Friday, March 29, 2024

Herefords sell well to finish season

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A small number of early July sales on the East Coast and in Northland finished the 2021 two-year-old bull sale season strongly compared with last year.
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Wilencote Polled Herefords at Gisborne made a top price of $16,000 and averaged $9500 for the 20 bulls sold out of 23 offered.

The Reeves family at Mokairau Herefords, also Gisborne, offered 29 and sold 23 for an average of $7391 and thrice made a top price of $10,000.

Moving north, Te Puna Herefords at Okaihau offered 14 R2yo bulls and sold nine with an average of $4933 and had a full clearance of eight 18-month-old bulls for $3062 average.

Also at Okaihau, Moana Polled Herefords offered 23 and sold 20 with an average of $4390 and a top of $7500.

Finally, the Glenrossie stud near Whangarei had a full clearance of 15 bulls, 10 of them Beef Shorthorns and five Santa Gertrudis.

The average for the Shorthorns was $6070, with a top of $9000, and the average for the Santas was $5980, with a top of $9700, paid by Percy Farming.

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