Sensational bull sale result at Gisborne’s Turihaua Stud
Turihaua Angus produced an “outstanding” sell-out sale result in their rising-two-year-old bull sale on Tuesday afternoon and their average price is set to be second best in the country this season.
Turihaua and Whāngārā Angus were able to complete their sales despite the horrendous weather.
Turihaua sold 66 out of 66 bulls put up, with a top price paid of $78,000 for a bull bought by Cricklewood Angus near Wairoa.
Their average was $12,931, which is believed to be the second highest on-farm sale average in New Zealand behind the massive result at Tangihau Angus at Rere on Monday.
At Turihaua, there were four bulls sold to transfer (stud) at – Lot 3 – $15,000 Dandaleith Angus in Dannevirke; Lot 4 – $28,000 KayJay Angus Masterton; Lot 8 – $78,000 Cricklewood; and Lot 27 – $15,000 to Hingaia Angus from Te Awamutu.
“The Turihaua team produced a line of bulls that totally deserved this outstanding result,” PGG Wrightson genetic representative Emma Pollitt said.
“The bulls were like peas in a pod right through the catalogue. Buyers would have been happy to get any one of them.
“Turihaua is a breeding programme that sticks to their knitting, gets the fundamentals right and reaps the rewards. ”
Prior to the sale, studmaster Paul Williams said he believed the line was “arguably the most even line of bulls they have presented”.