Stier "Senator" brought in an unbelievable 159,000 euros at the October breeding cattle market - making it the most expensive bull ever to be auctioned in Weilheim and the second most expensive Simmental bull of all time.
For the owner, Michael Eberle from the Allgäu, Weilheim is a good place.
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The old record lasted a little more than three years: In July 2018, Stier “Weitblick” brought in 151,000 euros at the Weilheim breeding cattle market, now “Senator” was a little more expensive - and almost cracked the Simmental front runner, the 166 Was worth 000 euros. "With regard to the requirements, it was clear to us in advance that the" Senator "would be in the six-digit range," says Eva Espert, marketing manager at the Weilheim breed associations. It's about technical details such as pedigree, milk, meat and genomic breeding values. Everywhere there, "Senator" was great.
This attracted the insemination stations in droves: Everything that has a reputation for breeding in Bavaria was represented in the Weilheimer Hochlandhalle.
The insemination stations fought a real bidding battle until, according to Espert, there were still three institutes left - and the Höchstädt insemination station finally won the bid for 159,000 euros.
Back then, the Swabians had already secured “foresight”.
At that time, Kalb was bought for only 700 euros
Owner Michael Eberle from Ruderatshofen near Marktoberdorf couldn't believe his luck. The 47-year-old farmer, who is also an insemination technician, has been breeding Simmental cattle for several years and now has a few dozen animals in the barn. He bought “Senator” as a calf in Ansbach - for just 700 euros. "Every four weeks there is a market especially for breeding bulls," he says. He had previously looked at the data on all animals and became aware of "Senator" because the mother had so much milk yield - around 11,000 kilos a year. “The protein content was also high,” says Eberle. So in December he had the calf auctioned through an intermediary in Ansbach.
At home the animal was first put in a box with some other bull calves.
“I actually wanted to sell it for the natural jump, because you can get up to 2500 euros for a bull,” says Eberle.
But when he received the results of the genomic breeding value assessment in February, which "Senator" attested to gigantic prerequisites, everything changed.
“I never thought he would do so extremely well.
From then on, of course, he got special treatment, ”says Eberle and laughs.
"After all, it shouldn't fail because of inadequate rearing."
Owner didn't expect that much money
When he presented his magnificent, now fully grown “Senator” in the Hochlandhalle and witnessed the bidding battle, he could hardly believe it. Due to the good prerequisites of his Taurus, he had certainly expected 50,000 euros in proceeds, at 80,000 he would have been extremely satisfied - he did not expect that it would be twice as much. “Something like this only happens once in a breeder's life,” says Eberle.
Whereby: He has already sold two bulls for 60,000 and 50,000 euros, both also at the Weilheim breeding cattle market - it is obviously a good place for the Allgäu. But at that time he had only raised the two bulls on behalf of a farmer and had to share the money with him. That happens more often, says Espert of the Weilheimer breeding associations, that contracts are concluded beforehand. But because “Senator” was bought at a calf market, the actual breeder gets nothing. “I don't know him, but he got in touch with me and was happy that a calf from his breeding was so successful,” says Eberle.
And who knows, maybe “Senator” will soon pay off again for breeder Eberle.
Because he had four of his own cattle bred with the super bull.
"By the time he is actually in service after the mandatory quarantine, my calves are almost born," says Eberle.
Perhaps you will see him again soon at the Weilheim breeding market.
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