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cow. The first sons of the highly regarded keeper sire Limehills Grassmere Herefords, Canterbury couldn’t carry off the top
Streaker were also in demand, with Limehills Sensation 170271 price in the country for a fourth year in a row, but did manage one
selling to Orari Gorge for $26,000 and Limehills Stardom 170432 of the top averages in the country with a $10,772 average on a
going to commercial operation Matarae Station for $19,000. 51 full catalogue of 11 bulls sold. The sale included three stud bulls
out of the 53 bulls catalogued sold for an average of $10,300. sold: Grassmere Noble 330 to Beechwood and Richon Studs,
Maungahina Stud sold an outstanding young bull, Canterbury for $20,000, Grassmere Major 305 to Matariki,
Maungahina Braveheart, to East Coast breeders Mokairau Kaikoura for $18,000, and Grassmere Belter 323 to Wilencote,
Herefords for $28,000. Braveheart is a powerful young sire by Gisborne for $16,000. Interestingly all three top-priced bulls carry
homebred herd sire Maungahina Storm out of one of the herd’s the influence of Monymusk Gallant, either on the sire or dam side
best cows, a Maungahina Iguacu daughter. Also attracting of the pedigree.
stud interest was Maungahina Blizzard, a full brother to herd- Monymusk Polled Herefords, Te Anau were again amongst
sire Maungahina Storm, who sold to long-time stud clients the the best results, with a top price of $17,000 for Monymusk
McEvoy family, Moana Herefords in Northland for $18,000. A McCaw 170091, who sold to Capethorne Herefords for stud
top average of $10,953 was achieved on 27 bulls sold. duties. McCaw 170091 is sired by popular sire Matariki 140245,
Koanui Polled Herefords again sold a big catalogue of 62 who also sired Monymusk Magistrate 170132 and Monymusk
bulls with a large stud presence fighting it out for the top lots. Marko 170008, who both reached $16,000, selling to Matatoki
The sale was headlined by Koanui Captain 7483, a very high and Beechwood Studs respectively. Overall 36 of the 39 bulls
indexing young bull, selling to Merrylea Herefords for $21,000. catalogued sold to average $9511.
Riverlee Herefords bought the next two highest priced bulls, Glacier Horned Herefords, West Coast took out the top
bidding to $18,000 for Koanui Excelorator 7536 and to $17,000 average for the year, selling nine bulls to average a staggering
on Koanui Bigtime 7543. Over half the bulls sold made $10,000 $11,533. The sale saw six of the nine bulls sold sell for more
or more, pushing the average to a very healthy $10,088. than $10,000, with a top of $16,000 for Glacier Talent 643.
Wilencote Herefords, Gisborne topped the East Coast In the north of the North Island, Te Puna and Moana Studs
Hereford bull sales with $20,500 for Wilencote Marshall 170104, both had near-full clearances on strong catalogues of bulls,
sold to fellow East Coast stud breeders Mokairau Station. A averaging $5509 and $4640 respectively. In the central North
strong sale throughout saw 30 of 33 bulls sold to average an Island, Kairuru Herefords, Reporoa sold 22 bulls to average
improved $9650. $5750, with a top of $11,000. Rock-End Herefords, Aria
continued to grow on strong sales in previous years to sell 23
of 25 bulls catalogued to average $6420, with a top price of
$11,500 and two other bulls over $10,000. Over on the East
Coast, Mokairau Herefords sold 28 bulls with an improved
average of $7225 and a top price of $12,500. Hain Herefords
also posted an improved average on last year, with an average of
$7846 on 26 bulls sold and a top of $11,000. Further down the
East Coast in the southern Hawke’s Bay/Wairarapa there were a
number of good clearances and prices. Glenbrae Herefords sold
all 27 bulls to average $6700 and a top of $11,000, Ngakouka
Herefords sold 16 bulls for an increased average of $6000 and
a top of $8000, Te Taumata sold 15 bulls for an average of
$5880 and a top of $7000, while Otapawa Herefords averaged
$6711 on 26 bulls sold. Over in Taranaki, Tawanui Herefords
of the Downs family continued to build their reputation, with
an improved average of $8472 and an impressive top price of
ABOVE: Matariki King Pin bought for $57,000 by $15,000 on two different bulls.
Okawa Herefords.
On the West Coast of the South Island, Flagstaff Herefords
BELOW: The top priced horned bull for the year was sold 18 bulls for an average of $5143 on 18 bulls sold. Matatoki
Locharburn Mort 142 at $37,000. Herefords sold six bulls to average $4583, while Orari Gorge
Herefords had an average of $7430 and a top of $14,000, both
of which were up on last year. Capethorne Herefords sold a full
clearance of 10 bulls to average a high $8400, with a top price
of $15,000 for Capethorne 1772, who sold to Bexley Herefords,
Awakino. Pourakino Downs sold 15 strong Horned Herefords
for an average of $5533 and a top price of $15,000.
Other sales in the South Island included Stoneburn averaging
$7250 and a top of $12,500, Waiau at $5470, Waikaka at
$5400, and Foulden Hills at $5444.
Spring sales of mostly yearling bulls again had high clearance
rates and good average prices.
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