A Tumut stud has sold a semen share for $25,000 to New Zealand.
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Reiland Angus in Tumut and commercial producer Dan Carey from Canberra have sold their semen share in four-year-old sire, Reiland Hilary H874 to Patrick Lane from Whangara Angus in New Zealand.
The bull was originally sold at the 2014 Reiland sale for $13,000 with Reiland later buying back a half share.
Mr Lane scoured the world for leading Angus sires before selecting Hilary H874.
Reiland principal Mark Lucas described the bull as a “game changer” for the Australian and New Zealand beef industry seeking carcass expression.
“The bull is the complete package and ticks all the boxes,” he said.
The bull’s dam, Stathewen 338 Jade E01, was a larger-framed, soft-coated cow with the ability to wean heavy class calves.
This is the first time Reiland has sold genetics to New Zealand, however, the stud has imported live animals and frozen embryos from the nation previously.
“Initially, the bull was sold into a big commercial herd and was joined twice a year for two years,” Mr Lucas said.
“He never suffered a break down or injury and just got on with the job.
“We reinspected him and bough a half share privately before using him over registered females in spring 2015 and autumn 2016.
“We now have calves on the ground and they are high merit carcass cattle with a lot of the Angus character and growth.”
Commercial Angus producer Dan Carey brought Hilary in 2014 for his 550 cow herd.
“I could see the bull had great potential to grow out and carried a balance of traits,” he said.
“I was not surprised in the international interest as he ticked all the boxes.”
Buyer Patrick Lane is building his stud and commercial herd from 650 to 850 females.
“We liked the perfecct set of EBVs on Hilary, from calving ease, good maternal, growth and carcass weight, he will help us lift our (intramuscular fat),” he said.
“We will be using him in an autumn artificial insemination program over first and second calf heifers.
“Our aim is to turn progeny off grass at 18 months of age at 300 kilograms carcass weight and 60 per cent yield.”