Angus bull sells for $420,000, smashing Australian beef record
An Angus bull named Wyatt W50 sold for $420,000 at a sale in New South Wales, setting a new Australian record for a beef animal. The sale reflects strong industry confidence and high demand for superior cattle genetics.
Why it matters
This record-breaking sale highlights the economic value of high-quality livestock genetics in the global agricultural market.
The bull, Wyatt W50, now holds the record for the most expensive bull ever sold in Australia. ( Supplied )
A bull bred in Central West NSW has become the most expensive beef animal ever sold in Australia.
Millah Murrah Wyatt W50 was named in honour of the breeder's late father.
The bull's semen will be collected and there has already been global interest in the genetics.
Link copied Share Share article An Angus bull from New South Wales has become the most expensive beef animal ever traded in Australia, selling for $420,000 at a Central West bull sale.
Wyatt W50 was just the fourth lot to sell at Millah Murrah's annual sale near Bathurst, where bidding saw the price skyrocket past the former all-breeds bull record of $360,000 .
It also surpassed the all-time beef animal record of $400,000 paid for a Wagyu heifer in 2022 .
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