THIRTY-FOUR bulls were up for auction at the second Stellar Livestock Autumn sale on March 12, with top prices reaching $10,000.

Held on-farm at the Mudgegonga property, twenty-six bulls were sold with an average price of $6807 per head, with top prices reached for two bulls, Stellar Quidditch Prophet and Stellar Quarterback Sovereign.

Principal Julian Carroll said he was pleased with the sale and felt they had a strong clearance of bulls reaching good value in the current market.

He said their bulls are bred with a mix of Australian and international genetics, aiming for cows that produce offspring efficiently, not requiring excessive feed, and carcasses that meet high quality markets.

“Our breeding objectives are informed by our own commercial enterprises,” he said.

“We're bull breeders, but we're also like our clients, we breed steers for feedlots and that sort of thing as well.”

Mr Carroll said the sale had buyers from the Ovens Valley and further afield, including the Riverina, the Upper Murray, and east Gippsland.

It also had a number of buyers over the phone, including one from Swanpool who bought four bulls.

“It's a lot of repeat customers from last year,” Mr Carroll said.

“It's gone a bit further south to the Goulburn catchment, so that's a new part of our client footprint, which is exciting.”

The Thursday sale was the second for the bull breeders, with plans to hold another next March.