Quality genetics help push Rockhampton Brangus sale average past $15,000

Key points

• The 50th Rockhampton Brangus Sale saw 202 of 218 bulls sell, with an average of $15,347 and a 93 per cent clearance rate. The top price of $110,000 was paid by Paul and Catherine Mackenzie of Arizona, Dingo, for Gunnadoo Park Quickstep, a bull bred by Jeff Parker of Gunnadoo Park, Manilla, NSW.
• The Mackenzies plan to use the bull to breed future sires for their commercial operation.
• Buyers came from across Queensland and into NSW, with Westmoor Pastoral Co of Injune taking the largest order of 10 bulls.