I Love A Good Steak But Seriously !!!

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Based on prime cuts that works out to about $4,000 a steak

Wagyu heifer sells for $400,000, setting record for Australia's most expensive beef animal

 

A 13-month-old Wagyu heifer has become the most expensive beef animal ever sold in Australia, fetching $400,000 at this week's Elite Wagyu Sale in Melbourne.

Key points:

• Sunnyside S0014 is a 13-month-old heifer bred at Inverell in New South Wales 
• S0014 sold for $400,000, the highest price ever paid in Australia for a cow or bull 
• Industry veterans believed it heralded a changing of the guard, with cows to fetch more than bulls

 

It surpassed the previous record of $325,000 set in Queensland during 2017 by Brahman bull, NCC Justified, sold by the Nobbs family to the Jefferis family.

The $400,000 heifer, known only as S0014, was put up for sale as lot number one in the catalogue, and was purchased by Yulong Invest.

Bidding started at just under $40,000 but quickly skyrocketed as buyers from around the world engaged in a fierce bidding war.

 

Wagyu is attracting increased attention as one of the premium beef options in Australia.(Supplied: Australian Wagyu Association)

Yulong sales manager Troy Stephens said the heifer was going to be the base from which they built their Wagyu herd.

"She'll be a foundation animal for us here at Yulong; she'll breed for many years to come," he said.

"You've got to pull up at some stage, but we were really delighted to have secured her.

"The future looks bright."

Breeder 'shocked' by price

S0014's breeder Jonathan Elphick is a partner at Sunnyside stud, near Inverell in New South Wales.

He said he was shocked and amazed by the price.

"We actually thought there were some heifers in the catalogue that were equal to or better [than her]," Mr Elphick said.

"It was a bit of deja vu because we had a heifer in the same sale last year who did well, and we thought then, 'We'll never achieve that again'.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-04-29/wagyu-heifer-fetches-400-000-in-record-sale-melbourne-/101025760

[Mekong]

I was going to reply “More Money than Sense” ten I realised that someone with a couple of Cents would have more money than the sense of people paying this much.

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Normally you would think it gets exported to Japan but their wagyu is even more expensive.

At a bit of a loss as to how you would ever recoup that kind of investment considering they are bread and fed for consumption.

[Old Hippie]

On 3/22/2024 at 7:57 PM, bust said:

Not true

Polio survivor.

Was the original vocalist for Phantom Of The Opera for Andrew Lloyd Webber and was cast in the role and spent 5 months in rehearsal until replaced by Michael Crawford

Produced a number of songs for various artists.

Appeared on numerous albums for various artists

Involved in the horse racing industry as an owner

Involved in charity work in Cambodia promoting landmine awareness

 

On 4/12/2024 at 9:25 PM, bust said:

Normally you would think it gets exported to Japan but their wagyu is even more expensive.

At a bit of a loss as to how you would ever recoup that kind of investment considering they are bread and fed for consumption.

I am not a big fan of steak, most beef in general really. I think past a certain point, there is a big snob appeal when it comes to “wine and cuisine” with most people really not knowing the difference between good and bad… 

[Mekong]

15 minutes ago, Old Hippie said:

 

I am not a big fan of steak, most beef in general really. I think past a certain point, there is a big snob appeal when it comes to “wine and cuisine” with most people really not knowing the difference between good and bad… 

I wouldn’t go that far, in Thailand there is a marked difference  in quality between local and imported beef and even I can tell the difference between a $2 Bottle of wine and a $20 Bottle.

People can tell the difference between good and bad, but they cannot tell the difference between good and alleged better than good, i.e. Aussie Beef V Wagyu or a $20 Bottle v $200 Bottle of wine 

[Old Hippie]

12 hours ago, Mekong said:

I wouldn’t go that far, in Thailand there is a marked difference  in quality between local and imported beef and even I can tell the difference between a $2 Bottle of wine and a $20 Bottle.

People can tell the difference between good and bad, but they cannot tell the difference between good and alleged better than good, i.e. Aussie Beef V Wagyu or a $20 Bottle v $200 Bottle of wine 

Well yeah, that is more less what I meant…. The difficult meat to get here is good/decent lamb. A lot of the Arab/Halal markets tend to have decent lamb and much cheaper than the big supermarkets. Costco has decent lamb, Halal imported from Australia or New Zealand. Costco up in Marin, one of the richest counties in the USA, has Kobe and Wayne from time to time, $200+ for 1 steak…looks like more fat than anything…I mean how good can it really be at that price..? 

[Mekong]

5 hours ago, Old Hippie said:

Well yeah, that is more less what I meant

I realise that, just wanted to clear it up I case bust didn’t understand 

[Old Hippie]

On 4/14/2024 at 5:22 PM, Mekong said:

I realise that, just wanted to clear it up I case bust didn’t understand 

Most likely, he did not. I recall him once saying his Nokia phone took better pictures than my Nikon DSLR and film SLRs…anyone with such logic should always be given special treatment…now if he had said Apple IPhone, or the Samsung A15, I might give him some cred… 555

[bust]

I remember that. As the saying goes a poor tradesman always blames his tools.

I am guessing your ability to combine light, subject, and composition to capture a great image is still a work in progress which was the point of the comment.

I encourage you to keep at it and aspire to produce images like I was able to with my Nokia 7650 (see below?