Violet Hills 16th Annual Sale Report

At the Annual On Property Sale of the 32 bulls offered for 22 to be sold at auction for an average of $8454.00. The top priced bull, Lot 6, Violet Hills Viking V76E, sold for $19000.00 to John and Roslyn Mercer, Kandanga Valley Charolais and Charbray stud, Kandanga Valley, Queensland.

At 20 months the 818kg, homozygous poll bull, sired by Violet Hills Peronne P268E out of a Jolly Joker cow,
scanned an eye muscle area of 134sq.cms., with 9mm of rump fat, 5mm of rib fat and 5.4% marbling.

The second top priced bull was lot 7, Violet Hills Val V96E, bought for $14000.00 by long time client and neighbour, Lawson Grazing Co, Rydal. Val was also sired by Violet Hills Peronne P268E. The 20 month Val weighed 776kg and scanned an EMA of 125sq.cm. with a rump fat measurement of 12mm and a rib fat of 7mm.

Lawson Grazing also secured the entire draft of PTIC Charolais Red Angus-cross heifers for $2600.00 per head. A Casino based specialist weaner producer was the volume buyer on the day, securing 10 bulls and paying a top of $13000.00 for Lot 8, Violet Hills Volvo V244E, to average $8700.00 across the draft.