Tier one
Pet Steer
$4,500incl. GST · $300 to hold a place
- Own-bred bull calf, castrated at 2–3 months
- Halter-trained from weaning
- Sold as a pet — not for breeding, not registered
- Ready at 14–18 months
Stud Highland Cattle · Mount Canobolas, NSW
The fluffy cow you actually wanted.
Stud-registered Highland cattle, bred on 85 acres at the foot of Mount Canobolas and halter-trained by hand before they ever leave. We publish our prices. We tell you what you're really buying.
- Location
- Canobolas, Orange NSW
- Registry
- AHCS · application in progress
- Prices from
- $4,500 incl. GST
- Collection
- Buyer pickup, on farm
Why us
Three things this industry does badly.
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Nobody publishes prices
Almost every Highland breeder in Australia hides behind "contact us for pricing". We don't. Every tier, every deposit, every inclusion is on the price guide — before you send an email, not after.
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Half the animals have never been handled
A 500kg animal with a metre of horn is not a pet unless somebody taught it to be one. Every animal we sell is halter-broken, brushed, foot-handled and float-loaded before pickup day.
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"Miniature Highland" is sold as a breed
It isn't one — not under the Australian Highland Cattle Society, not in Scotland, not in the US. We wrote the honest version: the truth about mini Highland cows in Australia.
What we sell
Three tiers. Own-bred only.
We don't buy weaners in and re-sell them. Every animal on this page is born here, out of our own registered dams, and stays until it's ready — usually 14 to 20 months of age.
Most enquired about
Tier two
Signature Heifer
$10,000incl. GST · $500 to hold a place
- AHCS-registered, DNA parentage verified
- Red, yellow, dun or black
- Halter-trained, fully handled
- Pet now, breeding optionality later
Tier three
Rare Coat
$16,000–22,000incl. GST · $500 to hold a place
- Silver, white or brindle coats
- Registered heifers and young bulls
- Outstanding bloodlines, full pedigree
- Allocated from the waitlist first
Prices are GST-inclusive and current as at 2026. Deposits are capped well under 10% of sale price and are refundable in full if the dam doesn't conceive, the calf isn't viable, or the animal doesn't match what we agreed. How deposits work.
Being straight with you
We don't have cattle to sell yet.
Most breeder websites won't tell you that. Here's exactly where we are.
We're a new fold. Our registered dams are being purchased across this season, calves follow, and the first halter-trained heifers come to market roughly 15 to 20 months after those dams arrive. Pet steers follow a few months behind that.
So why open a waitlist now? Because the good animals in this breed never make it to a classifieds site. They're spoken for from the paddock. Joining the list costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and puts you in front of the people who show up on allocation day.
In the meantime you get calving updates, honest buying guides, and an invitation to walk the fold at our next open day. If you decide a Highland isn't right for you — and for a lot of people it genuinely isn't — we'd rather you worked that out here than after the float leaves.
Adopt a Coo
Can't own one? Sponsor one.
From $12 a month you sponsor a named animal in our fold — quarterly video updates, a card at Christmas "from" your coo, and an open invitation to come and meet her.
Learn
Work out whether you actually want one.
The truth about mini Highland cows in Australia
There is no miniature Highland breed. Here's what's actually being sold under that name, what the chondrodysplasia gene does, and how to avoid paying a premium for a full-sized cow.
What Highland cattle really cost in Australia
Registered versus unregistered, halter-trained versus paddock-raised, and why silver coats carry a premium. Real numbers from real listings.
How much land does a Highland cow need in NSW?
By rainfall zone, not by rule of thumb. Why "two acres is plenty" is the most expensive piece of bad advice in this market.
Do Highland cattle cope with an Australian summer?
The single biggest objection we hear. Shade, water, coat shedding, and the honest answer about western NSW.
Standards
What we can put in writing.
- Society registration
- Membership and fold prefix with the Australian Highland Cattle Society — application in progress. Registered animals are DNA parentage-verified before transfer.
- Biosecurity
- PIC and NLIS registered. Every incoming animal quarantined 3–4 weeks, BVDV-tested and JD-status checked before it joins the fold. J-BAS plan vet-signed.
- Consumer protection
- Solicitor-drafted terms. Deposits held separately, capped under 10%, and fully refundable on conception failure, non-viable calf, or spec mismatch.
- A real person
- You'll deal with James, on the property, by name. Farm visits by appointment for allocated buyers — no animal leaves here sight-unseen unless you ask it to.
No cost · No obligation
Get in line before the calves hit the ground.
Tell us what you're after and we'll tell you honestly whether we'll have it, and when.