Sales - 2020

2 Year Sire Stag Sale

Our sale this year was held on Wednesday the 9th December 2020,
It was a solid sale - all lots sold, $7026 average.
Thanks to everyone who participated.

COVID has forced the world to a return to basics. And while a reality check has its merits, for venison it has brought about a significant schedule drop. The restaurant trade world-wide has been on the back foot and no marketing plan could have foreseen that. Fortunately though, the European trade with its Sept/Oct, peak has remained relatively intact.

In order to get rising one year olds to make slaughter liveweights in time for this Sept/Oct window we need high growth genetics. Plus we need finishers who capitalise on this growth potential. While the second part shouldn’t be limiting the first part surely is. The deer industry simply cannot overlook the value of high growth BVs. Other BVs are useful at the stud breeder level as our trend graphs show, but for a commercial operation high growth rates (high 12MthBV’s) are what will bring in the money.

There is a limit of course - you don’t want large leggy ill-thrifty hinds. But you can have compact hinds up to 140kg liveweight as long as you can still handle them without any grief.

The economics of farming a larger hind in order to get larger weaners and achieve slaughter weights by Sept/Oct is absolutely compelling. It’s just a matter of tweaking the stocking rate a bit and you can be financially ahead by a large amount.

Hind adult size was the topic of discussion at our AP Field Day in June and there was no doubt that the extra 0.4kgDM/day winter maintenance feed required by a 140kg hind (compared with a 110kg hind) was a relatively minor cost when the benefits were taken into account. Benefits now being realised by us as we are getting early October weights for both our R1 cull hinds and stags averaging over 60kg cwt at a schedule price of $7.10/kg cwt.

The ‘BVs in Practice’ project confirms what we all know, progeny growth is highly correlated to 12mth BV. It was nice to see this confirmed with our stags at Dave & Ali Seifert’s property. It was also surprising how well a stag sired by Tongariro performed relative to his BV. This has been a feature of this lineage with Ruahine and The Scotsman also performing above expectations. Additionally these deer are compact with good temperament - something we have been aiming for long term.

This year’s sale is the first to offer the Bidr off-site livestream bidding as well the normal on-site farm bidding. In recognition of this are offering free transport for purchasers buying two or more stags.

Thanks for taking the trouble to read this. As always, you can buy with confidence as we stand by our product.

Paul & Rae Hughes

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Lot 1 : RRD 192/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 15.87 kg 12mthBV : 31.17 kg Sale Weight : 240.0
Lot 2 : RRD 190/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 15.57 kg 12mthBV : 30.45 kg Sale Weight : 248.0
Lot 3 : RRD 130/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.63 kg 12mthBV : 30.27 kg Velvet 3.2kg A2S Sale Weight : 236.0
Lot 4 : RRD 191/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 17.04 kg 12mthBV : 30.22 kg Sale Weight : 224.0
Lot 5 : RRD 99/18 Sire : Hihitahi WeanBV : 14.54 kg 12mthBV : 28.76 kg Sale Weight : 238.0
Lot 6 : RRD 195/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 14.41 kg 12mthBV : 28.55 kg Sale Weight : 244.0
Lot 7 : RRD 116/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 17.1 kg 12mthBV : 28.39 kg Velvet 3.9kg SA2S Sale Weight : 261.0
Lot 8 : RRD 203/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 14.82 kg 12mthBV : 28.27 kg Sale Weight : 235.0
Lot 9 : RRD 146/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.87 kg 12mthBV : 28.25 kg Sale Weight : 218.0
Lot 10 : RRD 88/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 16.4 kg 12mthBV : 28.19 kg Sale Weight : 238.0
Lot 11 : RRD 136/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 16.57 kg 12mthBV : 27.97 kg Velvet 3.2kg A2 Sale Weight : 238.0
Lot 12 : RRD 132/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.69 kg 12mthBV : 27.93 kg Velvet 3.6kg SA2S Sale Weight : 246.0
Lot 13 : RRD 105/18 Sire : Hihitahi WeanBV : 14.61 kg 12mthBV : 27.92 kg Sale Weight : 232.0
Lot 13 : RRD 105/18 Sire : Hihitahi WeanBV : 14.61 kg 12mthBV : 27.92 kg Sale Weight : 232.0
Lot 14 : RRD 123/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.56 kg 12mthBV : 27.57 kg Velvet 3.3kg B2S Sale Weight : 216.0
Lot 15 : RRD 70/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 16.37 kg 12mthBV : 27.43 kg Sale Weight : 241.0
Lot 16 : RRD 60/18 Sire : Gallagher WeanBV : 14.47 kg 12mthBV : 27.39 kg Sale Weight : 246.0
Lot 17 : RRD 198/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 16.84 kg 12mthBV : 27.27 kg Sale Weight : 227.0
Lot 18 : RRD 108/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 18.31 kg 12mthBV : 27.11 kg Velvet 3.9kg SA2S Sale Weight : 240.0
Lot 19 : RRD 95/18 Sire : Hihitahi WeanBV : 14.82 kg 12mthBV : 27.09 kg Sale Weight : 224.0
Lot 20 : RRD 71/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 13.4 kg 12mthBV : 27.07 kg Velvet 3.6kg A2S Sale Weight : 241.0
Lot 21 : RRD 20/18 Sire : Mataroa WeanBV : 17.56 kg 12mthBV : 26.83 kg Sale Weight : 241.0
Lot 22 : RRD 117/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.44 kg 12mthBV : 26.58 kg Sale Weight : 246.0
Lot 23 : RRD 118/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.74 kg 12mthBV : 26.49 kg Velvet 4.0kg SA2 Sale Weight : 233.0
Lot 24 : RRD 199/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 14.32 kg 12mthBV : 26.46 kg Sale Weight : 215.0
Lot 25 : RRD 122/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 14.83 kg 12mthBV : 26.32 kg Sale Weight : 219.0
Lot 26 : RRD 110/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.58 kg 12mthBV : 26.06 kg Sale Weight : 234.0
Lot 27 : RRD 120/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.6 kg 12mthBV : 25.96 kg Velvet 3.2Kg A2S Sale Weight : 232.0
Lot 28 : RRD 106/18 Sire : Hihitahi WeanBV : 16.15 kg 12mthBV : 25.92 kg Sale Weight : 218.0
Lot 29 : RRD 187/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 13.91 kg 12mthBV : 25.88 kg Velvet 3.5kg A2S Sale Weight : 235.0
Lot 30 : RRD 62/18 Sire : Gallagher WeanBV : 14.89 kg 12mthBV : 25.57 kg Sale Weight : 251.0
Lot 31 : RRD 25/18 Sire : Mataroa WeanBV : 17.99 kg 12mthBV : 25.48 kg Sale Weight : 224.0
Lot 32 : RRD 144/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 15.25 kg 12mthBV : 25.22 kg Velvet 3.3kg A1S Sale Weight : 240.0
Lot 33 : RRD 93/18 Sire : Hihitahi WeanBV : 15.81 kg 12mthBV : 24.92 kg Sale Weight : 214.0
Lot 34 : RRD 61/18 Sire : Gallagher WeanBV : 13.6 kg 12mthBV : 24.71 kg Velvet 3.3kg B2 Sale Weight : 220.0
Lot 35 : RRD 102/18 Sire : Hihitahi WeanBV : 15.73 kg 12mthBV : 24.13 kg Sale Weight : 213.0
Lot 36 : RRD 145/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 14.7 kg 12mthBV : 24.03 kg Velvet 3.9kg SA2S Sale Weight : 232.0
Lot 37 : RRD 188/18 Sire : Lush WeanBV : 13.39 kg 12mthBV : 23.65 kg Velvet 3.3kg A2 Sale Weight : 252.0
Lot 38 : RRD 79/18 Sire : Trutest WeanBV : 13.14 kg 12mthBV : 23.54 kg Sale Weight : 236.0