Elders' Scott Cooper, Gates Performance Genetics' Sam, Emma, Julie and Rick Gates and Myles Williams, Elders. Repeat and new buyers chasing heifer bulls with high growth traits were in abundance at the Gates Performance Genetics Angus bull sale at Armidale on Monday, August 10. With a sale top price of $17,000, 39 of 42 bulls sold for an average of $8000. Overall bulls sold from Macksville to Broken Hill, Wodonga, Vic, and up to Goondiwindi, Qld. Sam Gates, Gates Performance Genetics, said there were some nerves going into sale day but he was pleased with the overall result, given the season.