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On their first ever visit to the National, the Harris family of Meadow Vale, Lancefield and Clarkefield, Victoria, sold the sale-topping bull – Meadow Vale Ultimate T24 – for $28,000 to a partnership between Polldale Shorthorns, Dubbo, and Michael Graham, Calmara Shorthorns, Toongi. Bulls sold into six states, and two volume buyers secured 25 bulls between them.
Other leading results included K.O Tonto T159 at $21,000 to SL and DM Perry, Warren, and Eloora Maverick T115 and Howzat M15 Texasranger T111 at $20,000 each. Passmore Partnership, Forbes – buyers at the sale every year since 1964 – took home 14 bulls, while online buyer Merriwee Pastoral Company, Condobolin, purchased 11. In the females, Marellan Susan U233 topped at $7500. Elders conducted the sale with AuctionsPlus providing the online interface.