Shorthorn Beef Summer 2023 Annual Magazine

I remember 12 months ago compiling my President’s report for the annual magazine and reflecting on the challenges our members had faced with environmental factors and the financial situation our country was facing coming out of Covid. As with most things we experience in life, what a difference 12 months makes

The volume of water that has been experienced on the East Coast has been incredible As most people on the land look to the skies at some stage hoping for rain, I’m sure there were many in a lot of areas hoping for sunshine.

Whilst this event caused heartache for some, it has produced an outstanding feed situation for many with a lot of producers recording weight gains they have never seen before. It also augers well for a terrific spring/summer season to be able to carry stock through without as much supplementary feeding

2022 will also be remembered within the cattle industry for record breaking sale prices along with outstanding clearances These results were fueled by a very buoyant cattle market and a fantastic feed base. Shorthorns, after their outstanding gains in breed averages and clearance rates in 2021, continued to break new ground in 2022

In the Beef Central article for the eight largest breeds to sell bulls in Australia at onproperty auctions, Shorthorns increased their average price by 14 5% to a touch under $15,000.

This is an incredible feat considering just two years ago it was $8,046 Shorthorns also had the highest clearance rate of the eight largest breeds with 99% again highlighting the demand for the breed.

During the past 12 months our Board has remained relatively stable with the Directors maintaining their portfolios plus the addition of Greg Schuller as a Board appointed position. Greg’s role will involve IGS and Technical data collaboration We welcome Greg on board and value what he has to offer

Looking forward into 2023 there will be a great opportunity to get a better understanding of the IGS system when Luke Bowman and Jackie Atkins visit Australia on 7th March for an IGS conference in Wagga Wagga.

There will also be some producer focused days which IGS will be presenting on property locations. Details will be out soon. There are some very exciting projects the Board is moving forward with including an outstanding data collection project with JBS, and I am also pleased to announce Shorthorn Beef will have a presence at Beef 2024 in Rockhampton in the form of our own marquee Details on opportunities to be involved will be available at a later date

As members would be aware we have not yet found the person to be employed by Shorthorn Beef to help carry some of the load the Directors have had I can assure everyone we have worked diligently with no avail. As we continue down the path of future employment I will keep the membership informed of any decisions made On that note I would like to thank the Directors for working collaboratively within the Board and for the support they give me.

Finally, I would like to thank all the members for their support and the commitment they have for the breed and wish them all the best for 2023.

Chris Thompson Shorthorn Beef President

By Emily Malone

When the hammer falls at the Naracoorte multi-vendor bull sale in March it will mark 21 years that Rosemary Miller has been the sale coordinator.

A passionate advocate for the Shorthorn breed, Ms Miller said the event is an opportunity for studs, particularly smaller breeders, to sell bulls in the heart of South Australian cattle country

“There is a very strong commercial base for Shorthorns in the south-east of SA,” she said. “It is very important to me to see the sale continue to provide a market for beef producers and this year buyers can expect to see an even line of industry-orientated bulls from some of Australia’s leading breeders.”

Ms Miller said her love for the breed was sparked in 1961 when she first became involved in showing cattle for the ‘Prongorong Stud’, at the Adelaide, Sydney and many country shows, something she enjoyed for more than a decade

“Shorthorn’s are great mothers, known for their milking ability and calving ease,” she said. “Their marbling traits and high yielding percentage are well known and there is nothing better than a Shorthorn for cross breeding.”

With more than 60 years’ experience in the industry Ms Miller says she’s proud to see the growth of the Shorthorn breed and success of many studs.

“The introduction of performance recording, the advent of genetics from the United States of America, and Artificial Insemination which has made those top genetics accessible

to a larger number of studs, has seen the breed go from strength to strength,” she said.

"I’m also very proud to see the premium eating quality of the Shorthorn recognised with the success of the Thousand Guineas brand.

I’m pleased to see it featured on the menu at a number of hotels here in the southeast of SA ”

A life-member of the Shorthorn Beef Society of Australia, Ms Miller was awarded the inaugural Meritorious Achievement Award for her tireless commitment to the breed in 2017 and has served for more than 20 years on the SA Shorthorn committee.

She also served for many years on the SA junior heifer expo committee encouraging the interest of young people in the industry, sharing their achievements, and promoting the Shorthorn breed

Rosemary Miller in 1967 with ‘Prongorong Leopold’ sold for 800gns to Wagga Agriculture College

“Over the years I’ve enjoyed attending shows and sales,” she said. “My involvement with the industry and promoting the breed has led to life-long friendships ”

While Ms Miller doesn’t run cattle herself anymore, she takes great pride in the achievements of daughter Catherine and son Richard, who continues to run a commercial operation.

“They have continued my love of Shorthorns,” she said “As they started their own studs showing cattle and selling bulls at Dubbo, Alice Springs and Naracoorte with much success.”

Always one to promote the breed, Ms Miller is keen to see a crowd at Naracoorte in March

“Don’t miss the two-day extravaganza of Shorthorn cattle,” she said. “I look forward to seeing you there.”

The 2023 Naracoorte multi-vendor sale will be held on Thursday 16 March at 11 am at Pathfinder sale complex, onproperty 18 km from Naracoorte. Bulls can be inspected Wednesday 15 March from 10am.

ThankyouRosemary

Chris Thompson and Matt Ashby present Rosemary with the Shorthorn Beef Meritorious Achievement Award at the Naracoorte Bull sale in 2017

A strong commercial focus, backed by performance benchmarking is at the heart of the success of Tony and Marg Killalea’s ‘Killandayle Beef’ operation at Wantagong in southern NSW.

They’ve won the Lardner Grass Trial twice and have been recognised several times amongst the top producers in Meat Standards Australia’s excellence in eating quality awards

Along with trading more than 400 steers a year, Mr and Mrs Killalea run 200 Shorthorn/Angus cross cows, incorporating the weaners into their steer finishing mobs.

Mrs Killalea said the breeding operation focuses on using high performance sires and AI to access leading genetics.

“I love the Shorthorn influence on temperament,” she said. “The Shorthorn/Angus cross really performs on our country.”

Sourcing most of their genetics from Sprys Shorthorns and Angus near Wagga Wagga, Mrs Killalea said it’s a cross that offers flexibility and performance

Killandayle cows and calves

"The beauty of this cross is that you can cross out (50 percent Shorthorn /50 percent Angus), repeat this and then cross back to Angus (100 per cent) and repeat the cycle,” she said.

“We see the positive influence of hybrid vigour, the steers finish early in nearly all seasons, and virtually all home bred steers will easily meet the market specs for supply to Coles Graze ”

Meeting the market demands

The couple run a pasture-based fattening system on “Killandayle” a 366hectare property, with 825 mm annual rainfall that has improved pastures and a solid history of fertiliser.

The aim is to finish their home-bred steers at 14 to 16 months of age, 500 to 550kg liveweight, grading at 61+ MSA, and meeting the fat spec of 4 to 18 mm to supply Coles Graze.

To achieve that, Ms Killalea keeps a close watch on the carcase performance comparing their own crossbred steers to trade steers they’ve purchased and finished

“As the vast majority of finished steers are processed at JBS Brooklyn works, I am able to follow all steers carcase performance through the kill chain, paying attention to MSA compliance, and fats and cross reference back to sires used for homebred steers,” Mrs Killalea said

“I also compare carcase data between our homebred steers and trade steers brought in, via the download csv file option in the myMSA portal.”

Benchmarking

Competing in the Lardner Park Steer Trial has also allowed Mr and Mrs Killalea to benchmark their steers performance with other grass-fed producers.

The steer trial, held at Warragul in Gippsland Victoria is unique in Australia, as it is the only grass-based trial with cattle managed under independently controlled grazing conditions.

The trial measures weight gain over the five months and concludes with a final carcase assessment to meet a standard domestic trade 200 – 330 kg category

Mr and Mrs Killalea first entered in 2018, winning the overall award

The trial was an opportunity to test our breeding,” Marg said “Given our program of cross breeding, refining our genetics over several years, and finishing operations we knew our steers were performing but we wanted to see how they performed compared to other producers ”

They took out the major prize again in 2021, after entering two teams in the competition

“The winning pair of steers was sired by Shorthorn/Angus sire Sprys-W Blender N514 (Sire Angus Rennylea C510 Dam Coota Park Blue-E F020 F20) out of Angus/Shorthorn commercial cows, bred by artificial insemination,” said Mrs Killalea.

She said the knowledge gained through benchmarking their finishing steers has allowed them to be able to pick which steers to enter with confidence

“I was confident the steers could go well as the sire had achieved high MSA compliance in earlier progeny,” Mrs Killalea said.

“But over a five-month trial there can be many influencing factors, so to end up winning was really satisfying ”

By Emily Malone

She said the quiet temperament of the Shorthorn/Angus cross is also a likely factor in their success.

Of the winning pair, one steer achieved the highest daily live weight gain of 1 58 kg (the pair achieved 1 38 kgLW/day) and the other steer finished second place in the carcase results.

All entrants are provided with a detailed summary of the performance of all cattle in the trial, information that Mrs Killalea said helps in refining their operation.

“The trial performance record for all steers entered highlights daily weight gains and carcase performance,” she said.

“The data has provided focus on selecting genetics which focus on 400-day weights and IMF (intramuscular fat) which strongly correlates to improved eating quality.

“Taking into account the trial data supplied to all entrants and given the extraordinary seasonal conditions of the past few years, going forward a high focus on fat is going to be an important measure for our system.”

She said positive rib and rump fats are needed for heifers and cows to conceive and breed, and sufficient fat laid down on a terminating steer is a critical requirement for their target market

Not resting on their laurels

The perennial pasture base is an important element of the Killalea’s beef production enterprise

Ms Killalea said over the past decade they’ve focused on a regular program of inputs and pasture over-sowing of forage oats/long season ryegrass

"This system provides very good winterspring feed,” Ms Killalea said

“An extensive lime program in 2000’s on top of improving the pasture base has had a significant positive impact on the property carrying capacity.”

The couple has also focused on refining the breeding herd, focusing on mid-framed females showing strong carcase attributes, that are fertile and efficient.

“Our joining period is strictly six weeks,” Mrs Killalea said

“Heifers are joined AI with back up heifer bull for one cycle and we retain the early breeders.

“We continue to invest in AI on cows where seasonal conditions allow and pregnancy test in late January, selling any empties straight away.”

Ms Killalea said they have also reduced the average age of breeders and have been able to sell mature cows for good money in the past two years

NathanFenbyfromZoetispresentingMarg Killalea,KillandayleBeefwiththeawardsatthe LardnerParkawardceremonyinMarch2022. ImagecreditWarragulandDrouinGazette

Genomic selection offers an opportunity to increase the rate of change and break the antagonistic relationship between generation interval (the average age of the parents when the next generation is born) and the accuracy of selection (e g accuracy of EPD) two components that determine the rate of genetic change. However, as with any tool, genomic information must be used correctly and to its fullest extent

Best Practices for Genomic Testing

1. All animals within a contemporary group should be genotyped If genomic data are meant to truly enable selection decisions, this information must be collected on animals before selection decisions are made. The return on investment of this technology is substantially reduced if it is used after the decision is made

2. Both male and female animals should be genotyped The promise of genomic selection has always suggested the largest impact is for lowly heritable and/or sex limited (e.g. fertility) traits or those that are not routinely collected (e.g. disease). This is indeed true, but it necessitates that genotyped animals have phenotypes

For sex-limited traits this becomes a critical choke point, given that historically the vast majority of genotyped cattle are males If producers wish to have genomic-enhanced EPD for traits such as maternal calving ease (MCE) and heifer pregnancy, they must begin or continue to genotype females.

3. Genotypes can provide useful information in addition to predictions of additive genetic merit

Do not forget the value in correcting parentage errors, tracking inbreeding levels, identifying unfavorable haplotypes, estimating breed composition, and estimating heterozygosity. All of these can be garnered from populations that have a well-defined set of genotyping protocols. The beef industry should be congratulated for the rapid adoption of genomic technology, but there is a lot of work to do. Of critical importance is the fact that genomic technology will continue to change and does not replace the need for phenotypes nor the fundamental understanding of traditional selection principles including EPD and accuracy

Adding a genomic test to your decision is like knowing…

- 25+ calving ease scores

- 22 birth weights

- 25+ weaning weights

- 25+ yearling weights

- Stayability/productivity records on 15 daughters

- 6 carcass weights

- 10 marbling scores

- 8 ribeye area measurements

All this from a DNA test you can complete before you wean the calf

By Dr. Jackie Atkins, International Genetic Solutions

Dr. Wade Shafer, International Genetics Solutions

Dr. Bob Weaber, Kansas State University

Dr. Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska

On th and myself travelled to the United States to attend a 2-day IGS conference in Denver, Colorado Whilst having a basic understanding of the IGS system it was a very fulfilling experience to meet our partners and learn the evolving nature of the database predictions

The first day started with an introduction by Jackie Atkins, who hosted the event. Wade Schaffer gave an overview of the science and collaboration announcing there are 21 million animals, 450,000 genomics and 20 partners involved in IGS which to us gave an understanding of the size of the system we are involved in

As the morning progressed there were various talks on new software updates including mating predictors and reproductive data collection along with work being done on Direct Feed Intake and heifer pregnancy

The afternoon session consisted of some brainstorming where both Sam and I made the participants aware of the Australian production system and they were interested to hear about our pasture fed operations.

Day 2 consisted of open discussion topics that had been listed from the previous day This was very informative and once again both Sam and I participated in group discussions challenging some data in relation to a grass-fed operation and also getting a greater understanding of some of the values of the IGS system.

We had an opportunity in the afternoon to meet with another one of our partners in Mike Brooks from CGen with whom we worked through some member feedback. This was very positive and hopefully we will have some solutions to these in the near future We also had a chance later in the day to have a 1 on 1 with some IGS geneticists

One thing we are all aware of is the unfortunate timing of Covid in relation to the IGS team being able to visit Australia and give the SB members an understanding of the IGS system

Both Jackie Atkins and Dr Luke Bowman will be travelling to Australia in March 2023 and a conference will be held in Wagga

Wagga

All in all, it was a productive conference for both Sam and myself and I would like to finish this report with a message I received from Dr Luke Bowman whilst flying home “I would like to echo what Wade Schafer said to me on the phone “God dam those Aussies were great weren’t they!”

Your attention to detail and stewardship in learning the IGS science was so well seen and appreciated by all. The SB membership is fortunate to have your leadership You guys were attentive, critical thinkers and everyone noticed We wish more American breeds gave a dam like you and Sam. Progress and collaboration are the name of the game and your leadership shines through ”

Although this is a very humbling message, I think it best sums up how Sam and I were portrayed amongst the group We both certainly have a better understanding than before the conference

Chris Thompson SB President

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The 2022 Naracoorte bull sale was an outstanding result for the Shorthorn breed with an exceptional offering of bulls which commanded spirited bidding The success of the sale was enhanced by the two consecutive sales (Bayview's inaugural and Naracoorte) attracting Shorthorn breeders from across the country for the two days

Records tumbled for the highest price, sale average and attendance of stud and commercial buyers from three states and the NT in a spectacular sale

There were 36 registered buyers at the sale with 23 of these buying There were 43registered buyers on AuctionsPlus with 4 active bidders and 9 online bids with 2 lots purchased online.

In a total clearance, thirty six bulls from six SA, Vic, and NSW vendors achieved an outstanding $15,667 average.

Geoff Williamson and family from Carisbrook gained the $35,000 top price with Polldale stud Dubbo the buyer Five lots made $30,000 or more but many commercial buyers were willing to extend their budgets. The sales volume buyer was Shane Nicolle from Mulga Park station Alice Springs who bought five bulls to $14,000 averaging $8,400.

Individual Stud Averages

Eloora offered and sold eight bulls to $30,000 twice and averaging $22,750

Caskieben offered and sold eight bulls to $35,000 averaging $17,875

Trojon offered and sold two bulls for $25,000 and $8000 respectively

Nentoura offered and sold three bulls to $15,000 averaging $12,667

Ronelle Park offered and sold three bulls to $20,000 averaging $12,333

Bundaleer offered and sold twelve bulls to $16,000 averaging $10,917

Vendors arrived a day earlier for scanning and weighing Bulls were available for inspection before the Bayview sale at 2.30pm.The sale was held at 11am.

The sale dinner was well attended by 56 Shorthorn supporters We were honoured to have Denis Conroy, Jason Carswell and Emma Golder three JBS representatives attend to inform breeders on the outstanding success of the Thousand Guineas brand and encourage more producers to supply cattle to the program.

We were also pleased to have Peter Zacharia and his parents from The Pink Pig Wine Bar North Adelaide who offer Thousand Guineas branded beef exclusively on their menu. It was great JBS, as the supplier, was able to hear their story

A very successful auction of sponsors donated products was held raising $2,500.

I would like to thank all vendors for their cooperation in helping the sale run so successfully.

By, Rosemary Miller Sale Coordinator

Photo and Caption Source: Stock Journal

Geoff and Alex Williamson (kneeling at left) Caskieben stud, Carisbrook, Vic with Elders Naracoorte's Alan Thomson, buyers Kim and Ned Williams, Polldale stud, Dubbo, NSW and Nutrien stud stock's Richard Miller with the lot 9 sale topper.

The decision to buy a block and selling complex in "the heart of cattle country" was one that paid off in spades for Yorketown stud Bayview, with an exceptional debut sale at their recentlyacquired complex near Naracoorte Buyers from across the country flocked to the Thompson family's inaugural onproperty sale, with many others joining online to push the bull lineup to a $34,000 high.

Bayview also offered 2020-drop, Autumn and Spring 2021-mated Shorthorn heifers, four Shorthorn/Angus PTIC heifers and three ten-straw semen packages. In the sale breakdown, 42 bulls were offered and sold to a top price of $34,000 and average of $15,143 The 28 PTIC heifers sold reached a top of $16,000 and averaged $7250, while the semen packages averaged $1633 per ten straws

The Thompsons purchased the Stoney Point complex and 120 hectares from Angus breeder Perry Gunner last year.

Bayview principal Chris Thompson said it not only gave them a selling outlet in cattle country, but also a place to run a few heifers and steers with the breeding herd remaining on the Yorke Peninsula

"It has been our long-term goal to hold an on-property sale, but geographically we haven't been in the right location to be able to do that," he said

"Now we've acquired a property and sale complex in the heart of cattle country it was an easy decision for us to make." Mr Thompson was rapt with the result of the inaugural sale

"It's fantastic to sit back and reflect now on how well the breed is going and how well people are following our genetic program, which is really exciting for us," he said

"We've got some long-term supporters that come back every year to buy our genetics

The Thompson family after their inaugural on-property sale. Back - Anissa, Kevin, Pam and Chris Thompson, with Chris and Anissa's children at frontJames, Alex and Luke. Article, Photo and Caption Source: Quinton McCallumStock Journal

because they're doing very well out of them and we've got some new client coming through that are seeing what we can produce "

The Gould family - David and Karen, and their children Ellie, Tom and Henry - run about 500 cows at Greenways, near Lucindale, and were both the volume bull buyers and purchasers of the $34,000 top-priced Bayview Elusive R72.

The family were successful on nine bulls to a $19,111 average, with Henry saying they were targeting medium-framed bulls with "large amounts of beef"

The top-priced Shorthorn had a red coat, was sired by Glengyron Legacy, whose first progeny previously topped Naracoorte and Belmore sales, and out of Bayview Lightning Kate M81

It ranked highly in 2022 January Shorthorn Group Breedplan Expected Progeny Differences for calving ease, docility and stayability and ranked the highest for intramuscular fat when bulls were scanned in November

Other volume buyers included Ashmore Station, Kingston, which bought four bulls to $10,000, averaging $8500, while Billa Kalina Pastoral Co, via Roxby Downs, Blackmoor Pastoral, Kingston, Valleyview, through Nutrien Warrnambool, and Wirrildee Props, Kingston, all bought two apiece

There was plenty of competition from AuctionsPlus on the heifers, with females going to stud and commercial buyers from Tas, NSW, Vic, Qld, WA and across SA.

The Spring 2020-drop Bayview First Lady R108 topped the females, making $16,000 from a buyer at Kingaroy, Qld It had a strong pedigree, with its full brother selling for $24,000 at the Naracoorte Shorthorn sale.

Silton Park Shorthorns, Albany, WA, were strong bidders, securing four to $8000, averaging $6500, while Chester Shorthorns, Krowera, Vic, picked up two, averaging $5000.Nutrien and Elders conducted the sale, with Nutrien the duty agent.

Auctioneer Gordon Wood said the Thompsons couldn't have dreamed of a better result for their inaugural sale

"We had more than 50 registered buyers with 42 bulls on offer so it was a fantastic turnout," he said "The bulls weren't over pushed on feed, with most in their working clothes - you could take them home and put them straight out with cows if you wanted to.

"We knew there was going to be some attention around the females, with every top heifer in the sale and the buyers having the choice of taking one and the other going back to the stud.

"We knew that would attract some people and it certainly did. Up to $16,000 for Shorthorn heifers is an amazing outcome "

Belmore stud principals Andy and Sally Withers may be celebrating their 50th year breeding stud Shorthorn cattle but it was their loyal clients who received the gifts at the stud's ninth annual bull sale

On Thursday, the penultimate SA bull sale for the season, held at the Stoney Point sale complex near Naracoorte, produced some tremendous value buying through the catalogue

In the breakdown, 31 bulls sold of 46 offered to a $20,000 high and averaged $8709, with more than a third of these selling at the $5000 upset price. The clearance rate improved soon after the auction with another five bulls sold.

In previous years the Withers family have had a couple of guest vendors at their sale but this year Belmore bulls made up the entire offering

It was fitting a Belmore client of more than 30 years, Tom Butler, GM Butler & Sons, Lochaber, secured the $20,000 sale topper, Belmore Tremain R110 at lot 1.The 21 month old was the heaviest bull in the catalogue at 916 kilograms and described by Mr Withers as a "beautifully balanced bull".

Tremain had an eye muscle area of 129 square centimetres and also had an impressive balance of EPD figures ranking in the top 1 per cent of the breed for weaning weight, yearling weight and mature weight and top 3pc for rib eye area

The sale topper was one of seven sons of Royalla Tremain M260 - the 2018 Dubbo National Show & sale champion which Belmore purchased in partnership with Morton Shorthorns, New Zealand for $40,000- in the sale

Several lots later at lot 4, Mr Butler and his agent, Elders Naracoorte's Alan Thomson- paid the second highest price of $19,000 for Belmore Gigabytes R165, a son of Yamburgan Gigabytes M1052.

Also 21 months old, the 878kg bull had an outstanding raw eye muscle area of 140cm2.

Many of the bids during the sale came from AuctionsPlus including the Greenfield family, Billa Kalina Station via Port Augusta who led the volume buyers with six bulls to $10,000 twice for a $6667 average.

Belmore stud principal Andy Withers, Elders Naracoorte agent Alan Thomson, Belmore's Ali Volker, Elders stud stock auctioneer Tony Wetherall and kneeling Belmore's Lottie Volker and Nutrien stud stock manager Gordon Wood with the lot 1 sale topper which sold for $20,000.

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Thirteen buyers went home with one or two bulls while Hillcrest Pastoral Company, Avenue Range, bought three bulls to $14,000 for a $11,667 average Mr Withers was pleased to see every bull sell to repeat clients, one as long as 45 years, and bulls heading as far afield as Toowoomba and Emerald in Qld

"It was a bit disappointing to pass in quite so many young bulls, they were good solid bulls but the top end sold well the beef industry is in wonderful shape," he said. In October last year the stud relocated from Exmoor, its home for more than 40 years

Mr Withers said this had presented some challenges preparing the bulls with only limited yard facilities at their new bull raising property, Little Belmore. "They have only been fed a supplementary ration since the 9th of January but they are ready to work," he said.

Elders auctioneer and stud stock manager Tony Wetherall said the lacklustre demand did not reflect the high quality of the catalogue. "The genetic stability of the bulls and evenness of the types shows they (Belmore) have been breeding and doing a good job using top genetics for a long time," he said.

Elders and Nutrien were joint selling agents

RICH HISTORY CREATES STRONG FOUNDATION FOR BELMORE

For Andy Withers the connection with Shorthorn cattle runs deep with his family running them commercially in the western Division of NSW for five generations

But it was in late 1971 Mr Withers began his foray into stud cattle with the purchase of three cows and heifer calves at foot from his uncle Edwin Withers at Nalpa Station, Strathalbyn

They were added to 36 cows registered through the breed's SFA system from their commercial herd.

For the first eight years the stud was based at Belmore Station, about 100 kilometres north west of Wentworth, NSW, but in 1979 Mr Withers and his wife Sally sold the station and relocated to Exmoor at Naracoorte where the stud remained for 42 years until last year Over the years Belmore's genetics have been used widely in herds across Australia and semen has been exported to the United States, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

The stud has sold many high priced bulls including $42,000 high paid for Belmore Oregon L35 in 2017

"The Shorthorn breed has some wonderful traits, excellent growth, brilliant meat quality and quiet, easy care cattle and generally they have been very easy to sell over the years," he said "There are multiple people at the processing end that want Shorthorn cattle."

Mr Withers said he had been given some wonderful encouragement in his early years from other stud breeders including the late Don Barkley from Newbold stud, Gawler River and the late Tom Ashby from Bundaleer stud, Gulnare, along with Lionel Manchee from Yamburgan stud, Narrabri, NSW.

The biggest stud breeding highlight for Mr Withers was when Belmore Washington N6, won interbreed champion bull at the 1992 Royal Melbourne Show. "It was the first time a junior bull of any breed had ever won it," he said

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52% clearance with an average of $6,388

Topped at $9,000 for Lot 36 Liberty Stockman selling to Mt Augustus Station, WA

(Pictured) Lot 36 Liberty Stockman

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Junior Champion Female: Coopers P73 Enia S122

Mr Cooper Carter, Tumut

Reserve Junior Champion Female: Spencer Family So Foolin' Blue SFSS364

D&M Spencer, Carlyle

Senior Champion Female: Nagol Park Ellie's Romance L203

Nagol Park Shorthorns

Reserve Senior Champion Female: Nagol Park ELMT Romance NLRL146

Nagol Park Shorthorns

Grand Champion Female - The E E D White Memorial Perpetual Trophy for the Grand Champion Female, donated by G W N and Mrs Bassingthwaighte:

Nagol Park Ellie's Romance L203

Nagol Park Shorthorns

2022 Supreme Champion Shorthorn: American Polled Shorthorn Society Challenge Perpetual Trophy for the Best Exhibit, donated by The American Polled Shorthorn Society

RAS of NSW Award of Excellence Medallion for Best Shorthorn Exhibit.

Nagol Park Ellies Romance L203

Junior Champion Bull: Coopers Roan Raider CJCS120

Mr Cooper Carter, Tumut

Reserve Junior Champion Bull:

KO PNX Resolution R152

KO & Eselar Park Shorthorns

Senior and Grand Champion Bull: K.O Meteor Roulette R133, KO & Eselar Park Shorthorns

Senior and Grand Champion Bull: KO Meteor Roulette R133

KO & Eselar Park Shorthorns

Reserve Senior Champion Bull:

Rolypark Radiant RLP R021

Rolypark Australian Shorthorns

Breeder's Group

1st - Niaomi Evans and Roger Evans

Tamworth, NSW 2340

2nd - Rolypark Australian Shorthorns

Lake Boga, VIC 2584

3rd - L S and L Collins

Tamworth, NSW 2340

Sydney Royal Easter Show Supreme Shorthorn Exhibit

Nagol Park Ellie's Romance L203, Nagol Park Shorthorns. Photo: Studstocksales

Photo: Branded Ag

We were pleased to once again showcase our youth members at the 2022 Sydney Royal Easter Show

The Max O'Keefe memorial award is presented each year and runs in conjunction with the Shorthorn judging With over 30 youth competitors parading throughout judging, the level of showmanship, presentation and handling ability was at an all time high.

It is very pleasing and rewarding for both Shorthorn Youth and Shorthorn Beef to see such a strong line up of young beef professionals throughout the show.

The Max O'Keefe award was won by Cooper Carter with runner up going to Logan Evans Georgina Rayner placed 3rd with Seth and Alex Miller taking out highly commended prizes.

We would also like to shine the spotlight on our SY secretary, Sarah Sutton Sarah was sashed as the 2022 National Junior Judging Champion as well as Reserve Champion National Parader.

An outstanding achievement by Sarah and something that as a youth club we are extremely proud of - congratulations!

Right: CONGRATULATIONS, JIM

On behalf of the SYCA, we would like to congratulate committee member Jim White on his recent achievements at the Dubbo Show.

Jim was awarded a 2022 Rural Achiever award

Above: The Max O'Keefe award winner- Cooper Carter with runner up Logan Evans. Georgina Rayner placed 3rd with Seth & Alex Miller taking out highly commended prizes.

Above: SY secretary, Sarah Sutton was sashed as the 2021 Na well as 2022 R

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of the Shorthorn breed. He has also been a strong supporter of youth within the Society, being very generous with sensible advice to all.

Gerald was obviously deeply moved by the award and all those present responded with a round of applause.

Thanks to Gerald and Lynden for presenting such a great day for the Shorthorn breed.

Properties. He was followed by the sales topper, lot 2, Sprys Goldenrod R33 by the in demand sire, Sprys Goldenrod P39. Greg Schuller was the successful purchaser of this bull, described by Gerald Spry as a ‘well balanced, structurally sound, very correct young sire’.

The Sale then progressed extremely strongly with keen and enthusiastic bidding continuing throughout the catalogue. Equal second price of $36,000 was achieved for two bulls. They were lot 6, Outback Sprys Solar R307, purchased by Ray Brook, on behalf of Eloora and lot 7. Sprys Thermal Ultimate R111, also purchased by Wangolina.

ShorthornBeefSociety of Australia LifeMembership Awardedto Gerald Spry

Shorthorn Beef President - Chris Thompson presenting Life Membership to Gerald Spry Photo source: Genetic Hub

APRIL2022

Tasmanian Shorthorns– Inaugural

Feature Sale was held on Wednesday 27th April. The sales catalogue had well over 2200 views and on the auction day 56 registered bidders competed for the variety of lots offered Bidders were from TAS, NSW, VIC and QLD.

It was a pretty good result and clearance for the first feature sale:

Two bulls sold for $5000 (Lot 5- Sillwood Reagan to JA & R Van Ruiswyk, King Island) and $4500(Lot 9- The Den Reload to Gibson Brothers)

2/2 cow and calf units sold for $3500 to D & L LeFevre, Goulds Country.

2/2 PTIC Heifers sold to $4000 (Lot 16Royston NTR Judith R61 to D & L LeFevre, Goulds Country) and averaged $3875.

5/5 stud heifers sold to a top of $4000 (Lot 17- Royston Uptown’s Empress S6 to BR Durham and Sons, Mole Creek) to average $3600.

10x straws of Royalla Trigger M246 sold for $120/ straw to JWL Livestock, Camperdown VIC and 20x straws of Muridale Robert sold for $70/straw to SG & AM Barlow, Deniliquin NSW.

All lines of commercial cattle sold with a few of the highlights:

6x PTIC Heifers a/c RS & RM Woodiwiss sold for $3030

6x Yearling Heifers a/c RS & RM Woodiwiss sold for $1890

Weaner Heifers a/c Aylett Contracting and BR Durham and Son made from $5 70-$5 86/kg, weighing from 210-257kg

Yearling Steers a/c Sillwood Pastoral made $5 52-$5 53/kg, weighing from 298-317kg

Weaner Steers a/c Aylett Contracting, BR Durham and Sons and RS & RM Woodiwiss made from $5 17-$6 35/kg, weighing from 223338kg

Congratulations to all vendors, purchasers and underbidders for the support of this sale.

Report By, Carolynn Walsh

Lot 5- Sillwood Reagan to JA & R Van Ruiswyk, King Island Sold $5000

MAY2022

Shorthorns continue their success in the largest annual beef carcase competition in Australia with 1516 entries processed at Teys Australia Naracoorte abattoir over a five month period.

Congratulations to the following members on their success in the competition:

HG Thompson and Sons:

Second- steer or heifer 180-260kg

ER and GF Flint:

Second - best team of ten animals

Third - best team of three animals

Lake Hawdon Proprietors:

Second and third - steer or heifer 340-420kg

Second - best team of three animals

Third - best team of ten animals

The Southern Grassfed Carcase Classic has been a major fundraiser for the Royal Flying Doctor Service since its inception One percent of the total value of the cattle in Australia's Largest annual beef carcase competition is donated to the great cause This year it amounted to$45,873.

The figure was rounded up to $50,000 with surplus dollars from the running of the event, the biggest ever cheque presented. The total raised in the events history is now $350,000

By, Rosemary Miller

Ben Glatz chairman of the Southern Grassfed Carcase Classic with Evan Flint receiving his award

JUNE2022

The National Shorthorn Show and Sale Committee would like to pass on a big thank you to all of our Shorthorn Beef members, purchasers, underbidders, teams and supporters. A special mention to our sponsors for making the event possible

Thank you to the Shorthorn Youth Club and the NSW Women's committee for all their efforts and involvement in the event.

We would also like to thank our agents Elders Studstock and Ray White GTSM, Studstocksales.com and Judge Mr Peter Collins of Merridale Angus, Tennyson VIC.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2023

Show Results are as follows:

Unled Bull Class 1 results sponsored by Steel Supplies Deni

1st. 67. Ronelle Park R91

2nd 66 Ronelle Park Rocket Man

3rd 8 Leeds Jack Frost R53

Unled Bull Class 2 results sponsored by Advantage Feeders

1st 23 Leeds Jet Star R7

2nd 4 Ronelle Park Rock Head

3rd 82 Caskieben Veteran R80

Unled Bull Class 3 results sponsored by DLF Seeds Australia

1st 84 Caskieben Voyager R50

2nd. 83. Caskieben Vintage R75

3rd. 102. Leeds Jupitor

Congratulations to all champions, place-getters and exhibitors on showcasing an outstanding line up of the Shorthorn Beef breed.

Female Class 1 results sponsored by Shorthorn Beef

1st 113 Yanco Kinik

Wayward S16

2nd. 115. Tarraganda Eacort S32

3rd 121 Leeds Kathy

Marelda S13

Female Class 2 results sponsored by Gallagher Australia

1st 120 Sprys ES Primrose

S14

2nd. 107. Trojon Voila R35

3rd. 108. Tatalia Monks

Muriel R27

Grand Champion Female sponsored by Holbrook Breeders

Led Bull class 1 results sponsored by Shorthorn

Youth Group

1st. 71. Coopers Roan Raider

2nd 58 AJM Stagecoach

S101

3rd. 69. Kingsley Vale Sully S2

Led Bulls Class 2 sponsored by Zoetis

1st 65 Ronelle Park Rolls Royce

2nd. 9. Leeds Jake R55

3rd. 48. Nagol Park Yas Razzle R130

Led Bulls Class 3 results sponsored by studstocksales com

1st 16 Roly Park Rolly

2nd 3 Ronelle Park Rolland

3rd. 15. Kingsley Vale Rafa

Led Bulls Class 4 results sponsored by RB Sellars

1st 57 Tatalia Roosevelt R1

2nd. 62. Tatalia Ralph

3rd. 12. Tatalia Rex

Led Bulls Class 5 results sponsored by Elders Stud Stock

1st 50 K O PNX Resolution R152

2nd. 41. Kamilaroi Corella R24

3rd. 51. K.O. PNX Remington R154

Led Bulls Class 6 results sponsored by Whitneys Jewellers Dubbo

1st. 42. Tarraganda Royal Dee

Jay R12

2nd 39 Kamilaroi Pack Ice R18

3rd. 40. Kamilaroi Red Tide R21

Led Bulls Class 7 sponsored by Ethical Outback Wool by Coonong Station

1st 30 Royalla Zulu R162

2nd 37 Glengyron Ranger R10

3rd. 2. KO Meteor Rocky R135

(Show Results and photos Sourced: National Shorthorn Show and Sale Facebook Page)

Grand Champion Female and Reserve Champion Female

Junior Champion and Reserve Champion Bull

JBS Thousand Guineas Junior Champion Bull

sponsored by 4Tags com au

50 K O PNX Resolution R152

JBS Thousand Guineas Reserve Junior Champion Bull sponsored by Ray White GTSM

65 Ronelle Park Rolls Royce R10

Led Bulls Class 8 sponsored by NSW Shorthorn Committee

1st 20 Leeds Juke Box R23

2nd 100 Leeds Judo R9

3rd. 99. Leeds Jolly Roger R16

Led Bulls Class 9 sponsored by NSW Shorthorns Womens Committee

1st. 85. Polldale Rabbit

2nd. 86. Polldale Radar

3rd 92 Kamilaroi Coolamon R02

Led Bulls Class 10 results sponsored by Morris Hoof Trimming

1st. 77. K.O. Meteor Roulette R133

2nd 80 Caskieben Quantum R40

3rd 81 Caskieben Quantum R14's

Champion Breeders Group of Three Bulls - Lambell MacKinnon Trophy

1st. K.O. Shorthorns

2nd. Kamilaroi Shorthorns

3rd. Polldale Shorthorns

JBS Thousand Guineas Senior Champion Bull

sponsored by The Beef Shorthorn Society of Australia

77. KO Meteor Roulette R133

JBS Thousand Guineas Reserve Senior Champion Bull sponsored by Coopers Animal Health Australia

80. Caskieben Quantum R40

Senior Champion and Reserve Champion Bull

Sale Results are as follows:

89/91 bulls sold to $42,500

Top Priced Bull

Lot 65. Ronelle Park Rolls Royce R10, Ronelle Park Trojon Shorthorns

Purchased by Malton Shorthorns - Falls Family average $11,926

14/14 heifers sold to $51,000

Top Priced Female

Lot 120. Sprys E.S. Primrose S14 Spry's Shorthorns and AJM Shorthorns

Purchased by Tony Rutter, Tarcutta NSW average $12,536

Left: Top Priced Bull - Lot 65. Ronelle Park Rolls Royce R10, Ronelle Park Trojon Shorthorns

Top Price Female - Lot 120. Sprys E.S. Primrose S14 Spry's Shorthorns & AJM Shorthorns

Grand Champion Bull

The National Shorthorn Show and Sale Committee inducted Lester Job from 'Moombi Shorthorns', Cumnock, as a Life Member at the recent JBS Thousand Guineas Show and Sale dinner and presentation.

Mr Job joined the committee in 1978, serving as President for four years, 2016-2019 His stud achieved countless successes in the Dubbo show and sale ring, including 4 wins exhibiting the Grand Champion Bull.

Committee members, together with Shorthorn exhibitors and buyers, acknowledged Mr Job's contribution and support for both the National Show and Sale, and the Shorthorn breed.

By, Ian Lambell

(Photo by: Studstocksales)

National Show and Sale Committee Life Membership Awarded to Lester Job

OCTOBER 2022

I have an opportunity to present a Presidents award to Lester for the outstanding service he has done throughout his years being involved with Shorthorns. Lester established the Marellan herd in 1972 with his father Allan and brother Neilson

He went on to register Moombi in 1976 and since then has had tremendous success in the show ring gaining 4 Dubbo Grand Champions including 3 in a row and 2 Interbreed Horden Trophy wins at the Sydney show Many top prices were also achieved by Moombi and I will personally always remember the 10 bulls Lester lined up at Dubbo that averaged $10,000 in 1995

One of the most satisfying aspects I have as Shorthorn Beef president is to recognise people that have gone above and beyond their duty as members of the Shorthorn breed

This may involve passing on their experience & knowledge, breeding cattle that are acknowledged amongst their peers and other breed cattlemen, service on boards, helping out the youth and generally bringing people into the breed with a passion for them to succeed.

I remember being an associate judge with Lester when he judged the Naracoorte Shorthorn show and sale in the early 90’s. He was a pioneer in the fact that he involved me in the placings that day and made me comment on at least 2 of the classes

This is common practice now within showrings but not back then and the knowledge and confidence he gave me will always be remembered

Lester has achieved outstanding success with the Moombi herd but his efforts to be involved with committees also sets him apart He has been a past federal board member and Chairman of the Dubbo National show & sale committee in which he was recognized at this year’s dinner with a well-deserved life membership Lester has been a true stalwart of the shorthorn breed.

It was with great pleasure that as the current Shorthorn Beef president I got to present the truly meritorious President’s award to Lester Job

By Shorthorn President, Chris Thompson

Sale Results :

78/78 females sold to $32,500 (Lot 12 Moombi

Isobel P36 to Royalla Shorthorns) & av $10,878 and 5/6 bulls sold to $15,000 (Lot 89 Moombi

Thunder S40) & av $8800

6/6 embryo packages sold to $2200 & av

$604/embryo & 6/6 semen packages sold to $450 & av $95/straw

Lot 35. Moombi Isobel L30 (pic) was knocked down for $30,000 to Spry's Shorthorns & Calrossy Anglican School

By, Amanda Barlow

‘Thousand Guineas is one of JBS’s best brands’

At the recent JBS Thousand Guineas National Show and Sale in Dubbo, a large crowd enjoyed an informative address from JBS staff JBS representatives included Scott Carswell, Brendan Tatt, Lyndon Cowper and Jason Carswell.

They explained some of the opportunities and difficulties facing JBS at present and also highlighted JBS’s sustainability credentials.

Scott Carswell, Northern Livestock Manager for JBS, told producers that JBS is a client and customer based company, priding itself on long term customers. The current herd rebuild is well underway in Queensland and NSW where favourable conditions are being experienced Australian beef is always able to be marketed.

Producers were delighted to hear that of the high regard that JBS has for the Thousand Guineas brands, which was highlighted by its recent win at the Royal Queensland Branded Beef Award Its striploin product won out on its tenderness, juiciness, and overall liking in a taste test

Australian cattle are increasingly sold at feeder weight with customers used to a high quality grain fed product. As a bonus of Covid, they have been able to buy export quality locally

Brendan Tatt, Commercial Manager of JBS Northern, then further informed listeners on the Thousand Guineas product He explained that JBS exports 80% of our production.

He gave us a market update, explaining some of the implications of the war in Ukraine With Ukraine as the world’s largest exporter of seed oil and the 4th or 5th largest wheat exporter, the war has caused fuel prices to escalate.

JUNE2022

JBS is facing severe labour constraints Interest rates and inflation are also rising as well as coal. The company is a large consumer of refrigeration and electricity. The global GDP increased by 6.1% in 2021 and has already increased by 3 6% in 2022

This volatility will continue. On the US stock market, the Dow Jones Index is already down 17% this year.

Australia sits at 3% of Beef producing countries but we are the third largest exporter Australian cattle are 25% more expensive than any other cattle.

We were then given a Sales update with mention made of the $70m upgrade at Dinmore. Asia continues to be our buying strength. Logistics are difficult at present, with vessel delays tripling Freight rates have increased six fold

The UK Free Trade Agreement is very exciting for Australia. It will allow us 35,000 at entry, rising to 110,000 in Year 10 Tariffs on beef will be eliminated after ten years

Jason Carswell, Livestock Manager, Feedlots

Northern then informed producers on the capacities of the JBS feedlots Presently, the company is operating at 89% of its total capacity of 140,000 Presently 6,500 feeders are purchased weekly. Caroona has a through put of 75,000 head per y at Prime City Most of th

Prim

The Thousand Guineas program is looking at a bonus system for cattle receiving the second Bovilis shot. It is a great program with 10,063 killed last year, averaging 392 kg Average marbling score was 1 88 with 1 62 kg average daily weight gain Seventy percent marbled at 2 or better, 487 marbled at 3, 5 marbled at 5 and there were 2 who marbled at 6 82 square cm was the average Eye Muscle Area

The Thousand Guineas grid is the same as the Angus grid. Time on feed improves marbling as does higher marbling genetics

There is no flexibility on the 50 heifer entry requirement or on the inclusion of Bos Indicus cattle.

Lyndon Cowper paid tribute to the Shorthorn breed as being part of the oldest breed registry in the world. Brendan Tatt then concluded the presentation, giving producers a few timely reminders If you are not sure a calf is ok, don’t send it

Make sure that your NVD compliance is absolutely correct. Cattle must be HGP free JBS is working on a producer portal which will allow breeders to be more informed about their cattle’s performance.

Brendan ended by thanking breeders for pport, saying that there has never etter time to be a beef producer

JBS rep Lyndon Cowper

Brendan Tatt, Commercial Manager JBS Northern

Steers for Thousand Guineas

By, Dr Wade Shafer, Executive Vice President, International Genetic Solutions Luke Bowman, Director of International Business, International Genetic Solutions

The first beef EPDs (and EBVs) were published in the mid-eighties Many remember it vividly, as they created quite a stir. Many breeders (young Wade included) were resistant to using them. Since then, EPDs have become the industry’s most heavily used tool for genetic improvement, and Wade has certainly changed his tune. Though we’ve had the benefit of EPDs in our tool chest for nearly forty years, having EPDs without economic selection indexes is a bit like having superhighways without maps you can drive fast but can’t be sure you’re traveling in the right direction. Indexes provide the maps

Shorthorn Beef’s economic selection index is the All-Purpose Index (API). API was first published in the Spring 2005 Sire Summary at the American Simmental Association, a founding organization of International Genetic Solutions (IGS). This index provides the most powerful tool for genetic improvement thousands of herds have ever seen Its power lies in the fact that it uses economic data to objectively weight EPDs in a manner that results in a map to the maximum overall genetic improvement possible

In developing the index, IGS uses price and cost data averaged over the last 5 years as reported by Cattle Fax, the beef industry’s trusted market information and analysis service Everything, from the cost of feedstuffs to price grids on quality grade and carcass weight, is taken into consideration in this index. As with any power tool, it helps to develop a basic understanding about how it works before using the tool A short synopsis of API and how to use it follows.

API

API evaluates sires being used on the entire cowherd (bred to both British breed based first-calf heifers and mature cows) with a portion of their daughters being for breeding and the steers and remaining heifers being fed and sold on quality grade and red meat yield All EPDs are taken into consideration in this index.

API puts heavy emphasis on bulls with good Stayability (“STAY” is an estimate of the likelihood of a bull’s daughters staying in the herd). This should come as no surprise; research has consistently shown that reproduction trumps all else in economic importance STAY improves your bottom line by lessening the need for replacement females.

Reducing your requirement for replacements allows you to market more young, high-value females, cuts your costs for heifer development and changes your herd’s age structure so a larger portion of your females are in their most productive years (5 through 10) Direct and Maternal Calving Ease also get substantial weighting in the API.

This is because they are strongly associated to calf survivability and, to a lesser degree, female longevity. Milk is essentially neutral in the index as we can conclude that the benefits of increased weaning weight due to milk is negated by the additional cost associated with increased milk production.

It may be difficult for breeders to accept that the API places downward selection pressure on growth, as it is counter to the direction taken in most breeding programs. Though increasing growth is invariably a good thing in terminal sires, its strong association with mature size makes it less desirable in replacement female sires,

as increasing mature size increases cowherd maintenance requirements. Keep in mind that the positive benefits of increased growth in sires’ steers and cull females are accounted for in API Nevertheless, the index is telling us that the extra cost of maintaining larger cows outweighs the benefit of increased growth in other areas of the system Even so, API does find sires with more carcass weight than would be expected given their growth potential.

It is also important to know that more weight is placed on marbling than yield grade. This is likely because there is no financial incentive to improving yield grade unless there is a serious problem (extremely fatty, wasteful carcasses) For the most part, due to Shorthorn’s superior yielding ability, Shorthorn x Angus half-bloods see few discounts for yield grade

Using the Index.

The index calculates the estima differences between bulls in net doll returned per cow exposed For examp a bull with a 115 API would be expec to return $30 more per cow expos than a bull with an 85 for the ind Besides being a tool to impro seedstock, commercial producers c use these indexes to determine h much a bull is worth

Or, put another way, how much they c pay for one bull compared to anoth For example, when buying a herd sire producer can quickly figure a b scoring 115 for API is worth an ex $3,600 over a $85 bull if both exposed to 30 cows over four years ($ x 30 head x 4 years = $3,600)

An important point is that Shorthorn Beef API values, like the EPDs, are for comparison purposes only; they can’t tell us how much actual profit to expect. For example, though you may net $30 more per cow exposed using one bull over another, the matings could still be unprofitable Furthermore, unlike IGS’s EPDs, do not compare Shorthorn Beef API values with those of another breed; API is only designed to compare animals within your given breed genetic evaluation.

Finally, unlike EPDs, indexes don’t have associated accuracy values. That’s not to say that accuracy shouldn’t be considered when using them. Indexes are a function of EPDs. If an index is heavily influenced by one of its component traits, STAY in API for example, a change in that trait can substantially alter an animal’s index value.

If an animal has high-accuracy EPDs for the influential traits in an index, you have little

Pictured: Ronelle Park Rolls Royce R10, top priced bull at Dubbo 2022 and ranked 2% on the API

JULY2022

The Williams family were extremely happy with the support shown, the top price and average at their first on property bull sale which included a total of 40 bulls and sold to a top of $32,000 and averaged $11,325, including commercial bulls.

South Australian purchases dominated the buying field at the Polldale shorthorn stud at Dubbo where a full clearance was achieved.

In the breakdown 15 Senior bulls topped at $22,000 twice and averaged $12,133, while 18 junior bulls sold to $32,000 (sale top) and averaged $12,333. Several commercial bulls topped at $10,000

Belmore shorthorn stud, Naracoorte, South Australia, bought the $32,000 sale topper, Polldale Rawhide, which was described as a stud sire

A 22 month old homozygous polled son of Royalla Ultimate N176, out of a donor female Polldale Princess the 14th. He weighed 888kg with a 39cm Scrotal Circumference

Belmore stud principal Andy Withers said he was a “complete fault free Bull” which he

“I think his completeness caught my eye, the lovely rich red he has wonderful presence and extreme structural correctness,” Mr Withers said. “I was impressed by the evenness throughout the group of bulls We are certainly looking for a few traits, Low Birthweight and API index was very high which is quite important, complete with good carcase traits. We were impressed by all that, but its not the only reason you buy a bull The figures back up what you see physically so it all matches up wel.l”

Also buying out of South Australia were Richard and Jane Gould, Lucindale, who secured the equal second top priced bull for $22,000. In all, the Gould’s purchased three bulls for an average of $17,333.

Terry Ashcroft of “Nullo Park” Rylston, purchased 6 bulls including three for Graham Corbett

Tony Barton Gundagai, purchased four bulls for an average of $12,500

There was a full clearance of the 36 commercial Shorthorn females on offer, with a pen of heifers with calves topping at $5,000, PTIC Heifers toping at $3,000 and unjoined shorthorn heifers topping at $2,300, purchased by Andrew Devlin, Narromine.

By, Ned Williams

Polldale Inaguaral Bull Sale Topped at $32,000

JULY2022

The 33rd annual NSW Shorthorn Spring Fling Sale held at the Tamworth Regional Livestock Exchange on Thursday 28th July was an outstanding success with all bulls offered finding a new home.

It was the most successful sale in the 33-year history of the Sale with the bulls from 15 vendors selling to a top price of $22,000, and an average of $11,214 for the 42 bulls offered. This was up on last years results of $12,500 top and $8209 average from the 31 of 33 bulls sold.

Congratulations to Gillian and David Leeds from Leeds Shorthorns, Jerilderie, who sold the $22,000 sale-topper, Leeds Junky R35 The Leeds stud had a fantastic sale also achieving the equal second top price of $17,000, with an overall average of $14,875 from their eight bulls sold

Marrington Shorthorns shared equal second top price of $17,000 with their two bulls average $15,000 The 15 vendors in the sale enjoyed a fantastic day, with congratulations to the Collins Family-Kingsley Vale, Belinda EmeryEmross, Neil and Celina Hellyar-Maddison Park, Janelle Johnstone-Ronelle Park, T and K Johnstone-Trojan, Gillian and David LeedsLeeds, Bernie McBain-Fort Hood, Krystelle RidleyKO, Scott Ridley Partners-Eselar Park, St Marys College- SMG, L and N Stone-Southern Cross, Howard Williams-Marrington, Ken and Terry Williams-Terra, Nicholas WilliamsTerralea and Yanco Agricultural High School on providing an excellent line-up of bulls for the buyers

Welcome and congratulations to the new vendors – Emross, Maddison Park, Fort Hood, St Mary’s College, Nic Williams Terralea and Yanco Agricultural High School on a successful debut sale and we look forward to you supporting the sale in a positive way in the years to come.

There were 41 registered buyers with volume buyer the Gibson Family from Jericho Qld putting a floor in the market purchasing quality Shorthorn bulls from several vendors. It was pleasing to see that some Studs operated at the sale purchasing their new stud sire, congratulations Eungella, Yanco and Bungulla Shorthorns on your purchase.

Thanks to all who helped and supported the sale this year - Elite Auctions for providing the online platform for our Sale, the TRLX team , Shorthorn Beef office for assistance in the catalogue, Leader products for the tags. A big thank you to our Elders Stud Stock auctioneer Brian Kennedy and the team from Elders Tamworth, your continued support and assistance it is very much appreciated

By, Vicki Ridley NSW Shorthorns Spring Fling Co-ordinator.

Pictured: Lot 5 Leeds Junky R35 - $22,000

The SA Junior Heifer Expo held in Adelaide during the school holidays attracted 171 entrants from South Australia, New South Wales, Victoira, Queensland and Western Australia.

During the four days, the competitors were scored on personal presentation, cooperation and attitude, stalls, animal presentation, handling, marketing, and junior judging

Axel Miller paraded Roly Park Sprinklers to second place in his heifer class and he placed third in his handler class.

Seth Miller paraded Roly Park Sweetheart to a merit award in his heifer class and he placed third in his handler class Congratulations boys on a top effort

Annie Vowles paraded Windsor Jessie Martha to second place in her handler class. An outstanding result in her first competition

By, Rosemary Miller

Axel Miller - Third in the Handlers Class

Seth Miller - Third in the Handlers Class

Annie Vowels - Second in her Handlers Class

JULY2022

Glen Innes, KM Witts Coonabarabran and Nagol Park Shorthorns Tamworth

Nagol Park sold 10 bulls to average $12,000 and top at $32,000 – sold to Amavale Shorthorns

Volume purchasers on the day included ML & JG Ireland, Walcha who purchased seven bulls for an average of $8857.

The Inaugural Bungulla & Nagol Park OnProperty sale was held on site at “Bungulla” Manilla on Wednesday 27th July. A large crowd braved the chilly day to take the opportunity to assess the 40 bulls on offer The bulls offered provided buyers with a high quality offering of bulls providing value for stud and commercial buyers.

The sale resulted in 100% clearance rate of the 40 bulls on offer, with a total sale average of $10,500 and a top price of $32,000. Both studs were extremely happy with the results with bulls selling through northern NSW and into QLD with buyers a to purchase value for money sires

The top price bull was lot 12 Nagol Park Rum R121 – who sold for $32,000 to Jeff Annette Rose of Amavale Shorthor Cushnie QLD. He weighed in at 946kg, EMA of 137cm2 and scrotal measuremen 43.5cm. Nagol Park PB Rum R121, will h semen collected before joining cows at Amavale Shorthorn Stud

Individual stud breakdown

Bungulla sold 30 bulls to average $10,0 and top at $16,000 three times The top priced bulls were purchased by NSW Department of Primary Industries

The sale was conducted by Elders Tamworth and Purtle Plevey Manilla, with Paul Dooley as the auctioneer. Visitors to the sale were treated to some wonderful Thousand Guineas Steak Sandwiches for lunch

would like to thank Richard

for his support of the sale.

Pete and Lou Capel and Roger and Niaomi Evans would like to sincerely thank all those that supported our inaugural sale and wish all purchasers the best with their bulls. We hope to see you all back again for our second sale on Wednesday 26th July 2023

By, Bungulla & Nagol Park

Jock, Lou & Pete Capel & Roger Evansvendors at the sale

We

Saddler of JBS

Top Price bull Lot 12 Nagol Park PB Rum R121

AUGUST2022

Wow, what a day, what a result The sun shone, the bulls were relaxed, the cars rolled in, and the record broke.

Catching the interest of many locally and internationally LOT 3 Futurity Rapid Gain entered the ring to a flurry of bids to achieve the record-breaking price for a shorthorn bull of $85,000. He was purchased by the Ham Family of Tataila Shorthorns, Moama.

The second top priced bull was LOT 32 Futurity Riverina for $46,000 by Carlton Shorthorns, Hahndorf South Australia. Riverina was used last year in our young sires’ program on heifers, and we are very pleased with is progeny.

The smoky roan LOT 30 Futurity Rib Eye caught many an eye, but no one could outbid Howard Williams of Marrington Shorthorns, Narromine to secure the young sire for $40,000.

A yearling LOT 73 Futurity Sirloin was secured for the highest price charolais of $20,000, by Simon Thompson of Bundella Station

Temana Futurity Reputation LOT 85 was snapped up for $17,000 by long time Charolais breeders the Jenkins Family of Violet Hills, Rydal.

We would like to sincerely thank all who have supported us especially the bidders and under- bidders. It is appreciated to be rewarded as we have, but it is humbling to receive many kind words and support from those who have followed our journey.

With 89% repeat buyers, we are fortunate to work with many likeminded beef producers who we share the love of breeding and producing a quality product

There was strong support and increasing demand from Central Queensland cattle producers who are introducing Shorthorns into their Bosindicus herds

Top Price Shorthorn – $85,000 LOT 3

Futurity Rapid Gain

Top Price Charolais - $20,000 LOT 73

Futurity Sirloin

2 Yr. Shorthorns Average - $20,183

Yearling Shorthorn Average - $18,583

2 Yr. Charolais Average – $9,730

Yearling Charolais Average -$12,416

Thanks, and appreciation is also extended the team Tom, Kim, Lochie, Riley and Jess who help make it all happen, not only on the day but yearround. We are lucky to have the support of family, neighbours, and friends

Special mentions of thanks to the back yard crew Fatty, Adrian, Will, Jeff, Phil, and Lane. Also, thanks to the ladies who provide endless trays of delicious morning tea and cooked the Thousand Guineas steak to perfection, Josie, Narelle, and Kim.

Thanks to Elders Gunnedah and Elders Stud Stock for conducting the Sale and Lincoln McKinlay for auctioneering

By, Kylie Catts

Jessica, Jason, Kylie & Riley Catts with Purchaser Howard Williams of Marrington Shorthorns with His $40,000 purchase Futurity Rib Eye.

LOT 32 Futurity Riverina second top price bull $46,000 to Carlton Shorthorns, Hahndorf, SA.

Top price bull Futurity Rapid Gain purchased by Tataila Shorthorns, Moama for Record Shorthorn bull price of $85,000.

The Team

JULY2022

Southcote Shorthorns Bull Sale, NSW - 20/20 bulls sold to $19,000 (Lot 2, Southcote R2D2) to Futurity Shorthorns and Chadwick Shorthorns average $10,600

Semen 2 lots sold to $800 to Bayview Shorthorns and Tipperary Shorthorns.

2/4 females sold to $7,000 (lot 24, Southcote Summer) to av. $5,5000

Source: Southcote Shorthorns Facebook

Senior Champion Bull

AUGUST2022

A big congratulations to all shorthorn exhibitors, families, teams and breeders in showcasing the Shorthorn Beef breed at this years EKKA! Twenty five Shorthorn cattle were exhibited.

Grand Champion Bull

Southern Cross Roger Ramjet

Led by Trent Johnstone, Trojon Shorthorns, exhibited by Lonnie and Nick Stone, Southern Cross Shorthorns

Grand Champion Shorthorn Female Trojon Patchwork and calf Terror

Exhibited and led by Trent and Kimberley Johnstone, Trojon Shorthorns

Junior Champion Bull

Emross Stacked, exhibited by Belinda Emery

Reserve Junior Champion Bull

Amavale Shakespeare, exhibited by Amavale Shorthorns

Junior Champion Female

Emross Sarahs Aussies Babe, exhibited by Belinda Emery

Reserve Junior Champion Female

Amavale Raine, exhibited by Amavale Shorthorns

Southern Cross Roger Ramjet, exhibited by Southern Cross Shorthorns

Reserve Senior Champion Bull

Southern Cross Rainman R223, exhibited by Southern Cross Shorthorns

Senior Champion Female Trojon Patchwork P1, exhibited by Trojon Shorthorns

Reserve Senior Champion Female NH Rose R1, exhibited by Nicholas Hreszczuk

Breeders Group

Belinda Emery of Emross Shorthorns

2022 JBS and RNA Paddock to Palate commercial weight gain, carcase performance and eating quality competition

Class 37 – 100 day HGP export class

Overall winners:

3rd place Shorthorn Beef progeny

Class 40 – 100 Day HGP free export class

Overall winner:

1st Place Shorthorn Beef Progeny

2nd Place Shorthorn Beef Progeny

Source: Queensland Country Life

Led Steers

The Shorthorn Society of Australia - SA Branch

Premium Highest Scoring Shorthorn Carcase

41 Unnamed Bayview Frontera First

The John Gorey Memorial Prize

School Exhibiting the Highest Scoring

Shorthorn Steer on Hoof and Hook.

1st - 89 Mount Barker High School Mount

Barker Carlton Maximus

2nd - 80 Loxton High School Bayview

Boomtime

3rd - 55 Central Yorke School Duke Bronny

Bayview

Stud Cattle

Junior Cow or Heifer

The Pink Pig Wine Bar prize Cow or Heifer, 8 months and under 14 months

1st - 282 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Sadie

2nd - 285 Unnamed Sprys Pink Carnation S72

3rd - 281 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Sprinkles

4th - 284 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Princess

Sassy

Cow or Heifer, 14 months and under 16 months

The Pink Pig Wine Bar prize

291 Unnamed Spencer Family So Foolin' Blue

S364

Cow or Heifer, 16 months and under 18 months

The Pink Pig Wine Bar prize

288 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Sweetheart

The Carlton Nitschke Investments prize and The Rydges Adelaide Prize

Junior Champion Shorthorn Cow or Heifer

282 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Sadie

The Rydges Adelaide Prize Reserve Junior Champion Shorthorn Cow or Heifer Reserve

291 Unnamed Spencer Family So Foolin' Blue S364

The Barooka prize

Two Shorthorn Heifers

1st - 290 Bruton, Scott Roly Park

2nd - 289 Unnamed Bayview First Lady S111 and Bayview Flossie S122

Senior Cow

Cow, 24 months and under 30 months

293 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Roly Poly

The Bayview Trophy and The WFI Insurance prize

Senior Champion Shorthorn cow

293 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Roly Poly

The Allingtons Outpost Prize

Grand Champion Shorthorn Female

293 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Roly Poly First

Junior Bull

The Pink Pig Wine Bar prize

Bull, 8 months and under 14 months

1st - 297 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Mr Sydney

2nd - 298 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Mr Scotchtown

3rd - 299 Unnamed Bayview Ecstasy S114

4th - 296 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Show Stopper

The Pink Pig Wine Bar prize

Bull, 14 months and under 16 months

300 Unnamed Bayview Fantastic S56

The Pink Pig Wine Bar prize

Bull, 16 months and under 18 months

1st - 301 Unnamed Sprys Navigator S13

2nd - 303 Unnamed Bayview Fleetwood S2

The Shorthorn Society of Australia - SA

Branch

Premium and the Rydges Adelaide prize

Junior Champion Shorthorn Bull

297 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Mr Sydney

The WFI Insurance prize and the Rydges

Adelaide prize Reserve Champion Shorthorn Bull

301 Unnamed Sprys Navigator S13

The Ron Norris Memorial prize

Two Shorthorn Bulls

1st - 305 Bruton, Scott Roly Park

2nd - 304 Unnamed Bayview Fleetwood S2 and Bayview Fantastic

Senior Bull

Bull, 18 months and under 24 months

308 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Revolution

Bull, 24 months and over

309 Unnamed Bayview Elwood R75

The Pink Pig Wine Bar prize

Senior Champion Shorthorn Bull

309 Unnamed Bayview Elwood R75

The David Hurst prize Reserve Senior Champion Shorthorn Bull Reserve

308 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Revolution

First

The Elders prize, the Ausure City and Rural trophy and the Nutrien Livestock prize

Grand Champion Shorthorn Bull

297 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Mr Sydney

Group Classes

Pair, Bull and Female

The Rydges Adelaide Prize

1st - 311 Bruton, Scott Roly Park

2nd - 312 Unnamed Sprys Navigator S13

3rd - 310 Unnamed Bayview

Sire's Progeny Group

The National Herd Development prize

1st - 314 Bruton, Scott Leeds Iamastar Q11

2nd - 315 Bruton, Scott Outback Sprys

Genesis K272

3rd - 313 Unnamed Bayview Union Jack

M89

Breeders' Group

The Belmore prize

1st - 317 Bruton, Scott Roly Park

2nd - 316 Unnamed Bayview

Most Successful Shorthorn Exhibitor

The G E Ashby Memorial trophy

293 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Roly Poly First

Source: Royal Adelaide Show

AUGUST2022

297 Bruton, Scott Roly Park Mr Sydney

45/46 bulls sold to a top of $31,000 and average $11,511

Lot 30 Royalla Al Capone S074 pictured

Source: StudStockSales

The Hunts Fuel prize Supreme Champion Shorthorn Exhibit

Queensland Commercial Cattlemen and women once again dominated the buying panel at the annual, Marellan Shorthorns, ‘Bred For Bos Indicus Cows’ Bull sale at Emerald in Central Queensland. 50 out of 50 bulls sold for an outstanding $18,780 average. 49 of the bulls are now seeing duties in commercial cattle herds not just in Queensland, but staying in the ticks. The strength of the success of Marellan Shorthorn bulls over Bos Indicus cows resulted in tremendous demand and competition for the bulls, for produces seeking to increase meat quality, fertility and performance through Hybrid Vigour.

SEPTEMBER2022

Congratulations to all the Shorthorn studs who attended. It was a wonderful line up of quality stock!

Emross Indys Tiara - Supreme Female of the Show

Emross Stacked - Supreme Male of the show and Supreme Exhibit combining with Emross Sarah's Aussie Babe for Breeders Group

By Belinda Emery

SEPTEMBER2022

Major buyers of the day included Appleton Cattle Company, who selected 9 bulls to use over their Organic herd, primarily based on the Belyando river. Repeat buyers Fanning Downs of Charters Towers selected 5 to use over Brahman females and Twin Hills took home 4 to use on their high quality Santa females.

The only bull to leave the ticks and the only stud action for the day was the top priced bull, Marellan Yeoval Eagle (P), selling for $36,000 to the Royalla stud of Yeoval NSW. Yeoval Eagle will be used by the Royalla Stud to produce bulls that will most likely be marketed in Queensland.

The slick coated sire, not only combined elite females lines but also an incredible combination of grass fed performance and grass fed marbling.

His grass fed sale day stats at 21 months; 772kg, 9/14mm, 116 EMA, 44cm scrotal, 87% Morphology, 7.2% IMF and a 4+ fleck, where simply outstanding when seem in the context of the selection pressure placed upon these grass fed bulls. The second and 3rd top priced bulls, selling for $30,000 and $28,000 sold to repeat buyers, Mt Douglas Past. and Tay Glen Past. respectively to be used over Bos Indicus Females.

Pictured: Grandsons Hudson and Guss Emery in Paraders

Pictured Left: Top Priced Bull Marellan Yeoval Eagle (P)

Pictured below: Crowd gathers at the Marellan Shorthorns Bull sale

Pictured left: Emross Stacked with handler Nigel Welck and Judge Ben Crowwy

SEPTEMBER2022

Congratulations to all Shorthorn Beef Exhibitors, place-getters, champions and teams on showcasing a fantastic line-up of the Shorthorn Beef breed Thank you also to our sponsors and volunteers

After two years of absence and concerns from FMD the judging for the Melbourne Royal Show was back in 2022!

It was a significant show in that the Shorthorn Breed was shown as a single breed for the first time and this was very successful, ensuring the breed is represented in the best possible light.

And what a show it was – with a very good number of exhibitors and animals for show, and importantly the animals were very impressive with the breed looking fantastic on the day.

Junior Champion Heifer

Spencer Family Shorthorns

Spencer Family So Foolin' Blue S364

10 May 2021, Tattoo: SFS S364

Sire: CLF Foolin Around 1401

Dam: Spencer Family Soda Blue M224

Senior Champion Cow

Neilson, Sue and Nicholas Job - Royalla

Royalla Redwing M180

19 July 2016, Tattoo: JSNM180

Sire: Royalla Nostalgia

Dam: Royalla Redwing K155

Grand Champion Female

Spencer Family Shorthorns

Spencer Family So Foolin' Blue S364

10 May 2021, Tattoo: SFS S364

Sire: CLF Foolin Around 1401

Dam: Spencer Family Soda Blue M224

Supreme Exhibit

Congratulations to all exhibitors and to the winners of the Champions ribbons, particularly Spencer Family Shorthorns, Roly Pak Shorthorns, Royalla Shorthorns and Finley High School

Also, it was great to see so many people watching and supporting the breed, so a big thank you to all who attended

We also thank the Victorian Beef Shorthorn team for the joint effort in organising this and look forward to working together to further promote the breed in Victoria

Lastly, the generous support of our sponsors is greatly appreciated and we like to thank and acknowledge Hewitt and Whittey, Elders, Westpac and HF Richardson.

By Chester Shorthorns

Junior Champion Bull

Scott Bruton, Roly Park Shorthorns

Roly Park Mr Sydney

6 August 2021, Tattoo: RLP S019

Sire: Glengyron Governor

Dam: Roly Park Miss Australia

Senior Champion Bull

Finley High School

Finley High School Ron

11 June 2020, Tattoo: FHSR6

Sire: Southcote Maximum Impact M7

Dam: Yarram Virginia H27

Grand Champion Bull

Scott Bruton, Roly Park Shorthorns

Roly Park Mr Sydney

6 August 2021, Tattoo: RLP S019

Sire: Glengyron Governor

Dam: Roly Park Miss Australia

Spencer Family Shorthorns - Spencer Family So Foolin' Blue S364

Sire: CLF Foolin Around 1401

Dam: Spencer Family Soda Blue M224

Shorthorns were well represented at the Royal Launceston Show, placing highly in all Interbreed classes.

Shorthorn Results

Junior and Grand Champion Female Dunroan Elenor S99

Reserve Junior Champion Female Royston Q25 Rosary S77

Reserve Junior Champion Bull

Dunroan Stanley

Class 10 - Group of Three

1st - Royston Shorthorn

2nd - Dunroan Shorthorns

Class 11 - Sires Progeny

1st - Dunroan Shorthorn

Junior and Grand Champion Bull

Royston Sugar Daddy

Royston Sugar Daddy S62, 13 months, Interbreed Junior Bull

Interbreed Results

Breeders Group of 3 Reserve Royston Shorthorns

Sires Progeny

Champion Dunroan Shorthorns

Junior Group of 3 Champion Royston and Dunroan Shorthorns

Junior Beef Female Reserve Dunroan Elenor S99

Junior Beef Male Champion Royston Sugar Daddy S62

Trivia Time Trivia Time

1.

AtthecloseoftheNaracoorteSaleinMarch 2023,howmanyyearswillRosemaryMiller havebeenSaleCoordinator?

2.

Whatwasthetoppricedbullandhowmuchdid hegoforattheBayviewinauguralsalein 2022?

3.

Whichstudcelebrated50yearsofbreedingin 2022?

4.

InApril2022,whowasawardedlife membershipattheirannualsale?

5.

AtwhateventwasLesterJobpresentedwitha Presidents'AwardandLifeMembership?

6.

TheAll-PurposeIndex,(API),putsheavy emphasisonbullswithgoodwhat?

7.

AtPolldale'sinauguralsale,whatwasthename forthetoppricedbullsellingfor$32,000?

8.

Whopurchasedthetoppricebullat theinaugralBungullaandNagolPark bullsale?

9.

InAugust2022,whichstudhada record-breakingsale?

10.

WhowastheGrandChampionExhibit attheYouthExpoinOctober,2022?

11.

WhowastheGrandChampion FemaleattheNationalShowand Sale?

12.

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13.

Whoarethecurrentmembersofthe ShorthornBoard? (hint:therearenine)

OCTOB

The 34th National Shorthorn Youth Expo wa held in Gunnedah from 1 to 3 October Six nine competitors travelled to northern NSW t attend the annual three day educational even

After a two year hiatus, due to covid 1 impacts, the shorthorn youth committee wer extremely excited to see the event up an running including seeing old and new faces the one location

The event was a major success and provide various learning opportunities for all. Th intermediates and senior competitors were lucky enough to attend a tour of the Caroona JBS feedlot All competitors went on to experience workshops including animal health preparation of animals and auctioneering.

Sunday and Monday saw all competitors put to work their newly learnt skills in junior judging paraders and heifer classes. The committee are extremely proud of the way all competitors conducted and presented themselves across the weekend

Saturday night saw the formal dinner dance allow family and friends to let there hair down and enjoy some time catching up The Shorthorn Youth Club raised over $12,000 in their charity auction with all funds raised going straight back into the youth club to put on another event!

The Shorthorn Youth Club of Australia would like to thank Kingsley Vale Shorthorns and Kamilaroi Shorthorns for the donation of two stud females presented as awards at the event A further thanks to all sponsors, supporters and volunteers for their guidance and help for the 2022 expo

Champion Commercial Exhibit

Sarah White leading Calrossy Venus

Junior Champion Heifer

Brooke Dolan leading Nabiac PP Carnation T2

Reserve Champion Heifer

Jackson Tink leading Kilkee L23 Wayward S21

Intermediate Champion Heifer

Joshua Evans leading Nagol Park TS Romance

Reserve Intermediate Heifer

Emily Loane leading Nagol Park PW Belle

S104

Senior Champion Heifer

Shakaya and Elliot Fenton leading Kamilaroi

Lara S01

Senior Reserve Champion

Ellie Emery leading Kamilaroi Scarlett

Ribbons S12

Grand Champion Exhibit

Shakaya and Elliot Fenton leading Kamilaroi

Lara S01

Clargo Bred & Owned

1st Mitchell Taylor

2nd Jim White

3rd Tara Hughes

4th Hayden Evans

5th Rebecca Ryder

Peewee Champion Parader

Issie Mathieson

Reserve - Havana Johnstone

Junior Champion Parader

Hayden Evans

Reserve - Angus Spry

Intermediate Champion Parader

Ryan Knee

Reserve - Charlie Cooper

Senior Champion Parader

Sarah Manwaring

Reserve - Georgia Stimson

Grand Champion Parader

Joshua Evans

Champion PeeWee herdsperson

Jackson Tink

Reserve PeeWee - Hudson Emery

Champion Junior Herdsperson

Jacob Merrick

Reserve Junior Champion

Amelia Miller

Champion Intermediate Herdsperson

Mitchell Taylor

Reserve Intermediate - Yasmin Jones

Champion Senior herdsperson

Cooper Taylor

Reserve champion herdsperson - Hannah Dunn

Grand Champion Herdsperson

Elizabeth Farrugia

Futurity Pastoral Most Potential Breeder

Chelsea Rayner

SYCA Support Award

Mitchell Taylor & Tara Hughes

Scott Ridley Memorial SA Junior Heifer Show Award

Mitchell Taylor

Consolidated Pastoral Company Award

Elizabeth Farrugia

NSW Ladies Travel Bursary

Chelsea Rayner, Mitch & Beau Woodiwiss

Coota Park Tech Talk

Jacob Merrick

Intercollegiate Meat Judging Scholarship

Grace Neeves

Report By, Sarah Rayner

Photos By, Viable Ag Marketing