Mt Mable Angus
The home of quality cattle bred for what is REALLY important ..........
- constitution, fertility, longevity, actual carcase
- all while being a pleasure to handle
– think you cannot have it all ........time to think again.
Kevin & Megan Friel
625 Jackson Road, R.D.1, Woodville 4997
Phone: (06) 376 4543
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Mt Mable 41st Annual bull sale
2026 Update
2026 Update
2026 super year for NZ cattle breeders.
Our 2026 sale was another very pleasing day for us with three bulls sold for $30,000 or more and the average for the sale of 33 bulls being $16,600. As always we give thanks to all our buyers, underbidders, agents and sale day helpers, supporters and family - we could not do it without you.
Now we look forward to our 42nd sale in 2027 which will also mark 60 years of Mt Mable Angus being a registered angus herd with Angus NZ.
Highlights of the sale:
Lot 14 Mt Mable 2423 sold to Kayjay Angus of Masterton for $35,000. He will join Mt Mable 2316 bought by Kayjay Angus at our 2025 sale and with whom they are very happy.
Lot 1 Mt Mable Kev 2453 sold to Dandaloo Angus, also from the Wairarapa for $32,000. He follows on from Mt Mable Callum 39 who the Thomson family purchased in 2015 and who has been present in their bull sale catalogue pedigrees often since.
Lot 2 Mt Mable 2425, sold sight unseen on Bidr to a family from Northland who
have bought used and aged bulls from past buyers of Mt Mable genetics and have
been so impressed were prepared to pay $30,000 for this stylish bull.
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625 Jackson Road, R.R. 1,Woodville 4997Kevin & Megan FrielPhone: (06) 376 4543Mobile: Megan 027 625 8526Kevin 027 667 7795Email: kev.meg.co@xtra.co.nz
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Mt Mable Angus Stud was established at Ohura in 1967 by Allen and Maisie Friel, with the majority of foundation stock acquired from the renowned Puketutu Stud. Kevin and Megan took over the stud in 1997. The stud was moved to Pukerimu Station in 2008.Mt Mable cattle have been tested on steep, wet King Country hills for over 40 years. The selection pressure of the higher altitudes of Pukerimu and extreme winter climate have ensured that Mt Mable Cattle will shift to all environments and continue to excel. Only those heifers that have proven themselves and have the attributes which we are looking for are introduced into the herd. The cow herd is rigorously culled on performance and conformation. All cows are expected to rear an exceptional calf, get back in calf and return to good condition every year – no exceptions. Kevin and Megan ran the 2200 acre Pukerimu Station by themselves with only casual and occasional part time help – with a health scare affecting Megan in 2015 and our reaching our 50’s a decision was made to downsize the farming operation and sell the sheep flock – this was done reluctantly as the romdale sheep flock was a result of 50 years careful breeding. In 2016 the cow herd and the family moved to a 650 acre property south of Dannevirke in the Kumeroa farming district. The property has a good mix of hill country for the cows and good flats where the bulls can be brought on slowly, and naturally on grass and hay/silage only as has been our practise for the last 20 years or more.Our sire selection has always been careful and considered and we have resisted “boosting” our EBV’s (Estimated Breeding Values) through using fashionable and highly figured animals, especially where the figures appear to be their only redeeming feature. We believe in breeding cattle based on lines of pedigree and years of family performance rather than the recent trend of breeding “paint by number” cattle. In our view there is a real risk that the current "ideal" numbers are not suitable for any farming system other than intensive "feed lot" type finishing which is contrary to the requirements of hill country New Zealand type cattle. We continually assess our own, and other breeders' programmes, and cattle, to validate our position with regard to this. With evidence of poor feet, temperaments and constitution becoming more and more apparent in “performance” lines of cattle we are happy with our choices not to proceed down that path.Sales have been held on our own property annually since 1986.
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