He's Australia's most expensive bull, and his semen has been snapped up for $24,000
abc.net.au/news/most-expensive-bull-semen-bought-at-auction/101937274Semen from Australia's most expensive bull has been sold at auction for an eye-watering $24,000.North Queensland graziers will use it for IVFNorth Queensland graziers Mark and Pam Prichard bought 10 straws of the sought-after semen for $2,400 each at the Big Country Brahman Sale in Charters Towers.
The packages came from a seven-year-old grey brahman called NCC Justified, who broke a national record in 2017 when he sold for $325,000."I've had my eye on that bull for quite a while," she said."We're a new stud and genetics are our main focus. I was pretty happy to be able to purchase those straws and have them in our inventory.
Catherine McKenzie from Arizona Brahman Stud in Queensland's Central Highlands brought six of her bulls to the sale.Her lead bull, named Sir Presley, was purchased for a staggering $170,000. A price that broke the event's record. "My husband and my children and myself are absolutely blown away. We never, ever expected for that to ever happen," she said."We're a very, very small stud. It's a hobby to me … it's a passion I've always had."
Ms McKenzie said the record sale was the icing on the cake after finally recovering from devastating drought in 2019.
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