$20,000 bull
A three-year-old Friesian bull has been sold at Latrobe, on Tasmania’s north-west coast, for the all-breeds Australian record of $20,000. All 18 stud cattle on offer at the sale were sold for a total of $45,950, and the record bull, 'Calthorp Jewel King, was bought by Selective Breeders (Australia), of Melbourne, specifically to export semen to the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.— Hobart, February 16.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32847, 22 February 1972, Page 3
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68$20,000 bull Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32847, 22 February 1972, Page 3
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