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Matariki Nautical sold to Limehills Herefords for the season’s Okawa Saracen 200175 (ET) sold for the season’s equal top price
equal top price of $47,000. of $47,000 to Charwell Herefords.

priced bull for the season and the fourth equal top-priced bull
nationally, Otapawa Homeland 0011, was sired by headline AI
sire TH Frontier 174E. Homeland 0011’s impressive phenotype
and high growth and maternal genetics will be a great fit in
the herd of Glenbrae Herefords, Porongahau who were the
final buyers at $38,000. Another high-priced sire heading off
for stud duties is Otapawa Vee 0156, a high growth son of
Otapawa Voodoo, who was purchased by the newly established
Te Pukerakau Herefords of Campbell Lawrence, Eketahuna for
$25,000. A further son of TH Frontier, Otapawa Battalion 0101,
also caught the eye of stud breeders and will be entering the
Bexley Hereford herd of the King family, Awakino who paid
$16,000 for the bull.
Koanui Polled Herefords were again at the top end of the
autumn sales in all aspects of numbers sold, average price and Earnscleugh Station won the bidding war for the first bull
top prices. Top price of the sale hit $23,000 paid by commercial through the ring at the Limehills Herefords sale, buying
breeders, while Koanui Captain R246, sold to Circle-D Limehills Blast 200468 for $42,000.
Ranch for $18,000 and Koanui Xcelorator R249, sold to Hain
Herefords for $12,000. A good average of $9573 was achieved a top price of $8000, which was hit twice. Tawanui Herefords,
on the 41 bulls sold. A unique aspect of the Koanui sale for Taranaki had another full clearance of 19 bulls, with the top
2022 was the cataloguing of 10 rising-two-year-old in-calf price being Tawanui Frank selling to Bay of Plenty-based
th
heifers to celebrate the Chesterman family’s 50 anniversary Knightlands Stud for $16,250.
breeding Herefords. The rare chance to purchase females from Over on the East Coast of the North Island, Mokairau
some of the most highly regarded female families in the breed Herefords sold 22 bulls for an average of $6150 and a top price
led to strong demand and bidding, ending with all sold for an of $9000. Wilencote Herefords went even higher than last
average of $6150 and a top price of $12,500. year’s impressive sale results, selling 21 bulls for an average
Another sale with a unique aspect was the annual sale of of $10,785 (the second highest average in the country for
Kairuru Herefords, Reporoa, who for the first time catalogued 2022) and a top price of $15,500 for Wilencote Osborne 202314.
three especially selected yearling bulls alongside the two-year- Eleven other Wilencote bulls sold for more than $10,000, all to
old offering. Top price went to two-year-old bull Kairuru Regal commercial Hereford breeders.
200090, a son of homebred bull Kairuru Ollie, who sold to Maungahina Herefords, Masterton sold 29 bulls for an
Monymusk Herefords, Te Anau for $21,500. The three yearling outstanding average of $9086, with a top price of $15,000
bulls on offer were all sired by exciting new South Island AI for Maungahina Elite sold to Bruce Tomlin, Pounui Stud,
sire, Beechwood Irish Eyes, who combines low birth weight and Masterton. Fellow Wairarapa breeders Te Taumata Herefords
great calving ease with good growth. The three young bulls of the McWilliam family had a particularly strong sale in 2022,
averaged $8233, with the top price going to Kairuru Stalone 109, selling 14 bulls for a good average of $9140 with an equally
sold to the Sarona Stud of Dennis and Matt Hey for $9500. The impressive top price of $17,000.
overall sale average finished at $6050 on 20 bulls sold. Ngakouka Herefords, Dannevirke sold to a top of $14,500
At the top of the North Island, Moana Stud, Dargaville sold to fellow Dannevirke-based breeders Gembrooke Stud, while
20 bulls for an average of $4050 and a top of $7000. Te Puna averaging $8972 on 18 bulls sold to put them in the top
Herefords at Okaihau had another strong sale of two-year-old echelon of sale averages nationally for the year. Glenbrae
and 18-month-old bulls for an average of $4840 and a top of Herefords, Porongahau sold 20 bulls for an average of $5850
$8000 on the older bulls, and an average of $3350 and a top of and a top of $9000, while Riverlee Herefords, Kimbolton had
$5200 on the younger bulls. Rock-End Herefords, in the heart a full clearance of 21 bulls, hitting a high of $9200 and an
of the King Country, sold 16 bulls for an average of $5687 and average of $6257.

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