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A historic day for New Zealand Angus as Lot 3 at the Taimate Angus sale set a new national record price of $168,000.

The autumn bull sales season is heating up after a record result for a Marlborough stud, with a few more big sales looming on the calendar.

Taimate Angus, near Ward has been in the breeding game for more than half a century, but they've never achieved the national record before.

Buyers flocked to their farm on Monday near Ward, when Lot 3 set a new national mark of $168,000.