REPEAT client John Woodward, Moolaboola Angus, Stoneyford, Vic, paid the top price of $7500 at the fourth annual Bull Oak Well Angus bull sale at Willalooka on Friday.
Mr Woodward, a breeder of prime Angus cattle, had also paid the top price of $8000 at the Bull Oak Well sale two years ago for excellent sire Plugga.
He said he had been very impressed by Plugga's "do-ability", saying he had bred some "ripper" calves from him.
This year he bought Bull Oak Well Elevator J19, which had been used in Bull Oak Well's breeding program. Elevator J19 weighed at 880 kilograms, but was only 42kg at birth. He had EBVs in the top 5 per cent for 400-day weight and was in the top 10pc for 600-day weight and carcaseweight. A May 2013-drop, he was sired by Coonamble Elevator E11 and his dam was Bull Oak Well Sunbeam A47.
Mr Woodward said he was "in the top end of his calibre".
"He's got the thickness and shape that I'm after, especially for my country," he said. "I've got hard, stony country, and the cattle have got to be able to handle those conditions. I find shorter, thicker-type cattle better-suited to my country."
The second-highest-price bull at $6500 went to new Bull Oak Well clients Kangaringa Station, Keith, who also bought three more to $4000. The $6500 bull was Bull Oak Well Elevator J23, by Coonamble Elevator E11 and from Bull Oak Well Selina F42. He had impressive EBVs, measuring in the top 1pc for 200, 400 and 600-day weight and carcaseweight.
Another new client was Ian Johnson, Amherst, Willalooka, who bought two to $3500.
Volume buyer with six bulls to $5500 was Kym Herriot, Keith, a long-term client of Bull Oak Well, having bought 50 bulls from the stud over the years.
Also buying near the top end of the catalogue were regular bidders Luke and Cate Hayes and their son Jacob, Eura Carla, Padthaway, who bought Bull Oak Well Modest J54 at $6000.