Colin Say & Co summed it up like this…

The first  sale for any stud breeder certainly leaves you with a few sleepless nights leading up to the event, this would have been no different for the Turnham family of “Waratah” Guyra, selling 102 Speckle Park lots on Monday 14th July 2014.

These lots consisted of Speckle Park bulls, Brahckle bulls, Embryo lots, Cow and calf units, PTIC females, unjoined yearling heifers and commercial PTIC heifers. With gale force winds blowing for two days leading up to the sale it took the Landcruiser ute to hold the Marquee to the ground, but this did not stop the sale from being a huge  success.

The top priced bull was Lot 14 Waratah H44which sold for $12,000 to Van Derdrift Sons Pty Ltd of Macorna Victoria. The Van Derdrift family were volume buyers, purchasing 22 lots, including the top priced female Lot 76 for $8000. The Van Derdrift family run a piggery which turns off 35,000 pigs annually. The family were attracted  to the Speckle Park breed for their carcass attributes. The quality of the Waratah Speckle Park herd encouraged them to make the long journey to the cold climate of Guyra. This was their second inspection, the first being at Christmas time.

The Waratah genetics sold across the country from Tasmania to QLD, with the majority of the catalogue selling to various parts of  NSW and Victoria. The equal second top price female sold for $7000 to the Doak family of Bundarra lot 86 Waratah J35 a Champagne Pretender daughter. Also selling for $7000 was a Heartridge Aries daughter, new genetics to Australian breeders, which went to Burnett Valley Pork Pty Ltd in Queensland. The commercial females sold extremely well with the top price of $1025 selling to Chinchilla. Angus Cross heifers PTIC to Speckle Park bulls topped at $1000 for lot 96 which consisted of five F1 Speckle Park cross Angus heifers weighing in at %00kg PTIC to Waratah G16.

A fantastic result for Eric, Helen, Laiton and Kayla. This sale has been a work in progress for six years, and is the result of a lot of hard work and capital which has gone into this venture with many trips to Canada sourcing genetics. A huge congratulations from the staff at Colin Say and Co Pty Ltd for a fantastic first sale especially in a trying year testing the most hardy seedstock producers.