Genetics That Move Markets: Walgett Bulls Set to Make an Impact

When your cattle are powered by performance, it's no wonder processors, feedlotters, backgrounders and producers are all in the scrum to secure your steers.

And with a track record like that, there's sure to be another queue when Te Mania Angus offers 140 bulls bred for genetic impact at its annual Walgett Northern Spring Bull Sale on Tuesday, August 12.

Te Mania Angus Director Hamish McFarlane says the 2025 sale team represents generations of focused breeding — for calving ease, fertility, carcass quality, quiet temperament and high marbling — delivering more than just paddock performance.

"Premium processors consistently target Te Mania Angus bloodlines for their marbling, yield and eating quality," Hamish says.
"That demand - year in, year out - proves our genetics deliver right across the supply chain."

Its performance also echoed in the saleyards, where Te Mania Angus-sired cattle regularly top AuctionsPlus markets for weight, presentation, and buyer preference.

"But for us, the most powerful validation comes from our clients," Hamish says.
"People on the ground, across the country, who are seeing the results in their herds and their bottom lines."

Producers such as Dennis Gleeson of Colligen Creek, Wakool (NSW), Andrew Irvine at Bay of Islands Farm, Peterborough (VIC), and Rod Watkins from Glencoe, near Camperdown (VIC), have all seen the benefits firsthand.

Dennis Gleeson's enterprise was once all cropping and sheep, until his agent Neville Guthridge alerted him to an "amazing opportunity" — 600 Te Mania Angus bloodline females offered in a dispersal.

"I told Neville I couldn't run cattle," Dennis laughs. "He replied, 'You will after you see this lot.' Ten minutes later, he called back. A week later, I owned 600 cattle and had to park them at Gundagai while I figured out where to put them."

More than a decade on, Dennis says the descendants of those females are even better. So much so, he convinced neighbours at Weari Station to switch from whiteface to black — and together, they'll calve down over 1,000 cows this year.

"We've just sent loads to AMG and Herds, averaging almost $3,000," he says.
"If that doesn't spell out demand for Te Mania Angus blood, I don't know what does."

"We love the performance — their marbling, growth rates, and their docility. Whether we're selling to feedlots or through AuctionsPlus, the Te Mania Angus brand means they always sell well."

In the Western District, Rod Watkins and Andrew Irvine say drought has tested them over the past 18 months. Still, Te Mania Angus genetics have helped maintain value even in the most challenging conditions.

Rod had to shed 230 PTIC heifers despite "fantastic preg results," but they were snapped up on AuctionsPlus for top dollar.
"It broke our hearts to let them go, but they've gone to greener pastures," he says.
"Our Elders agent pushed us to Te Mania in 2008 — we've never looked back."

Andrew Irvine says while they've been able to hold on to their heifers, they still offloaded 120 cattle that "did very well."

"We've been using Te Mania Angus for six years and are nearly pure. The all-round doing ability, growth, carcass performance and docility — it's all there."

The 2025 Te Mania Angus Northern Spring Bull Sale will be held at 11.30 am, Tuesday, August 12, at the Walgett Saleyards and online via AuctionsPlus.
For more details, visit temania.com.au or call Hamish McFarlane on 0427 641 606.