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Mahuta Sale 2025 Summary

Mahuta Annual Sale September 2025

Mahuta Hereford Stud held their annual yearling bull sale on 12th September 2025. The weather was not kind with heavy rain in the morning and a cold wind in the afternoon.

Sixty eight lots were offered and all sold to average $4,383.00, with top price of $7,000.00 to Quentin and Tracey Robinson [commercial].

Transfer were lot 18 to Wilencote Herefords $5,200.00; lot 25 Richo Herefords $6,800.00; lot 30 Beechwood Herefords $5,100.00; and lot 41 to Kaipara Herefords $5,800.00.

John and Mary would like to thank all those who attended the sale and those who attended online and to wish the purchasers well with their bulls.

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Mahuta Bull Sale Catalogue 2025

We are proudly inviting you to our 43rd Annual Yearling Bull Sale on Friday 12th September 2025, starts at 1.00 pm. The online catalogue can be viewed here.

Also, don’t forget that we have our Open Day on Friday 29th August to see the bulls before the auction.

Sale will be done on site and also through online auction site Bidr. 
Please contact us for any inquiries.

Mahuta Hereford Annual Bull Sale Catalogue 2025
Mahuta Hereford Annual Bull Sale Catalogue 2025
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Mahuta Herefords 2025 Yearling Bull Sale

Mahuta Annual Bull Sale 12th September 2025

It is just over a month until our sale date on Friday 12th September.
We have a great lineup of bulls and visitors have commented on their consistency. There are 70 lots. The first half of the catalogue is bred for growth and meat having regard for calving ease (which we think is important for all bulls) and the second half bred predominantly for calving ease. They all have good meat (EMA) and fats.

This year we have progeny of a high-profile Australian bull, Wirruna Qantas Q036. He has been widely used in Australia. He is an Australasian trait leader for gestation, growth, fertility and imf – all economically important traits. We have some very good bulls sired by him in the sale.

Please feel free to come to our Open Day on Friday 29th August, or to arrange to see the bulls at any time. For a catalogue, contact John 027 440 7504 or Stephen 027 444 3570.

Yours sincerely,
John and Mary Allen  

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Mahuta Sale Report 2024

Mahuta Hereford 2024

It was a good day to see everyone who came to our annual yearling bull sale on 13th September 2024. There were 64 bulls offered and all sold with an average price of $3,803.

Transfers included Otopawa Hereford Stud lot 8 for $11,000 and lot 3 for $7,500; Lot 10 to Shadow  Downs Herefords for $7,200; Lot 6 to Tawanui Herefords $2,500; Lot 1 to Muzzal Herefords $4,000 and lot 18 for $3,000; Lot 44 to Hoobees Herefords for $4,200; Lot 50 to Maui Herefords for $3,900. 

Other prices over $5,000 included Onereri Station lot 41 for $6,200; P.J. Ward Family Trust lot 15 for $6,000; Harena Farms lot 9 for $5,000 and lot 39 for $5,200; Waytemore Farms lot 26 for $5,500 and lot 45 for $5,700.

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Mahuta 42nd Annual Yearling Bull Sale

Our 42nd annual yearling bull sale will be held on Friday 13th September 2024 at our farm. In this sale, we are offering 1 to 2 year-old Hereford bulls and 63 yearling Hereford bulls.

Inspection will start at 10.30 am, then followed by light lunch at 12.00 pm and the sale at 1.00 pm. Sale will be done on site and also through online auction bidr.co.nz with the sale catalogue from pivotdesign.co.nz.

Please contact us for any inquiry.

Mahuta Polled Hereford Stud 42nd Annual Yearling Bull Sale Catalogue - Friday 13th September at 1.00pm

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Mahuta Sale Report 2023

Matariki Night Rider

Mahuta Herefords held the annual yearling bull sale 2 months ago, on 15th September 2023. The sale was well attended with buyers and agents commented on the consistency of the offering.

There were 69 bulls offered and 66 of these were sold to average NZ$3,720.  The top price was lot 4 for Mahuta Skywalker 2034 who sold for NZ$23,500 to Koanui Herefords. He was a good bull with very good figures out of a first calving heifer by Mahuta Qualifier 0034.

Mahuta Skywalker 2034
Mahuta Skywalker 2034

Other bulls sold for transfer were lot 3 to Glenbrae Stud for NZ$10,000; lot 8 to Maranui Herefords for NZ$6,200; lot 16 to Circle D Ranch for NZ$6,300; lot 18 to Lowfield Herefords for NZ$5,000; lot 19 to Sarona Herefords for NZ$5,000; lot 50 to Otamatea Herefords for NZ$4,000; and lot 60 to Rosegowan Herefords for NZ$4,000.

The vendors were very happy with the result and a special thanks to the Chesterman family for purchasing lot 4. We also thank the determined underbidder – Grassmere Herefords.

Mahuta Naughty 7064
Mahuta Naughty 7064

Limehills Belter 210483
Limehills Belter 210483
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Upcoming Bull Sale

Mahuta Sniper 220014
Mahuta Sniper 220014

Happy Easter time to all our clients and friends. Hopefully you will have been able to take a break from farm work. We are aware that many of you have been badly affected by the weather and hope that you are managing okay.

Limehills Stardom 190158
Limehills Stardom 190158

We have had a some damage including a wrecked hay shed but in the scheme of things nothing to bad. We have had an excellent year for grass growth and all the stock are looking well. We have a lot of good bull calves coming up for sale in September with a variety of sires represented including Limehills Stardom 190158, Beechwood In Tome 7, and Yavenvale Knockout.

We look forward to meeting you in the spring.

Mahuta Heifer calf
Mahuta Heifer calf
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Christmas Newsletter 2022

Christmas Greetings and Newsletter 2022

Thank you to all who supported our 2022 sale. We had a great sale with a record high average price for NZ Hereford yearlings and a record top price for us selling lot 5 to the Craigmore Stud for $14,000. Thank you too to our loyal clients have bought in the past. We are aware that high prices can put people off and we aim to have bulls for everyone’s budget. We will offer more bulls in the sale to try and achieve this.

Mahuta Ocean 8073 continues to do well at the BLG/LIC progeny test. This is a multi-breed comparison with Hereford, Angus, and Simmental being involved.

Ocean was below average for birth weight [37.5kg over cows], 2nd shortest for gestation, shortest time for calves days-to-weaning, first for 200-day weight and 3rd for 400-day weight. Given the advantages of the Hereford Breed over other breeds, this makes him very valuable. Progeny will be offered at next-year’s sale. 

This year we have bought Matariki Night Rider. He is a low-birth weight bull [bw ebv 2.2] with growth top 15% and high ema and imf. He is very correctly structured and has a very dark colour. We look forward to his seeing his progeny.

I recently attended a dairy-beef open day focussing on Herefords. I was concerned that some of the dairy farmers did not really understand ebvs. This is important because it indicates how potentially profitable a bull is given the requirements of a farm operation and therefore how much you can afford to pay for him. NZ Herefords may have another field day next year but if not I am thinking of hosting one here. I would be interested in comments from anyone who might be interested.

Wishing you all the best for the Festive Season and next year,

John and Mary Allen