PAST SALES: Big country 2021
5 Highlights from Rockley Bulls Sale – 2019 Big Country
LOT 36: ROCKLEY MAYWEATHER (IVF) (P)
S: DOONSIDE MR C EAGLE (IVF) (PP)
D: ROCKLEY MISS JULIET 3030 (AI) (ET) (H)
PRICE: $22,000 to CD & HC Sheahan, Ingham, QLD.
NOTES: A poll sire full of class and industry credentials, backed by genetic strength. Mayweather is a big, upstanding, very good bodied bull that is long and strong. Well put together, he’s a free moving, beautiful topline sire of great skin and pigment. Carcass qualities galore in this bull and he’s backed by a strong line of well balanced EBV’s. An EMA of 144, the highest in the draft. He is in the top 5% for his growth figures and in the top 20% for his jap ox and live export indexes. Yenda Stud purchased his half brother last year.
Lot No. | AGE Mths | WEIGHT Kgs | DENTITION Teeth | FAT COVER | EMA cm2 | MARB IMF% | SCROTAL cm | SEMEN Motility% | SEMEN Morphology% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36 | 30 | 861 | 2 | Rump: 8 Rib: 6 | 144 | 3.7 | 36 | 75 | 88 |
Semen tested by Dr Kelli Frankish 18/12/2018. Scanned by David Reid 22/1/2019. Sperm morphology evaluation by Tim North, Rockley Repro.
LOT 37: ROCKLEY SUGAR RAY (IVF) (P)
S: DOONSIDE MR C EAGLE (IVF) (PP)
D: ROCKLEY MISS JULIET 3030 (AI) (ET) (H)
PRICE: $36,000 to KLC Trading Trust, Katherine, NT.
NOTES: Sugar Ray is a full brother to the last bull, Mayweather. Again a poll of excellent red colour, strong breed character and exciting sire style. Beautiful poll head on him and ideal skin. If you didn’t go the distance with Mayweather, hop into the ring now with Sugar Ray. In the top 10% for growth, carcass weight, eye muscle area and retail yield.
Lot No. | AGE Mths | WEIGHT Kgs | DENTITION Teeth | FAT COVER | EMA cm2 | MARB IMF% | SCROTAL cm | SEMEN Motility% | SEMEN Morphology% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | 30 | 839 | 2 | Rump: 11
Rib: 6 | 141 | 3.5 | 34 | 70 | 88 |
Semen tested by Dr Kelli Frankish 18/12/2018. Scanned by David Reid 22/1/2019. Sperm morphology evaluation by Tim North, Rockley Repro.
LOT 362 ROCKLEY HOLYFIELD (IVF) (P)
S: DOONSIDE MR C EAGLE (IVF) (PP)
D: ROCKLEY MISS JULIET 3030 (AI) (ET) (H)
PRICE: $48,000 to Tony Hayne, Northern Veterinary Services, Noonamah, NT.
NOTES: Holyfield has been a standout since a calf, he’s the heaviest bull in the draft. He’s an attractive poll of excellent pigment that you could use with success on red or grey cows. A big, stylish, growthy sire, he is deep flanked, heavy muscled and thick. There’s a lot to recommend this bull. Big EMA of 141. With regards to Breedplan, he is in the top 10% for growth, carcase weight, eye muscle area, retail yield, jap ox and live export indexes.
Lot No. | AGE Mths | WEIGHT Kgs | DENTITION Teeth | FAT COVER | EMA cm2 | MARB IMF% | SCROTAL cm | SEMEN Motility% | SEMEN Morphology% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
362 | 30 | 859 | 2 | Rump: 9
Rib: 7 | 141 | 3.5 | 38 | 70 | 87 |
Semen tested by Dr Kelli Frankish 18/12/2018. Scanned by David Reid 22/1/2019. Sperm morphology evaluation by Tim North, Rockley Repro.
LOT 40: ROCKLEY DEMPSEY 168/17 (IVF) (P)
S: DOONSIDE MR C EAGLE (IVF) (PP)
D: ROCKLEY MISS DATABABE 17/14 (IVF) (D)
PRICE: $50,000 to K & L Daley, Katherine, NT.
NOTES: Dempsey is a long, square and very correct bull of light red colour. Quiet natured, good constitutioned and stylish, he has a real eye-catching quality about him. Poll is a big bonus as is his genetic strength. We sold a full brother at Big Country last year to Hillrise Pastoral Co. , for $14,000. Well balanced raw data scans, 10, 8, 136. In the top 20% for growth, carcase weight, eye muscle area, retail yield, jap ox and live ex indexes.
Lot No. | AGE Mths | WEIGHT Kgs | DENTITION Teeth | FAT COVER | EMA cm2 | MARB IMF% | SCROTAL cm | SEMEN Motility% | SEMEN Morphology% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | 29 | 841 | 2 | Rump: 10
Rib: 8 | 136 | 4.4 | 38 | 85 | 88 |
Semen tested by Dr Kelli Frankish 18/12/2018. Scanned by David Reid 22/1/2019. Sperm morphology evaluation by Tim North, Rockley Repro.
LOT 364 ROCKLEY NETFLIX (IVF) (P)
S: DOONSIDE MR C EAGLE (IVF) (PP)
D: ROCKLEY MISS JULIET 3030 (AI) (ET) (H)
PRICE: $36,000 to R Flute, Chatfield Brahmans, Richmond, QLD.
NOTES: Netflix is a brother to Holyfield, Lot 362. Again a poll, very quiet, good doer in the paddock, ample bone, plenty of muscling and strong pigment.Top 10% figures for growth, eye muscle area and retail yield.
Lot No. | AGE Mths | WEIGHT Kgs | DENTITION Teeth | FAT COVER | EMA cm2 | MARB IMF% | SCROTAL cm | SEMEN Motility% | SEMEN Morphology% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
364 | 29 | 807 | 2 | Rump: 13
Rib: 10 | 137 | 4.2 | 33 | 85 | 83 |
Semen tested by Dr Kelli Frankish 18/12/2018. Scanned by David Reid 22/1/2019. Sperm morphology evaluation by Tim North, Rockley Repro.
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