Top prices were better than Shaun and Joe Fouhy thought they would be at Glanworth's second bull sale held on Thursday, June 27.
Lot 1 went for $20,000 (Glanworth Waigroup 17013) but was beaten by lot 5 (Glanworth Waigroup 17030) at $21,000, with the average price for the 30 bulls sold being $7400.
"It was long-term clients, large operators with large cow herds who paid the top two prices," said Joe Fouhy of Glanworth whose son Shaun operates the stud.
![These Angus bulls are used to being handled at Glanworth.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6Z4ELBYUVGG6TNNJT5O3623NFU.jpg?auth=1b53559238c4804ee41b31f985d58cd29e9db302805ef1f1a0386c78d134d1dd&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
"Its difficult to get an animal that's in the top percentage for low birth weight, good calving and has very good growth and good fertility traits. Both those bulls — you would look up and down the country to find there are not too many bulls with a spread of figures across the board as good as that.
"They don't come up very often. that's why there was a lot of interest. The new owners will be able to get the best reward from the genetics they are buying. They are taking those cattle through to killable.