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Wairarapa Midweek
DANDALOO STUD
2018 WAIRARAPA
BULL SALES
Dandaloo Stud has 500 hectares of effective pasture on a rolling to hilly property in the eastern hills. It lies at an altitude of 550 metres above sea level. The stud resides on the top of the Admiral Hill in Gladstone. Angus and Trish Thomson farm a robust and productive business. Dandaloo Angus Stud has easy doing bulls with great temperaments. They have thickness and thrive in diverse conditions – proven in the farm being the same height as the Remutakas and getting snowfall through winter.
“If I was buying a bull, I tried to make sure it had a good dam line behind it,” says David Thomson, founder of Dandaloo Stud.
“On this rolling to steep limestone country, calves pick up a lot from their mothers such as temperament and ability to walk. Chances are, if you have a toey cow she’ll have a toey calf and will be culled.” Dandaloo Stud produces bulls of bone and substance. These bulls will sire productive, fertile females that will in turn produce progeny that appeal and perform in the commercial market.
In this respect it is always very satisfying seeing commercial clients getting good results in the market place. The clients of Dandaloo Stud are consistently among the top local weaner fair results. “One of the most satisfying aspects of breeding top cattle is seeing commercial clients getting good results in the market place,” says Angus Thomson. All Bulls are blood tested and vaccinated for BVD. Ten in one vaccinations are completed and all bulls are SEMEN and SERVICE tested before the sale.
TAPIRI ANGUS For 57 years, Tapiri Angus’ cattle have been bred in Wairarapa with 2018 marking the transition of the third generation of our family into the stud business. Our cattle demonstrate soundness, constitution, longevity, fertility and quiet temperament, with strong east coast genetic influences for east coast conditions. Tapiri bulls have performed to the top of Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay sales and performance tests, including Tapiri 702, one of our 2018 sires, who had a IMF raw data marbling score of 8, the highest for a New Zealand Angus bull. We congratulate Wharekauhau Station - using Tapiri Angus bulls, they achieved top price at this year’s Masterton, Martinborough weaner sale, the fifth consecutive year they have done so. One of this year’s sale bulls - Tapiri 922 Lot 6
For many years, our bulls’ offspring consistently realised top prices at Taupo weaner fairs, with Greg
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Dandaloo has sold several bulls to stud operations in the past, including Turiroa, Kahurau, Pine Park, Red Oaks and Puketoi. While a few bulls sell for top money, most are sold in a very comfortable range of prices. Dandaloo Stud sale will be held on Wednesday, June 6, noon, at the Masterton Sale Yards. To view please come along on Thursday, May 17 as part of the Bull Walk or give Angus or Trish a call to make a viewing time over the next couple of weeks. Please phone 06 372 7065
Jopson, General Manager of 5 Star Beef Canterbury, saying of Waituruturu Station steers by Tapiri bulls: “They set the benchmark for Angus weaner steers overall sales and were consistently among the top performing lines for average daily gain and meat quality attributes including marbling, as measured in over 30,000 cattle purchased annually by 5 Star Beef.” Sale bulls this year are by Tapiri 702, Kaharau 73 and Te Mania Infinity. All bulls fertility tested. Ross and Julie McLachlan, and Rob and Lucy Thorneycroft, Wairarapa Sheep & Beef Farmers of the Year 2015, welcome you to inspect our cattle at Tapiri Angus, 415A Bluff Rangitumau Rd, Rangitumau, Masterton, at any time, and invite you to our sale on Wednesday, June 6, noon at the Masterton Saleyards. Paddock sales are also welcome. For further information please contact Ross and Julie McLachlan Phone 06 372 5701, or Rob and Lucy Thorneycroft Phone 06 376 7811.
Dandaloo & Tapiri
Combined Angus Breeders Sale
Wednesday 6th June, 2018 Masterton Sale Yards - 12.00 noon DANDALOO
Angus & Trish Thomson, RD3, Masterton. P/F 06 372 7065 www.dandaloostud.co.nz
TAPIRI
Ross & Julie McLachlan RD11, Masterton. P/F 06 372 5701 Rob & Lucy Thorneycroft P 06 376 7811