The top price at this year's Cashbac bull sale was $12,300 for a bull from Willie Philip's Dandaleith stud in Dannevirke.
This is the 22nd year the combined Central and Southern Hawke's Bay sale has been held, with entries from Dandaleith and Moanaroa studs and Tahuna and Hiwiroa Shorthorns.
With top-quality stock going under the hammer at the sale in Dannevirke last week, expectations were high for good prices, but Dan Ramsden of Moanaroa Angus from Akitio told the Dannevirke News other criteria had been important too.
"With eight bulls in the sale I'm not worried about the price, I just want them to go to good homes."
Mr Ramsden said there was an increasing interest in Angus cattle and for buyers, fertility, good rear ends and "plenty of grunt" were attributes to consider.