Tangihau Angus stud at Rere, Gisborne, has blown the lid off two-year-old bull prices this winter, achieving $135,000 and $115,000 with Lots 2 and 18 in its annual sale.
They were not isolated peaks, as five of the first seven lots offered made a total of $450,000.
Lot 2, Tangihau T549, is sired by Albert of Stern out of a now seven-year-old Tangihau cow, and Lot 18 (sold in third place in the catalogue) is by the same sire and a sister cow.
Lot 2 was sold to Kaharau and Turiroa Angus studs and Lot 18 was sold to Rolling Rock Angus and Earnscleugh Station.
Tangihau manager Dean McHardy, on behalf of Tangihau Ltd, purchased the highest priced Angus bull in the early weeks of the sale season, paying $75,000 for Shian 22-T635 from the Sherson family at Taumarunui.
