High demand sees Goolagong Angus to schedule two sales

In what’s a first for Goolagong Angus stud it will hold two bull sales this year due to such high demand for quality bulls and to provide ease of purchase for its South East buyers.

The stud’s Inaugural South East Bull Sale will be held at Heath and Brian Tiller’s South East property, Fernbank, at Reedy Creek on Friday, February 10 at 4pm.

The stud will offer 40 Angus stud bulls at the sale, featuring progeny from sires such as; Esslemont Lotto L3, KO Pandemic P107, Texas Quantum Leap Q29 and Merdeduke Quarterback Q11.

The first crop of calves coming through from Merdeduke Quarterback Q11 and KO Pandemic P107 in this year’s sale bull draft are looking impressive and are likely to gather some attention.

There will also be an exciting young AI bull by Rennylea L519 on offer at the South East sale, Goolagong Rennylea S157 out of Coorong Skye H233. This bull has birth weight +3.9, 600 day weight +131, and IMF +5.2.

Goolagong stud will also hold its 7th Annual Mid North Bull Sale at its selling complex at Warnertown on Friday, February 17 at 1pm. The stud will offer 60 Angus stud bulls and 30 Sangus bulls at its Mid North-based sale.

Bulls on offer at both sales will range in age from 16 months to 23 months old and catalogues are available online.

Purchases can also be made via AuctionsPlus on the day of sale and QR codes are located in the catalogue which link directly to videos of each animal.

Breeding quality beef is something which comes naturally for the team at Goolagong, with Brian and son Heath being involved with beef cattle their whole lives.

Not only do they run the successful Goolagong stud, but also have a strong understanding of feedlot needs due to also operating HB Rural Feedlot and supplying weekly loads of cattle.

Heath is a fifth-generation farmer on the original selection property at Warnertown, South Australia and has continued to work hard to introduce the right bloodlines to continue to improve the herds confirmation, growth for age and fertility.

Heath aims to breed structurally correct bulls with ideal growth for age and strong phenotype. He prides himself on selecting strong sire lines and powerful cow families to back up the data and performance which flows back into a feedlot situation or on grass.

Over the past two years Goolagong stud has invested heavily in Stoney Point Angus, purchasing 80 females across the two dispersal sales. These females have hit the ground running, producing quality offspring, some of which are being offered in this year’s draft of bulls.

Goolagong stud purchased a new sire, Pathfinder Lakewood R861, last year for $50,000. This bull is a son of Kenny’s Creek Intensity L123 and has moderate birth weight figures with plenty of growth and thickness. The first Lakewood calves are expected to land on the property later in the year.

Each year Goolagong undertakes an extensive AI and ET program to ensure the very best of the latest genetics are included in its breeding program. Heath puts a lot of time into ensuring embryos are paired with the most ideal sires available in the market-place to produce the type of bulls required by his buyers.

If you’d like to view some of the Goolagong sale bulls prior to sale day, they’ll be on display during Beef Week on Monday, February 6 at Fernbank, Bowaka Road, Reedy Creek.