Available stock
Highland cattle for sale in Central West NSW
Three tiers, all bred here. Nothing is bought in and re-sold. Every animal is halter-trained before it leaves the property, and every price is on this page.
Current availability — updated 2026
No animals are ready for collection yet. Our registered dams are being acquired across this season and the first halter-trained heifers come to market roughly 15–20 months after they arrive. Pet steers follow a few months later.
Allocations are made from the waitlist in order, so the list is where the queue actually forms. It's free, and joining commits you to nothing. Join the waitlist →
Tier two · $10,000 incl. GST
Signature Heifer
The animal most people picture when they picture a Highland cow — and the one we breed most of.
An AHCS-registered heifer in red, yellow, dun or black, DNA parentage-verified, halter-broken and handled daily from weaning. She'll lead, tie up, stand to be brushed, have her feet handled and load onto a float without a fight. She is a pet first, with the paperwork to breed later if you decide you want to.
| Age at collection | 14–20 months |
|---|---|
| Registration | AHCS herdbook, DNA parentage verified, transfer paid by us |
| Training | Halter-broken, tie-trained, foot-handled, float-loaded |
| Health | Vaccinated, drenched, NLIS-tagged, vet health statement on the day |
| To hold a place | $500 at allocation (5%), balance on pickup |
Tier three · $16,000–22,000 incl. GST
Rare Coat
Silver, white and brindle animals sell at a genuine premium in Australia — roughly 50–70% above red and black.
We're honest about why: it's scarcity and aesthetics, not superiority. A silver heifer is not a better cow. She is a rarer-looking one, she holds her value on resale, and there are more buyers than animals every single season. If that's what you want, we'd rather you bought it from someone who says so plainly.
Rare-coat animals are allocated to waitlist members in order of joining, with colour preference recorded when you sign up. We won't run a silent auction on them.
| Coats | Silver, white, brindle; exceptional dun considered |
|---|---|
| Sex | Heifers and selected young bulls |
| Registration | AHCS herdbook, full pedigree, DNA verified |
| To hold a place | $500 at allocation, second instalment to $1,100 total, balance on pickup |
Tier one · $4,500 incl. GST
Pet Steer
The most sensible first Highland for most people, and the one we'll talk you into if you're honest about wanting a lawn ornament with a personality.
A steer is a castrated bull calf. He grows big and shaggy, he keeps the horns, he has no hormones driving him, and he is by a distance the easiest Highland to keep. Ours are castrated at two to three months, raised alongside their dams, and halter-trained from weaning.
He is sold as a pet: not registered, not for breeding, and not — to say the quiet part out loud — for the freezer. We ask buyers to confirm that in writing.
| Age at collection | 14–18 months |
|---|---|
| Registration | None — sold as a pet, NLIS-tagged |
| Training | Halter-broken, tie-trained, foot-handled, float-loaded |
| To hold a place | $300 waitlist deposit, balance on pickup |
The process
How a sale actually works here.
Seven steps, no surprises, and two of them are us trying to talk you out of it.
Join the waitlist
Free. You tell us your postcode, your paddock, your budget band and your colour preference. No deposit at this stage.
We tell you the truth
If your block is too small, your fencing won't hold horns, or your climate is wrong for the breed, we say so. Some people leave the list at this step. That's the point of it.
Come to an open day
Waitlist members are invited to quarterly open mornings. Walk the fold, meet the animals, ask the awkward questions with no sales pressure.
Allocation
When a calf matches your profile we send photos, pedigree and a written spec. You have seven days to accept before it passes to the next person on the list.
Deposit
Accepting means a deposit — $300–$500 depending on tier, held in a separate account, refundable under the conditions on the price guide.
Updates until pickup
Photos and progress through halter training. You're welcome to visit by appointment and handle her yourself before she goes.
Pickup day
Balance paid, transfer paperwork completed, vet health statement issued, and we load her for you. Buyer pickup from the property near Orange — we don't arrange transport, but we'll recommend carriers who know the breed.
Nothing here is available yet. That's exactly why now is the time to join.
Allocations run in list order. The good animals never reach a classifieds site.