Experts in buying and selling livestock
PGG Wrightson is the largest nationwide business servicing the needs of New Zealand's livestock industry. We provide agency services for the sale and purchase of livestock through auction, private sale, on farm sales and specialist stud stock sales. Our experienced nationwide team handle all categories of livestock and can offer a range of options when it comes to helping you purchase or sell stock, and provide valuations.
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Livestock specialists
Dairy
PGG Wrightson has a team of specialist dairy representatives, involved in trading 150,000+ head of dairy livestock annually.
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Sheep & Beef
Our representatives can offer a range of options when it comes to helping you purchase or sell stock, and provide valuations.
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Deer & Velvet
Our deer and velvet specialists operate throughout New Zealand, servicing all aspects of the deer industry.
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Genetics & Breeding
In an industry as competitive as farming, every advantage counts. And that’s exactly what we give the breeders and farmers we partner with.
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Livestock saleyard results
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Find a Rep
Livestock RepsGO-STOCK | Helping farmers manage cashflow
PGG Wrightson is committed to helping farmers be the best they can be.
An alternative to finance, the GO-STOCK products are an innovative way to help sheep, beef, dairy and deer farmers free up capital, meaning they can invest in other areas of their businesses.
Our goal is to provide farm businesses with the tools to take advantage of more opportunities.
*please note this is not a finance product.
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We find GO-STOCK a very good tool to acquire cattle and sheep for our trading stock operation without the outlay. It suits us as it is a flexible and easy to understand product.
Purchase livestock online with bidr
bidr® is New Zealand’s virtual saleyard, offering real-time, live auctions online.
Whether through online auctions, or the hybrid livestream of traditional on-farm auctions and saleyards, bidr lets you to purchase livestock online, with confidence from home.
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bidr is a fantastic product. bidr has bought a whole new dimension to our sale. We sell bulls from Cape Reinga to Bluff so clients don’t have to be here, they have the ability to bid online without having to rely on anyone else. It was incredible how quick the bids were coming in and where people have watched from…It’s a fantastic piece of technology.
Animal health and welfare
PGG Wrightson Livestock works in partnership with industry and Government agencies to ensure compliance requirements are met or exceeded.
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Livestock market updates
Read the latest livestock market updates to get up to speed on market commentary, stories, news and more from around the country.
Latest news
Hybrid bidr option gaining traction with bull sales
Online access to on-farm auctions paying off in convenience and cost for buyers and sellers as New Zealand’s virtual saleyard surpasses 10,000 users. After three weeks of this year’s bull sales, bidr continues to consolidate its role as an increasingly important part of the livestock marketing mix...
Focused on showing her own worth
At age 16 Hayley MacDonald left school and decided to learn agriculture the practical way – now she has her dream job. Hayley MacDonald is one of PGG Wrightson’s newest staff members, coming into the company as a livestock trainee in early May. Growing up on a lifestyle property in Ohoka, North...
SkyCount debuts at Fieldays: transforming livestock audits with AI
Exclusive to PGG Wrightson Livestock, SkyCount integrates aerial imagery and AI software to conduct livestock audits at a new level of speed, accuracy and efficiency. A revolutionary new way to tally livestock is on display this week at Mystery Creek Fieldays. SkyCount, PGG Wrightson’s innovative...