ROMA DROUGHTMASTER BULL SALE 2026 Supplementary Information Understanding Veterinary Bull Breeding Soundness Evaluation (VBBSE) Reports by the Australian Cattle Vets (ACV) General A VBBSE generally includes an evaluation of the feet, legs, scrotum and other structural aspects in the Physical section. Crush-side assessment of semen motility is compulsory and laboratory evaluation of Sperm Morphology is optional but results must be declared if tested. If a bull records a “Q” for semen motility (crush-side) it is excluded from the sale unless the bull passes a morphology test. Scrotum and Physical ACV standards for Scrotum are the scrotal contents are normal on palpation, and that scrotal size is within normal ranges for the breed, age, and nutrition of the bull. The standards for Physical require compulsory assessment of eight components. If a bull is noted to fail on any of these, he fails this category. Report Indicators Tick = Pass: All attributes for this component measured were consistent with the ACV standards. No risk factors for reduced fertility were identified during this part of the VBBSE examination. Q = Qualified: Not all attributes for this component were consistent with the ACV standards but these abnormalities may not necessarily preclude the bulls use. A further comment is provided on the individual animal VBBSE certificate. The standards for Crush-side Semen and Sperm Morphology Crush-side Semen evaluation and laboratory evaluation of Sperm Morphology are strong indicators of whether a bull is fertile or sub-fertile. If a physically-normal bull is rated as having passed these evaluations, he is expected to be fertile, i.e., if mated, he can impregnate (pregnant at day 42 of gestation) by natural service at least 60% and 90% of 50 normal, cycling, disease-free females within 3 and 9 weeks, respectively. The ACV has 2 pass levels for crush-side semen evaluation. The highest level Tick – indicates that the bull is fertile with 60% or higher progressively forward motile sperm. Further, it is very likely that the semen of this bull will be fertile after freezing. The lower level (“Q”) was introduced to indicate that a bull may be fertile under natural mating, but it is likely his semen is not suitable for freezing. The Q level is given to bulls with between 30% and 59% motile sperm in a crushside semen evaluation. Bulls have to pass thresholds for eight Sperm Morphology categories and achieve 70% or higher normal sperm, as assessed by a sperm morphologist, to gain a Tick for Morphology. A “Q” for Morphology means the bull doesn’t meet all the criteria for a Tick and that some risks have been identified which may impact the bull’s fertility in the short or long term. The veterinarian conducting the test will provide an explanation of these risks in the comments section. It is possible that physically normal, Q-level bulls (and especially those close to the lower threshold) may be shown to be less than fully fertile when mated. Such bulls are acceptable under multiple-sire mating, but veterinary advice should be considered before single-sire mating of such bulls. Bulls in the Droughtmaster catalogue with semen motility in the Q category are required to have passed a semen morphology test prior to acceptance in the sale.
Changes in semen quality in sexually-mature bulls Once bulls are sexually mature and producing satisfactory quality ejaculates, testes function is relatively stable, ie, if the bull is tested 3 months prior to sale and passes a semen evaluation, then, if managed under the same conditions without experiencing conditions that cause problems with function of the testes, there is a high probability (based on research done in northern Australia) that if tested again on the day of sale it would produce an ejaculate containing a similar proportion of normal sperm. If a bull experiences trauma, fever, inflammation, fat insulation or stress, that are sufficient to impair sperm formation and maturation, semen quality may be affected within days and may persist for several months. It takes about 60 days for a sperm cell to develop and then a further 10 days for it to mature and be available for ejaculation. Therefore, a sperm quality assessment reflects function of the testes in the preceding 70 – 80 days. Conversely, if a bull experiences problems such as trauma, fever, inflammation, fat insulation or stress, which are sufficient to impair sperm formation, he may produce effective ejaculates for at least 2 months. If a bull has passed a semen evaluation, and does suffer an event that causes temporary sub-fertility, it is most likely that fertility will be restored once the bull is returned to sound stable management. Dentition The dentition reported in the Supplementary Sheet is relevant to the date of the veterinary inspection which may be performed up to 60 days prior to the sale. There is evidence that the time taken from emergence to fully erupted of a pair of permanent teeth can be as little as 2 weeks, therefore an additional set may have appeared within the allowable inspection window. ACV Soundness Evaluation – Explanation Codes Tick in Physical = Pass Q in Physical = Pass with Qualifications Tick in Semen = 60% (or greater) Progressively Motile Sperm NT = Not Tested Q in Semen = 30 to 59% motile – requires a mandatory morphology test result of >50% Normal Sperm.
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been verified by the Droughtmaster Stud Breeders' Society Limited, the Sale Committee, Vendors or the Selling Agents, unless stated otherwise. Whilst all care is applied in producing this catalogue, industry experience suggests that up to 4-5% of DNA parent verification tests may have errors. Consequently, the Droughtmaster Stud Breeders' Society Limited, the Sale Committee, Vendors and the Selling Agents and their representative(s) do not assume any responsibility whatsoever for the correctness, use or interpretation of the information on animals included in this sale catalogue. The Droughtmaster Stud Breeders’ Society Limited, the Sale Committee, Vendors and the Selling Agents make no warranties about the animals in relation to disease, ailments or genetic disorders.
Roma Droughmaster Bull Sale Supplementary Sheet
7HX259890M 7HX259892M DRS251599M DRS251571M DRS251566M STS249M
SV SV PV PV PV PV
23 23 25 24 24 27
PP PP PP PP PH PP
0 0 2 0 0 2
38 41 37 38.5 42 40
ZCB241985M ZCB252060M ZCB241982M ZCB242043M ZCB241966M ZCB241993M ZCB241958M ZCB241980M ZCB241965M ZCB242027M ZCB241994M ZCB252018M
SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV
22 21 22 22 21 23 21 21 22 23 22 20
PP PP PH PP PH PH PH PP PP PP PH PH
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 42.5 41.5 42 42.5 37 42 39.5 36 48.5 41 45
JAS24507M
SV
23
PP
0
37
WM525435M WM525449M 7AD25100M 7AD25155M
SV SV SV SV
24 25 24 23
PP PH PP PH
0 0 0 0
42 40 37 37.5
1 822 824 1 Q 4 910 4 816 802 4 Q 4 804 3 800 3 750 902 4 Q 4 794 Withdrawn Withdrawn Q 4 796 4 808 800 5 5 770 5 800 15 828 Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn 3 922 3 856 3 894 3 894 3 864 800 3 3 810 3 932 3 818 3 862 3 836 3 852 Withdrawn 14 802 Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn 8 806 8 784 11 876 11 812 Withdrawn
14 9 13 14 14 13 10 10 12 12
12 7 9 9 9 10 8 7 8 8
132 132 138 140 143 135 146 142 130 132
4.8 4.1 5.3 4.7 5.1 5.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 5.1
2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
13 12 9 10 10 12
10 9 7 7 6 9
136 128 134 128 137 132
5.4 5.2 5.1 4.6 5.5 4.8
1 1 1 1 1 1
13 11 12 12 12 10 11 13 14 13 11 11
9 8 9 10 9 7 7 9 10 10 7 8
150 136 143 136 145 138 135 147 140 141 140 146
4.5 4.8 5.5 6.5 4.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 5.7 4.6 5.3 5.4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
14
10
133
5.6
1
10 11 17 12
7 7 11 7
143 136 132 130
4.6 4.8 6.3 5
1 1 3 3
MYOSTATIN
SCANNER
IMF %
35 35 45 40 39 42 40 38.5 39 42
EMA
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
RIB FAT
SEMEN
PP PH PH PH PP PH PH PP PH PH
P8 FAT
PHYSICAL
23 21 21 21 21 24 21 22 24 24
WEIGHT
SCROTAL
SV HB SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV
VET CODE
DENTITION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
Age Mths
MORPHOLOGY
HORN
ETX25214M 5240 SD725191M SD725244M SD72570M SD7252M NN2251271M NN2251279M 7HX251131M 7HX251111M
Lot
POMPES TESTED FREE PESTI TESTED
Ultrasound
ACV Soundness Evaluation
T T T T
T
T T
SV SV
25 25
PP PH
2 0
45 40
1403 HB 23 PP CM7251384M Withdrawn 1468 HB 23 PP
2
39
2
37.5
WEP231275M SV 1321 HB WEP241387M SV REP231276M SV 1281 HB 1296 HB
33 25 24 33 31 33
PH P PH PP P P
2 2 0 4 2 0
35.5 45 41 38 40 36
1298 HB 1476 HB 1305 HB HSQ24925M PV HSQ251095M PV HSQ241025M PV
27 25 31 27 19 22
P P P PP PH PH
0 4 4 2 0 0
39 38 37 39.5 38 37.5
HSQ251089M PV
20
PH
0
37
HSQ241022M PV
22
PH
0
38
MYOSTATIN
4DI24644M 4DI24643M
POMPES TESTED FREE PESTI TESTED
SCANNER
Q
IMF %
38 45.5 40.5 41.5 37 37 36 40 45 40
EMA
0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0
RIB FAT
SEMEN
PP PH PP PP PH PH PH PH PP PP
P8 FAT
PHYSICAL
25 25 26 25 23 24 25 28 26 28
WEIGHT
SCROTAL
SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV
VET CODE
DENTITION
48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
Age Mths
MORPHOLOGY
HORN
2JE254544M 2JE254545M 2JE254517M 2JE254530M 2JE254559M ETL24549M ETL24502M 4DI24627M 4DI24633M 4DI24629M
Lot
nt 10 760 10 830 nt nt 10 840 nt 10 820 nt 10 750 nt 13 940 nt 13 824 7 801 7 820 7 798 Withdrawn 7 803 7 811 Withdrawn 12 860
9 10 9 11 9 11 9 12 13 10
6 7 7 7 7 8 6 9 10 8
138 143 133 130 121 140 150 132 133 134
4.4 4.6 4.6 6.4 4.5 5.4 4.6 6.1 5.6 5.2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
T T T
12 9
10 6
128 140
4.7 4.2
1 1
T T
9
7
140
5.4
1
T
12 800 Withdrawn Withdrawn Q 6 852 6 840 6 776 6 828 6 830 6 878 Withdrawn 6 872 832 6 6 816 1 863 1 762 1 858 Withdrawn 1 764 Withdrawn 1 754 Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn
10
8
134
5.7
1
T
8 10 9 12 11 10
6 7 7 9 7 7
146 150 126 138 134 141
4.2 5.7 5.2 5.4 4.8 4.8
1 1 1 1 1 1
13 11 9 10 9 10
10 8 6 7 6 8
130 128 133 144 134 152
6.2 5.1 5.5 5.1 4.2 4.4
1 1 1 1 1 1
10
7
127
4.7
11
8
140
5.7
T
T T
T T T
1
T
1
T
1 1 1 1 9 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
850 894 730 736 844 770 940 878 844 848 818 790 826 748
10 10 7 11 12 11 18 13 19 18 17 20 12 12
7 7 6 7 10 7 13 9 13 13 15 16 9 9
141 143 134 128 142 130 125 135 130 125 124 136 132 118
4.8 4.8 4.2 4.6 6.2 5.6 7.6 5.5 6.2 7.6 5.3 6.4 6.6 5.5
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
MYOSTATIN
POMPES TESTED FREE PESTI TESTED
WEIGHT
Q Q
SCANNER
VET CODE
38.5 37.5 38 37 37 35 42 38 38 41 40 40 42 40
IMF %
MORPHOLOGY
2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
EMA
SEMEN
PP PP PP PP PH PH PH PH PP PH PH PH PH PH
RIB FAT
PHYSICAL
29 28 30 25 30 26 26 24 25 26 25 25 23 23
P8 FAT
SCROTAL
SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV SV
DENTITION
97 Y7L241337M 98 Y7L241343M 99 Y7L241336M 100 1FP2443M 101 TSS24095M 102 TSS24100M 103 VSD25397M 104 VSD25440M 105 VSD25433M 106 VSD25400M 107 VSD25422M 108 VSD25406M 109 VSD25451M 110 VSD25456M
Age Mths
HORN
Lot
T T T T
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Diane Sorley Marnie Scheiwe Kelli Frankish Adam Hayes Nathan Hitchcock Andrew Morley Courtney Fuller Mac Kneipp
Vets
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Kevin Agius Phillip Sharman Kate Lancaster Shannen Gordon Megan Seis Hugh Oliver Coralyn Turner Sophie Clacher
Scanners
1 David Reid 2 Lonnie Stone 3 Roger Evans
PEDIGREE UPDATES 2
Brand:
SIRE:
48
Brand:
SIRE:
51
Brand:
SIRE:
240
NOTABLE KA POW (PH) - HERD BULL
DOB:17/12/2024
Age:
DAM:
DROUGHTMASTER BULL 000505M
4544
Notable Droughtmasters
VITWOOD MORTON (P) D5 4 DEE'S JACK (PH) D5 VITWOOD JUSINA (P) D5
NOTABLE HILDA (P) ETX22103F D4
TALARINGA LAWMAN (P) (AI) D5 NOTABLE T DEMI (P) D3 NOTABLE ADA (P) D2 APP
JEMBRAE TED (PP) 2JE254544M D5
DOB:09/09/2024
Age:
WINGFIELD BORIS (P) (AI) D5 JEMBRAE MORRIS (P) (AI) D5 JEMBRAE FUSAN 5TH (P) D5
JEMBRAE POTTER (PP) 2JE214114M D5 TALGAI IDOL (S) D5 JEMBRAE CHEZ 5TH (P) D5 JEMBRAE CHEZ 3RD (P) D5
4530
21 Mths
25 Mths
DAM:
BW & LJ Warne
CLONLARA 02213 (S) D5 GLENLANDS D LOOKALIKE (P) D5 GLENLANDS D 04/35 (P) D5
JEMBRAE ILONA 14TH (P) 2JE173680F D5 JEMBRAE AIDON (S) D5 JEMBRAE ILONA 7TH (P) D5 JEMBRAE FLORENCE 4TH (P) D5
JEMBRAE TANNER (PP) 2JE254530M D4
DOB:23/08/2024
Age:
WINGFIELD BORIS (P) (AI) D5 JEMBRAE MORRIS (P) (AI) D5 JEMBRAE FUSAN 5TH (P) D5
JEMBRAE POTTER (PP) 2JE214114M D5 TALGAI IDOL (S) D5 JEMBRAE CHEZ 5TH (P) D5 JEMBRAE CHEZ 3RD (P) D5
25 Mths
DAM:
BW & LJ Warne
ALDINGA 07/80 (P) D5 CLONLARA 10219 (S) D2 CLONLARA 04124 (S) D1
JEMBRAE MAGGIE 4TH (P) 2JE153441F D3 GLENLANDS D LOOKALIKE (P) D5 JEMBRAE MAGGIE (P) D5 CRUSENDA 1063 (P) D5
Myostatin Testing Due to the number of Myostatin variants, not all variants tested can be listed on the Supplementary Sheet. The Supplementary Sheet indicates whether an animal has been tested for Myostatin, with T meaning tested and NT meaning not tested. Results for tested animals have been supplied to Droughtmaster Australia, and where T is shown, full Myostatin results are available from the vendor and will be held with the animals at the pen.