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STRONG SPRING SALES
Craigmore Herefords’ yearling bull sale in Hamilton once again $2874, Mangoatea averaged $2752 on an increased number of
obtained the top price in the spring selling season, this year 42 bulls sold, and Hurstpier averaged $2470 on a full clearance
reaching $16,000. Craigmore Excel 180264, a high growth, of yearling bulls with a top of $4000.
high muscle son of Craigmore Xcel 160201, sold to Maungahina In the South Island, short gestation specialists Shrimpton’s
Stud in Masterton. Other high-priced yearling bulls included Hill and Bluestone both had good sales, with Shrimpton’s Hill
Craigmore Idol 180211, a low birth weight, calving ease bull, averaging $4100 on 30 two-year-old bulls and $3400 on 80
selling to Riverton Stud for $9600, and Craigmore Crusader younger bulls, and Bluestone averaged $2090 on 74 bulls sold.
180242, a dark pigmented, muscular young sire selling to Okawa Herefords held their inaugural yearling bull sale and
Tawanui Herefords for $9500. A total of 12 bulls were sold for kicked off in style with 36 bulls averaging $3290 and a top
stud transfers, which helped the average to reach $3422 on 92 of $7000, while Matariki Herefords continued to grow their
bulls sold. yearling bull market, selling 37 bulls to a top of $6700 and an
Mahuta Stud, South Auckland again achieved one of the average of $3043.
top averages in the spring season, selling 52 yearling bulls for
an average of $3700. A top price of $10,200 was paid by a THIS PAGE, TOP TO BOTTOM: Craigmore Herefords sold yearling
commercial client, while Limehills Herefords purchased a son of bull Craigmore Excel 180264 for $16,000 to Maungahina Stud in
Masterton; Glacier Horned Herefords took out the top average for
Limehills Starter in Mahuta Oliver 8041 for $9000. the year with $11,533 with these 2019 sale bulls, pictured with the
Waimaire and Otengi Herefords, Northland had their best sale Fox Glacier in the background.
to date, with a full clearance of 68 yearling, 18-month-old and
two-year-old bulls averaging just over $3000. The highlight of the
sale was Otengi Streaker 33, a son of AI sire Limehills Streaker,
selling for $9000 to Koanui Polled Herefords, Hawke’s Bay.
In the dairy heartland of the Waikato prices and clearances
remained at the strong levels of previous seasons. Hukaroa had
an average of $2619 on 68 yearling bulls and $4995 on two-
year-olds, while Kokonga Hereford’s on-farm sale saw 44 bulls
sell to a top of $7000 to Kaipara Herefords and an average of
$2861. Kairaumati Herefords sold a strong catalogue of yearling
bulls at $2611 average and 18-month-old bulls to an improved
average of $3773, and the Port family at Bushy Downs
Herefords sold 66 two-year-old bulls to a top of $3700 and an
average of $3140, alongside a selection of 26 top yearling bulls
who sold to top $4000 and average $2740. In the Bay of Plenty,
Charwell Herefords sold a full catalogue of more than 100 bulls
at an average of $2800 on the two-year-old bulls in the offering.
Further down the island and into Taranaki, Bexley Herefords had
another good sale with a top price of $3700 and an average of

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