Key Points: Early Spring sales top at $70,000 Several auctions achieve 100 per cent clearance rates Multiple sales post averages exceeding $16,000 THE insatiable demand for Hereford bulls has gathered steam as the Spring on-property sales circuit found new momentum, topping at $70,000. Merawah/Tenaru Poll Herefords, Boggabilla, NSW, rang the bell at $70,000 for their…
DetailsKey points: Steers surpass $2000/head at Wodonga Strong demand for premium Hereford breeding stock across key selling centres Herefords dominate Alice Springs Feeder, Steer and Heifer Show Sale The cream came off the Autumn markets across the nation in July as cold, wet weather set in and the industry faced a market correction for both…
DetailsCommercial producers underpinned the 77th annual Glen Innes Hereford Bull Sale with a top price of $26,000 and solid bull average of $8915. Held at the Glen Innes saleyards on 29 July, the multi-vendor sale offered junior and senior bulls plus pregnancy-tested-in-calf heifers from 18 existing, new and returning vendors, and drew 100 registered bidders…
DetailsA homebred sire from a vendor returning to the fold at the 77th Glen Innes Hereford Bull Show and Sale stole the limelight as grand champion bull. Held at the Glen Innes saleyards on July 28, the show classes were judged by Jeremy Upton, Yarram Park Herefords, Willaura, Victoria, with Lot 66, Willgoose Detour receiving…
DetailsYoung cattle handlers from three Australian states and New Zealand honed their skills and gained new mates at the Herefords Australia National Youth Heifer Expo, resuming after a two-year hiatus. The expo was held at the Wodonga Exhibition Centre on July 6-9 and drew 79 participants ranging in age from six to 25 years from…
DetailsOne of the breed’s young guns emerged at the 2022 Herefords Australia Youth Expo, taking home not only a swag of awards but also the admiration of judges, spectators and his fellow youth. William Van Gend, 18, looked after the team of 21 ballot cattle for the Llandillo Poll Hereford stud, matching each animal with…
DetailsVictorian teenager Katie Kerby is on her way to building a stud herd after winning the Herefords Australia Youth Most Potential Breeder Award. Katie, of Glenmaggie, received a heifer donated by Andrew and Serena Klippel, Sugarloaf Creek Herefords, Corryong, Victoria, with the award announced at the Herefords Australia National Youth Heifer Expo dinner on July…
DetailsMelbourne based wool buyer Madison Gallagher was glowing after placing in the senior paraders at her first Herefords Australia National Youth Heifer Expo. Madison, 22, grew up in Heyfield, Victoria, with no family background in farming but went on to complete an agricultural science and commerce degree at La Trobe University. She was encouraged to…
DetailsYoung Hereford breeder James Robbie is keen to shout the environmental and ethical benefits of the breed from the hilltops of New Zealand. He was among a small New Zealand contingent to take part in the 2022 Herefords Australia National Youth Heifer Show at Wodonga on July 6-9. A member of NZ Hereford Youth, James…
DetailsTobruk Poll Herefords kicked off the 2022 spring bull sales circuit with a bang, setting a new Australian Hereford yearling bull record of $91,000. The 12-month-old Tobruk Southern Cross S15 was sold by vendor Damien Holloway, Wagga Wagga, to Lachy and Lou Day, Days Whiteface, Bordertown, SA, via AuctionsPlus on June 3. A son of…
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