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National Sale 2022 Event

NZ HEREFORDS NATIONAL SEED STOCK Entry Requirement
SALE will be held at 4.00pm on Tuesday 10th
May, 2022 at the Orlando County Club, on the • Maximum 2 entries per stud.
outskirts of Palmerston North. The sale will • Entries to be 18 mths and over.
• 100% possession of animal will be sold.
follow the AGM. • Any semen retained or semen rights must be declared
at time of catalogue.
All bulls will be sold via a livestream hybrid Helmsman • The vendor will set the reserve price with upset price
Auction, similar to the 2021 sale, which means that remote of $5,000.
bids must be made by phone or in person. • Enter on line from 16th March to 8th April, 2022.
• Entry fee - $250 plus GST.
NZ Herefords Seed Stock Sale Classes • Photos and videos will be the vendor’s responsibility.
Capped at 24 lots 16/8 unless one class not fully A high-resolution photo and a video need to be
subscribed submitted to NZ Herefords by 19th April to be used at
the sale and loaded onto the online catalogue. Videos
Class 1: Datamars 2 year old bulls: 16 lots of 2-year-old must be a maximum of 1 minute. * see below for
bulls from NZ Hereford Studs that hold 2-year old sales details
will be invited to nominate an outstanding bull. • High quality videoing is important for effective
marketing of your bull. The Sale Committee
This nomination, with the agreement from their seedstock recommends the submitted video include a view of the
agent, must display superior genetic ability. bull walking from the front, from the side and from the
rear. It is also recommended to include, in the video,
Class 2: Honda 2 year old bull - 8 lots of 2-year-old bulls the bull standing on hard ground.
open to NZ Hereford studs that hold yearling or paddock
sales. This nomination, with the agreement from their Bulls will be judged via the submitted videos and results
seedstock agent, must display superior genetic ability. will be announced prior to the Sale. Trophies will be
presented to the vendor of the Champion bull and the
Any bull not sold remains in the vendor’s sale catalogue High Selling bull. Vendors of the three top priced bulls
and is available at the vendor’s sale, or for class 2 remain will receive automatic entry for a bull at next year’s sale.
at vendor’s property.

Entry Criteria

All bulls must be fit for stud transfer, in line with NZ • *
Hereford rules and regulations, by having a minimum Vendors can email the videos to Jess
50K SNP DNA profile, sire verified (full parent verification Davies at bidr: jess.davies@bidr.co.nz
recommended) and be clear of all known genetic defects.
Additionally, bulls entered in the sale must be poll gene • In the event the emails are rejected due
and BVD and TB tested. All of these tests are included to large file size, bidr have plenty of
as part of the NZ Hereford Standard Bundle available experience whereby vendors send the
through PBB/Neogen. videos to bidr via dropbox. Refer to the NZ
Hereford website/Show & Sales/National
Bulls must have performance data submitted to Sale for instructions how to do this or
BREEDPLAN, i.e. BW, WW, YW, Scrotal Measurements and call Jess Davies (bidr) on 027 367 2837 or
Carcase Scanning information before March 3rd. 0800 TO BIDR (0800 86 2437)

If the sale is oversubscribed, preference will be given to • There are various people who you can
bulls that are above breed average for the Hereford Prime help you with professional videos and
Index. photography including Maria Robbie,
Otapawa Herefords ( 027 725 2016);
Sarah Reichardt (Thrive Media –
0279294653) and Stu Cam
(Blenheim, 021 133 8000)

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