Wyatt W50 was the most impressive bull at a NSW Central West sale and went on to sell for a record $420,000
The price paid for super elite Angus bull Wyatt W50 at 19 months of age beats the previous highest bull price paid for an Angus in 2023, and also beats the highest-priced beef breed of $400,000 paid for a Wagyu heifer in 2022.
Considered by many in attendance at the Millah Murrah’s annual sale near Bathurst NSW, as an outstanding bull, everyone took notice when the bidding soared past the previous all-breeds bull record of $360,000 and it looked like there was no limit for buyers who wanted to own this beast.
Until Wyatt W50 burst onto the scene, the bull record was held by Texas Thunderstruck T383 when it sold for $360,000 in July 2023 at the Texas Angus annual bull sale near Warialda in northern NSW. See the video below.
At the time, Texas Thunderstruck T383 was just 12-months-old and the second most expensive beef cattle breed previously traded, beating the $325,000 record set by NCC Justified a two-year-old Brahman bull in 2017.
The Mayne family at their property Texas Angus, near Warialda in northern NSW, bred Texas Thunderstruck T383. While NCC Justified was bred by Brett Nobbs at his property Inverrio, 100 kilometres west of Rockhampton QLD.
Wyatt W50 record holder at $420,000
Before the Millah Murrah annual sale near Bathurst NSW got underway, nobody realised they would be witnessing a record price for an all-breeds bull, but when lot 4, an Angus bull, was displayed, the cheque books came out in a flurry.
Wyatt 50 was about to become the most expensive beef cattle breed sold here when bidding pushed it to dizzying limits of a record price of $420,000 at the Central West bull sale.
The Thompson family from the Millah Murrah Angus stud property Goonamurrah bred Wyatt W50 and are no strangers to setting record prices.
In this instance, there was also an emotional connection as the bull was named after the current stud principal Ross Thompson’s late father, Wyatt, who established the stud with his wife Winsome in 1969.
With a critical eye that not everybody always sees the same thing, most agreed that Wyatt W50 was hard to fault and deserved to be in the super elite category of bulls.
While it was hard to let Wyatt 50 leave Millah Murrah, the icing on the cake for the Thompson family operation is the retention of a 20% share of future semen sales from purchaser Gundungarra Angus based at Moss Vale NSW.
It is estimated that future semen sales locally and from Canada and the US could reach well into the millions of dollars and further establish Aussie genetics as a highly ranked worldwide source.
Overall, the record price was a great result for the confidence being shown in the cattle industry during a time when heat is putting stress on operations further north.
Catch all the action at the annual Millah Murrah Angus stud in the video below.
