After three days of strong competition from more than 500 registered bidders, the Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale finished with a total 877 bulls averaging $6555 to gross $5.75 million and a 99pc clearance.

The sale top of $60,000 was paid for a red 29-month-old, 922kg bull, Rockley 2391 (ET) sold by the Kirk family's Rockley Brahmans, Bajool, to Cameron and Liz Cogill, Double C Red Brahmans, Gogango.

The repeat buyers were impressed with his looks, thickness and figures which included rip and rump fat scans of 8mm and 6mm respectively, and eye muscle area of 121 square centimetres.

Vendors Chris, Sally and Ashley Kirk, had their best Brahman Week sale to date, selling a total of 15 bulls for $271,000 and average of $18,066.

The top priced grey bull of the sale was sold for $52,500 by John Kirk and family's Carinya Brahman stud, Gayndah.

The 22-month-old Carinya Acclaim, was bought by repeat buyers, Paul and Debbie Herrod, Ponderosa Brahman stud, Katherine, NT.

* A full report from the Brahman Week sales will appear in next week's Queensland Country Life, October 16 edition.