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Craigmore Herefords sold more than 100 yearling bulls sold with a top price of $16,500.

Koanui Polled Herefords sold 61 bulls for the highest average Limehills Stardom 190158 sold to Mahuta Herefords for $36,000.
price of the year at $10,057.

Kokonga Herefords on-farm sale saw all 44 bulls sell to an while their two-year-olds averaged $2814.
impressive top of $7000 and an average of $3031. Kairaumati Riverton Ezicalve Herefords, Whanganui had the highest
Herefords sold their usual high-quality catalogue of yearling average for yearling bulls in the spring with an average of
bulls at a high $2447 average and 18-month-old bulls to $3732 on a large catalogue of 102 yearling bulls. Thirty-five
average $2892. Valda-Rose Herefords built on its successful two-year-old bulls were also sold at an average of $3785.
first sale last year, selling 27 yearling bulls at $1963 and a top Fellow Ezicalve breeders, Ardo Herefords, Marton also had an
of $2600. Maranui Herefords, Waihi sold a good catalogue impressive sale, selling a catalogue of 91 yearlings to a top of
of 19 yearling bulls to a top price of $3000 and an average $6700 and a healthy average of $3560, alongside 18 two-year-
of $2005. Long-time spring sellers Bushy Downs Herefords, old bulls averaging $3300. Ardo also sold the champion bull,
Te Awamutu sold 31 yearling bulls at an average of $2790, Ardo Fargo 9008, at the NZ Herefords National Seed Stock
alongside two-year-old bulls averaging $3574. Sale earlier in the year for $12,000.
In the Bay of Plenty, Charwell Herefords sold more than 100 In the South Island, short gestation specialists Shrimptons
bulls at an average of $2500, while Herepuru Stud sold 37 bulls Hill and Bluestone both had good sales, with Shrimptons
to average $2453 and a top price of $6000. Hill averaging $2400 on 165 young bulls and a top of $3400,
In Taranaki, Bexley Herefords sold a full catalogue of 36 while Bluestone averaged $1750 on 56 bulls sold. Kane Farms/
young sires for an average of $2958 and a top of $5200, while Westholm Herefords continued to grow their new market in the
Mangaotea increased their average over last year at $3180 on spring with a full clearance of 48 yearling bulls to average $2300
37 bulls sold. Shadow Downs had an impressive sale with high and a top of $4000. Earlier in the selling season two-year-old
demand for low birth weight yearling bulls averaging $3093, Westholm Justin U32 sold for $14,000 at the national sale.

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