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Pandemic changes

2020 sale season

Matariki Lightning sold for $42,000 to Glenbrae Herefords.
2020 was certainly an interesting season for Herefords continued to build its outstanding bull team by
selling bulls. The global pandemic and New purchasing Maungahina Cracker 180013, a moderate birth
Zealand’s lockdown conditions at the time of weight bull with good carcass traits sired by standout sire
the autumn selling season meant breeders Maungahina Storm, for $40,000. A strong lineup of bulls saw
the first five lots sold for stud duties with sires heading to
quickly set up alternatives if buyers could not Na Puteputi, Big River, Mokairau, and Gembrooke. This stud
physically attend sales. As events transpired support helped push the average to the top of the field for
and lockdown regulations were eased, it meant 2020 at $10,900 on 27 bulls sold.
although buyers were allowed on property Back in the South Island the third top price of $26,000 was
for sale day, the majority of sales ran auctions paid at the Okawa sale for Okawa Saracen 8017. Saracen 8017
was purchased by Tawanui Herefords, Taranaki, who continued
simultaneously online. their liking for Grassmere Gallant 9 sons, having purchased
two sons from last year’s Okawa sale for stud duties. Sons
Words: Andrew Russo. Photos: Supplied. of Grassmere Gallant 9 and homebred sire Okawa Holy
Smoke proved very popular, with a number of sons selling to
commercial Hereford operations for more than $10,000, along
AUTUMN SALES with Okawa Bluesmoke 8061, who sold to Otamatea Herefords
for $11,000. An average of $7484 was achieved on the 45 bulls
Top price for 2020 went to the top of the South Island with sold through the sale ring.
the Murray family selling Matariki Lightning for $42,000. The Koanui Polled Herefords, Hawke’s Bay, sold a large catalogue
high growth, high muscled and high indexing son of Matariki of 60 bulls, topped by Koanui Big Time P215 selling for $25,000.
140232 fell to the bid of Glenbrae Herefords, Dannevirke, Big Time P215, a son of heavily used Beechwood Big Time
to join their impressive sire lineup. Further stud bulls were with strong, low birth weight genetics, was purchased by one
sold to Stoneburn Herefords – Matariki Lancaster for $20,500, of the longest established stud herds in the country, Charwell
and Monymusk Herefords – Matariki Le Bron for $20,000. Herefords, Whakatane. Rock-End Herefords, Aria, purchased
Commercial buyers went as high as $18,000 to secure their Koanui Xcel P358, a bull with a balanced data set, for $23,000
desired genetics, pushing the sale average up to $9089 on 56 while Bexley Herefords, Awakino bid $16,000 for Koanui Xcel
bulls sold. P581. Both bulls are sons of Koanui Xcelorator 5088.
The second top price for 2020 and the top average was Limehills Herefords, Central Otago, again had a bull in the
realised by Maungahina Herefords in Masterton. Stoneburn top price echelon with Limehills Stardom 180030 making

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