Davelle SA Beef Week by David Leese

2020 SA Beef Week Friday 7th February 2020

David & Rochelle Leese 7137 RM Williams Way, Jamestown SA 5491 Home 0886641702 David Mobile 0417851831

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We wish to invite you to our Field Days on Friday 7th February 2020 at Davelle. We fully appreciate the positions people may find themselves in with the season, fires etc. However, a day out talking to fellow cattle breeders might be what’s needed? With our Annual Sale cancelled, we have been selling our bulls and females privately. Currently we have available 3 Black South Devon bulls (1 rising 2 year old and 2 rising 18mths old) and 2 Droughtmaster bulls (rising 2 year old) for private sale, please find more details following. We currently have no females for sale. We have attached our Semen list for your information. Davelle Cool Beau N51 continues to sell well and is available from your supplier or Genetics Australia. He still remains #1 for $Profit! We are looking forward to displaying our sale bulls and a selection of our herds. Firstly our “SDX” program, we look at this program to provide commercial cattlemen a package that combines the best traits of differing breeds and when used over pure or cross breed females provide heterosis in their offspring, improving profit. We’ll display weaner bulls sired by CCR Boulder (breeding - 50% South Devon, 25% Blank Angus and 25% Simmental), these are impressive! We’ll display heifers sired by Leachman 18 Karat. We’ll also have on display the Stabilizer bull brought from Paringa Livestock, who recently scanned 8% IMF, his first calves are due from March. Droughtmaster influenced composites will be born later in 2020. We will display our weaner South Devon bulls. Sons of MJB Cool 548C and Davelle Durango Nant M19. Some impressive young bulls are in this group. We’ll display our weaner Droughtmaster bulls sired by Glenlands D Utterly. We will also have on display older heifers we’ve bred and brought in. From our research the main driver to overall profit is Fertility. Then – Low Birth Weights, Good Growth and Excellent Carcass. These encompass our “Breeding Objectives”. The single most important link in the beef production chain is “fertility” we can’t emphasise this enough! We remain a J-BAS8 herd and as such can continue to sell into WA. We’ve recently retested our herd with negative results. We thank existing clients for your valued support and look forward to meeting new ones. Please come and join us, the BBQ will be cooking and esky’s packed.

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Our Objectives – We feel it is import to share our Objectives, as these should work into yours. Our first and foremost objective is to grow grass. To utilise we need good efficient converters, we have found this within the South Devon, Droughtmaster and our composites, they are very efficient beef cattle. The beef cattle we breed for will be – an easy doing, good tempered, fertile animal that shows a lot of capacity – both in the meat it houses and throughout the body, length, medium frame and the willingness to perform under differing conditions. Females are the backbone of the herd – they need to have a live calf every year, grow that calf quickly so it yields well and is efficient, adding profitability. We believe if you breed for the perfect female, males follow. We submit data to BreedPlan (Droughtmaster) and $Profit (South Devon and SDX Composites), to find these curve bending animals with strong carcass traits. We believe in performance recoding as a tool available. We use all tools to help find animals that meet beef breeders objectives – subjective and objective. Fertility drives everything!! American beef economists claim fertility and maternal traits are 5 to 10 times more important than any other traits. Davelle Balanced Breeding targets for low birth weights, good growth and excellent carcass. Put this together with the attributes of the South Devon, Droughtmaster and SDX Composites and sound type, Davelle has a package that is meeting the objectives of the beef industry backed by ever increasing reliable data. We will always select animals on functional type and eye appeal first. Then we look to EBV’s/ABE’s. The EBV/ABE’s pattern we are striving looks like this – Birth Weight 200 Day/Weaning Weight 400 Day/Yearling Weight 600 Day Weight Mature Cow Milk Carcass Traits

Below average – No bulls are kept over 45kgs BW. Average Average Average– flattening out growth so breeding females don’t get to big Average to slightly below average Average – we need to be careful if the season dries up. Above Average - all traits to be strongly positive

We want females to peak their growth at around 3 years old. We want animals to put on as much weight as possible with desired carcass traits and then without breeding cows getting too big – efficiency. Using figures can be fraught with danger. A good understanding is needed. The biggest number is not always the most desirable and sometimes average is best. The $Profit index helps put all of this into context.

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Black South Devon We have pursued Black South Devon’s importing semen from the USA. Breeders in the US have done all of the hard work upgrading from an Angus base. The US South Devon is very different to the British. We like the US type for their moderation but no compromise on carcass. Black South Devons are complimentary to British, Euro and Bos Indicus breeds. Remember the “Free Lunch” – hybrid vigour. A black South Devon bull over an Angus cow is a great cross as proven in the US –  black coat and British look maintained  increased weight  increased EMA  increased yield  IMF maintained  Increased Profit We feel they offer a tremendous opportunity to the beef producer. The Black South Devon is an alternate “Polled Black British” breed. As a crossbreeding option, they will be ideal as an alternate Black sire for hybrid vigor, F1 females are maternal machines. Don’t discount the enormous opportunity the Black South Devon presents.

$PROFIT

We have decided not to continue with BreedPlan due to the low participation of South Devon breeders. Since our participation BreedPlan has helped us design cattle to meet the market, focusing on many traits that are not easily accounted for such as intra muscular fat (IMF) and eye muscle area (EMA). Using the $Profit analysis will continue our pursuit in breeding the best beef cattle possible. What is $Profit? The $Profit Index tells you which bull calves make you the most profit, from birth to slaughter if you retain ownership and keep replacements. It includes the cow traits, fertility, growth, carcase and feed intake. What does the single number, $Profit, do for me? $Profit helps you compare what different bulls are worth so you can easily find the best bull to improve your herd. Put simply, it does the selection work for you. Instead of working out which of the 20+ ABEs are most helpful to your herd, $Profit does the analysis for you, and sums it up in one figure.

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Profit Explained Are all small cows really efficient? There seems to be a big disconnect in today’s beef industry. On sale day we want heavy, high quality steers to pay the bills. The rest of the time we want efficient cows to keep our costs as low as possible. Simply selecting for smaller cows with no regard for feed efficiency is not the answer. Likewise, selecting for shear growth with disregard for cost is just as poor of a strategy. The best way to make your cowherd truly efficient, and your calf crop earn more, is to use $Profit ™ ABE (Across Breed EBVs) ™. This is the only index in the industry that works on both sides of the ledger (production and cost). Cows that work! Steers that pay! How $Profit works: $Profit assumes that the average commercial bull will have 100 progeny over its lifetime. The model assumes that you keep 30% of your heifers as replacements and that you retain ownership on the remainder of the calves through finishing and sell on a grid. We realize that many don’t retain ownership, but doesn’t it make the most sense to select from birth all the way to slaughter? Our simulation model then factors in all of the effects on both income and expense to come up with a net profit figure for each bull. $Profit allows you to compare any two bulls and calculate the difference in profit that they are expected to generate in your herd. Let’s compare a $10,000 $Profit bull to $6,000 $Profit bull (the average 2008 born Angus bull). The predicted difference between the bulls is $4,000 or about $40 per calf. $Profit works for us and it will work for you too. What traits are included in $Profit: $Profit includes nearly every trait that impacts profitability. The effect of most traits on profit is fairly simple to understand. Here is the list of what is included and its effect: Revenue Traits Calving Ease = more live calves Weaning and Yearling weights = more growth & weight for age Fertility (days to conception) = Earlier conceptions post calving and earlier puberty in heifers Carcass weight = Heavier carcase weights Marbling = better meat quality and value Ribeye Area = value as impacts yield grade % Retail Product = more yield is more saleable beef Cost Traits Cow mature size = in general bigger eats more Cow intake = more intake costs more Feedlot feed efficiency = cost of gain Some traits are not so easily characterized for $Profit. Milk, for example, is a good thing until you get too much. When over +25, milk ABE has a more negative effect on fertility than it has a positive effect on weaning weight. There are a few traits not yet included in $Profit: longevity, structure, and disposition. These traits are important but difficult to express in dollars. $Profit is the largest breeder owned data base in the industry with over 1,400,000 records - “from herds in the USA, UK, New Zealand and Australia”

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$PROFIT Financial index allows you to HAVE IT ALL! $Profit EBV Rankings: Good Rank % Average $Profit $6,980

Better Top 25% $10,568

Best Top1% $19,362

$Profit Across Breed EBVs Dare to compare: You cannot afford to make mistakes in your breeding program! Choosing to use sires with incomplete or low value data can unknowingly make your herd less profitable – same work, same cost, poor results - unacceptable. $Profit ABEs (Across Breed EBVs) are the most reliable and comprehensive EBVs in the industry. They are backed by a large (over a million), long-standing (over 30 years), multi-breed (over 15 breeds) database. Using this system assures you of making sound breeding decisions with minimal risk of failure. Good Better Best Rank % Average Top 25% Top1% BW 2.2 0.8 -2.8 WW 37 47 70 YW 62 79 119 Milk Preference based on environment SC 0.50 0.79 1.48 Mat WT Preference based on environment REA 0.41 0.56 0.94 IMF 0.27 0.47 0.98 Car WT 814 832 877 BF -0.03 0.00 0.05

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Sale Bulls Davelle Black Accelerate P9 DVPP9

DOB 15/3/2018

Polled

Black

MJB Swagger 330Z (P)(B)USA) Sire: MJB Cool 548C (P)(B)(USA) MJB Nikki 8613U (P)(USA)

BC Progress 315U (P)(B)(USA) Dam: Davelle Prog Black Anne G6 (H)(B) Davelle B29 Annie D30 (P)

Rib Birth Weaning Yearling Scrotal Back Eye Carcass Feed Mature Weight Weight Weight Milk Cir Fat Area IMF Weight Intake Gain Weight $Profit $Ranch $Profit ABE +2.1 +65 +102 +31 +0.57 -0.02 +0.37 +0.38 847 -33.034 0.0 +29 24,130 77.39 Rank Top 22.9% 1% 1% 1.5% 15.4% 11.9% 37.9% 0.8% 38.3% 35.5% 65.9% 0.1% 2.8%

Traits recorded – Birth Weight, Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Scrotal Circumference, Rib & Rump Fats, Eye Muscle Area, Intra Muscular Fat Comments – The line up of MJB Cool 548C bulls are great examples of what we want to breed. Accelerate is a stand out! His stoutly made full of power and substance. Cool x Progress is fast becoming the best cross we have seen. Traits show the growth and then moderation in Mature Weight. $Profit through the roof. The “A” cow family keeps producing the goods ones. This type of bull will compliment many operations both stud and commercial.

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Davelle Black Eclipse P29 DVPP29

DOB 18/7/2018

Polled

Black

MJB Swagger 330Z (P)(B)USA) Sire: MJB Cool 548C (P)(B)(USA) MJB Nikki 8613U (P)(USA)

Davelle Barossa J5 (P)(B) Dam: Davelle Black Elle L49 (P)(B) Davelle D51 Elle H73 (P)

Rib Birth Weaning Yearling Scrotal Back Eye Carcass Feed Mature Weight Weight Weight Milk Cir Fat Area IMF Weight Intake Gain Weight $Profit $Ranch $Profit ABE +3.0 +44 +78 +28 +0.71 -0.02 +0.32 +0.25 837 -37.03 -0.02 +24 17,180 49.43 Rank Top 39.2% 22.3% 11.3% 5.3% 6.8% 11.9% 52.1% 12.5 33% 25.3% 58.7% 5.4% 20.5%

Traits recorded – Birth Weight, Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Scrotal Circumference, Rib & Rump Fats, Eye Muscle Area, Intra Muscular Fat Comments – The first of the younger bulls on offer. Impressive well balanced young bull with carcass to him. Dam is by Davelle Barossa that is at Paringa Livestock, Yea, the highest raw IMF South Devon bull ever scanned bull at Davelle We’re finding the $Profit analysis is finding those “just good cattle” that we know will perform!

Davelle Black Marvel P37 DVPP37

DOB 21/7/2018

Polled

Black

MJB Swagger 330Z (P)(B)USA) Sire: MJB Cool 548C (P)(B)(USA) MJB Nikki 8613U (P)(USA)

BC Progress 315U (P)(B)(USA) Dam: Davelle Black May L32 (P)(B) Davelle Rampage May G03 (P)

Rib Birth Weaning Yearling Scrotal Back Eye Carcass Feed Mature Weight Weight Weight Milk Cir Fat Area IMF Weight Intake Gain Weight $Profit $Ranch $Profit ABE +2.3 +57 +93 +27 +0.66 -0.02 +0.34 +0.34 842 -31.03 -0.01 +27 20,789 62.69 Rank Top 26.1% 4.2% 2.8% 7.5% 9.3% 11.9% 46.3% 2.1% 41% 30.2% 63.10% 0.8% 7%

Traits recorded – Birth Weight, Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Scrotal Circumference, Rib & Rump Fats, Eye Muscle Area, Intra Muscular Fat Comments – He has really grown into himself from the last photo. This is the kind we like – stout and powerful. There’s not much this bull does wrong. Cool x Progress does it again with leading $Profit and $Ranch, your ticket to success. Maternal line just keeps on producing good honest cattle.

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Davelle Black Eclipse P29

Davelle Black Marvel P37

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Introducing Davelle Droughtmasters

DVL

From David’s trip to Beef 2015 he found Droughtmasters and could see how we could use them and develop a market. We have brought into some very good females from prominent studs. We’re using AI and natural sires to breed cattle to suit our environment, into the north and pastoral areas. Our “Objectives” with our Droughtmasters will be closely aligned to the way we breed our South Devons – to breed cattle that the beef industry demand high fertility as the start then low birth weight, good growth and excellent carcass. We will enthusiastically performance record and utilise BreedPlan to find the cattle the beef industry demands. The big question – Why Droughtmaster? The pioneer cattlemen who developed the Droughtmaster retained the most desirable performance traits from both Bos Indicus and Bos Taurus genetics. They developed a breed which could perform by consistently producing and reproducing despite parasites and adverse environments, while economically producing high yielding carcases of quality beef. Performing well in harsh conditions is important, but performance in all links of the beef production chain is more important. The Droughtmaster is renowned for its performance in: Reproduction - Calving ease, high libido, fertility and adaptability all combine to give the Droughtmaster an outstanding reproductive performance. Growth - Excellent milking ability, digestive efficiency, low nutritional requirements, feed conversion efficiency, walking ability and foraging ability combine to make the Droughtmaster an outstanding performer.

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Consistently outgrowing most other breeds when nutrition is restricted, they perform as well as most breeds in feedlots or on high quality pasture. Feed Efficiency - A low maintenance digestive system, unique to Bos Indicus derived breeds, contributes to the Droughtmaster's reputation for highly efficient feed conversion, which provides a large economic advantage. Pasture - Optimum growth under a range of variable conditions is major benefit offered by the Droughtmaster. From prime improved pasture in temperate regions, light native pasture in tropical right through to drought conditions which invariably plague many areas of Australia, the Droughtmaster is recognised as one of the leading performers. Carcase - Well muscled carcases with optimum fat cover, give Droughtmasters excellent dressing percentages and high saleable meat yields.       

Recent trial results produced dressing percentages of 58% and saleable meat yields of 76% Being a "middle of the road breed", fat cover is at optimum levels With Shorthorn in its background, marbling performance is among the highest of the Bos indicus derived breeds Their outstanding docility keeps meat colour and pH at acceptable levels By achieving suitability for a range of market specifications, at a reasonably young age, Droughtmasters produce high quality, tender beef Under the current MSA Cuts Based Grading System, Droughtmaster carcases can grade EQS 3 and 4 star under a standard production system. High growth performance and extended ageing of cuts, can produce EQS 5 star grading Numerous wins in carcase competitions across Australia confirm this performance

Cross Breeding In the temperate regions of Australia, traditionally the home of the British breeds, the low maintenance Droughtmaster breed is being used increasingly in crossbreeding programs to produce easy care productive cattle. They are also used in tropical areas to improve carcase qualities and performance. The progeny resulting from this crossbreeding, have a significant economic advantage through their inheritance of Droughtmaster traits (in addition to the expected heterosis) :  Calving Ease  Adaptation  Longevity  Reduced Eye Problems  Bloat Resistance  Mothering Ability  Milking Ability

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High growth sires can be used successfully over Droughtmaster females, due to generations of Droughtmaster breeders constantly selecting for:  Low Birth Weight  Calf Shape  Pelvic Structure The Droughtmaster bull passes on these dominant traits to his progeny in a crossbreeding program. Consequently, the F1 Droughtmaster female is renowned as a very efficient dam, and most effective when used with high growth sires. This combination fits the axiom ‘cows for your country - bulls for your market’. With equal parts of Bos Taurus and Bos Indicus blood, the Droughtmaster provides the opportunity to crossbreed without causing a dramatic change to either the visual appearance (phenotype) or to the genotype of the progeny.

Davelle Paddy D5

DVL1817M

Glenlands Resolution (D) D5 Sire: Davelle Allambie (D) D5 Glenlands 13464 (P) D5

DOB 11/04/2018

Scur

Minlacowie Pedro (S) D5 Dam: Wingfield Unique 2828 (P) D5 Wingfield Unique 2566 (S) D5

200 400 600 Mat. Eye Retail Birth Day Day Day Cow Scrotal Carcase Muscle Rib Rump Beef Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. Milk Size Wt. Area Fat Fat Yield IMF (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (cm) (kg) (sq.cm) (mm) (mm) (%) %

BreedPlan EBV -0.9 +10 +18 +19 +17 -- +1.5 +14 +1.3 +0.2 +0.3 0.7% -Accuracy 66% 54% 54% 57% 48% 30% 43% 30% 36% 36% 27%

Traits recorded – Birth Weight, Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Scrotal Circumference, Rib & Rump Fats, Eye Muscle Area, Intra Muscular Fat Comments – Sire is the resultant calf from the purchase of dam from Glenlands stud QLD and has left us some nice types with good carcass. Dam is a nice moderate hard working Wingfield cow. We love his type and outlook. As a testament, we have used Paddy as a back up to our AI program on Droughtmaster and SDX Composite heifers (we’re excited to see how this cross works?). We expect calves oozing softness and carcass.

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Davelle Pike D5

DVL1818M

Glenlands Resolution (D) D5 Sire: Davelle Allambie (D) D5 Glenlands 13464 (P) D5

DOB 16/04/2018

Polled

Bos Park Federal (P) D5 Dam: Bos Park Integrity (P) D5 Yackatoon Tranquility (P) D5

BreedPlan EBV +0.6 +17 +19 +33 +41 +4 +1.3 +15 +0.1 +0.3 +0.5 +0.3 +0.0 Accuracy 66% 57% 56% 58% 47% 25% 31% 45% 31% 41% 41% 31% 27%

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Introducing “SDX”

Davelle Composites

23% More!! Who can ignore to benefits of cross breeding to add profit. We’ll use the South Devon female as the base and add other breeds, Stabilizers and crosses to compliment. Initially we’ve had good success with Sim/Angus bulls over South Devon cows. We await calves from a Stabilizer bull Paringa N699 and Droughtmaster bull Davelle Paddy (an interesting option for our northern clients). Stabilizer The Stabilizer breed is a multi-breed composite developed by Leachman Cattle Company. The breed is based on research done by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at their Animal Research Service (ARS) at the Meat Animal Research Centre (MARC), at Clay Centre, Nebraska. The Stabilizer breed is a blend of British and Continental inputs including: Angus, Red Angus, Simmental, Gelbvieh and South Devon. The Breed combines the fleshing ability, marbling, and moderate size of the British breeds with the muscle, milk, and growth of the Continental breeds. As a four breed composite, the Stabilizer retains 75% of the F1 hybrid vigour and thus allows producers to crossbreed with simplicity. The MARC (Meat Animal Research Centre) started a project in 1973 called the Germ Plasm Utilization (GPU) project. Their research showed several advantages that come from crossbreeding. Most importantly they showed that hybrid vigour has a large impact on beef cattle productivity. The research demonstrated an 8% improvement in weaning weight when a purebred cow is mated to a bull of a different breed. The research also showed that crossbred cows are far more productive than purebred cows. The benefits came in multiple areas including more milk production, better body condition, faster re-breeding, and a longer productive lifetime. In total, the crossbred cows weaned 23% more weight than did purebred cows. Historically, crossbreeding requires the use of complicated mating systems to keep the hybrid vigour effect. Scientists designed rotational systems using three breeds. However, such systems were too complicated. Furthermore, they resulted in wide swings in breed composition, and prevented breeders from having a uniform, well adapted herd. As an alternative, the researchers at MARC developed multi-breed composites. Their study confirmed that such composite breeds retain hybrid vigour in proportion to the number of breeds used - using more breeds generates more retention of hybrid vigour. The Stabilizer (Marc II composite), with four breeds, retains 75% of the F1 hybrid vigour. Thus, breeders can breed composite bulls to composite females and keep most of the available hybrid vigour without the complexity and loss of uniformity associated with crossbreeding. Please Note – All bulls have been sold. We will be keeping 6 composite bulls from 2019. They are all sired by CCR Boulder (Sim/Angus).

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Semen List as at 1/1/2019 All straws are stored at NHD Murray Bridge and are priced ex Murray Bridge. Davelle Awesome Reg D8 (DVPD8) Polled Sire: Paltarra Awesome Dam: Dukes Flat Yesterday Has produce great cattle with strong fleshing. For best results use over milky types needing muscle 60 straws available

Davelle UB Righton H26 (DVPH26) Polled Sire: Paltarra Ubquiet Dam: Lincoln Rose 28 All round type and performance. Leaving great females in our herd. 400 straws left over from export order

MJB United 333U (IRAPD333) Polled Sire: MJB Romeo 125R Dam: MJB Sunlight 6335S Imported from the US Breeds great maternal types 80 straws available

Prices inc GST– Davelle Awesome Reg D8 Davelle UB Righton H26 MJB United 333U Burtergill Harry 815 Burtergill Henry 1105 Davelle Black Ace K2

$16.50 $22.00 $22.00 $22.00 $55.00 $33.00

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Davelle Black Ace K2 (DVPK2) Sire: Davelle Awesome Reg D8 Dam: Davelle Black Annie G6 Exported to MJB Ranch USA Use to moderate and add muscle Very impressed with progeny 120 straws available

Burtergill Harry 815 (INUPD3013)) Polled Sire: Burtergill Charlie 9 Dam: Burtergill Charles Bell 32 Imported from New Zealand Burtergill are recognised South Devon breeders in New Zealand. Leaves great bodied animals with great maternal traits. Only 20 straws left Burtergill Henry 1105 Polled Sire: Burtergill Henry 3 Dam: Burtergill Jack Susie 11 New import from New Zealand Sons and daughters performing well True South Devon type. Only 60 straws

Please call us for orders or more information on any sire listed

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