Top-dollar Wagyu stars revealed

Matthew Cawood
Updated September 28 2015 - 2:02pm, first published December 13 2014 - 4:00am
Wagyu bull Mayura Itoshigenami Jnr.
Wagyu bull Mayura Itoshigenami Jnr.

CAN a bull deliver $1000 more value in each steer it sires, compared to a lesser bull of the same breed? In most beef cattle breeds, no. In Wagyu, apparently, yes.

Matthew Cawood

National writer for Fairfax Agricultural Media.

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