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Hazeldean Autumn Bull Sale 2021

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100 High Performance Bulls
Hazeldean, Cooma

Welcome to our 2021 Autumn Bull Sale. We sure are glad to welcome you to attend our sale on May 6th at Hazeldean with a much more promising outlook than this time last year. We have had a very good autumn with all crops now in and more moisture on the way. The sale team have just transitioned from mixed pastures of lucerne and phalaris to oat crops and are developing nicely.

Our structural integrity within our herd remains very strong with many bulls in this catalogue being scored ideal values of 5’s and 6’s which is hard to achieve alongside high performance breeding values. We take pride in our bulls for their versatility and constitution. Nearly all bulls in this catalogue can be used on heifers and also have the performance about them to be used well over cows without sacrificing growth. Fertility is a highlight for this team, average EBV for Days to Calving for these bulls is in the top 20% of the breed. These daughters of these young bulls are more likely to hit puberty earlier and therefore join earlier as maidens which in turn results in calving early in the season giving her more time to regain condition for subsequent joinings - a major profit driver in a commercial herd. Our carcase values continue to improve with more progeny of marbling super star Hazeldean F1023 coming through the ranks alongside other well proven sires.

View pdf catalogue here

View Angus Australia catalogue here

View Auctionplus catalogue here - videos available from 26th April

View final weights and semen tests here


Ed Bradley: 0412 298 546
Bea Litchfield: 0427 933 103

Jim Litchfield: 0417 676 561

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Sale conducted by Nutrien Tim Woodham: 0436 015 115

Sale conducted by Nutrien
Tim Woodham: 0436 015 115

Hazeldean Angus are bred for commercial operations that enjoy easy calving, high growth, quiet cattle that achieve excellent carcase results. Bred in the tough Monaro climate, our herd is constantly challenged, ensuring the quality of our females remains strong.

Our goal

For decades, the aim of our program has been to produce cattle to improve your profits. Our program pivots on providing our customers with genetics that excel in the traits of economic importance in efficient beef production. For us, the economic drivers are fertility, growth, carcase, maternal and efficiency traits. And these traits should come in a functional, sound and docile package.

We use a combination of genomically enhanced EBVs, visual appraisal and individual performance to guide us in our selection decisions.

In addition to our breeding goals we also understand that our success as a genetic source comes down to client satisfaction. Our aim is to develop long standing relationships with commercial cattle producers who we provide with bulls with real genetic value.

What information we provide and why:

Our catalogues have always been produced with the commercial cattleman in mind to provide the most relevant information for you to make the most informed decision for your program.

We have colour coded the top performers in each trait to help everyone better understand where the bulls rank in the population.  

Clear structural scores are reported in the catalogue as assessed by Liam Cardile, an independent assessor. We encourage you to assess the bulls yourself on the day and use the scores as a guide in making selections.

We pride ourselves on the longevity and hardiness of our cattle – those that have visited our breeding base at Cooma know the conditions our females live under. Our female herd is very strong with in-built fertility and ability to raise strong, growthy calves with great carcase each year; important profit drivers for all commercial beef operations.

We look forward to catching up with you on sale day, if you are thinking of purchasing Hazeldean genetics this year please get in touch with us, we would love to hear about you and your program. We would appreciate the opportunity to help you in any way that we can with your program.

Hazeldean holds five auctions a year – at Gumbowie, Willalooka SA in February;  Hazeldean, Cooma NSW in May and September; Jackson QLD in August.

Hazeldean sire's exceptional performance in Angus Australia Sire Benchmarking Programme

The progeny of Hazeldean sires NHZF493 and NHZF1023 part of cohort 3 of the AA sire benchmarking programme have performed exceptionally well, in all traits including calving ease, growth, and particularly carcase– Out of progeny from 40 sires F1023 progeny ranked 1st for carcase IMF and 2nd for MSA index and F493 progeny were ranked 7th for IMF, and  3rd, 2nd and 4th for 200, 400 & 600 day weight.

  BWT 200 400 600 RIB FAT RUMP FAT Scan IMF Carcase IMF Scan EMA MSA marble score MSA Index
F1023* 25th 12th 17th 15th 2nd 10th 2nd 1st 5th 3rd 2nd
F493* 26th 3rd 2nd 4th 10th 2nd 4th 7th 4th 8th 5th

* Progeny rank our of 40 sires

There were 24 progeny from F1023 and 29 progeny from F493

Summary of results of cohort 3

For full results go to AA

Hazeldeans Semen Terms & Conditions

Hazeldean's Outstanding Calving Ease

Hazeldean has been selecting for calving ease for more than 20 years - our heifers calve down easily with only a handful of the more than 400 calving heifers having any sort of difficulty. Any female who has problems calving for whatever reason is culled from the herd. Calving difficulties are not much fun to deal with and a live calf worth a hell of alot more than a dead one!

Reputation the Reward for Quality Breeding

View videos of past sales line-ups

Hazeldean Sales information

Hazeldean Guarantee and Replacements, Refunds, Credits

Although we do our very best to ensure every bull we catalogue sees out many years of good service, occasionally premature breakdowns occur. In this event we guarantee unconditionally all bulls for 12 months from purchase and further if poor reproduction results from a genetic defect we were unaware of pre-sale. Our policy is to look after the people who look after us so if there is a problem please let us know.

To resolve the issue of a bull breakdown we will work with you to achieve the best outcome for your breeding enterprise. In the instance of a bull breaking down during the breeding season we will endeavour to find a replacement and get him to you ASAP. If you are able to cover the breakdown with a spare, then we will either offer a replacement at a later date or issue a credit equivalent to the purchase price of the original bull that you can use at a future sale.

Semen Terms & Conditions

Hazeldean retains semen rights on all bulls sold unless otherwise agreed upon, according to Hazeldean Semen Terms & Conditions.

Insurance

Any animal that either dies or has to be destroyed due to injury within 28 days of sale will be replaced or refunded by Hazeldean. Additional insurance to cover death or loss of use after 28 days can be arranged at the sale.

Health Check

All sale bulls are thoroughly assessed by a vet prior to sale. Animals displaying faults likely to interfere with a normal & productive life are culled

The Hazeldean herd holds a Johne's Beef Assurance Score (J-BAS) of 8, the highest level.

Bulls are vaccinated for Vibriosis, Pestivirus, and receive a 7 in 1 vaccination

Queensland sale bulls are vaccinated for 3 day sickness and tick fever

We recommend that you organise a pre-mating bull examination at least 6 weeks prior to joining to ensure that he is in the best of health & capable of producing pregnancies. This should include a serving ability test where the bull is observed serving a cow or heifer.

Please note:
Although Hazeldean employs best practice procedures in livestock husbandry and does it's best to ensure every animal catalogued for sale is free from disease, internal parasites and external parasites it does not guarantee that any sale animal is free of disease, internal parasites or external parasites.

Structure: 
The sale bulls have been independently assessed by Liam Cardile from BeefXcel.  Read more

Looking after your bulls when you get them home and how to get the most out of your bulls. Read more

Hazeldean Free Delivery

Free delivery within 1000km - deliveries beyond this distance can be arranged.

 

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