Another very high price was paid for a Boran when a bull was sold for R2 million at Mosdene Boran’s first production auction.
By Charl van Rooyen, senior journalist at African Farming and Landbouweekblad
At the auction, held on 9 August at the Silver Lakes Farm Hotel in Pretoria, the bull Odyseuss E 18-138 fetched the highest price when he was purchased by Twiggy and Hein Biekart of the Von Lieben Boran stud. Biekart, a businessman from Cape Town who runs his stud near Mossel Bay, is a new breeder.
Jaco van der Walt, owner of the Mosdene stud in Mookgophong, has been farming with Borans for about six years and in terms of numbers, his stud is already among the largest in South Africa. Odyseuss is a proven bull who has bred about 200 calves.
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The bulls achieved an incredible average price of R837 500 at the auction.
Female animals also achieved good prices. The most expensive pregnant cow with a calf (3-in-1) was sold for R180 000. The average price was R120 417. The most expensive pregnant cow changed hands for R320 000. Buyers paid an average of R117 857. A cow with her calf was sold for R180 000, while the average price was R116 429. A pregnant heifer achieved R220 000. The average price was R97 250. Semen fetched an average of R5 750 per straw, with the highest price R7 500.
Veewinkel was the auction agency and Johan van der Nest the auctioneer. Meerkat handled the online platform.
