No bull: Angus beast sells for $92,000 at auction

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No bull: Angus beast sells for $92,000 at auction

Mt Mable Angus
Published by Esther Taunton in News Publication Articles · Thursday 25 Jun 2020
The two owners of "Lot 1," sold by Wairoa's Cricklewood Angus stud, will share custody of the animal.
 
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 rising two-year-old (a one-year-old in non-farming terms) was bought by Kenhardt Angus, on the East Coast, and Mt Mable ​Angus, from Woodville.

For Mt Mable's Kevin and Megan Friel, the interest in and competition for "Lot 1" came as a surprise.

"We hadn't been able to get to the bull walk the weekend before because we had our own sale," Megan Friel said.

"But we'd bred the Mt Mable bull who was grand sire of this one and sire of the $100,000 bull sold to Cricklewood in 2015, we were definitely interested."
 

 
While online videos had piqued the couple's interest, seeing the bull in the flesh confirmed it.

"We could see straightaway he had great feet, a fantastic temperament, good confirmation," Friel said.

Realising competition would be fierce, the couple approached Kenhardt's Grant Crawshaw and proposed combining their best offers.

"We just about needed it all in the end, there wasn't much left over," Friel said.

The two studs have already out a joint-custody arrangement of sorts, with the bull to spend three weeks at each property over mating.
 

 
Online videos had piqued the Friels' interest in the bull but seeing him in the flesh confirmed it.

Semen will also be collected at the Tararua Breeding Centre, initially for sale to Australian breeders and for use on his home studs.

Cricklewood studmaster Humphrey Bayly told the Gisborne Herald they were “absolutely delighted” with the top price.

Although others had suggested the bull could be extremely valuable, he hadn't been so sure.

“It was such a delightful surprise. That's a huge amount of money.”

Cricklewood's next highest priced bull was a $35,000 animal sold to the Ratanui Stud from Tolaga Bay.

The stud finished the day with an average of $37,750.

 



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