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The Hereford Year

Great weather and great bulls

equals great atmosphere

WORDS NZHA PHOTOGRAPHS NZHA / NATALIE CAMPBELL / BRAD HANSON

A BEAUTIFUL DAY helped create a fantastic atmosphere at the on large screens in the conference room, with the auctioneers
Brown’s property in Kiwitea on Monday 14 May for our annual running the sale as normal. It was not without a few teething
bull walk. problems, mainly as a result of the Wi-Fi creating lagging in the
Both the North and South Island bulls, led and unled, were videos, which tested the auctioneers at times; however their
on display, along with two heifers. The crowd appeared to professionalism carried them through to see a strong Angus
be the same as usual, with a mixture of stud and commercial sale and an average Hereford sale.
buyers present to view the bulls. Chris Douglas did a great job Champion Hereford bull Capethorne 1617 was the top
of compering, while Robert Kane, ably assisted by Graham priced Hereford bull on the day, selling to Kaitoa Polled
Potter, Gray Pannett and Johnny Dorotich, moved the bulls. Herefords for $22,000. The Reserve Champion bull belonging
After extensive viewing of the bulls and heifers, an extremely to the Burrows Trust sold for the next best price of $17,000 to
successful Hereford Prime auction followed with much Koanui Polled Herefords. Pick of the drops were put forward
merriment, due to Cam Heggie’s wit! this year by Monymusk Farms Limited and bought by Limestone
Prizegiving followed, with NZHA fortunate to have Wayne Downs for $6800, and by Kairuru Polled Herefords and bought
Hurunui from Tru-Test presenting ribbons to the Tru-Test by Gembrooke Farms for $6750.
SuperSire placegetters, with Waikaka Sky Tower taking out the As perhaps expected, the breed average of $8607 was down
win. David Dodge from Boehringer Ingelheim was also on hand from the previous year’s spike of $14,083, with 2016’s average
to present silverware and Ivomec Eprimex pour-on to Greg and being a previous high of $9587. Much debate ensued afterwards
Debbie Chamberlain for their first placed Honda Motorcycles whether this reflected the bulls on sale or the new format.
Impact Sires and overall Champion Hereford bull, Capethorne NZHA would like to thank all vendors, purchasers and
1617. Beechwood Get Started 21, bred by the Burrows Trust, sponsors who continually support the event as it evolves.
was the second-placegetter in the Honda Motorcycle Impact
sires and became the Reserve Champion overall. Foulden Hill BELOW: A good crowd at the Palmerston North Convention Centre
Mustang behaved himself impeccably in the Honda Motorcycles for the first national video sale.
Impact Led Class and was beautifully turned out, with full
credit going to the Gibson family for travelling the distance and
displaying a led bull in new surrounds.
Kairuru Herefords deservedly won the points competition
this year for having two sires placed in the Honda Impact class
– Kairuru Niceguy 160639 and Kairuru Naholo 160601. Kairuru
Niceguy went on to be bought by Mokairau Station for $11,000,
the third highest priced bull that day.
Colraine Lydia 16 239, bred by Sue and Colin Corney, was
the Champion Hereford female.
The crowd then moved to the Palmerston North Convention
Centre to join the Angus and Shorthorn buyers and breeders
for some hospitality from Boehringer Ingelheim and Allflex.
After a quick opportunity to socialise, the first national video
sale got under way. Videos of the bulls for sale were displayed
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