Polled Herefords
We are proudly inviting you to our 41st Annual Yearling Bull Sale on Friday 15th September 2023, starts at 1 pm.
The following link will take you to our online catalogue https://pivotdesign.co.nz/ebooks/2023/mahuta/
Sale will be done on site and also through online auction side Bidr.
Please contact us for any inquiries.
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.
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.
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
Our 40th Annual Yearling Bull Sale will be held on Friday 16th September 2022. Come and have a look at our excellent yearling bulls on offer in the following online catalogue: https://pivotdesign.co.nz/ebooks/2022/mahuta/
Sale will be done on site and also through online auction side Bidr. Any inquires are welcome by contacting us.
Thank you to all who have come to our Annual Yearling Bull Sale on 17th September. It was a good turn-out on the day.
We have sold one 2 year-old bull for $3,500.00 and 45 yearlings with an average price of $3,484.00. The top price was reached for two of the bulls with the amount of $5,600.00 each.
We still have a few bulls not sold yet. Any inquiry is welcome.