AUTUMN BULL SALE by Helmsman Auction

 Tuesday, 22nd May 2012, at 11am
(inspection from 9am)

 at “Riverview” Gobarralong via Coolac (map)

45 BULLS

 BULL  SALE Catalogue  2012

BULL  SALE Quick EBV’S  2012

BULL SALE Reference Sires May 2012

(Scroll down this page for details on how a Helmsman sale works )

Bull Sale Highlights:

Leading locally bred sires with excellent Breedplan performance

• 9 sons by Te Mania Infinity (NZ)
• 6 sons by Rennylea C510
• 5 sons by Rennylea B77
• 5 sons by Ardrossan Equator A241 (Renowned Sire)
• 5 sons by Vermont Equator C255
• 4 sons by Bongongo D56

 EBV FIGURES for 2012 Sale Group
(compared to breed average):

Sale introduction

We have more bulls for sale than ever before with the majority by leading industry sires with a strong representation of the better Australian and New Zealand sires.

Sires include; Lawsons Invincible C402, Rennylea B77, Rennylea C574, Rennylea C511, Rennylea C510, Te Mania Infinity, Ardrossan Equator A241, Vermont Dimension 7127, Vermont C255, Vermont Drambuie D057, Bennett Perfomer ,  Bongongo Bulletproof Z3  and other Bongongo Stud Sires.

These sires tend to complement the key research from the Beef CRC Maternal Productivity project released earlier this year proving the importance of higher rib fat depth heifers. They have up to 8% better conception rates compared to those with lower RIB FAT EBV’S. This supports what has been obvious to me for years standing behind many females. It is more obvious in the tougher years and equates to the critical importance of fertility (reproductive rate) and its effect on your enterprise profitability.  It was also pleasing to note that selection for higher EMA had no effect on heifer conception rate.

All Bongongo Bulls offered for sale are performance recorded and VET checked with the Pfizer health program.  The bulls have all had a Bull Breeding Examination (BBSE) which should be an industry standard to guarantee bull fertility and protect buyers from poor reproductive performance as fertility remains the key profit driver in your cattle breeding business.

We have decided to adopt the Helmsman sale system (see below)  to give all our clients  equal and fair opportunity.  Inspection will be from 9am, sale at 11am followed by BBQ lunch.  This sale will be conducted by Steve Ridley (Elders) and McAlister Saunderson Stubbs Gundagai.   This sale will be at RIVERVIEW Gobarralong.  If you have any questions please do get in touch and we will welcome your feedback.

We also welcome Private Bull sales as required.

We also have a selection of Stud Females (surplus to our requirements) for sale.

Bill and Shauna Graham

 

 

The Helmsman Selling System

 Auctions don’t have to be stressful environments.  The Helmsman system combines the best features of an auction system and sale by private treaty. You have more time to consider lodging your bid. You can place genuine bids on any bull of your choice at any time during the sale period. You have the opportunity to reassess each lot during the sale period without any pressure to make an instant decision.  You can take home the bulls you want, irrespective of the lot order. If you are considering buying a number of bulls you will have a better chance to average your purchase costs in order to meet your budget. People say that the “Helmsman” system is buyer friendly because it helps the get better value for money.  The simultaneous auction method enables them to switch to the best valued animal at any time during the sale.

HOW THE HELMSMAN SYSTEM WORKS

1. On arrival intending purchasers need to register at the bid table and receive a bidding number.
2. All animals are displayed for inspection prior to and during the sale.
3. When the sale commences all animals are on the market simultaneously.  You may bid on any animal regardless of lot number, by filling in a bid card  with your bid price and buyer number and hand to a “runner”.  These bids will then be recorded at the table in the order they are received.  Where bids of equal amounts on the same animal the first bid received will be the standing bid.
4. You may open bidding at the reserve price indicated for each animal in the catalogue and contest bids in multiples of no less than $500.00.
5. Bids are recorded, with the buyers number on a large board adjacent to the animals.  You can bid on any number of animals at once and see at a glance whether your bid stands or has been over-bid.
6. A BID ONCE SUBMITTED AND RECORDED CANNOT BE RETRACTED.
7. The sale will remain open for 20 minutes initially.  At the conclusion of 20 minutes a 2 minute bid clock will commence.  A bid on any lot will restart the countdown clock.  Any further bids on any lot will trigger the same process until a full 2 minute “no bid” period the sale will conclude on all lots.
8. All lots are open for sale for the full duration of the sale and all lots will conclude at the same time.
9. If your “first choice” animal goes beyond your limits you can still bid on any other animal in the sale.

(Directions to Riverview here)

Tom washing bulls before sale

A sale day at “Bongongo”, Adjungbilly

Buyers before the sale