For its first female cattle sale since 2011, Waipiri will auction show-winning cows to facilitate the succession of the dairy enterprise from David and Pip Fullerton to their sons Dean and Alex.
The 95-lot catalogue will also contain cattle from Pete Smit and invitational lots of Jersey heifers from friends and colleagues at Ferdon Genetics, under Warren Fergusson.
Waipiri cows have been consistent producers of 10,000 litres of milk annually, supplying to Open Country, and achieved 730-750kg milksolids.
They have also been regular show winners in Waikato and Taranaki and the business has won the National Progeny Competition 11 times, in which five daughters from one sire are judged on conformation and production.
David and Pip have made the decision to stand down from heading Waipiri to allow their sons Alex and Dean to assume the mantle.
After multiple wins in the past four years it seemed the right time to market most of their show team.
“While my passion for genetics is still there, my interest in getting up and physically milking the cows was no longer quite there with me,” David said.
“I see far too many farmers with hip, knee and shoulder injuries.
“So, I have decided to step back, because we have other business interests to keep us out of trouble, and I am always around and about the farm.”
The sale animals in the catalogue will be mostly young cows and some in-calf heifers with one package of embryos.
The star lot will be Waipiri Mogul Kristy EX-4yrs.
She was the winning four-year-old Holstein and All Breeds four-year-old, Reserve Senior Champion and Best Udder (Holstein and All Breeds) at the 2020 Waikato Show last Spring.
She is in calf and due in July to sexed semen from Moovin.
Her latest lactation was just under 10,000 litres in 289 days, 328kg of protein and 423kg of fat.
The Fullertons are also excited about their sale of cows sired by Doorman, Bookem, Solomon, Mogul and Kian. The sires behind the younger heifers in the sale will include Lambda, King Doc, Sidekick and Crushable.
“King Doc is red-hot right now, and as a breed we are all lucky to have him. There will be about 10 of his daughters going through the ring,” he said.
The sale will be at 4pm on Thursday, June 17, at the home property on Old School Road, Ngahinapouri, and inspection will be from 1pm onwards.
