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DEMAND FOR BLACK POLL BULLS AT BJF LIMOUSIN SALE
By Queensland Country Life and O’Sullivan Family
There has been a strong demand for black poll Limousin bulls at auction throughout Australia in recent times.
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This trend certainly continued at the BJF Limousin Invitational Bull & Female sale, the 47 polled Limousin bulls on offer averaged $11,894.
However, the premium for homozygous polled bulls was evident with 22 homozygous polled bulls averaging $14,182.
Similarly, the black Limousin bulls were hotly contested with 28 black bulls averaging $13,357, and the 16 of those that were homozygous black averaging $15,488.
Thirteen homozygous polled, homozygous black bulls were offered and sold for an average of $16,000.
It was one of these homozygous polled, homozygous black bulls that attracted the top money O'Sullivans Radium R27 offered by Mick & Sandy O’Sullivan, Lower Mount Walker selling to fellow sale vendors Peter & Pauline Grant, The Downfall Limousins, Wilsons Downfall NSW and
Brad and Jodie Frohloff, BJF Limousin, Yarraman along with David and Samantha Silcock and Family, Storm King Limousin, Mutdapilly.
The recent EKKA grand champion bull, Radium R27 was a Summit Masterplan L27 son out of O'Sullivans Black Pearl L27 who sold to Jen-Daview Limousin as the top price female at the O'Sullivans Ladies-in-black female sale in 2021.
Radium R27 ranked in the top 1% of the breed for 200, 400 & 600-day growth, top 5% for eyemuscle-area, and docility, top 10% for retail-beefyield, and top 15% for intra-muscular-fat. He will work in all three herds, and semen will be offered ahead of the upcoming spring joining season.
His stable mate O'Sullivans Special K S15 the EKKA Junior Champion Bull and runner up in ACM’s sire shootout competition sold for $22,000 the second top price realised on the day.
Another Masterplan L27 son, Special K S15 was out of OSullivans Black Pearl K35 and will travel south to Merriwa NSW to join the sire battery at the Gill Family’s Alexander Downs.
Long-term supporters of the sale the Joynson family, Howard bid hard to secure their pick of the draft The Downfall Solid Nugget S14, offered by Peter and Pauline Grant for $21,000.
Operating on AuctionsPlus the Wilson family, Banana Station, Banana paid to a top of $20,000 twice for O'Sullivans Rack Em Up R30 offered by the O’Sullivan’s and O'Sullivans Rip Snorter R36 offered by Brad & Jodie Frohloff when putting together their draft of four black polled bulls at an average of $16,250.
