Sires
WATTLETOP LOCK L4
Sire WERNER WESTWARD 357
Dam WATTLETOP BARUNAH C136
Lock was purchased in conjunction with Knowla Livestock as top price bull at 2016 Wattletop sale as a yearling. This year sees his second year offering which will certainly be some of the highlights of our sale. He has advanced to be in the top 5% of the breed for many traits being gestation length, all growth traits, milk, carcase weight with positive fat cover and breed average IMF. His two year old daughters endured some extremely tough conditions and have gone onto produce some of our top progeny at weaning. Be sure to check out Lot 6, 7, 13 and 23.
KNOWLA LOFTY L127
Link EBVs and Pedigree: BLAL127
Sire DUNOON HIGHPOINT H744
Dam KNOWLA KRUGER H110
Lofty was purchased in conjunction with M & L Latham in 2017 for a record breaking Knowla Angus price. Apart from showing a tremendous structural and carcase pattern, Lofty’s pedigree is stacked with some of the breed greats: Regent, Te Mania Ada, Wattletop E111 and Admiral A2. This pedigree has clicked superbly over the Booragul cow herd and has produced an exceptionally even line of sale bulls for this year. He is above breed average for all growth traits, high milk, feed efficiency, carcase weight and RBY.
BOORAGUL REVENUE M4
Sire CONNEALY REVENUE 7392
Dam BOORAGUL QUEEN K44
M4 was always destined to be used here from a very young age. His dam K44 is one of our elite donor cows. Revenue M4 was purchased as our record breaking yearling price in our 2017 sale selling to a syndicate of Knowla Livestock, Coffin Creek Angus and semen share to Palgrove. M4 has breed average growth, high milk, docility and feed efficiency, heavy carcase weight and is well above breed average for fat cover with IMF in the top 10% of the breed. He has the largest offering in this year’s sale with over 10 Lots. With Lots 9,10 and 11 all showing tremendous promise. Semen is available through Breeder Genetics.
BOWMONT KING K306
Link EBVs and Pedigree:SRKK306
Sire MILWILLAH GATSBY G279
Dam LANDFALL FEARLESS D58
King is owned by Knowla Livestock and we were fortunate enough to use semen from this young sire. King is currently in the top 10% of the breed for docility, carcase weight, EMA, RBY and IMF. We believe King is one to be watched and we will have several progeny by him this year.
CLUNIE RANGE LEGEND NBHL348
Link EBVs and Pedigree: NBHL348
Sire MATAURI REALITY 839
Dam ABERDEEN ESTATE LAURA J81
Legend was introduced as an AI sire to inject an outcross of genetics and to continue to add growth, positive fat cover and marbling. Lot 8 is certainly one of his standout progeny with several others in the sale.
PATHFINDER GENERAL K7
Sire AYRVALE GENERAL G18
Dam PATHFINDER EQUATOR H63
General was selected for use for his light birth weight and above average growth ratio. His carcase data puts him in league with some of the elite sires of the breed. He is in top 10% for all dollar indexes, gestation length, birth weight, carcase weight and EMA. There are only two sons of K7 in our 2020 sale with Lot 33 being one of the feature Q bulls.
KAROO REGENT H111
Link EBVs and Pedigree: NENH111
Sire TUWHARETOA REGENT D145
Dam KAROO DORIS Z60
This will be H111 last year with progeny in our sale. H111 is one of the heaviest Regent sons we have seen out of one of Karoo’s superior breeding W109 daughters Z60. He is above breed average for growth, high milk, with heavy carcase weight, large EMA, high beef yield and IMF.
BOORAGUL DOCKLANDS K18
Link EBVs and Pedigree: NTVK18
Sire CARABAR DOCKLANDS D62
Dam BOORAGUL GLAZE E54
Docklands sold as equal top price bull in our 2015 sale to Knowla Livestock who went onto sell his first progeny in their 2017 sale for $23,000. His breedplan data has him well above average for growth, high milk, with heavy carcase weight, high EMA and RBY.
TOPBOS LEADING EDGE L292
Sire G A R PROPHET
Dam STRATHEWEN BERKLY BLACKBIRD F04
Leading Edge was used in AI only producing heifers with the exception of two bulls of which have made the sale team. He is an extremely high growth bull with all traits in the top 1% of the breed, all $indexes in the top 2% an exceptional carcase weight of +90 and an IMF of +2.2. Our Lot 4 bull this year is certainly a feature.
ADAMELUCA MARSHALL M6
Sire 44 ENVISION
Dam ADAMELUCA EXTER K3
M6 was purchased for use over heifers. His first progeny are in our younger bulls. Marshall has a unique set of figures with light birth, with all growth traits well above breed average, heavy carcase weight, large EMA and is in top 20% IMF. He has two feature sons Lot 32 and 36.
BOORAGUL HANK NTVM53
Link EBVs and Pedigree: NTVM53
Sire CLUNIE RANGE HANK H358
Dam BOORAGUL BAR K153
Hank M53 was used over a selected group of heifers and cows in our 2017 joining. He has bred us several high quality sale bulls. He features above average for growth, he is extremely docile and is the top 10% of the breed for fat cover. His feature lot will be Lot 5.