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MONYMUSK POLLED HEREFORD STUD

The Douglas family welcomes you to our 33rd annual bull sale. The Monymusk Polled after his last breeding season, so there will be only one crop left. We have never had a
Hereford Stud was founded in 1964 in Amberley in North Canterbury and has been bull that has left so consistent progeny with super Soft skins and coats great heads and
in TeAnau for 35 years. After bringing 17 cows south the herd steadily increased in jaws deep bodies wth great thickness and round of muscle and excellent feet.We have
size with a very strong infusion of Braxton bloodlines, all the great Braxton bulls were kept a son Navigator who has exciting calves.
used by AI including Braxton Great Southern, Braxton Giant 1, Braxton Dynasty and Monymusk Las Vegas son of Australian sire Cascade Eldorado has has 6 sons on offer
Braxton Westwind. Other AI sires to further influence the herd include Monymusk again he is breeding well with lot 2 and 4 having been used. His heifers are magic Las
Discovery, Kairuru Ricardo, Otapawa Spark, National and Matariki Holy Smoke. Vegas is breeding very quiet very sound cattle with soft well marked coats All his data has
A share in Matariki Vercoe was purchased in 2002, a deep thick barrelled bull that moved in the right direction especially carcass with his IMF being twice the breed average.
started the trend to the type we are breeding. Matariki Dunstan was purchased in Six of the first 7 lots this year have been used in the stud, it is good to see these bulls
2007 breeding well before siring Monymusk Gallant 11089 selling at our new selling coming through after taking a nock, a trend we will be continuing.
ring for a New Zealand record of $71,000 in 2013.The Gallant story has been amazing
for 3 years he sired NZ’s top priced Hereford All from the Grassmere stud he has been All bulls have passed a semen test with Xcell Breeders as well as being 100k snp
used extensively by AI throughout the country. There would be very few studs in NZ genomically tested all this comes with quite a cost but gives you the buyer more reliability
that have not used Gallant or a son and now grandsons. to your selection.
In 2012 we purchased the very influential HolySmoke son Matariki 380 who always We really rate this years bulls quality right to the last lot.
bred a great line of commercial bulls his most influential son being Monymusk Jock We have been indeed fortunate in having had a very good growthy spring an Autumn look
the National champion bull in 2016 purchased by Haldon Station. Another HolySmoke out winter. Prices are back but we can look forward to good times as world trade frees up.
son Monymusk Henry was retained in the stud breeding exceptionally well Two Sons Without the pressures of Covid and the Hereford Conference we look forward to see a
featured in the 2017 expo Monymusk Knight $26,000 and Monymusk Kelpie $16000. good number at our sale buying or looking.
His daughters are outstanding, we have kept a son Monymusk Mozart who has his Come and enjoy our scenery our cattle and our hospitality
first sons in this years sale also breeding an outstanding son Monymusk Outback The Monymusk Team
190061 who we have used over heifers and kept for further use.
Chris Jayne, Henry, Ally and Amanda Douglas. Ph 0275 498 588
This is the third year we offer Matariki 245 sons unfortunately we lost him to injury
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