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Herefords win Champion of Champions
honour AGAIN in 2006

Keelryn Hustler - click for EBVs

Keelryn Hustler 65 placed first at the 2006 National Hereford Show, was particularly sound in all attributes. Bred by John and Bernice Loveridge of the Keelryn Hereford Stud, Inglewood, Hustler 65 possessed a very balanced set of EBV figures and as NZ Herefords Senior Judge at Beef Expo 2006, Mr Ian Brown commented “any breeder could use this bull with high confidence in structure and profitable performance”. He went on to comment “It is always gratifying to have your judging decisions ratified by Hustler realising the top price Hereford at the National Sale, selling at $17,000 to Koanui and Beanbah Hereford Studs, with Hustler then going on to win the PGG Wrightson Champion of Champions title”.

Judge Brown alludes to the fact that “I did set out to judge this years National Hereford Sale completely on structural soundness, Hereford type and potential productivity.  My Associate Judge, Mr Doug Brown and myself did not consider EBV’s in our selection, as EBV’s alone will not select a bull with the attributes we were looking for. While our criteria did not always present themselves over all animals in a judging division, the bulls Doug and I selected for first to forth placing in each class were extremely sound functional cattle of a very good type”.

A large but subdued gallery was present at the National Hereford sale. Following the trend of other breed sales at Beef Expo 2006, the Hereford sale average was down on the previous year, the average being $5180 with several passings noted . The absence of commercial buyers was apparent at all 2006 breed sales at Expo.

Reserve Champion

Reserve Champion Hereford honours went to Awhea Exceed from the Manawatu based Awhea stud, selling for stud purposes to Big River Hereford Stud for $6000.
(First to Sixth placed 2 year bulls – Lot 12, Lot 25, Lot 2, Lot 17, Lot 35, Lot 28)

Other Hereford honours on the day included Champion Yearling Bull – Aspen 300M Bonus 05 0004(ET) from the Aspen Hereford Stud of Cambridge. Selling for stud purposes to the Titiokura Stud for $5,500.

Champion Female went to Shancarrig Princess 04 0056 bred by the Lyford family of Greytown. Princess sold to Karl Farms Hereford stud, Northland for $6000.

The Hereford Show Points competition whereby the ‘Best two animals bred and exhibited by one vendor’ are awarded the RA Donald trophy. The 2006 competition was won by the Langtry family of the Awhea Hereford Stud, Manawatu, who presented three quality animals.

Winning in 2002 and again in 2006, the most competent Hereford Herdsperson at the National Hereford Show went to Rebecca McConochie of Lake Station Hereford Stud, Nelson who was assisting with several North Island Stud entries at this year’s National Show.

Champion Female

Hereford Herdsperson(left), 2006