The Guest family celebrated their 25th anninversary with a record sale, achieving a 100% clearance of the 87 bulls offered, topping at $13,500 and averaging $6826. The top priced bull sold to Brian and Jodie Caine from Nullamanna for $13,500. Clunie Range Edge E52 certainly had the edge, and was described by the purchasers as being a beautiful clean skinned bull with faultless structure. They were particularly impressed with his depth of body and length, and he was backed up with a balanced set of powerful EBV’s.
The highest priced yearling bull on the day was also sold locally to another repeat buyer, Graman Pastoral Company for $13,000. Clunie Range Ferrari F318, is an exceptional bull and featured in a video on Clunie Range’s new website in the pre-sale advertising.
Ferrari F318 lived up to his name, keeping elite company in the top 1% of the national herd for growth and a great balance of muscle, marbling and sire appeal. Only June drop 2010 this impressive young sire was weaned at over 400kg and at sale time was 620kg.
There was a huge presence of Queensland buyers on hand who made it clear that they were chasing muscling, depth of body, softness and finishing ability to complement their own European and Bos Indicus breeding herds. They were not chasing the extreme framed bulls of the past that have at times seen breeders disappointed in the bulls ability to handle tough times and also importantly for the progeny to finish. 
The market on the day clearly showed the importance of depth of body and doing ability. Bulls sold as far south as Dunedoo in the central tablelands and well into Central Queensland, with several studs purchasing bulls as well.
The Guest family have always had a strong following of local clients and regard this as their strength.
While the market was really strong, with 9 bulls exceeding a price of $10,000 there was still a huge gallery of local buyers on hand and well over 50% of the bulls sold within a 150km radius. Visitors were treated to a complementary lunch and morning tea and through a gold coin donation there was in excess of $1,000 donated to NEVAT based at Ashford
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