Polled Herefords
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
