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orrison Farming and Limehills Herefords were
the two big winners at the National Seed Stock
Sale 2021, with the champion title and the
highest price respectively.
M An inaugural helmsman auction, brought
about in part by pandemic restrictions, was the highlight of
the sale at Orlando Country on the outskirts of Palmerston
North. The new selling format resulted in a few changes to
national sale traditions.
The opportunity to view the bulls during the lead-up to the
sale was either online or visually at the vendors’ studs. General
feedback was positive, although several breeders commented
the videos did not do the bulls justice.
Prior to the sale, Marc Greening, principal of Injemira Beef
Genetics from southern New South Wales, Australia, judged Will Morrison (centre) with the Supreme Champion trophies,
the bulls remotely using the videos, photos, and data for flanked by Jack Murray (left) from Matariki with the Reserve
each entry. He gave detailed reasons for his results in a video Champion ribbon, and David Dodge from Boehringer Ingelheim.
shown to everyone at Orlando, which was also livestreamed
by Bidr. He explained he selected bulls on phenotype and Class 1, sponsored by Datamars, was won by Matariki
then looked at the data to see if there were any outliers Mandela, with Te Taumata Kilimanjaro 19165 second and
that may skew his decision. He felt all bulls for sale were Kairuru Quarrie 190976 third. This is for two-year-old bulls from
“industry-focused” with “plenty of shape, carcass, and yield, New Zealand Hereford studs that hold two-year-old sales.
with structural soundness and good overall appeal”, as well Class 2, sponsored by Honda Motorbikes, was won by Ardo
as strong data. Fargo from Morrison Farming, with Westholm Justin U32
The PGG Wrightson Genetics National Seed Stock Supreme second and Gay Learning Sammy third. This is for two-year-old
Champion Meat Producers Cup went to Lot 4, Ardo Fargo bulls from New Zealand Hereford studs that hold yearling or
9008, owned by Morrison Farming. Greening said the bull paddock sales.
was a “standout for shape, carcass and style, complete with The NZ Herefords AGM and breed dinner was held at the
the data package”. The reserve champion was Lot 7, Matariki same venue the night before the sale. One of the highlights,
Mandela, owned by the Matariki Hereford Stud, with Greening apart from the Hereford Prime steaks served for dinner to an
commenting on his “structural soundness with smooth front extremely discerning crowd, was the Hereford Prime auction.
end”. Both bulls were sold later in the sale to Lake Station Items from clubs, individual breeders and businesses were
Herefords and Kokonga respectively. donated to the brand to be auctioned off to help reduce
Limehills Stardom 190168 topped the sale at $25,000 when the impact of reduced throughput following the Covid-19
sold to Charwell Herefords and BeefGen. The sale average was pandemic. The auction, led by PGG Wrightson’s Cam Heggie,
$14,875. raised $8776.

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