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Craigmore Baton 190260 sold to Hain Herefords for $15,000.

impressive yearling bulls for an average of $3398. The sale was
headlined by Craigmore Baton 190260, a large framed, low birth
weight yearling from the successful Baton sire line, who sold for
$15,000 to Hain Herefords, Gisborne. This was closely followed
by the sale of Craigmore Victor 190297 to Otamatea Herefords
for $13,500, and the $11,500 paid by Orari Gorge Herefords for
Craigmore Explorer 190202. As usual a large number of bulls
were sold for stud transfer, with 15 young bulls sold to other
recorded Hereford herds for stud use.
Mahuta Herefords, Ararimu, continued building on the
strength of previous sales to sell to a top of $13,000 for Mahuta
Perregrine 9063. Perregrine 9063, by Limehills Starter, combines
a super-low birth weight and calving ease with exceptional
phenotype. At the end of a spirited bidding duel, he was
knocked down to Matariki Herefords, Kaikoura. Other strong
stud and commercial interests pushed the average to $3414 on Ardo yearling bulls on a dark, wet August day.
56 yearling bulls sold.
Ardo Ezicalve Herefords in Marton had the highest average $3047. Kairaumati Herefords sold a strong catalogue of yearling
for yearling bulls in the spring with an average of $3528 on a bulls for an average of $2458 and 18-month-old bulls for an
large catalogue of 90 yearling bulls. Top price of $6400 was paid average of $2316. Valda-Rose Herefords had a successful first
for Ardo Fargo 9077, an extremely well balanced, high indexing sale, selling 16 yearling bulls for an average of $2200 and 12
bull purchased by Alan Cook, Panorama Stud, Feilding. Thirty- two-year-old bulls for an average of $2772. In the Bay of Plenty,
three two-year-old bulls were also sold for an average of $3079. Charwell Herefords sold more than 100 bulls at an average of
Fellow Ezicalve breeders, Riverton Herefords, also had an $2500, while Herepuru Stud sold 41 bulls to average $2926.
impressive sale, selling a full catalogue of 106 yearlings to a top Into Taranaki and the demand for quality young Hereford
of $7000 and a healthy average of $3120, alongside 45 two-year- bulls was also apparent – Bexley Herefords had an impressive
old bulls averaging $2577. sale with a top price of $3400 and average of $3627; Mangaotea
In Northland, demand for quality young sires was strong, averaged a great $3050 on 30 bulls sold; Shadow Downs sold
with Matapouri averaging $2357 on yearling bulls and $2744 on a full clearance and averaged $2250 on yearlings and $2950
two-year-olds. Waimaire and Otengi Herefords continued to go on their two-year-old bulls, while Hurstpier averaged $2000 on
from strength to strength, with a full clearance of young bulls yearlings and $2800 on the two-year-olds.
averaging $3204 and a top price of $8750 paid by Bill Grounds, In the South Island, short gestation specialists Shrimpton’s
Pampas Lane, for Waimaire Techno 177, and by Maranui Hill and Bluestone both had good sales, with Shrimpton’s Hill
Herefords, Waihi, for Otengi Starter 137. averaging $2600 on 165 young bulls with a top of $4300, while
In the dairy heartland of the Waikato, prices and clearances Bluestone averaged $1624 on 80 bulls sold. Westholm Herefords,
held steady on previous years. Colraine and Kanuka Herefords now focusing their bull sales for spring, grew their sale to
had a full clearance of 19 yearling bulls, with a top price of $5500 sell a full clearance of 42 yearling bulls to average $2340. In
for Kanuka Omega 1909, a son of AI sire Limehills Streaker, paid response to the high demand for young bulls, many studs are
by Hikamora Herefords, Walton, which helped the average reach now cataloguing a yearling bull sale in the spring alongside
$2660. Hukaroa had an average of $2484 on 57 yearling bulls, their traditional autumn sales. This includes Matariki, who sold
and $4587 on two-year-olds, while Kokonga Herefords’ on-farm 31 bulls to average $2810; Okawa with 45 bulls averaging $2500,
sale saw all 46 bulls sell with a top of $4700 and an average of and Orari Gorge who sold 17 bulls at $2400 average.

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