We welcome you to our new selling platform for our SA clients
Hazeldean has had a long history in SA beginning with the ownership of Diddicoolum from 1953 to 1979, East Bungaree from 1994 to 2005 and an affiliation with Guy and Sarah Cunningham at Gumbowie, Willalooka since then. We are now transitioning to this new platform to provide South Australian clients with their bull requirements in the future. As in the past, delivery costs will be paid for by Hazeldean and our unconditional 12 month guarantee remains in place. We will also provide videos of each bull as well as independent assessment notes. For clients wishing to inspect bulls we are happy to cover the cost of a private plane to bring clients to Cooma and look forward to providing some Hazeldean hospitality and assist with selection of bulls. In addition we are continuing to use Pinkerton, Palm, Hamlyn and Steen as agents and Robin Steen will travel to Cooma to assist with cataloguing, selection of the sale team and advising clients.
Helped along by Covid 19, 2020 has seen a major change in purchasing habits throughout the world including agriculture. In the beef industry, a substantial uptake of remote buying of bulls through online auction has occurred in the past year. We believe this trend will continue and become more and more mainstream. Several other technologies have contributed to this development including the advent of high quality video, EBVs now including structural traits as well as accurate and independent assessment by industry experts. The necessity to be physically present at a bull sale is no longer the pre-requisite it once was.
A note from Guy and Sarah Cunningham
“The relationship with the Litchfield family began as ram and bull clients in the 90’s.The philosophy at Hazeldean has been very consistent in their approach to breeding Merinos and Angus. Uncompromising focus on profit drivers for clients who demand measured performance, it has been an opportunity to work with those businesses in the Angus breed in SA. As our own farm business evolves we will no longer be directly involved, it has been a pleasure to work with the Litchfield family, Robin Steen and his team and bull clients in SA and beyond” - Guy and Sarah Cunningham ”Gumbowie” South Australia.
You will notice these bulls are 16-18 months old on sale day providing you with excellent value with a longer working life in your herd. 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 meeting your genetic requirements for this season. 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 and Rockhampton QLD in August.
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50 High Performance Bulls
View catalogue on Angus Australia website here
FINAL WEIGHTS AND SCAN DATA here
Ed Bradley: 0412 298 546
Jim Litchfield: 0417 676 561 or 02 64535555
Bea Litchfield: 0427 933 103
Hazeldean's Outstanding Carcase performance
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.
There were 24 progeny from F1023 and 29 progeny from F493
Summary of results of cohort 3
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
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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 has been assessed & tested under the National Johnes Disease Market Assurance Program & holds an MN3 (monitored negative 3) status, 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.
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The sale bulls have been independently assessed by StudCare Genetics Read more
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Hazeldean Free Delivery
Free delivery within 1000km of sale venue.