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  Our 10th Annual Sale will be held on Thursday 1st July 2010

2009 Sale report  

2009 Northern Beef week open day

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Barana Simmentals 2009 Sale Report

This year’s sale proved very successful with 100% clearance and a large crowd in attendance.  All 40 bulls offered were sold to average $5,112 and the 25 female lots offered sold to average $3,430.  Some of our clients failed to secure the quantity of bulls they required with many missing out altogether on the day.  Pre & post sale enquiry has been positive with buyers looking to secure Simmental bulls due to the contribution they make to their commercial operation.  The sale result and comments on the day indicate strong interest & renewed confidence in the Simmental breed.

Contrary to the report in The Land on July 9, I did not purchase a share in any of the bulls offered nor did I 'disperse 50 cows two years ago'.   The above figures also correct those published.

We were very pleased with the outcome and our thanks go to our clients for their continued & solid support.

Our 10th Annual Sale will be held on Thursday 1st July 2010 with 60 bulls on offer [50 traditional Simmental bulls & 10 black Simmental embryo bull calves from Canada] along with 10 specially selected heifers.  We hope to see you there!  Our best wishes for improved seasons ahead.

2009 Northern Beef Week Open Day - Friday 19th June 09

Once again we will be participating in the Northern Beef Week , this year we will be holding our open day on Friday 19th June.  Please visit us at Barana on our Open Day & take a walk through our breeding herd, inspect our sale draft & join us for a complimentary light lunch.

Barana Simmentals 9th Annual On-Farm Bull Sale

The Barana sale is the premier Simmental sale in eastern Australia with the largest offering of purebred Simmental bulls by a single vendor.  We have sold bulls nationwide and secured a solid client base.  Stud principal, Peter Cook has worked hard over the past 29 years breeding & showing Simmentals reinforcing Barana’s reputation with both commercial & stud cattle producers.

At our ninth on-property sale we will be offering 43 bulls, predominantly polled & including black & full red Simmentals and 10 specially selected females.

This year’s sale also includes our friend Andrew Jamieson’s 2Diamond6 Simmentals complete stud dispersal featuring a first class presentation of 20 females & 7 bulls. On offer is a very productive line of cattle that has been fine-tuned over the years. The females are all good producers, as can be demonstrated by the bulls in the earlier part of the catalogue and the calves they have at foot. There was certainly a poll aim in the breeding program and 74% of the 2Diamond6 cattle being offered for sale are polled.

Bulls will present in good, strong condition.  Sale bulls have been on a ration of oaten hay, lucerne hay grain oats & more recently grain sorghum.   Of this year’s sale draft, the majority are soft, early maturing, middle of the road type bulls.  I believe this style of bull will introduce cattle into your herd that will eat less, have the ability to finish with a higher yield & put more dollars in your pocket.

As in past sales, objective data will be available for each bull & all inspections & guarantees you have come to expect from Barana will be provided.  All bulls must pass stringent tests for breeding & soundness with the appropriate Veterinary Soundness Certificates supplied.  These bulls will also be semen tested, Breedplan recorded & scanned for EMA, FAT & IMF.  All Barana’s registered bulls in the sale have been DNA parentage verified.  Barana is classified in a Protected Zone, Free of Johnes.  We do not carry out any foot trimming on any of the cattle presented.

Free cartage will be offered to bull buyers within a 300 km radius of Barana and for interstate bull buyers, free cartage along the major route from Coolah to Goondiwindi & from Coolah to Wodonga.  The catalogue will be available for preview with photos on our website www.baranasimmentals.com.

Barana Simmentals offer quality, guarantees, reputation, performance & results.  We look forward to seeing you on sale day.


 

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