Page 3 - Riverton Yearling sale

Dear Client, This year NZ Herefords made changes to the indexes, and this has
required us to revise the criteria for the bulls earning Ezicalve status.
Welcome to this year’s sale catalogue of bulls. The objective has not changed though, identifying bulls with multiple
generations of low birth weight and high calving ease to provide higher
We have been fortunate in Wanganui to have had 4 reliable seasons reliability of calving performance.
within the last 12 months. It is a bit scary to think this is something We have also added a negative gestation length EBV as a requirement.
novel but it has certainly made for enjoyable farming. The bulls have You will also notice two new indices; The NZHA Beef Heifer Mating
enjoyed this too and are on track to clean up and look great by sale Index and the Ezicalve Dairy Heifer Index. There is more information
day. We just need Covid and a reduction in alert levels to play the part. on the inside front cover of the catalogue.

The sale will be run as a hybrid auction hosted on BIDR, the sale being We enjoy looking at how our breeding objectives can meet future
livestreamed with a video link and online bidding. Hopefully this will demands, both on clients’ farms and in the wider industry. Our
compliment the usual onfarm format. If we are still at Level 3, we will primary focus is still on low birthweight and ease of calving, this is well
not be able to have buyers at an on-farm auction and all bidding will be entrenched in our herd and we realise nothing else will add value if we
on BIDR. We will be taking plenty of photos in the meantime to be able compromise this.
to load up on the BIDR platform. It will be a challenge for everyone,
but as always we are committed to ensuring you get the right team of We have an AI programme with some of our elite cows, focused on
bulls for your specific requirements. packaging short gestation with our easy calving genetics. Some of the
shorter gestation bulls are grouped together in a couple of blocks in
At level 2, the auction can run normally, except for social distancing and this sale catalogue.
a cap of 100 people. Hosting you on farm is a highlight of Sale Day, but
please do not bring additional family and friends to help us stay within Please do not hesitate to contact us leading up to the sale to discuss
the rules. However it plays out, we have plenty of bulls available to your bull purchasing requirements.
make sure you can get your required bull team.
Kind regards,
Once again PGG Wrightson and NZ Farmers Livestock will jointly run
the sale, and we are working to ensure both and also other companies Mike and Cath Cranstone (and family)
agents will be able to purchase online with BIDR. Ph 06 342 7721