire for its structural correctness, soundness and feet.
Jagger is a powerful sire with the impressive performance data sought by Granite Ridge.
As the seller of the top-priced bull, Mr White said the multi-vendor sale was great and its committee had succeeded in bringing together smaller studs that did not have on-property sales and giving them a selling outlet for their bulls.
"The Clifton complex is of first class," Mr White said.
"This sale will go from strength to strength."
The second-top-priced bull was lot 24, Wilkah Jasper J001, which was bought by Rosebank Pastoral Company, Dergholm, for $8000.
Rosebank Pastoral Company's Jason Caugh has carefully followed this young sire's progress and has always been impressed by the bull.
When asked for a comment on his new purchase he said, "a picture speaks louder than words".
Auctioneer Michael Glasser, GTSM, said the sale's result was "somewhat reflective of the season".
"This is only the beginning," he said.
"I'm looking forward to the future of this sale as it continues to grow."
Sale chairman Vaughn Campognola said he was impressed with the average achieved at the first sale.
"As the co-ordinator I have given people the opportunity for their bulls to go to auction and the bulls that did go through the ring were of good quality," Mr Campognola said.
He said in coming years vendors could help to create more interest for sales within their own herd.
"However, I was happy with the top prices and the bulls that were sold," he said.
A further three bulls were sold after the sale for $3500.
