The Heritage Beefmaster group consisting of Andries van Niekerk (Cattleman) and Mark Ford (Benchmark) held a highly successful first sale at the Hobson & Co auction yard in Grahamstown on Tuesday 6th September.
42 buyers registered and bid on the 22 carefully screened bulls which were auctioned by well respected stud stock auctioneer Brandon Leer.
The quality of the bulls was excellent and bidding was keen on all lots.
The top priced bull, Lot 6, bred by Andries van Niekerk was sold for R72000 to Ian Cameron from Natal and Graham Hart from Komga. Two other bulls namely lot 4 and lot 7 also Cattleman genetics sold for R55000 each and were sold to Mark Ford and Werner de Jager respectively.
There were bulls on the sale for everybody’s taste and bulls sold in a range from R21000 to R72000
| Seller | No of Bulls | Average Price | Top Price |
| Andries van Niekerk (Cattleman) | 14 | R34857.14 | R72000 |
| Mark Ford (Benchmark) | 8 | R27125.00 | R31000 |
Sale Pics 2016
