Megan and Kevin Friel stand by the pedigree of all their Mt Mable Stud bulls, with well over fifty years of records to prove their worth.

An angus bull has sold for an eye-watering $92,000 after two buyers pooled their resources to bag the beast.

The bull was the first of four from Wairoa's Cricklewood Angus to go under the hammer at Tangihau Station, northwest of Gisborne, on Monday.

The Mt. Mable Angus pedigree herd run by Kevin and Megan Friel can now be found on their 650 acre farm south of Dannevirke but the cattle earned their stripes on the original steep, wet King Country family hill farm for over 40 years.

Mount Mable's second yearling bull sale was held at the complex on Jackson Road on Monday, September 23. While the crowd was not as large as the annual 2-year-old bull sale every June, the bidding was spirited.

Packed gallery greets 54 young bulls up for auction in the Coventry Station rostrum yesterday.

High export beef prices are behind consistently strong bull sales at studs around the country, report Kate Taylor and Pat Deavoll.

A Gisborne bull has entered the six figure mark for the first time at a New Zealand farm sale after making $100,000.

A passion for bloodlines and pedigrees is evident when talking with Norsewood angus
breeders Kevin and Megan Friel.

There is a new kid on the block in the form of another genetic defect being identified - this one has been christened Developmental Duplication .... henceforth known as DD.

Buying a large farm before selling your two existing farms is not something many would consider.
But when Mount Mable Angus stud owners Kevin and Megan Friel saw the property they had fallen in love with come on the market again, they didn't hesitate.