On behalf of all of us here at Heart Angus we would like to sincerely thank everyone who supported and contributed to our 6th Annual Sale.
We would like to thank our auctioneer Paul Dooley for a tremendous job on the rostrum, Luke Scicluna and the team at Davidson Cameron for all your help and support

50/50 bulls sold to $30,000 twice (Lot 3. Heart Nectar R80 & Lot 14. Heart Powerpoint S25) & av. $16,046.

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(Text By Simon Chamberlain, The Land,  July 13th, 2022) – link

This year’s average was $127 ahead of last year’s sale, and the 2021 clearance was bettered by an extra four bulls sold. The 2021 sale was described as a new benchmark for the north, but this year’s result certainly lifted the bar. The sale barn seating was packed shoulder to shoulder, a blessing when a nasty rain squall blew through midway in the sale.

The stud’s co-principal, Chris Paterson, said the draft of pasture and crop-raised bulls offered produced an “excellent sale result”.

With this year’s sale of top-priced bulls, it was a case of Deja-vu, as a partnership between Andrew Deans, from the Allan Deans Family Trust, Baradine and Terry Hanigan, Hollywood, Coonamble bought the equal top-priced bull, Heart Nectar R80, a son of NMMN334 Millah Murrah Nectar N334.

The duo paid $30,000 at last year’s sale for Heart Nectar Q57 (also lot 3 in the catalogue) another son of the Millah Murrah Nectar sire.

An eye-catching sire prospect, Heart Nectar R80 is 23 months old and tipped the scales at 956 kilograms on sale day with a scrotal circumference of 44.5 centimetres. With an estimated breeding value (EBV) of +5.2 for birth weight, he was rated within the top one per cent for feed efficiency. His growth figures were impressive: +60 at 200 days, $+109 at 400 and + 152 at 600 days.

Eleven Nectar sons were offered in this year’s catalogue and averaged $13,636. Another high performer in the Heart Angus sire battery was Musgrave Exclusive with 11 sons averaging $16,181.

Also selling for $30,000 was Heart Powerpoint S25, a 17-month-old son of USA 18159093 S Powerpoint WS 5503, bought by Neil and Beth Higgins from Nowendoc. They also bought two more bulls at $18,000 and $16,000.

The power of the Heart sires in their herd is easily rated when the Higgins topped the February 2022 Early Bird Feature Weaner sale at Tamworth with their Heart Angus blood weaner steers making $2410. The Higgins bought three bulls at Heart Angus last year.

Agents Davidson Cameron & Co came to the sale with plenty of orders to fill. Doug and Jack Rankin, Tribella, Spring Ridge bought six bulls while Rob Sheaffe, Kickerbell West, Pine Ridge bought three sires.

Buying through Auctions Plus, Cliff Willis, Blayney bought three bulls for $18,000, $14,000 and $12,000, while Richard Caldwell, Tenterfield bought two bulls through the same online for $16,000 and $10,000.

Mick Young Real Estate, Wingham, account John and Anthony Cowan, Mitchell’s Island, paid $22,000 for another son of Millah Murrah Nectar.

Mr Young said the Cowans have a commercial herd and were first-time buyers at Heart Angus, and they were impressed with the quality of the cattle on offer.
“We were taken with the quality and temperament of our bull. He had a lot of stretch and evenness right through,” he said.

Greg Ellison, Putty Road, Milbrodale paid $20,000 each for two bulls. One was sired by Musgrave Exclusive and the other by Millah Murrah Nectar.

We would like to thank everyone who supported our sale today, thank you for your contribution to the sale, to our friends and family thank you for all your help today and leading into the sale and most importantly thank you to all the buyers and underbidders for supporting our genetics and program.
We are extremely grateful and humbled by today’s results.

46/46 bulls sold to $30,000 twice (Lot 3. Heart Nectar Q57 & Lot 12. Heart Nectar R21) & av. $15,913.

Thank you again to everyone who support and contribute to the Heart Angus program.

TOTAL CLEARANCE AT HEART ANGUS BULL SALE. Chris Paterson of Chris Paterson Stock & Station Agent delivers the sale report from the Heart Angus Stud Bull Sale, held today Wednesday 8th July 2020.

Prices topped at $13,000 for one of the first S Powerpoint WS 5503 sons to sell in Australia. The sale averaged $7084, with support from repeat and new clients.

In the breakdown, all 58 PTIC L cows sold to a top of $14,000 and averaged $6035; 113 of the 114 PTIC M cows sold to a sale high of $24,000 and averaged $6389 and 44 from 45 weaner N heifers topped at $20,000 and averaged $5568.

M99 sold for $24,000 to Chris Paterson and son Jye, Heart Angus Tamworth, pictured here with auctioneer, Paul Dooley; Wattletop’s Lock Rogers and Sam Sewell, Ray White Livestock.
A rising 2-year old, Black Pearl 2006 daughter, Wattletop Ann M99, PTIC to Wattletop G188 topped the sale at $24,000 selling to Tamworth stud, Heart Angus.

Stud principal, Chris Paterson and his son Jye, selected the heifer on structural merit matched with well rounded EBVs.

“Good depth of body with an impressive outlook and femininity. She suits our program.”

“She will calve a month before our cows so will fit in well to flush her in spring” added Mr Paterson who admitted to sourcing top end cows to improve the Heart Angus herd.

The Paterson’s also secured Wattletop Barunah N68, a weaner heifer by Franklin G188 for $10,000.

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Cherylton Farms eclipsed the stud’s previous $14,500 record top price on three occasions at the sale with prices of $15,000, $15,500 and the new record price of $26,000 paid for Cherylton Klooney M62.

Klooney was the third Cherylton bull to enter the ring and had bidders vying for his services before being knocked down to the Paterson family, Heart Angus stud, Tamworth, New South Wales.

The 778 kilogram AI bred, mid-July 2016-drop bull was among the first crop of Millah Murrah Klooney K42 (sold for $80,000 at the 2015 Millah Murrah sale) sons to be offered and out of a Coonamble Elevator E11 daughter Cherylton Pride J55.

Heart Angus stud was established in 2011 and held its first on-property sale last year.

Chris Paterson said they have a fair bit of Millah Murrah blood in their 120 registered breeders and share a couple of Millah Murrah donor cows with Cherylton.

He said Klooney will go well with their cow herd to help keep producing good types.

“It has real sirey appeal, good outlook, weight for age and moves well and its dam’s sire goes back to an outcross for our stud,” Chris said.

Large crowd converged on “Sandown” Timbumburi, near Tamworth today to witness the inaugural Heart Angus on-property bull sale hosted by Natalie and Chris Paterson.

The $15,000 bull LOT 14; Chris Paterson, Heart Angus, Tamworth with top price buyers, Jane Randall and Sarah Hamilton, Barraba and auctioneer, Paul Dooley, Tamworth

Near 50 registered buyers helped clear the lot and set a sale average of $9517.

Twenty nine bulls sold to top at $15,000 with 15 bulls selling into double figures.

In the breakdown, thirteen 2016-drop bulls topped at $14,000 twice and averaged $9154 whilst sixteen 2-year-old bulls averaged $9812.

Jane Randall and her sister Sarah Hamilton from Barraba attended the sale on behalf of parents Peter and Dale Hamilton and came home with the “best bull in the draft” Lot 14

Heart Long Time L60, a 21-month old Premier Right Time G6 son weighing 910 kilograms and measuring a scrotal circumference of 44 centimeters.

Out of a N Bar Bando daughter, L60 boasted breedplan figures of +134 for 600-day, +77 for carcase weight, +4.3 for eye muscle ares (EMA) and +1.8 for intramuscular fat (IMF).

This was a first time purchase for the Hamilton’s who run a commercial beef operation with 800 breeders consisting of mainly Angus.

They mainly supply feedlots with the blacks and plan to use L60 over the black females to achieve higher performance and higher growth.
Four bulls reached $14,000 in the sale with long time supporter Neil Higgins, “Old Crockford” Nowendoc, securing two of these bulls.

Mr Higgins secured a Connealy Confidence son and a Millah Murrah Doc H324 son both rising 2 year old bulls weighing 878 and 870 kilograms respectively.

Lot 13, Heart Longreach L26 measured breedplan figures of +3.1 for birth weight, +107 for 600-day, +63 for carcase, +7.2 for EMA and +0.5 for IMF and Lot 15, Heart Louis measured +2.7 for birth weight, +4.4 for EMA, +1.1 for EMA.

Mr Higgins has been purchasing from the Paterson family since the inauguration of the New England Angus Breeders sale and complimented the very quiet temperament of the bulls and weight gain influence they have on his herd.

The bulls will be used over a Hereford base with progeny targeted for local feature weaner sales annually.

$14,000 was also the top for the younger draft of bulls with Glen Innes stud breeder, Herb Duddy, Sara Park Angus securing Lot 3 Heart Ten Million M11, a 17-month old S A V Ten Speed son weighing 756 kilograms and Wendouree Grazing Company, securing Lot 4, Heart Mark Up M17 a 16-month old Plattemere Weigh Up K360 son weighing 768 kilograms.

Volume buyer was newcomer, Breck Johnston, “Glenbarra” Manilla who secured 7 bulls to top at $12,000 and average $8715.

Mr Johnston was looking for “the 2 T’s – Temperament and Testicles” to compliment his commercial beef enterprise consisting of mainly Angus.

Stud principal Chris Paterson was overwhelmed with the sale result.

“It was well above my expectations and it was great to see a mix of return clients and new faces”