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Australian Bull Sets Auction Record at Royal Easter Show
The Australian record price of 100 guineas was paid for a two-source Hereford bull named Midgeon Man fatten at the Royal Easter Show. The senior and grand champion bull attracted buyers including Victorian studmaster John Baillieu. Dalgety catalogue listed total sales at 36,350 guineas with top pens such as Ale FN Snow Cuppa Corncake and Midgeon Murray among buyers from Melbourne Queanbeyan Mortlake and Darlington Point.
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Sydney
Weanesday
Midgeon Manfatten
Promine Victorian
John Baillieu
Western Districts Pastoral Co
Dalgety
New Zealand
Snow
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