With a record number of stallions standing at $200,000-plus in Australia this season, it is not surprising that the average fee for a commercial sire has hit unprecedented levels. Run The Numbers digs deep into the stallion fee trends for 2025.
The average service fee of a commercial stallion in Australia has reached a record level, with growth at the top-end overriding the fact that 88 per cent of sires had their fee either stay the same or reduced compared to 2024.
With the vast majority of stallion fees confirmed, the average fee of those 109 stallions who stand at $11,000 or more in Australia has grown to $45,217, up from $40,822, or 10.8 per cent on what the figure was in 2024.
The figure easily eclipsed the previous record of $42,297 set in 2022 and ends a two-year decline in that average figure which stood at $41,250 in 2023. In 2021, it was $35,084 and in 2020, the average across $10,000-plus stallions was $31,345.
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