$17,000 Blue Ribbon record set

By Jodie Rintoul
January 24 2021 - 1:00pm
Prices hit a sale record high of $17,000 for this Black Simmental bull from the Naracoopa stud, Denmark, at the Nutrien Livestock Great Southern Blue Ribbon All Breeds Bull Sale at Mt Barker. With the bull Naracoopa Qualify Q005 were Nutrien Livestock, Esperance agent Darren Chatley (left), buyer Andrew Hann, Greendale Simmental stud, Esperance and Greendale's Rachel Tonkin, Nutrien Livestock, Albany/Denmark representative Michael Lynch, David Wright, Denmark and Naracoopa co-principal Kevin Hard. Along with taking home the bull as top-priced buyer Mr Hann also received a two litre Cydectin Platinum Pour-on drench package from sale sponsor Virbac.
Prices hit a sale record high of $17,000 for this Black Simmental bull from the Naracoopa stud, Denmark, at the Nutrien Livestock Great Southern Blue Ribbon All Breeds Bull Sale at Mt Barker. With the bull Naracoopa Qualify Q005 were Nutrien Livestock, Esperance agent Darren Chatley (left), buyer Andrew Hann, Greendale Simmental stud, Esperance and Greendale's Rachel Tonkin, Nutrien Livestock, Albany/Denmark representative Michael Lynch, David Wright, Denmark and Naracoopa co-principal Kevin Hard. Along with taking home the bull as top-priced buyer Mr Hann also received a two litre Cydectin Platinum Pour-on drench package from sale sponsor Virbac.

THE 2021 bull selling season got off to a cracking start at the Nutrien Livestock Great Southern Blue Ribbon All Breeds Bull Sale at Mt Barker on January 12 with prices hitting a sale record high of $17,000 for a Naracoopa Black Simmental bull and the average rising $1388 on last year.

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