A good demand for females led to outstanding prices at the ninth production auction of Makena and Mona Scheepers’ Bosiu Borane on the farm Klein Thaba Bosigo near Fouriesburg on 20 September.
By Johan Norval and Salomé van den Berg
Johna Boshoff, their son-in-law, says the demand for females with calves from proven breeding material was particularly good. More than 57% of the turnover of R4,7645 million was sold online.
The most expensive cow with a calf was R280 000 for BU 180192 Francine with her calf BU250139. The buyer is Gerrit Potgieter of Ooskus Borane at Komga in the Eastern Cape. The 24 cows with calves at the auction achieved an average price of R77 458.
The highlight of the auction, however, was the sale of the bull BU22042 Babushka (lot 10) for an impressive R750 000 to Ntaba Nyoni Borane of Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa at eManzana (Badplaas), Mpumalanga. Jessica Phathela acquired the bull online on behalf of the stud. The average price of the 9 bulls was R146 111.
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In addition to the two most expensive animals, seven others were sold for more than R100 000, while the prices of affordable cattle ranged from R38 000 to R80 000. The average price for the three pregnant heifers was R92 667, five pregnant cows was sold for an average price of R42 600 and 3-in-1 cows for R75 000 average. BU 230061 Anne, the only non-pregnant heifer, was sold for R180 000 to Paul de Wet of Kestell.
The average prices of commercial animals were as follows: Pregnant cows R18 250, cows with calves R19 382 and non-pregnant heifers R15 042.
The auction was a great success with auctioneer Johan van der Nest’s characteristic flair and energy.
He summed it up as follows: “Bosiu Borane is going from strength to strength – they hold a great auction and produce exactly the type of animal that their market is looking for.”
BKB Bethlehem presented the auction in collaboration with Meerkat Online Auctions.
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