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Whiteface vendors pocketed an extra $118 a head for their weaner steers above other British breeds at the 81st annual Mountain Calf Sales in March. Read the full wrap of the autumn weaner sales from page 56.

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Contents Editor Kim Woods Outcross Media Mobile: 0499 77 2860 Email: kim@outcrossmedia.com.au Art direction and design Therese Donovan Graphic Design 0431 297 469

Advertising Anna Hamilton 0429 505 697 Email: anna.herefords@gmail.com

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Annette Weatherstone 0428 844 937 annette.herefords@gmail.com Publisher Herefords Australia ABN 86 121 714 332

Chief Executive Officer Lisa Sharp

Breed Development Manager Michael Beattie

Member Services and Registry Ambrose Kenney Member Services and Communications Rowan Koebel

Member Services Officer Jodie Lownds Youth Coordinator Nikki Williamson Bookkeeper Carmel Reilly

Board of Directors 2021 Ian Durkin, CHAIRMAN Marc Greening, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Mark Baker, COMPANY SECRETARY Geoff Birchnell, MEMBER LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE Sam Becker Michael Crowley Mark Duthie, YOUTH LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE Alex Sparkes Trish Worth All mail to: Locked Bag 7, Armidale, NSW, 2350

The Herefords Australia magazine is published twice a year by Herefords Australia Limited.

Articles appearing in the Herefords Australia magazine do not necessarily represent the policies, opinions or views of Herefords Australia.

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Chairman’s report

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Chief executive officer’s report

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43 Wodonga National Show and Sale 50 Dubbo National Show and Sale

• Southern multibreed project

56 Autumn weaners hit new highs

• Super Sires

67 Glen Innes preview

• Practical Systems 12 Redford sets new benchmark 14 Producers pocket premiums

18 Strategic marketing 26 Technical news 32 Canberra Royal Show 34 Sydney Royal Show 42 Youth Coordinator’s report

72 Store sales wrap 74 Record averages at spring bull sales 80 2021 Honour Roll 81 Board of Directors 82 Regional contacts 84 Advertisers Index 85 Breeders directory 86 2021 events calendar

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

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Ian Durkin Dear members, I am Ian Durkin and I was recently appointed as Chairman of Herefords Australia.

In this report, I would like to share with you selected highlights from the 2021 Chairman’s Report, as presented

by Trish Worth at the recent Annual General Meeting. I will then close with opportunities for the breed.

The beginning of 2021 saw several changes. After six years of service, General Manager Andrew Donoghue resigned from his position at Herefords Australia. The Board would like to thank Andrew for his contribution to the breed. During his time as General Manager, Andrew oversaw the implementation of an updated Constitution and governance platform, the introduction of single step full multi-trait BREEDPLAN analysis and the implementation of BREED OBJECT V6.

Lisa Sharp was appointed as CEO in late February. Lisa has held executive and marketing and communication leadership roles across several public, private, and notfor-profit organisations, most recently serving five years as Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Chief Marketing and Insights Officer.

Acknowledging the importance of diversity in skills and experience for a high performing Board, in March a decision was made to appoint Michael Crowley as a Herefords Australia Director 2020 presented challenges for the nation, the industry, the breed and individuals. Despite these challenges, we have continued to make progress towards key company goals – such as the number of genotypes in our reference database (now over 30,000). Back in 2017 we were aspiring to have 8000 so this is very pleasing.

By the end of the year, we also saw a modest increase in total registrations of Hereford cattle (after several years of decline) and in 2020 Hereford heifers dominated live export registrations.

Individual producers are being rewarded for their resilience with higher prices and the demand fundamentals and demand outlook remain strong.

Herefords Australia is well positioned to complete our long-term strategic plan in 2021 and start implementation of important marketing and R&D extension activity. I am confident we have the skills and experience in place at Board and Executive level to effectively govern the company and through our network of service providers deliver our ambitions for the Hereford breed.

On behalf of the Board, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Trish Worth for her work as Chairman these past 12 months. Trish played a key role in helping to establish the current board and guided management and staff through a time of change.

Trish continues her tenure as a HAL director and has been appointed to the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee where the Committee will greatly benefit from her experience.

Our focus is the development of the next Herefords Australia strategic plan. Early work has identified several priorities, including: • Greater communication of the business benefits of Hereford genetics, Hereford cattle, to key customers in the beef supply chain • Targeted research, development, adoption, and extension in areas such as net feed intake, eating quality, genetic markers – areas that can boost productivity, profitability • Engagement with youth and younger members • Ensuring members have access to world leading resources that can support decision making in their business I am honoured to be the Chairman of Herefords Australia but want to stress it is the combination of all the directors’ skills and experience that makes for an effective board.

My job as chair is to draw on this team to ensure we have sound policies in place to build a strong future for the breed and good governance in place to strengthen the company. While Geoff Birchnell has taken over the position of Member Liaison Representative on the Board, I have and will continue to welcome feedback from members and look forward to hearing from or meeting members over the coming months.

Ian Durkin

CHAIRMAN HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA LIMITED

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Lisa Sharp This is my first issue as CEO and what a busy first three months it has been.

In this edition you will see reports from Beef Australia 2021 and the Wodonga and Dubbo National Shows and Sales. It has been delightful to meet so many members at these events, to hear your views but also to witness strong and indeed record-breaking prices – all signs of confidence in the market and the breed.

I would like to thank members from the Beef Australia Committee, Herefords Queensland, staff and the respective chairs and committees from Wodonga and Dubbo for working tirelessly to deliver these events.

Herefords Australia held its Annual General Meeting at Wodonga in mid-May. A particular highlight was the opportunity to acknowledge those celebrating 25 or 50 years of membership with a full list of the recipients included in this edition. The AGM also presented an opportunity to outline initial observations and priorities for the breed.

A key priority is the development of the next strategic plan. This plan will articulate where we are going, what success looks like, and the key initiatives to deliver these outcomes.

The planning process will encourage us to look beyond today to the broader operating environment and future state assumptions and the strategic implications of these.

This process will flesh out all the opportunities (and any threats).

To date, I have heard many ideas as to how to take the breed forward, however the challenge is to assess which initiatives will have the greatest impact and then allocate resources accordingly. Then there is the discipline to monitor, measure and report progress and take corrective action when needed.

Initial research has highlighted opportunities in several areas.

In the immediate to medium term -there is an opportunity to promote advantages of our breed to commercial producers seeking to re-build. Rate of gain is a strength with Herefords delivering excellent eating quality raised and finished on grass.

Partnering with processors who run grass fed programs and who are also looking to recruit new sources of supply could be an efficient way to attract commercial producers to the Hereford breed.

Looking at rate of gain, there is also a medium to longerterm opportunity in feedlots. Hereford/Hereford cross perform exceptionally well in short fed programs and deliver excellent eating quality. There are however some perceptions around performance within feedlots so there is opportunity to build on existing research to help address these, and/or undertake further projects to ensure Herefords are considered suitable for this important production pathway. Feedlot production capacity has been one of the largest areas of investment within the industry in recent years.

Marketing and promotion are also an opportunity.

A marketing director once said to me ‘what interests your customer should fascinate you’. It is good advice. We will be successful in the short, medium, and long term by understanding what our customers need and most importantly what our customers value.

What is valued should guide our marketing, research, adoption, and extension activity. The customer is after all the only one putting money into the beef supply chain.

Targeted business-to-business marketing is an immediate priority. We need to show our business customers – producers, feedlots, processors – our points of differentiation such as fertility, temperament, rate of gain, hybrid vigour, eating quality, the benefits sought by our supply chain customers as we all strive to hit a market spec and boost profitability.

As part of initial observations, I also see an opportunity to build on our youth and younger member programs.

Helping to strengthen links to commercial operations and industry initiatives around genetics, environment, and capacity building programs would be relatively low cost and will boost individual and collective capacity in support of the breed.

At an operational level, there are opportunities to improve administration of accounts and member services and with the support of third-party providers, strengthen the user experience of platforms such as Hereford Live.

Despite the current economic uncertainty, we are in the food business and the long-term outlook for safe, healthy, and high-quality beef remains very strong. With a reputation for eating quality, adaptability - grass or grain - and resilience – critical as the seasons continue to challenge – the Hereford breed is well positioned to take advantage of the many opportunities that lie ahead.

Business-to-business marketing, operational improvements and the strategic planning process will be a priority for the balance of this calendar year.

On the strategic plan I encourage members to contribute, particularly through the upcoming survey or via participation or feedback through committees, the team or myself.

Lisa Sharp

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Crowley brings red meat industry experience to HAL board MEAT and Livestock Australia executive Michael Crowley has been appointed to the Board of Herefords Australia.

Under its constitution, the Herefords Australia Board can appoint up to two directors who meet a comprehensive skill and industry-based experience selection criteria.

Mr Crowley has more than 20 years industry experience, including executive roles with MLA, previous ownership of a cattle and beef marketing business and property management (stud and commercial operations).

He also holds tertiary qualifications in agriculture and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Former HAL chair Trish Worth said at the time, the company had a responsibility to members to ensure the Board has the skills

and experience needed to both effectively govern and to support its ambitions for the breed.

Mr Crowley holds the position of General Manager, Research and Development with MLA and is responsible for a diverse number of programs, including Livestock Genetics, Meat Standards Australia, Animal Health and Welfare, Beef Productivity, and Producer Adoption.

Prior to his current position within MLA, Mr Crowley was directly responsible for Livestock Genetics and MSA, and has been credited with leading programs that have delivered significant benefits to industry.

These include the development of the National Livestock Genetics Consortium – attracting $100m in R&D investment – and premiums Mr Crowley will balance his duties as delivered through MSA, calculated to be $172m in the 2019/20 financial a Herefords Australia non-executive director with his position at MLA. year.

High profile marketing executive takes on new role at HAL AN executive who delivered marketing initiatives designed to grow global demand for Australian red meat has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Herefords Australia Limited.

The first female to take on the role, Lisa Sharp started in the position in February following the resignation of General Manager Andrew Donoghue.

Ms Sharp has held executive and marketing and communication leadership roles across several public, private, and not-for-profit organisations, most recently serving five years as Meat and Livestock Australia’s Chief Marketing and Insights Officer.

Former Herefords Australia chair Trish Worth said at the time it was Ms Sharp’s combination of general management and red meat marketing experience which impressed the Board.

Ms Sharp’s experience in strategy development and supporting stakeholder consultation was also a key consideration for the Board.

She worked on the last two, five-year strategic plans for MLA and will lead the development of Herefords Australia’s strategic plan and annual business plans.

From 2015 to mid-2020, Lisa led the marketing, communications and insights function for Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). Here, Lisa worked across multiple business units and locations to deliver marketing initiatives designed to grow global demand for Australian red meat and communication initiatives.

Prior to MLA, Lisa worked with several leading food and beverage companies (including SPC Ardmona, Uncle Tobys, Kraft Foods, Coca Cola Amatil) and held executive positions with SPC Ardmona, PZ Cussons and Novartis Consumer Health.

Lisa holds a Bachelor of Economics and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ms Worth thanked Andrew Donoghue for his service.

“Under Andrew’s leadership, we saw the successful completion of several important research projects, the launch of Hereford Live, and important changes to the Herefords Australia constitution and governance framework,” she said.

“The Board and I wish him all the best in his future endeavours.”

During his time as general manager, Andrew’s insight has been instrumental in the implementation of an updated constitution and governance platform, the introduction of single step full multi-trait BREEDPLAN analysis (a world first), implementation of BREED OBJECT V6 (and a move to production-based indexes) and the establishment of a biennial Breed Forum.

Former general manager, Andrew Donoghue.

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Pioneering Hereford breeder honoured with Howard Yelland Award A pioneer in performance recording in the Hereford breed has been honoured with the prestigious Howard Yelland Award.

David Jenkin, of Hamilton, Vic, received the award from the Australian Beef Industry Foundation and Marcus Oldham College.

Each year Howard Yelland, a champion of objective measurement and performance recording for improved selection in the Australian Beef Industry, is remembered with the presentation of the award.

Banemore from South Australia to Victoria in 1981.

When Banemore dispersed in 2020, it had more than 200 stud breeders.

“David’s success with his Hereford stud and in steer competitions at Hamilton showed cattle producers BREEDPLAN, through commercial aspects of cattle breeding could really increase profitability of the cattle industry as well as increase productivity at home,” Mr Archer said.

“His engagement, support, guidance and enthusiasm with the next generation of beef breeders is vital in keeping interest and In nominating David for the progress within the Australian beef industry.” award, Jim Gough said he put the good education he Ian Marshman, Limestone, had to best use by having a Victoria, supported David’s written objective, ambitious nomination. plan, desire and energy to “He has been the driving make it happen. force behind several It recognised David’s outstanding contribution to the industry “above and beyond” his normal role.

In supporting the nomination, Richard Archer from Quamby Plains, Hagley, Tasmania, said David was one of the instigators of using BREEDPLAN in the Australian Hereford industry.

“His passion for measuring different cattle breeding traits certainly encouraged many producers to follow suit throughout the whole of south-eastern Australia,” Mr Archer said.

David and wife Judi moved

field days and extension sessions at which national leaders in beef research and management seek to inform later adopters of the merits of bull selection on the basis of scientifically proven and measurable genetics,” Mr Marshman said.

ABIF chairman John Gunthorpe said Howard Yelland was a mentor to David Jenkin and together they provided the needed leadership to improve beef performance across Australia.

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Hereford helps pioneer multi-breed breeding values The Hereford breed is taking part in the largest beef genetics project in the nation, the Southern Multi-breed Project.

Multi-breed EBVs will enable producers the opportunity to directly compare animals for BREEDPLAN traits across those six key Australian beef breeds involved in the project for the first time. Currently, all BREEDPLAN EBV’s and $Indices are breed specific and cannot be compared across breeds.

Multi-breed EBVs and $Indices are expected to increase productivity, profitability and efficiencies across the beef sector by allowing fair comparison of breeds and the best use of these in crossbreeding programs.

The project is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI), the University of New England, the Commonwealth Government and Meat and Livestock Australia, along with the breed societies of the participating breeds.

The breeds involved in the project are Hereford, Angus, Shorthorn, Wagyu, Charolais and Brahman.

The aim of the project is to establish a central database to compare estimated breeding values across the most popular breeds, allowing head-to-head breed comparison.

High-quality records on hard to measure traits that have important impacts on beef herd profitability will be recorded as part of this project. These traits include female fertility traits (such as days to calving), as well as feed efficiency and carcass traits.

As a result of this intensive, precise recording of new, existing and hard-to-measure traits, seedstock and commercial bull buyers will have access to EBVs (Estimated Breeding Values) with more accuracy for describing the genetic merit of individual animals.

New traits will also be recorded throughout the life of the project, giving seedstock and commercial bull buyers access to EBVs for a wider range of traits that impact commercial profitability.

The new traits include female fertility traits (eg lactation anoestrus, age at puberty, gestation length for natural joinings) and welfare traits (maternal behaviour at calving).

Other traits will be evaluated throughout the life of the project for potential inclusion in BREEDPLAN and their impact on commercial profit.

All animals in the SMB project will be genotyped to create a genomic reference population for all traits recorded during the project.

This genomic reference population will augment existing within-breed genomic reference populations for recorded traits, thus contributing to more accurate within-breed genetic evaluations for those breeds involved in the project.

This reference population will also provide benefits for future research.

The data collected during the SMB project will also provide a platform that contributes to developments within BREEDPLAN to allow for the estimation of multi-breed Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs).

Foundation cattle were sourced from across Australia and are producing progeny that are being recorded head-tohead on NSW DPI research stations from conception to slaughter over the five years of the project (2020-2025).

It is planned a total of more than 8000 calves will be born, with 3000 steers and close to 3000 heifers retained for joining. Specifically, the project will produce up to 2000 calves per annum at five DPI research stations across NSW. The steers will be backgrounded prior to entry into the UNE research feedlot Tullimba and slaughter at industry relevant carcass specifications.

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Partnership drives accuracy in genomic data collection

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A market partnership supporting the next For the team at Mawarra wave of best-practice digital technology has Genetics, Practical been created between Herefords Australia and Practical Systems.

Systems reduces the chance of errors due to An Armidale based company, Practical Systems has served regional Australia as a manual data collection trusted provider of livestock management methods and saves time technology solutions for more than 25 years. for both association The agreement will support promoting the staff and producers benefits of individual livestock management submitting their data. practice enabled by enriched data collection.

Photo Mawarra Genetics Collected data provides the foundation for informed management decisions and facilitates ready transfer of important genomic data between Neogen Australia, Herefords Australia and member producers.

Practical Systems Limited chief executive officer Peter Rasmussen is looking forward to supporting Herefords Australia members in achieving their management and performance objectives in both seedstock and commercial herds.

“We want to work closely with the team at Herefords Australia and the producers to ensure we are adding value to the breed and the industry,” Mr Rasmussen said.

At the time, former Herefords Australia general manager Andrew Donoghue spoke of embracing this partnership agreement.

“With Herefords Australia members now having access to cutting edge DNA testing technology through the use 2 of tissue sampling along with genomically enhanced breeding values, this collaboration with Practical Systems will help with the accuracy of genomic data collection accuracy of the data and the efficiency of the process by and accuracies in BREEDPLAN EBV’s within the Hereford reducing the data entry time. breed,” Mr Donoghue said.

“The team at Practical Systems offer excellent support; “Fully using herd recording software such as Stockbook their staff are approachable, knowledgeable and keen integrated with weigh scales, and electronic tag readers to assist us to make the best use of the program’s allow fast, efficient and accurate recording of all weights, capabilities which then overall assist us in making better traits and DNA information associated with breeding management decisions within our herd.

Hereford cattle.”

“Considering the volume of data and new technologies “DNA tests can now be requested using Stockbook. This penetrating the market, the onus is now on the producers process allows our members to easily select the animals within the beef industry to ensure the accuracy of data to be tested, along with the required DNA tests. and information across the beef sector to embrace “Using the DNA test request function in the software and implement these innovative new technologies prevents errors from manually recording of livestock IDs seamlessly and effectively.” and tests. We hope to pave the way to tackle industry The partnership agreement between Herefords challenges such as these into the future.”

Australia and Practical Systems aims to demystify Practical Systems Limited client and Herefords Australia these technologies, enabling ease of adoption members Peter and Deanne Sykes, Mawarra Genetics, and revolutionising the industry to become more Longford, have used Practical Systems Stockbook technologically savvy. program for animal record keeping since 2001.

“This then reduces the chance of errors due to manual All of the data submissions Herefords Australia and data collection methods and saves time for both Hereford BREEDPLAN require are exported directly from association staff and producers submitting their data,” Stockbook.

Mr Sykes said.

“The addition of a Stockbook touch screen indicator (TSI) For further information regarding Practical Systems and has enabled us to collect data at the cattle yards directly livestock management products and services, contact into the software,” Mr Sykes said.

Practical Systems on 1800 624 688 or view the website – “This practice minimises the risk of error, increasing the www.practicalsystems.com.au

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Strong Hereford line-up on northern NSW show circuit A limited show season in northern NSW brought out breeders and spectators with big classes at both the Glen Innes and Guyra shows.

At Glen Innes show on February 13, judge Hilary O’Leary, Remolea Poll Herefords, Clifton, Qld, awarded the supreme champion female and supreme beast of the show to Eclipse Herefords, Quipolly, for their cow, Kanimbla Renee P098, and calf paraded by Sarah Hutchins and Emily Taylor.

Te-Angie Poll Herefords, Guyra, exhibited Te-Angie Q064 to junior champion bull, was second in the interbreed two beef bulls and second in the group of interbreed group of three.

Neridah Poll Hereford Stud, Glen Innes, had a strong showing with Neridah Pure Direction P001 winning senior and grand champion bull. The stud also showed Neridah Qual Blast Q001 to reserve senior champion bull.

Amos Vale Herefords, Pinkett, showed Amos Vale PR Royal 319 to junior champion heifer, placed third in the sweepstakes junior heifer and second in the interbreed two beef females.

Battalion Herefords, Dundee, exhibited Battalion Queen Q097 to reserve junior champion heifer.

The reserve senior champion female went to Eclipse with Kanimbla Joybell N105.

In the interbreed at Guyra on February 20, Mark and Wendy Campion, Amos Vale Herefords took out the interbreed breeder’s group.

Amos Vale also won the junior champion interbreed heifer, grand champion interbreed female and supreme beast of the show with Amos Vale Lioness 26.

Lioness was grand champion Hereford female and supreme Hereford exhibit.

Tom Nixon, Devon Court Herefords, Drillham, Qld, was the judge for the Guyra Hereford Feature show, selecting Nerida Pure Direction as senior champion bull and it went on to win the senior champion interbreed bull.

Reserve senior champion bull was Hillview North N038 exhibited by Hillview Herefords, Tyringham.

Tycolah Southland, exhibited by Steve and Therese Crowley, Tycolah Poll Herefords, Barraba, was awarded junior champion bull with Te-Angie Q064 exhibited by Te-Angie Poll Herefords to reserve.

Senior Champion female went to Tycolah Corisande N179 and reserve champion

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1. The Supreme exhibit at the Guyra show was Amos Vale Lioness 26 with interbreed judges Adam Williamson and Tom Nixon, owner Mark Campion and parader Laura Lockhart.

2. Neridah Pure Direction P001 was senior and grand champion bull at Glen Innes Show, with judge Hilary O’Leary, handler Michael Lamph and NSW Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall.

Hillview Doreen P031.

The reserve junior champion female was Tycolah Min R004.

The John Nielsen Memorial Trophy for pair of bulls was won by Tycolah.

At Barraba show, the interbreed champion female was 11-month-old heifer Tycolah Min R004 and Tycolah also won the breeder’s group, best cow and calf and best local beast interbreed classes.

At Armidale show, Supple QT was junior champion bull with TAS Quentin Hull in reserve. The senior and grand champion bull was Supple Quid, junior champion female The Cottage Dominette, reserve was The Cottage Cherry, senior and grand champion female Supple Victoria and reserve was Supple Katrina.

Supple Quid went on to be sashed the champion interbreed bull.

Llandillo Poll Herefords exhibited Llandillo Thunder to champion Hereford bull at the Blayney Show, with Llandillo Quack in reserve.

Champion female was Wirruna Golden Vanity M261 exhibited by Gilchrist Farms and Jim Conroy. The reserve went to Winchester Shamrock Q2.

At Goulburn, Mulloon Poll Herefords showed Mulloon Rhythmic to junior female, Kalevue Estate Robertson, exhibited the senior female, Llandillo Vanessa P130, reserve was Llandillo Juliet Q42, Mulloon Radar was junior bull and reserve Merton Park Replica Symphony, Merton Park Poll Herefords, Braidwood.

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Six new bulls enter the Super Sires catalogue Six new sires have been nominated for the Herefords Australia Super Sires program.

Breeders of candidate bulls meeting the initial selection criteria were notified at the beginning of December and given the opportunity to nominate one of their eligible bulls for the program.

The six sires are Ravensdale Spark M037, Glentrevor Trust N909, Wirruna Pilot P054, Elite M202 P101, Tarcombe McLaren Q203 and Injemira Redford J006 Q287.

These sires have now been catalogued along with the original Super Sire candidate Wirruna Matty M288 and can be viewed online.

Once a nominated bull is accepted into the Super Sires program, he will remain classed as a Super Sire regardless of future changes in his EBVs or indexes.

The selection list for phase two of the Super Sire Program will be generated twice a year at the beginning of December and the beginning of June.

The selection criteria is as follows: ANIMAL DETAILS • Animal is Active • Animal is Male • Registration Status: HBR • Age range – Four consecutive Calving Years: (eg Round 1>= 2016 & <= 2019) with rollover in November each year • Sire Verification (SV) • LD (low density) genotype analysed • Recessive Condition status – HY Status: HYF or HYFU, DL Status: DLF or DLFU, IE Status: IEF or IEFU, MSUD Status: MSUDF or MSUDFU BREEDPLAN • Observed post-birth weight performance: 200 day and/or 400 day and/or 600 day (minimum two traits) • Observed Scrotal Measurement • Observed Ultrasound Scan data (Fats, EMA, IMF%) • Top 25% Calving Ease DIR (%), Calving Ease DIR (%) Acc. > 35, • Top 25% 400 Day Wt (kg), 400 Day Wt (kg) Acc. > 60, • => Breed AVG. Scrotal Size (cm), Scrotal Size (cm) Acc. > 60, • Top 25% Eye Muscle Area (sqcm), Eye Muscle Area (sqcm) Acc. > 40, • Top 5% IMF (%), IMF (%) Accuracy > 45, • Top 5% $Index

Wirruna Matty M288 was the first sire inducted into the Super Sires program.

The graphs below illustrate the performance ability across the EBV and $Index spectrum of the Super Sires candidates versus the breed average of calves born 2016 to 2019.

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“Impeccable sire” smashes national sale bull record at $160,000 Injemira Robert Redford Q287 smashed the longstanding Australian Hereford price record, selling for $160,000 at the southern NSW stud’s 50th annual production sale on February 23.

The previous Hereford price record of $120,000 was set

by Inverary Dominator D56 in 1986.

Robert Redford Q287 sold at auction to a syndicate of buyers comprised of ABS Global Australia, South Australian stud Ardno, and Vielun Pastoral Company, Mudgee.

Having bid up to $150,000 hoping to purchase the bull in their own right, Jarrah Genetics from Banana, Qld, then spent the 48 hours following the sale negotiating a share in the syndicate with the existing parties and secured a semen share in the bull.

Sired by Injemira Redford J006 and out of a first calving heifer, Robert Redford Q287 is a low birthweight bull with curve bending growth figures. His 200 and 400-day weights are in the top five per cent of the breed and a 600-day weight in the top 10 per cent of the breed.

Robert Redford Q287’s growth figures are also backed up by impressive carcase data with an EMA value in the top one per cent and an IMF EBV in the top five per cent of the Hereford breed.

The BREEDPLAN data is topped off with all four of Robert Redford Q287’s Index Values being in the top one per cent of the Hereford breed.

Redford’s combination of phenotype and exceptional BREEDPLAN data saw him become one of six new sires to join the Herefords Australia Super Sires program in 2021.

Breeder and Injemira stud principal Marc Greening had identified Robert Redford Q287 as being phenotypically “pretty special” when he was just a weaner and as time progressed his BREEDPLAN data matched up to what he looked like phenotypically.

“It was extremely rewarding to see the buyers thought the same of him as I did,” Mr Greening said.

“Back in October 2020 he scanned the biggest raw EMA ever for a spring drop bull and being a two-year-old heifer’s first calf, this is an achievement and demonstrates his quality and performance.

Semen was collected by Injemira and the bull used artificially over 80 females in November 2020.

Bill Cornell of ABS was delighted to find an animal of such all-round quality.

“In the 18 years I’ve been selecting and acquiring bulls for ABS, Redford would be one of only three or fewer bulls that have ticked every single box so strongly for any beef breed,” Mr Cornell said.

According to Mr Cornell the fact Robert Redford Q287 had already been accepted into the Super Sires program was a significant draw card.

Semen packages from Injemira Robert Redford Q287 have been sold around the world and the bull is included in the Herefords Australia Super Sires battery.

“ABS is a firm follower of the Super Sires program, we started with Wirruna Matty and we’d like to add to that,” he said.

“Super Sires is almost a prerequisite for Hereford bulls acquired by ABS.” Sam Broinowski of Vielun Pastoral was extremely impressed with the whole package deal presented by Injemira Robert Redford Q287.

“This bull has all the balanced attributes you want; he’s got structure, carcase, and sire appeal that you can’t fault,” Mr Broinowski said.

“Matched with impeccable BREEDPLAN data he becomes an impeccable sire.”

Mr Broinowski was particularly drawn to Robert Redford Q287’s commercial relevance as a Hereford sire that could be used over heifers and produce progeny that grow out into profitable animals.

“For me he’s a bull that fits any program and any breed, and the industry needs that,” he said.

Christine Comley of Ardno Herefords, Mount Gambier, is excited to see the impact Robert Redford Q287’s genetics will have on both their stud and commercial herd.

“We’ll be using him extensively through AI in our commercial herd of 1700 animals, and we will use him in the stud as well,” Ms Comley said.

“Previously we have bred our own stud bulls for use in our commercial herd but we’re looking to start selling some stud bulls to commercial producers in our area.”

Jarrah stud principal Sam Becker was determined to acquire a share in Robert Redford Q287 as the bull is well suited to the Jarrah breeding program.

“Phenotypically Redford is what we need here in Queensland, and genetically he is where the breed is heading,” Mr Becker said.

Robert Redford Q287 will be at the ABS collection centre before travelling to Mudgee for the spring joining at Vielun Pastoral and then head to South Australia for autumn joining with the Ardno herd.

According to ABS, there have already been semen orders placed from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and Switzerland and strong interest from the UK.

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NEWS

HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA

The steer average at Omeo has jumped by $1067 and for heifers by $1112 since the 2019 Mountain Calf Sales.

Photo Kim Woods

New records and sky high averages for whiteface vendors at Calf Sales

By Kim Woods

WHITEFACE vendors pocketed an extra $118 a head for their weaner steers above other British breeds at the 81st annual Mountain Calf Sales in March.

Held at Benambra, Omeo and Ensay on March 2-3, the Mountain Calf Sales yarded 6179 this year with the Ensay leg reinstated after its cancellation in 2020.

The five sales combined averaged $1712 – up from $1267 in 2020. Incredibly, the steer average at Omeo had jumped by $1067 and heifers by $1112 in two years.

Autumn drop whiteface steer prices peaked at Omeo at $2110 – up from $1750 last year and an impressive $890 up on 2019 – and heifers at Omeo set a new record of $2180, up from the previous 2020 record of $1810.

Going into the sales, a turnaround in seasonal conditions, widespread demand from restockers and record liveweight prices had buoyed vendors.

As their averages rose skyward by around $400 over last year, steer finishers were having their margins squeezed with the prospect of holding calves priced over $2000 for another 12 to 15 months.

New top price records were set for steers and heifers across all the five sales in the circuit.

Heifer prices surged to a new high of $2180 for autumn droppers, resulting in a windfall for Victorian high country producers who had held females back for the two-day event.

The majority of cattle sold to Gippsland, Victoria’s north east, south west Victoria, the Riverina, central and northern NSW.

The whiteface offering hit its peak when 1127 Hereford and Hereford cross steers and heifers were sold at Omeo on March 3 for an overall average of $1814.

The sale averaged $1843 for steers (up from $1443 on last year) and $1756 for the heifers (up from $1161 last year).

This outpaced the steer average at the Omeo Angus and Black Baldy sale on March 2 by $118, the heifers by $175 and the overall sale average by $139.

The overall average for the Elders Benambra Weaner Sale was $1713, with steers averaging $1840 and heifers $1524.

A total of 1102 mixed sex whiteface cattle were yarded at Benambra.

In comparison, Omeo’s Angus and Black Baldy sale yarded 2111 cattle for an overall average of $1675, a $1725 steer average and $1581 for the heifers.

Whiteface heifers were the big movers on the back of restocker demand with the top price of $2180 for autumn droppers at Omeo, $390 above the Angus top price of $1790.

Autumn drop Angus steers topped at $2090 while whiteface vendors were $20 a head in front with a 2021 top price of $2110.

At Ensay, steers topped at $2010 and averaged $1801 while heifers topped at $1940 and averaged $1679.

The circuit opener at Hinnomunjie topped at $2390 for 658kg yearling steers and averaged $1670 for steers and topped at $1670 for heifers and averaged $1479.

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Showcasing the Hereford advantage from feedlots to forks

By Kim Woods A trio of videos tracing the advantages of the Hereford breed from the producer through to the lotfeeder and butcher are the latest marketing tools produced by Herefords Australia.

The videos were produced to drive awareness and consideration of the benefits of Hereford and Herefordcross cattle as commercial producers start to rebuild, and were launched at Beef Australia in May. The videos are part of a broader campaign to promote the advantages of the breed to participants across the supply chain.

The story traces from paddock to plate, hearing what customers want, need and value, what processors and lotfeeders require and how Hereford cattle deliver what the markets want.

They emphasise the benefits of fertility, temperament, performance on grass, environmental adaptability, suitability for crossbreeding, resilience, superior eating quality, life cycle profitability and flexibility to suit grass or short fed grain programs.

Featuring in the videos are butcher Mark Stapleton, Stapleton Family Beef, Gymea, NSW, producer Guy Lord, Branga Plains Pastoral Company, Walcha, NSW, and livestock agent Scott Bremner, Elders.

According to Scott Bremner, weight gain is a priority for customers through the beef supply chain He works for the 20,000 head capacity Elders Killara feedlot at Quirindi, NSW, feeding for both domestic and export programs.

“We are seeing in the Hereford breed throughout all facets of the industry, the cattle are a reliable source to take advantage of the improved seasons to give a hectare return through weight,” Mr Bremner said.

He said Herefords offered good conversion rates and average daily gains on grass or grain.

“There is a real niche market at the moment for that grass product, and the Hereford breed has the frame and capacity to continue to grow without size becoming a problem.

“Herefords put milk in your cows, along with fertility and early maturity – they tick a lot of boxes in my mind.

“We are feeding for a 70 day domestic program so any cattle with Hereford content are meeting the required fat specifications and we are getting great conversion rates.

“At the end of the day, feedlotting comes down to conversion – the less they eat and the more they put on brings about performance and profitability.”

Mr Bremner said there was potential for the Hereford

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1 1. Producer Guy Lord during filming on Branga Plains Pastoral.

2. Guy Lord mustering on Branga Plains Pastoral at Walcha.

Photos Ro Koebel

breed to penetrate further into northern Australia Bos indicus herds.

“To introduce Hereford into the Bos indicus breeds will see weaning weights and the carcase value of the cow increase dramatically, as well as add docility and ease of management.

“The Hereford hybrid’s average daily gains off grass will outstrip any pure Bos indicus breeds, and they have more carcase weight.”

Mr Bremner said Hereford content increased carcase compliance under MSA grading.

At the retail level, butcher Mark Stapleton has found consumers are interested in the back-story to their Hereford beef.

He said consumers were demanding a clean, green Australian product and wanted to know the ethical raising claims behind their beef.

Mr Stapleton works closely with producer Guy Lord to engage with consumers at a retail level and establish loyalty.

Mr Lord runs a closed cow-calf operation focused on marrying genetics with nutrition.

He likes the Hereford breed’s docility, fertility, weight gain off grass, doing ability and longevity.

He said the Hereford cow’s ability to survive during one of the worst droughts on record was inspirational.

Mr Lord pointed to superior meat eating quality, along with the low maintenance requirement of the cow as key attributes of the breed.

“We achieve really good MSA compliance – our butcher trusts us and we trust our cattle.

“We are great proponents of using EBVs (estimated breeding values) to imprint a genotype into the herd to ensure we are not taking too much risk on achieving a live calf.

“We are a consumer driven industry and if we can’t produce an article the consumer wants, we won’t be in it for much longer.”

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Glendan Park Quarterback Q027 (H) Sold for a GP record of$76,000 in our 8th Annual Bull Sale to Lotus and Supple Herefords, NSW.

Glendan Park Quality Q136 (PP) Sold for $33,000 at the Herefords Australia National Show and Sale (Wodonga) to Yarram Park Herefords, VIC. Thank you to all new and existing clients, underbidders and agents for supporting the Glendan Park program in 2021.

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Marketing plan to support breed productivity and profitability A strategic marketing plan is under development to promote the attributes and benefits of the Hereford breed to other value chain participants.

Following the establishment of the Herefords Australia Marketing Committee in late 2020, the HAL Board will work with the committee to develop the plan.

The Marketing Committee is comprised of HAL directors, staff, members, and young guns.

“The planning process will enable us to better understand triggers and 2 barriers to the breed and critically assess what types of information producers want, need and value as they make breeding and buying decisions,” Herefords Australia chief executive officer Lisa Sharp said.

“The approach will also enable Herefords Australia to establish its marketing and communications priorities, set clear objectives and identify supporting activities.”

In the initial stage of the plan development, there will be a number of interviews with various stakeholders in order to better understand how they see the attributes and benefits of Herefords, how others perceive Herefords (relative to other regionally appropriate breeds) and to begin to gather some qualitative data on sources of information and influence.

The interviews and desktop research will be followed up with a stakeholder workshop to confirm key insights and the implications for the Strategic Marketing Plan.

The need to concentrate on marketing and the development of a strategic marketing plan has become a focal point of the HAL board following the focus on R&D and technical development in recent years.

HAL marketing committee chairman Marc Greening said there was now an opportunity to use the marketing strategy to promote the findings from the R&D and technical work.

“This will support the adoption of research, support breed productivity and profitability and give producers and others ongoing evidence as to the benefits of Herefords,” Mr Greening said.

There are several key goals in developing the strategic marketing plan including encouraging greater producer awareness and consideration of Herefords to help drive preference and purchase from genetics through to cattle.

There is also an opportunity to promote the attributes and benefits of the breed to other value chain participants such as agents, lotfeeders and processors.

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1. There is an opportunity to promote the attributes and benefits of the breed to other value chain participants such as agents, lotfeeders and processors.

2. Marketing strategy to help inform the use and prioritisation of different media channels.

It is envisaged the formulation of the strategic marketing plan will take up to six months and will examine the attributes that matter most to producers. It will look at relative strengths of the breed – and all supporting evidence – to create a compelling value proposition.

The plan will also look at who to target, and how to refine the value proposition for different regions and target audiences.

Recommendations regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of different communication channels and sources of influence will also be included as part of the plan.

Following the development of the strategic marketing plan will come the implementation phase, which will occur over the next five years.

The delivery of the marketing strategy will be managed by the HAL office, with the HAL Board/Marketing Committee and CEO Ms Sharp.

“Herefords are in a strong position to capitalise on trends with Hereford sale prices exceeding other British breeds in the January 2021 weaner sales and strong price trends reported throughout 2020,” Mr Greening said.

“Herefords are a versatile breed that is adaptive to the majority of Australian beef producing regions, and with a strong reputation for grass finishing which is highly desired by all processors with grass fed beef products.”

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HAL NOMINATED SUPER SIRE

Q067’s DAM & FULL SISTER LOT 3 KIDMAN HITMAN Q067 Gestation Birth Wt. 200 Day Length (days) (kg) Wt (kg) -5.2 +6.0 +40 76% 70% 70%

400 Day Wt (kg) +75 70%

600 Day Milk (kg) Scrotal Eye Muscle Rib Fat Wt (kg) Size (cm) Area (sq cm) (mm) +110 +17 +3.9 +5.0 +1.3 72% 58% 77% 57% 62%

Rump Fat (mm) +1.9 65%

IMF (%) +1.8 64%

Q068’S DAM

29th ON PROPERTY SALE LOT 4 KIDMAN FORMULA ONE Q068 Gestation Birth Wt. 200 Day Length (days) (kg) Wt (kg) -5.5 +3.6 +36 74% 62% 66%

400 Day Wt (kg) +59 68%

600 Day Milk (kg) Scrotal Eye Muscle Rib Fat Wt (kg) Size (cm) Area (sq cm) (mm) +85 +14 +1.4 +3.3 +1.3 70% 51% 76% 53% 55%

Rump Fat (mm) +1.7 59%

IMF (%) +1.6 56%

40 BULLS 30 FEMALES Tuesday 31st August, 1pm

LOT 6 KIDMAN EDITOR Q074 Gestation Birth Wt. 200 Day Length (days) (kg) Wt (kg) -2.0 +3.4 +39 76% 63% 66%

400 Day Wt (kg) +61 67%

600 Day Milk (kg) Scrotal Eye Muscle Rib Fat Wt (kg) Size (cm) Area (sq cm) (mm) +75 +22 +2.7 +3.6 +1.9 69% 58% 75% 56% 59%

Rump Fat (mm) +2.3 61%

IMF (%) +1.3 60%

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Promoting the Hereford advantage in the north Herefords Australia was among the many organisations and business exhibiting at Beef Australia 2021 in Rockhampton on May 2–8.

The event, which happens every three years, was embraced by a record number of people from the wider beef cattle industry and central Queensland community.

According to Beef Australia, 115,866 people attended the event. Crowds were steady across all days, and this was certainly the case from a Herefords Australia perspective, where there was a regular stream of visitors to the marquee.

CEO Lisa Sharp said Herefords Australia had a number of objectives to achieve as part of its presence at Beef Australia.

These included driving awareness of the benefits and advantages of the breed with producers.

With just under 50 per cent of the national herd based in Queensland, Beef 2021 was an opportunity for engagement with a key target audience, noting recruitment of commercial producers is emerging as a marketing priority.

“We also wanted to create an environment for members to network with their clients and for members to meet and engage with HAL staff,” Ms Sharp said.

“Over the course of the five-day expo we had over 100 visitors to the Herefords Australia marquee. These visits resulted in new membership enquiries, new sponsorship prospects and one new research opportunity.

“In addition, the Herefords Hospitality hour, which included meet and greet opportunities with directors and key suppliers attracted a further 40 visitors each afternoon.

“Herefords Australia had a prominent ring side location, and through its media partnership had branded content on high rotation opposite the main dining and entertainment precinct.

There were many highlights throughout the week, including the property tour to Jarrah Cattle Company and the cattle competition.

The full-day tour to the family property at Banana gave over 80 attendees an up-close look at Jarrah’s commercial, trade and seedstock genetics, featuring Herefords and Redfords.

The operation is based on an imperative to develop a fully accountable and commercially focused cattle operation, with fertility and quality, the major drivers

of profit, at the forefront.

Attendees learned how a bull breeding herd was established to supply superior genetics for the commercial herd, to ensure performance of progeny and predictability throughout the business.

Discussions then centred on key elements of a beef cattle enterprise, starting from the paddock right through to the consumer.

In addition to trade sites and property tours, the Beef Australia program was packed with fine food, celebrity chef presentations, tech demonstrations and seminars, but cattle remained the highlight, with 331 individual studs, 30 breeds and over 5000 head part of the Expo.

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Ms Sharp thanked the Herefords Beef Australia committee members and young guns for their assistance in planning and preparation.

“I’d also like to acknowledge HAL staff and members of the Herefords Queensland Association for their hands on support throughout the week,” she said.

“Finally, Beef Australia is all about the cattle so congratulations to our winners and thanks to all exhibitors for showcasing the beautiful Hereford breed in front of packed stands.”

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Herefords Australia staff had an opportunity to attend several seminars through the course of the week and summaries and key insights from these and other relevant presentations will be shared with members over the coming months.

1. Catching up at Rockhampton were Tom Nixon, Qld, Gary McAinch and Ian Locke, NSW. 2. Jim McWilliam, NSW, Tom Nixon, Qld, Ambrose Kenney, Herefords Australia, Tim Reid, NSW, and Catriona Millen, SBTS. 3. Lisa Sharp and Ro Koebel, Herefords Australia, with Peter Yoemans, Jenny Woodward, Matt Wordsworth and Charlie Yoemans. Peter and Charlie were leading heifers on behalf of Jarrah but have their own Hereford stud, Ulumbie, at Walgett, NSW. 4. Lisa Sharp, Herefords Australia, with the Campion family of Amos Vale Herefords, Bradyn, Mark, Matthew and Wendy.

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NEW SIRES PURCHASED THIS AUTUMN Allendale Jet AEDQ085 (PP)

Purchased on property sale $14,000 MAY 2021 HEREFORD BREEDPLAN BW

SS

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400G

600G

EMA

Rib

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EBV

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Yarram Mojo YPHQ086 (H)

Purchased on property sale $30,000 MAY 2021 HEREFORD BREEDPLAN BW

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Rib

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73%

54%

67%

67%

69%

50%

56%

60%

57%

Quamby Plains Quandary OPCQ511 (PP) Purchased on property sale $19,000 MAY 2021 HEREFORD BREEDPLAN BW

SS

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600G

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Rib

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+48

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57%

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68%

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55%

59%

56%

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Quest steals the show at Rockhampton with length and mobility

By Ro Koebel Yagaburne Quest Q643 strode to victory in the Hereford ring at Beef Australia 2021 in Rockhampton.

The 19-month-old sire, exhibited by Yagaburne Poll Herefords, Goondiwindi, is a son of Supple Lawless and took out the junior champion sash before taking on the senior champion bull to be named grand champion Hereford bull of the show.

The Hereford classes were judged by Martin Lill, Coonabarabran, NSW, with Riley Jenson, Yeppoon, Qld, serving as associate judge.

In the female classes, Sydney Royal champion Wirruna Golden Vanity M261 proved her dominance once again, taking out senior and grand champion Hereford female.

Exhibited by JTR Cattle Company, Roslyn, NSW, and Tobruk Poll Herefords, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Golden Vanity delighted the judges with her

broodiness and depth.

The five-year-old cow was sired by Wirruna Kelso K23 and was exhibited with her seven-month-old heifer calf.

Reserve champion senior female was awarded to Mickey Mouse Lady Alice 604, exhibited by Aleacea Nixon, Mickey Mouse Beef.

In the junior female division, it was a clean sweep for the Campion family of Amos Vale Herefords, Glen Innes, taking out both champion and reserve junior Hereford female with Amos Vale Lioness 26 Q026 and Amos Vale Pearl PR Royal 319 Q046 respectively.

In the female calf classes, Kalara Miss Charm R001 exhibited by Jamie Hollis and Mikayla Passmore was awarded the champion sash ahead of Jarrah Britisher R319 in reserve.

In the senior bull classes, Braelyn Advance P120 claimed champion honours and was described by the judges as “the best of both worlds.”

Associate judge Riley Jensen, Yeppoon, judge Martin Lill, Coonabarabran, Marc Greening, Injemira Beef Genetics, Book Book, NSW, handler Karen Griffiths, Advance Fitting Services, Allora, Justin Rohde, Nutrien Rockhampton, and Herefords Australia CEO Lisa Sharp.

Photo Ro Koebel Reserve champion senior bull was awarded to Jarrah Anzac H006 Q090 exhibited by Jarrah Cattle Company, Banana, Qld. Reserve champion junior bull was presented to Devon Court Jubilant Q169, exhibited by Devon Court Herefords, Drillham, Qld. The first placed exhibitor’s group was awarded to Jarrah Cattle Company with a trio that Mr Lill described as smooth and consistent.

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Bob Miles founded the Bingeberry Hereford Stud in 1979

HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA

Hunter Valley cattleman Bob Miles, formally of “Strathmore”, Rouchel, and the Bingeberry Hereford Stud, passed away at 91 years of age, on January 10, 2021.

He was a life member of Herefords Australia.

Bob was born and bred at “Buraduc” on the shores of Myall Lake near Forster on the northern coast of NSW. He married Marion McMullin in 1954 and moved to Rouchel in the Upper Hunter Valley.

The couple built a large and successful dairy on the banks of the Hunter River outside Denman.

Property improvement and expansion were an important focus during his lifetime involvement on the land. At this time, their beef cattle enterprise was growing at Rouchel.

Bob, Marion and son, Keith, founded the Bingeberry Hereford Stud at Rouchel, in 1979 trading under McMullin and Miles Pty Ltd, with an excellent reputation for both breeding and finishing cattle for the meat trade.

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TECHNICAL NEWS

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BREEDPLAN top tips: Understanding Milk EBVs The influence a cow has on the pre-weaning growth of her calf is two-fold; her direct growth genetics (i.e. 200 Day Weight EBV) and the maternal environment she provides (i.e. Milk EBV).

The BREEDPLAN Milk EBV, by describing the genetics of a cow’s maternal contribution to the 200 day weight of her calf, captures the mothering ability of a cow and the amount and quality of milk received by her calf.

For a sire, the Milk EBV describes the maternal contribution that his daughters will have on the 200 day weight of their calves.

The Milk EBV is expressed in kilograms.

The context of how the Milk EBV is reported should be considered when comparing different animals. For example, if we consider Sire A with a Milk EBV of +20 and Sire B with a Milk EBV of +10, we can see that the difference between the two bulls is 10 kg.

As only half of the genetics come from the sire, we would expect that, on average, the daughters of Sire A would contribute 5kg more (via maternal contribution) to the 200 day weight of their calves than the daughters of Sire B.

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With all other factors (e.g. the 200 Day Growth EBVs of calves) being equal, the greater maternal contribution from Sire A’s daughters will lead to a 5kg average increase in the 200 day weight of their calves (grand progeny of Sire A).

The production system and environment in which cows will run should also be considered when considering the optimum level of Milk EBVs for your herd.

Selection for increased Milk EBVs may be warranted when cows are run under good nutritional conditions and/or calves are sold as weaners.

However, some environments may not support high Milk EBVs. For example, under suboptimal conditions, high Milk EBV cows may not get back in calf as easily as lower Milk EBV cows in the following year.

Therefore, when considering Milk EBVs in animal selection, ensure you select animals with appropriate Milk EBVs for your production system and environment.

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Commercial testing for MD now available A new genetic condition, Mandibulofacial Dysostosis (MD) was reported by the American Hereford Association in June 2020.

MD may result in a facial malformation, which can include cleft palate, brachygraphic (short jaw) and camplygnathia (crooked jaw or face).

Affected calves could display bilateral skin tags, attached to an unusual bone formation, just behind the corner of the mouth. Additional skin tags may be present near and/or below the ears.

The calves’ ears are sometimes small and floppy. Jaw muscles are underdeveloped, and calves may have an elongated oral opening giving them the appearance of an exaggerated smile.

Affected calves have a sucking reflex but will not suckle vigorously. While affected calves are typically born alive, they are not able to thrive.

MD is caused by a recessive allele, which means that affected calves will only occur when two carrier animals are mated together.

Until April 2021, Australian animals tested for MD had to have a DNA sample exported through NEOGEN to the US for testing at NEOGEN’s GeneSeek laboratory in Lincoln NE. Following testing by NEOGEN in Australasia, from April 2021commercial testing for MD is available to Herefords Australia members through the NEOGEN lab at Gatton.

The test is a stand-alone and cannot be included in the Herefords Australia DNA testing bundles.

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Pricing is set at the stand-alone rate of $30 per sample (GST incl.) Test results are posted on the Herefords Australia online animal lookup.

ABOUT GENETIC CONDITIONS Genetic conditions or defects are caused by DNA abnormalities and are present in all species, including beef cattle.

The incidence of genetic conditions is normally low within a population but increases in inbreeding or the rapid dissemination of genes through artificial breeding, can lead to a rapid escalation in the prevalence of a condition.

Over 400 genetic conditions have been identified in beef cattle. Approximately one quarter of these are caused by a single gene mutation, making them easy to manage through DNA testing.

Historically, genetic conditions were managed by extensive progeny testing or by eradicating all known relatives of the affected animal. This resulted in production losses and the potential loss of superior genetics. Developments in DNA testing and gene probability technology now allow breeders to manage genetic conditions more easily such that production losses and spread of the mutation can be minimised.

For more information on MD testing please contact the Herefords Australia office.

For more information on MD and other genetic conditions please visit our website.

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ON-PROPERTY BULL SALE

‘LOCHABER’ WALCHA 20 JULY 2021 AT 1PM

ENQUIRIES AND INSPECTIONS WELCOME CONTACT CHRIS LISLE 0459 772 810 ‘LOCHABER’ OXLEY HIGHWAY WALCHA NSW 2354

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NOVA POLL HEREFORDS

Since purchasing Yarawa South Paradise 12 months ago for the top price at the 2020 Wodonga National he has proven to be a bull with great muscling, softness and doing ablilty. His calves are already showing all the traits of their sire.

Paradise is a tremendously well balanced bull that moves so freely.

His structural correctness, great feet and balanced EBV's wrapped up in a beautiful soft skin makes for an outstanding package.

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TECHNICAL NEWS

HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA

Selection Indexes: New technical documentation available

By Catriona Millen, SBTS technical officer A number of new selection index tip sheets, both general and breed specific, are now available via the searchable Help Centre on the BREEDPLAN website.

It is expected these will be a valuable resource for Australian Hereford breeders and your bull buying clients.

The two new general selection index tip sheets are: 1. An Introduction to Selection Indexes This tip sheet introduces BreedObject selection indexes, outlines what selection indexes are available, and explains how to interpret selection indexes. It also provides a brief guide to using selection indexes in animal selection.

2. A BREEDPLAN Guide to Animal Selection This tip sheet provides a detailed best practice guide to using BREEEDPLAN information, alongside other selection tools (including visual appraisal), for animal selection. Advice on pre-sale preparation for bull buyers is also provided.

Two Hereford specific tip sheets are also available and replace the previous Interpreting Australian Hereford Selection Indexes tip sheet. These new tip sheets are: 3. Using Australian Hereford Selection Indexes This tip sheet provides Australian Hereford breeders and your commercial clients with a reference guide to assist in the identification of the most relevant Australian Hereford selection index for your production system(s). This tip sheet includes an

overview of the four Australian Hereford selection indexes and a guide to using these in animal selection.

4. Australian Hereford Selection Indexes: Technical Specifications This tip sheet has been designed for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the technical specifications for the four Australian Hereford selection indexes. An overview of the BreedObject selection index development process is provided.

The blue profit driver graph, the red EBV weightings graph and the green predicted response graph for each selection index can also be found here.

Australian Hereford breeders are encouraged to share these new selection index tip sheets with your commercial bull buying clients.

The A BREEDPLAN Guide to Animal Selection and the Using Australian Hereford Selection Indexes tip sheets may be of particular interest to commercial bull buyers.

You are welcome to link to these tip sheets via your own websites and/or social media sites.

You may also wish to reference these tip sheets in your sale catalogues. If doing so, it is recommended that you link directly to the version located on the BREEDPLAN website, rather than host a local copy on your own server.

This will ensure that any future updates to the tip sheets are automatically displayed.

For further information please contact the SBTS Technical Officer for Herefords, Catriona Millen, on (02) 6773 3357 or via email catriona@sbts.une.edu.au.

The A BREEDPLAN Guide to Animal Selection and the Using Australian Hereford Selection Indexes tip sheets may be of particular interest to commercial bull buyers.

7 Bulls Averaged $15,857 Bulls Available On Property Senior Champion Bull Lot 96 – Kaludah Lotto Q261 Sold $16,000 to N & J Lillie

Malcolm & Pam Shelley Kaludah, Cooma, NSW, 2630 0428 489 258

RM6803458

KALUDAH HEREFORDS

Lot 15 – Kaludah Cooper Q272 Sold $30,000 to Glenellerslie Herefords

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Lot 4 | WARRAGUNDI ANZAC WRGQ027

Lot 3 | WARRAGUNDI MISSOURI WRGQ005

BW +7.4 | 200 +47 | 400 +79 | 600 +115 | MILK +17 SS +2.9 | EMA +4.8 | RIB +0.1 | RUMP -0.2 | IMF +0.6

BW +5.2 | 200 +45 | 400 +77 | 600 +111 | MILK +20 SS +2.9 | EMA +6.6 | RIB +1.8 | RUMP +2.4 | IMF +1.1

Lot 6 | WARRAGUNDI QANTAS WRGQ002

Lot 5 | WARRAGUNDI MINNESOTA WRGQ003

BW +6.3 | 200 +48 | 400 +85 | 600 +118 | MILK +17 SS +2.4 | EMA +5.0 | RIB -0.2 | RUMP -0.4 | IMF +0.6

BW +6.1 | 200 +40 | 400 +69 | 600 +107 | MILK +10 SS +1.8 | EMA +4.5 | RIB -0.2 | RUMP -1.0 | IMF +0.2

Lot 2 | WARRAGUNDI ANZAC WRGQ078

Lot 7 | WARRAGUNDI QUEBEC Q033 (PP)

BW +6.1 | 200 +44 | 400 +74 | 600 +107 | MILK +18 SS +2.6 | EMA +5.6 | RIB +0.8 | RUMP +1.0 | IMF +1.1

BW +6.9 | 200 +41 | 400 +69 | 600 +110 | MILK +16 SS +2.3 | EMA +4.0 | RIB -0.6 | RUMP -1.4 | IMF -0.9

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Granite Hill returns to Canberra to take supreme exhibit It was back-to-back wins for Granite Hill Poll Herefords at the 2021 Canberra Royal Show when Granite Hill Questacon Q004 took out grand champion Hereford bull.

Owners Danny and Debby Hill, of Bungendore, won grand champion and supreme exhibit last year with Granite Hill Pinnacle.

The September 2019 drop bull was sired

by Dunoon Jet J172 and out of Kanimbla Revona M017, the same dam as Pinnacle.

The cattle ring was among the few sections to be operating at the 2021 Royal Canberra Show, which had been cancelled due to COVID-19.

Mulloon Rhythmic Magic was exhibited by the Cantwell family, Mulloon Poll Herefords, Mulloon, to grand champion female.

Stablemate, Mulloon Royal Rose, was reserve junior female. The heifer was sired by Wirruna Lake L55 and out of Sevenbardot Irish Rose M089.

Judge Renae Keith admired the softness and femininity of the two junior heifers.

The senior female went to Shotgun Elsa Q004, exhibited by Skye Hubbard, Shotgun Livestock, Cobbitty.

The June 2019 drop female was sired by Elm Vale Lyol and out of Shotgun Elsa M003.

Skye also exhibited the reserve senior champion female, Shotgun Calypso N003, and reserve junior champion bull with Shotgun Quillinaire Q006, a September 2019 drop son of Cloverlee Kaspar.

Jai Wynberg, handler, judges Renae Keith and Emily Polsen, sponsor Shannon Lawlor, owner Danny Hill and Liz Ikin with the Kanimbla Trophy for supreme Hereford exhibit.

Photo Emily H In the miniature Hereford classes, fouryear-old bull Pallisade Ernie returned to make it back-to-back wins for supreme exhibit.

Ernie was exhibited by Sue Parish, Palisade stud, Bringelly, and claimed his third grand champion bull title at the Royal Canberra Show.

Judge Renae Keith said the bull’s length, depth, carcase and softness got him the supreme sash over grand champion female, Palisade Donna, a four-year-old daughter of Palisade Ghandi.

Ghandi, a past three time grand champion winner at Canberra, was shown with a heifer calf. Junior champion female was Palisade Ivy and reserve senior champion female was Palisade Gloria.

Janet Cantwell, Mulloon Poll Herefords, won the open section of the junior judging competition.

HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA

Paragon Lady Mandi takes tricolour sash at Woolorama

With the 2020 Perth Royal Show cancelled, Hereford exhibiters were keen to compete at WA’s Wagin Woolorama in March.

Paragon Lady Mandi was awarded the speciality breeds champion senior female.

Handlers Libby and Spencer Morris, Narrikup, paraded the four-and-ahalf-year-old cow and her young heifer calf.

Judge Tony Golding, Dardanup, said the cow had a good udder, body length, and was built for longevity.

Handler Emily Tolland, Busselton, paraded 12-month-old Paragon Lady Remmi to speciality breeds champion female for exhibitor Denise Warner, Paragon Miniature Herefords, Waroona.

Rising three-year-old Paragon Lord Peter, weighing 473kg, was shown by Paragon stud to specialty breeds champion senior bull while sixmonth-old Paragon Lord River was specialty breeds junior champion bull.

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SHF York 19H Y02 x KCF Bennett Encore Z311 Final Call on Broadway as very limited semen remains.

Broadway is unquestionably one of the most impressive young sires in the USA today. He is a performance king with an outstanding spread of moderate calving to high yearling weight, exceptional marbling and eye catching phenotype.

The first group of Broadway sons sold in early 2021 to a $65,000 top (1/2 interest) & $16,200 average. The marbling in this group was consistently amongst the highest scans ever recorded at Churchill Herefords.

Broadway now ranks in the Top 10% of the American Hereford Assoc database for Weaning Wt, Yearling Wt, Sustained Cow Fertility, Udder Suspension, Carc Wt, Marbling (Top 1%) and all AHA Indexes.

From an exceptional individual, Broadway is now stamping himself as a consistently, high quality breeding sire. Backed by a performance pedigree, Broadway progeny are commercially relevant while also featuring an eye catching look.

Final Semen Available (No further availability) Stud Semen: 10-30 straws $70ea, 30+ straws $60ea Commercial Semen: 10+ straws $40

HH Advance 7143E x CL 1 Domino 1131Y HH Advance 0022H may stand as one of the most exciting sires from the Holden Line One program in some time. He is a striking individual that is capable of transmitting the Line One influence in a seriously eye appealing package.

0022H sold at Holden Herefords 2021 for $75,000 (1/2 interest) where he was the standout lot. The product of a flawless pedigree, 0022H combines extra length of body, a wide base and a smooth front. He is bold topped, perfectly footed and well equipped to build the long lasting breeding cows that herds rely on.

Holden Herefords think highly of 0022H and he is seeing heavy use in the renowned Line One breeding program. Jack Holden comments "0022H has been a standout, for all the performance he has he still looks like he would work great on heifers".

Advance 0022H may be one of the true herd building horned sires to arrive. He is backed by an elite breeding pedigree, is a standout individual and carries the famed Line One influence.

Limited Open Market Release (Available Spring 2021) Stud Semen: 10-30 straws $70ea, 30+ straws $60ea Commercial Semen: 10+ straws $40

The first progeny of NJW Endure 173D excelled at the 2021 Wodonga Hereford National selling to $53,000 and averaging $36,500. With Endure semen sold out globally consider Kanimbla Power Quest Q006 for your Endure influence.

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Golden Vanity shines as supreme exhibit at Sydney Young Hereford breeder Janet Cantwell swept away the opposition at the 2021 Sydney Royal Show, bagging junior and grand champion bull, and reserve junior heifer.

Janet, principal of Mulloon Poll Herefords at Braidwood, NSW, was overcome with emotion when her three entries were among the ribbons at the show.

Mulloon Radar placed first in his class and was sashed junior and grand champion bull, while Mulloon Royal Rose R002 won her class and went on to be reserve junior champion heifer. Royal Rose had won reserve champion junior female at Canberra Royal.

Mulloon Rythmic Magic R001 placed third in her class. The placing followed on from Canberra Royal where Magic was sashed junior champion heifer.

The 12-month-old bull Radar weighed 618kg and scanned with a raw eye muscle area of 95sqcm and had a rump fat depth of 17mm and rib of 11mm.

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1. Grand champion Hereford Bull Mulloon Radar, exhibited by Janet Cantwell of Mulloon Pastoral, with Marlene Cantwell, left, judge Erin Waters, second left, and Ken McCallum, Viewfield Herefords.

2. The supreme exhibit with judge Erin Waters, handler Stuart Hobbs, Tim and Jemma Reid, JTR Cattle Co and steward Dr Ellen Downes.

Photos Branded Ag

A son of Wirruna Lake L55 and out of Sevenbardot Magic L121, Radar was just the second bull Mulloon had bred.

Radar was beaten for supreme exhibit by grand champion female Wirruna Golden Vanity M261.

Owned in partnership by Tim and Jemma Reid of JTR Cattle Co, Roslyn, NSW, and Damien Holloway, Tobruk Poll Herefords, Wagga Wagga, Golden Vanity was exhibited with her six-month-old heifer calf at foot.

The Hereford classes were judged by Erin Waters, Andtravern Herefords, Lancefield Victoria.

Wirruna Golden Vanity M261 was previously under Canadian ownership but was recently purchased by JTR and Tobruk.

In the junior female classes Kianma Nancy was sashed the champion ahead of reserve place getter Mulloon Royal Rose.

The 10-month-old Kianma Nancy was out of Bowen Nancy G27 and exhibited by Kierin and Nikki Martin, Forbes, NSW. Reserve senior champion female was awarded to Llandillo Vanessa P130.

Reserve junior champion bull was awarded to Llandillo Thunder, exhibited by Llandillo Poll Herefords, Bathurst, NSW. In the senior bull classes, rising two-year-old sire Te-Angie Quattro Q002 came away with the champion sash ahead of Tondara Mason P037.

Quattro was exhibited by third time Sydney Royal exhibitor Richard Ogilvie of Te-Angie Poll Herefords, Wongwibinda, NSW. A heifer’s first calf, Quattro was sired by New Zealand sire Limehills Starter 160062.

2 Quattro Q002 was also part of the Te-Angie winning sires progeny group and winning pair of bulls.

The dam’s progeny group was won by Jordan Alexander and Tondara Herefords, Urana, NSW, with progeny out of Kanimbla Harmony K157.

The winning breeder’s group was exhibited by Llandillo Poll Herefords.

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ON PROPERTY SALE MILLMERRAN THURSDAY 26TH AUGUST 2021, 11:30AM Talbalba Conrad Q086 (PP)

Sire: Yambro Conrad B88 (P)

Talbalba Marshall Q015 (H)

Sire: Lotus Marshall M102 (H)

Talbalba Homeland Q054 (S)

Sire: KCF Bennet Homeland C34 (imp USA) (PP)

Talbalba Marshall Q075 (H)

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ANIMAL WELFARE

HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA

Room for improvement in animal welfare along nation’s supply chain Herefords Australia Youth alumni and Thomas Foods International feedlot general manager Tom Green has observed a growing commentary and concern regarding animal welfare in intensive agriculture over the last five years.

As a 2019 Nuffield Scholar, Mr Green’s journey revealed Australia has strong animal welfare standards but has room to improve in practice and principle.

His topic of study was the greater supply chain collaboration needed to bridge the gap between producers and end consumers.

Travelling across North and South America, the European Union and Africa, Mr Green visited and interviewed leading industry experts, universities, research institutions, individual enterprises, service providers and corporate agricultural businesses to better understand different perspectives on animal welfare.

“Conjecture surrounding livestock production and animal welfare has made some producers feel uncertain and nervous about their own businesses and livelihoods,” he said.

“High-level documents such as the livestock industry Strategic Plan 2020 have recognised the need for the livestock production industry to continue to improve in several areas to maintain the trust and support of the wider community.

“Consumer and community support is the single biggest economic risk to the red meat industry. That support is based on many factors including price, food safety, environmental and animal welfare concerns.”

Mr Green said exposure to heat was one of the main causes for concern in feedlots.

The industry has invested heavily in researching the effects of heat and mitigation strategies.

A number of complex interacting factors such as tropical breed content, hide colour, fat cover and health status all have major effects on an animal’s susceptibility to heat while the combination of temperature, wind speed 1 and humidity are the main weather factors.

Accredited feedlots must have a documented ‘heat load plan’ that is reviewed annually.

To help monitor extremes in weather most modern feedlots are fitted with onsite weather stations.

1. Thomas Green visited feedlots across Europe as part of his Nuffield Scholarship.

2. Iranda feedlot has used 70 per cent block out shade cloth installed in a north-south orientation. Shade is installed to support animal

welfare, productivity and profitability in feedlots.

3. Thomas Green oversees the 17,500 head Iranda Beef Feedlot at Tintinara, SA.

Mr Green said the best protection from environmental heat in feedlots is installing shade.

“Installation rates across Australia have increased rapidly in recent times with producers starting to understand the benefits,” he said.

“The other main environmental welfare concern is pen surface conditions within the feedlot.

“Cold and wet winters in southern Australia leads to wet pen conditions for extended periods, which can lead to mud and dag build-up on animals.

“Comfortable animals sit and ruminate for longer periods of time which decreases when pens are poorly kept.

“Good feedlot practice is to clean pens every 50 days to keep a cleaner and more comfortable environment and a form of clean bedding, such as straw or woodchip can be used in certain situations “The feedlot industry must continue to be aggressive in improving the feedlot environment for cattle.

“Steps forward have been taken with many practices now a minimum standard in line with the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme, which has several standards regarding cattle environment and comfort.”

Mr Green said intensive livestock industries should recognise the intensity and efficiency of production can push animals to and past their metabolic limit.

“Trying to push for extra feed conversion or weight gain with low-fibre diets can lead to both acute and sub clinical illness caused by disruptions to physiological mechanisms,” he said.

“Sub-clinical illnesses can show as liver and lung lesions or poor feedlot performance and should be monitored and recorded to help improve practices.

“Trained livestock attendants check for acute illness daily in feedlots. This rapid detection of sickness is key in maintaining positive animal welfare outcomes in feedlots CONTINUED PAGE 38

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R SEMEN FO HESE SALE IN T ING OUTSTAND SIRES: YAVENVALE POWERHOUSE P499 (PP) – May 2021 Hereford GROUP BREEDPLAN Gestation Length (days)

BW (Kg)

200G Wt. (Kg)

400D Wt. (Kg)

600D Wt. (Kg)

Milk (Kg)

Scrotal Size (cm)

Eye Muscle Area (sq cm)

Rib Fat (mm)

Rump Fat (mm)

IMF (%)

EBV

-1.9

+3.3

+44

+80

+109

+23

+3.2

+7.3

+1.5

+2.1

+1.9

Acc

74%

75%

69%

68%

69%

51%

75%

51%

57%

61%

58%

Impressive all-rounder retained at Yavenvale with exceptional EBVs TARCOMBE ENCORE Q053 (PP) – May 2021 Hereford GROUP BREEDPLAN Gestation Length (days)

BW (Kg)

200G Wt. (Kg)

400D Wt. (Kg)

600D Wt. (Kg)

Milk (Kg)

Scrotal Size (cm)

Eye Muscle Area (sq cm)

Rib Fat (mm)

Rump Fat (mm)

IMF (%)

EBV

-1.2

+5.2

+42

+73

+103

+18

+3.9

+5.0

+0.6

+0.4

+2.5

Acc

74%

73%

68%

68%

68%

55%

73%

49%

56%

60%

58%

Exciting young sire purchased at 2020 Wodonga National for $42,000 TH MASTERPLAN 183F (PP) – May 2021 Hereford GROUP BREEDPLAN Gestation Length (days)

BW (Kg)

200G Wt. (Kg)

400D Wt. (Kg)

600D Wt. (Kg)

Milk (Kg)

Scrotal Size (cm)

Eye Muscle Area (sq cm)

Rib Fat (mm)

Rump Fat (mm)

IMF (%)

EBV

-0.3

+2.7

+38

+66

+89

+15

+2.4

+5.0

+0.8

+0.5

+1.2

Acc

53%

60%

59%

59%

60%

48%

58%

40%

48%

51%

49%

Australian semen rights purchased in this outstanding US prospect ORARI GORGE QUANTUM – May 2021 Hereford GROUP BREEDPLAN Gestation Length (days)

BW (Kg)

200G Wt. (Kg)

400D Wt. (Kg)

600D Wt. (Kg)

Milk (Kg)

Scrotal Size (cm)

Eye Muscle Area (sq cm)

Rib Fat (mm)

Rump Fat (mm)

IMF (%)

EBV

+2.5

+3.8

+34

+72

+95

+17

+5.7

+5.2

+2.2

+3.2

+1.5

Acc

80%

92%

89%

88%

89%

71%

89%

66%

71%

76%

76%

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Room for improvement in animal welfare along nation’s supply chain cont’ FROM PAGE 36

and sees that only animals requiring antibiotics receive them and given the consistent feed supply, malnutrition is typically not an issue.”

Mr Green called on the feedlot industry to continue researching methods to enrich the experience for animals in a feedlot.

This may include daily exercise or objects in pens to amuse animals.

“If animals in confinement are kept in a group situation, always handled with care, fed an appropriate diet, can move freely, ruminate and rest, this could be classed as normal behaviour,” he said.

He spoke on the topic at the Western Australian Lot Feeders Association Better Beef 2021 and was part of a panel discussion on a national shade policy.

Mr Green made some industry recommendations in his Nuffield report: PRODUCER • Have a voice – It can be daunting as an individual to think individual producers can make a difference, but peak industry bodies are calling for people to become engaged with industry and supply chain. An individual’s opinion matters.

• Educate – Farmers have a broad range of knowledge when it comes to operating a farm but generally lack understanding of factors outside their immediate business. The broader supply chain knowledge, legislation affecting their business and consumer trends are all important areas producers should understand.

• Is your business sustainable? Not only economically but also environmentally and socially.

• Values – Consider your values regarding animal welfare. Are the current management practices of the business and industry in line with the general population? Understand a healthy animal is not always a happy one and performance alone is a poor indicator of animal welfare.

FEEDLOT INDUSTRY • Continue to maintain proactive approach – The industry has done a good job to date regarding animal welfare but must understand that unless the entire industry works together it will be to no avail.

• Build on quality assurance programs – NFAS has been a cornerstone of the industry but should be

consistently improved. Considerations surrounding audit frequency and content as well as ongoing compulsory data collection should be considered.

• Be proud and transparent – It can be confronting for industry to open their doors, particularly intensive agriculture. This needs to be done in a considered way, meaning the industry will be seen not to be hiding what they do. There is no denying what feedlots do, so it is about showing the interested public that the industry cares about the animals they farm.

RED MEAT SECTOR • Collaboration – Move forward with responsible industry reform to help streamline the sector. Peak industry bodies need to stand for their producers but also must consider the bigger picture. A central voice for the red meat industry helps provide a clear direction to all stakeholders.

• Whole supply chain quality assurance – Integrity Systems (LPA) is a foundation for what could be recognised as a global leader of supply chain quality assurance from producer to consumer. Stronger on farm quality assurance systems are required to match feedlot and processor regulations.

• National animal welfare standards – There is extensive red tape in this space, but industry must drive politics to endorse compulsory adoption of national standards. Animal welfare laws currently fall under state and territory governments and use national codes as a voluntary guide. It reflects poorly on a modern developed country that this cannot be achieved.

• FAO’s SDGs – All businesses and industries should have the UN, Food and Agriculture Organization’s , Sustainable Development Goals at the heart of their ethos.

• Knowledge sharing – Support individuals to better understand the industry they work in. There is currently no formal education for livestock owners.

Can individuals raise livestock without formal training?

CONSUMERS • Seek out true information – Find credible sources of information and make your own judgement.

• Meet a farmer – Make an effort to meet people that produce food for a living.

• Be willing to share the cost – Purchase food produced in a way that matches consumer values. This may come at a financial cost for longer term sustainability.

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On Property Sale 21st July 2021 at 11.30 am Open Day: Monday 5th July, 2021 Lot 18

Lot 2

Glenwarrah Kiev Q317 Lot 1

Glenwarrah Marshall Q314 Lot 14

Lot 3

Glenwarrah Regent Q033 & Q316

Glenwarrah Regent Q50

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YOUTH

HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA

Young gun on the radar in the Hereford stud industry In just seven years Janet Cantwell has gone from a teenager new to country life to the dizzy heights of the Hereford ring at the Sydney Royal Show.

Janet hit the jackpot early in her short stud career by taking home the hallowed sash for grand champion bull at the 2021 Sydney Royal Show with 12-month-old Mulloon Radar.

It was Janet’s third year of exhibiting cattle on behalf of Mulloon Poll Hereford, a partnership between herself and her mum Marlene Cantwell.

Radar was only the second bull Janet and Marlene had bred.

Janet said Herefords Australia Youth had been an important part of her life, allowing her to make friendships she could never have imagined.

“In 2014 we made our first stud purchase – little did we know where this would lead us,” she said.

“We never dreamed we would get this far.”

Janet paid tribute to her school show team and agricultural teacher for teaching the fundamentals of showing and giving her the showing “bug”.

At that stage Janet was 17, her family had moved to a farm at Mulloon, NSW, and she conceded she didn’t know much.

“I never realised what the Hereford community would be like and the opportunities linked to this,” she said.

“The first was when we travelled to Inverell for my first heifer show where I had ballot animals from the Reeves family.

“Felicity and Graham Reeves were so welcoming and supportive.

“From here it cemented the future and registration of the stud - our two foundation females were only 12-monthsold when we got them.

“When it came to start breeding we did not know enough about AI or ET and reconnected with family friends Ken and Liz Ikin, Cloverlee Poll Herefords.”

One of the Cantwell’s heifers was joined to a Cloverlee bull and agisted on the Ikin’s Bannister farm, while the Cantwell’s also invested in a Cloverlee sire.

The joining resulted in Mulloon’s first bull calf.

In 2017, Mulloon Poll Herefords purchased two more foundation females, 2 which are now either the dam or grand dam of the Sydney Royal winning animals.

“Once we purchased these females, we endeavored to use artificial insemination but had no success for three rounds,” Janet said.

“Once I had been to university and studied reproduction, along with talking to other Hereford Youth members, we had greater success.

“Our bull calf was our second AI calf from Sevenbardot Magic L121 who has become our best performing cow giving us three heifers and Mulloon Radar.

“Throughout this journey we have had heartache and success but most of all we have created a community which supports us but has also allowed for me to gain a greater understanding of cattle breeding.”

In early 2019, the family lost two foundation females, a poddy calf and numerous other cattle in a freakish lightning strike.

“The support offered by the Hereford community to us with growing our herd again was astounding,” Janet said.

“This community is one of the best and I am so grateful for everyone involved in where I am today.

“The knowledge gained from youth shows, offers of assistance with breeding semen and help especially in times where we had other impacting factors.

“The opportunity to represent the youth and the breed society in New Zealand last year was wonderful, and I am so grateful for the friends I made, bonding with the team and the experience of the World Hereford Conference will be something I won’t forget.”

Janet paid tribute to her neighbours, Ray and Donna Lawrence, for their guidance and knowledge, and her mother Marlene Cantwell for her support.

“I could not thank you enough for the support and belief in my knowledge.

“To the breeders who have offered assistance, been row partners at Sydney or any other show, I appreciate all of the support.

“To the youth, thank you for creating a program that has had such an impact and thank you to The Cattle Shop for the ongoing support of youth and individuals.”

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1. Janet Cantwell parades Mulloon Radar to junior and grand champion bull at Sydney Royal Show.

2. Janet Cantwell is a shining graduate of the Herefords Australia Youth program.

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DEVON COURT HEREFORDS

Devon Court Jubilant P044

Devon Court Jubilant P175

Devon Court l assoo P065

Devon Court l assoo P101

Devon Court l assoo P102

Devon Court l assoo P104

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Hereford Australia Youth Coordinators report

By Nikki Williamson The Herefords Australia National Youth Committee is hard at work organising the 2021 National Youth Expo scheduled for July 7-10 at Wodonga.

There will be a range of fun activities and some great scholarships up for grabs.

This year we are offering three scholarships; the Most Potential Breeder Award kindly donated by Sugarloaf Creek Herefords, and a travel scholarship around Australia offered by Herefords Australia Youth with opportunities to

possibly work with some of Australia’s finest agricultural leaders, companies and breeders.

Thirdly, a new scholarship offered by studstocksales.com is an internship providing an opportunity to experience how interactive social media marketing strategies can contribute to promoting and covering events for both cattle and sheep.

The intern will be working alongside the team from studstocksales.com, covering youth or national shows and sales across the country.

The National Youth would like to thank everyone involved in the youth auction at the National Show and Sale (Wodonga) dinner raising a whopping $10,220.

All funds raised will go towards the 2021 National Youth Expo.

We are looking forward to our first National Youth Expo back after a year off due to COVID-19 and hope to see you all there.

A big congratulations goes to Youth member Janet Cantwell of Mulloon Poll Herefords for winning Grand Champion Hereford bull at the 2021 There will be a host of fun activities over the four Royal Sydney Easter Show. day 2021 Herefords Australia National Youth Expo.

A great achievement for all the hard work put in prior to reaching such high level of success.

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Refreshed and streamlined event at 2021 Wodonga National Herefords headed back to Wodonga in May in a refreshed The popularity of the online auction was one of the and streamlined national event. incentives for the transformation of the event’s sale from In its 56th year, the Herefords Australia National Show open-cry, to an online simultaneous auction. and Sale adopted a new schedule and sale platform at its Those attending the event were able to view the bulls traditional home, the Wodonga Exhibition Centre. during judging and while bidding on the AuctionsPlus The only national breed sale to return to Wodonga in a platform, with additional agents and staff available on the physical format this year, the Hereford event showcased ground to offer assistance. the Hereford sires up for grabs and offered more Organising Committee chairman Alvio Trovatello said convenience for attendees.

The show and sale was held on a single day, May 12, with the simultaneous auction allowed prospective buyers to bid on more than one bull at a time, giving them the best judging at 9.30am and the sale at 2pm.

The streamlined event meant potential buyers could see opportunity to purchase their desired lots. bulls on show in the morning and get their bids in later “By integrating the traditional showcase of a physical that afternoon. event, with the new online sale format, the Committee The dinner function returned on Wednesday evening intends to ensure the event breaks new ground while at Huon Hill, Wodonga, allowing all to catch-up and maintaining its industry relevance, and its importance as celebrate the event. a meeting place for Hereford enthusiasts,” Mr Trovatello The Herefords Australia AGM was held on the grounds on said.

May 11 followed by an informal get-together.

“While the Committee understands this is an important Erica Halliday of Ben Nevis Angus, Walcha, NSW, was the change for the event, they are confident it will remain the judge, following on from her successful adjudicating of biggest national Hereford event on the calendar.” the online show in 2020.

Last year’s event, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, included an industry leading virtual show alongside a successful AuctionsPlus sale, where bulls sold to $55,000 and averaged $9040.

PICTURED ABOVE: Large screens were installed in the sale barn so vendors and buyers could keep pace with the sale action on AuctionsPlus.

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Tricolour victory for Kymarney stud at Wodonga National

By Ro Koebel Kymarney Maverick Q009 stole the show at the 2021 Wodonga National, first taking out the intermediate champion title before going on to be judged grand champion bull of the show.

Erica Halliday of Ben Nevis Angus, Walcha, NSW, returned to judge the event in person having judged the event entirely online in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The 24-month-old grand champion was an ET calf sired

by Tobruk Maverick out of Kymarney Regal K006.

Maverick Q009 weighed in at 1046kg with a raw eye muscle measurement of 139sqcm, rib and rump fats of 15 and 28mm and a scrotal circumference of 41cm.

Ms Halliday was especially impressed with the two-yearold sire’s depth and capacity.

Also a contender for the grand champion title was the junior champion bull Kymarney Maverick Q029, a full brother to the grand champion.

Maverick Q029 is the natural calf of dam Kymarney Regal K006 and is three months younger than his ET brother.

Weighing in at 916kg with a 40cm scrotal circumference, Ms Halliday described Maverick Q029 as “an absolute standout”.

Kymarney stud principal Scott Lewington was pleased with his show result and said both the Maverick bulls were true to the type of animal he aims to produce.

Reserve junior champion was awarded to Mawarra If Only Q264, exhibited by Mawarra Herefords.

If Only appealed to the judge for his overall shape and composition.

Reserve champion in the Intermediate division was

awarded to another Mawarra sire, Mawarra Terminator Q274.

The 22-month-old Terminator weighed in at 966kg with an eye muscle area of 137sqcm and was described as “an absolute powerhouse” by Ms Halliday.

The Mawarra team also took out the award for most successful exhibitor of the show.

In the senior classes, the champion sash was presented to Kaludah Lotto Q261, exhibited by Kaludah Herefords, Cooma, NSW. The 28-month-old homozygous polled sire was the third heaviest bull in the catalogue, weighing in at 1062kg and with an eye muscle area of 142sqcm.

He was sired by Wirruna Leap Forward L95 and Ms Halliday commended Lotto’s commercial relevance and carcase appeal.

Reserve champion in the senior division was presented to Tarcombe Unique Q058, exhibited by Tim Hayes, Tarcombe Herefords, Ruffy, Vic. Ms Halliday complimented the overall quality of the bulls that made champion and reserve and commended the structural soundness of the animals on show.

Wodonga Show and Sale coordinator Jamie-Lee Oldfield was delighted to have Erica back to judge for a second year and reported nothing but good feedback from anyone who watched the judging. “(Erica) is such a credit to the Australian beef industry and obviously her own operation, she’s an outstanding judge and speaks magnificently,” Ms Oldfield said.

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1. Reserve junior champion bull Mawarra If Only Q264 with Olivia Calver, The Land, and handler Brandon Sykes, Mawarra Genetics, Longford, Vic. 2. Reserve intermediate champion bull Mawarra Terminator Q274 with handler Brandon Sykes and sponsor, Jess Parker, Stock and Land.

3. Junior and grand champion bulls Kymarney Maverick Q029 and Kymarney Maverick Q009 with judge Erica Halliday, Jim McWilliam, vendor Scott Lewington and Hayden Green.

4. Senior champion bull Kaludah Lotto Q261 sashed by sponsor Ross Milne, Elders Stud Stock and Jeremy Upton, Yarram Park Herefords.

5. Reserve senior champion bull Tarcombe Unique Q058, sashed

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High marbling and carcase bull smashes National’s record top price

By Ro Koebel Mawarra If Only Q264 smashed the Herefords Australia Wodonga National Sale record, selling for $103,000 to David Lyons of Melville Park Herefords in what Mawarra stud principal Peter Sykes described as a “dream come true.”

The previous Wodonga sale record was set in 2016 when South Australian sire Minlacowie Jubilant J123 sold for $95,000 to Devon Court Herefords, Qld. The Wodonga National Sale was hosted online under the Helmsman system for a second year and posted an impressive $14,775 sale average, up from $9,040 in 2020 with 72 of 84 bulls selling under auction to reach a sale gross of $1,054,000.

According to show and sale coordinator Jamie-Lee Oldfield, the bulls on offer were of high quality although numbers were lower than previous years.

“It was an outstanding line-up of bulls, we’re slightly down on numbers this year but really excellent quality and it’s a big credit to the vendors to have achieved such an incredible result,” Ms Oldfield said.

Of the 72 bulls sold, 12 sold for $20,000 or more, six of which came from the Mawarra stable.

The $103,000 Mawarra If Only was the star of the show in what was an incredible day for the Hereford breed.

The 21-month-old horned sire weighed in at 872kg with an EMA measurement of 133sqcm, rib and rump fats of 14 and 23mm respectively, and a scrotal circumference of 42cm.

Mawarra If Only Q264 boasts an impressive set of BREEDPLAN data, with an IMF figure in the top one per cent of the breed, EMA in the top five per cent, 400 and 600-day weights and scrotal in the top 10 per cent, and all indexes within the top 15 per cent of the breed.

Buyer David Lyons had been looking into Mawarra If Only prior to the Wodonga National and was drawn to the bull’s combination of phenotype and impressive data set, saying it can be hard to find a good bull with good figures to match.

Peter Sykes agreed If Only was an impressive young sire, offering an excellent combination of phenotype and genotype.

According to Mr Lyons, If Only Q264 will be transported from Wodonga to Total Livestock at Camperdown for collection before he returns to the Melville and Melville Park studs at Vasey for winter joining in 2022.

Sired by Mawarra Emperor and out of a Devon Court Advance F052 female, Mawarra If Only bears close pedigree similarities to Talbalba Emperor P043 who sold for $100,000 to Yarram Park and Cara Park studs at the Talbalba on property sale in 2020.

The second top price of the sale was paid for Mawarra Terminator Q274, a 22-month-old sire which sold for $53,000 to a syndicate comprising of South Australian studs Morganvale and Oak Downs, as well as Stoneburn from New Zealand.

Terminator is by US sire NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D and

weighed 966kg with an EMA measurement of 137sqcm.

Terminator is a moderate birth weight and high growth sire with a birth weight figure close to breed average and 200, 400, and 600-day weight figures in the top five per cent of the breed.

The third top price of the day also came from the Mawarra team with Mawarra Influential Q162 selling for $42,000 to an international partnership between Graham Herefords, Cootamundra, NSW, and Haven and Pulham Herefords in the UK. According to Jason Graham, of Graham Herefords, he purchased Influential’s sire Mawarra Evolution four years ago and the UK studs also had previous experience with Mawarra genetics.

“Haven and Pulham are established Hereford studs in the UK and they were keen to get the EU and UK semen rights, and we were really keen to have the bull at home,” Mr Graham said.

Haven Herefords is the oldest family run Hereford herd in the world and was established in Herefordshire in 1822.

Mawarra principals Peter and Deanne Sykes were delighted and humbled with their results on sale day, with the seven Mawarra bulls offered selling for an average of $41,428 and a gross of $290,000.

“We’re just blown away by that [result], to think that people have that much support for the genetics that we’re producing is just incredibly humbling and we are very grateful for that,” Mrs Sykes said.

Rounding out the top four sale prices was homozygous polled sire Glendan Park Quality Q136 who sold for $33,000 to Yarram Park Herefords.

Glendan Park stud principal Alvio Trovatello was pleased with the sale result and described Quality as the type of bull Glendan Park aim to produce.

Yarram Park is a repeat buyer of Glendan Park genetics and had shown an interest in Quality following the Glendan Park on-property sale earlier in the year.

Elders Victoria and Riverina stud stock manager Ross Milne noted the good clearance rate, strong average, and quality of bulls on offer.

According to Mr Milne, the sale was backed by strong commercial support and stud enquiry, and the sale result shows great confidence in the Hereford breed.

“Buyers are reinvesting after the great result they got back in the summer, a lot of those weaner sales through January, February and March, they’re finally starting to get rewards for their cattle so it’s good,” Mr Milne said.

Peter Sykes agreed it is an exciting time for the Hereford breed with the ongoing strength and confidence in the commercial cattle market.

“It’s a fantastic thing for Herefords to see that they sell, and the commercial producers are really chasing them now,” he said.

“With the grass-fed programs we’ve got at the moment the Herefords are standing well up in them and it’s great to see the support at these bull sales.”

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Wodonga National Sale 5 1. David Lyons of Melville Park, Vasey, Vic with $103,000 sire Mawarra If Only Q264 and Logan Sykes of Mawarra Herefords, Longford, Vic. 2. Held by Logan Sykes, Mawarra If Only Q264 sold for a record price of $103,000 to Melville Park Herefords at the Wodonga National Sale.

3. Taylah Sykes and Jason Graham, Cootamundra, NSW, with $42,000 Mawarra Influential Q162.

4. The three top priced bulls of the Wodonga National Sale: Mawarra If Only Q264, Mawarra Terminator Q274 and Mawarra Influential Q162 with the Sykes family: Logan, Brandon, Taylah, Brittney, Deanne, Carter and Peter.

5. Glendan Park Quality Q136 sold for $33,000 to Yarram Park Herefords. Pictured with stud manager Andrew Green, Ross Milne, Elders, and vendor Alvio Trovatello.

6. Held by Hayden Green, Kymarney Maverick Q029 sold for $21,000 to Emilie Lyons.

7. Burrawang Quartz Q008 sold for $20,000 to Nunniong Herefords.

8. Morganvale Quicktrip Q129 sold for $18,000 to Alan and Karen Heinecke, and is held by Alan Morgan of Morganvale Herefords, SA. 9. Mawarra If Only Q264 held by Logan Sykes and with Peter, Deanne, Carter, Brandon, Brittany and Taylah Sykes, Sam Savin, Peter Godbolt, Nutrien Ag and buyer David Lyons, Vasey.

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Armada Represent sails to grand champion victory

By Ro Koebel The Rayner family’s Grathlyn and Armada studs enjoyed a hugely successful day at the 60th Annual Dubbo National Show, taking out both grand champion bull and grand champion female.

Grand champion bull was presented to junior champion winner Armada Represent R070, exhibited by Andrew and Brooke Rayner.

The second youngest bull in the catalogue at 14 months of age, Represent R070 weighed in at 636kg and scanned with an eye muscle area (EMA) of 104sqcm and rib and rump fats of 10 and 15mm respectively.

Sired by Emu Holes Strata N011, Represent R070 impressed judge Jason Catts with his movement and maturity pattern.

In the female classes Grathlyn Chance P061 (exhibited with heifer calf Grathlyn Chance R007) came away with the grand champion sash.

Exhibited by the Rayner family of Grathlyn Pastoral Co, Mudgee, the rising three-year-old female was by influential New Zealand sire Koanui Techno 3062 and out of a Grathlyn Chance female sired by Centennial Horatio H033.

A second Grathlyn female, Grathlyn Jewess R015 was a close contender for the grand champion female title after being awarded the junior champion sash.

The eight-month-old heifer is a half sister to the grand champion bull, having also been sired by Emu Holes Strata N011.

Senior champion bull was awarded to Supple Queens Guard Q078, exhibited by Supple Whiteface, Guyra.

The 22-moth-old sire weighed in at 904kg with an EMA scan of 126 sqcm and a scrotal 2 circumference of 43cm.

Reserve senior champion bull was presented to Gundongs Quarterback Q001, exhibited

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by Vic and Carolyn Camilleri of Ironbark Glen Herefords.

Quarterback Q015 was also part of the team of three Ironbark Glen bulls, which took out the prestigious President’s Shield award. Also in the winning team of three were Ironbark Glen Quicksilver Q010 and Ironbark Glen Quaser Q019.

Reserve junior champion female was awarded to Llandillo Diana R027, exhibited by Llandillo Poll Herefords, Bathurst, NSW. Reserve senior champion female was presented to Ivy Bank Star N043, exhibited by Ivybank Partnership, Walcha, NSW.

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1. Grand champion female Grathlyn Chance P061 and calf Grathlyn Chance R007 with Jason Catts, Brooke and Andrew Rayner, John Settree, Nutrien, Max Rayner and Hudson and Adalyn Rayner (front).

2. Grand champion bull Armada Represent R070 with show judge Jason Catts, Brooke Rayner;Armada stud and Lisa Sharp; Herefords Australia CEO. 3. Junior champion female Grathlyn Jewess R015 with Herefords Australia chairman Ian Durkin,Richard Thompson and Max Rayner.

4. Senior champion bull was awarded to Supple Queens Guard Q078, exhibited by Supple Whiteface, Guyra.

5. The Ironbark Glen President’s Shield team with Adam and Vic Camilleri and Alan Morgan.

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A record average for 60th anniversary sale

By Ro Koebel The Herefords Australia National Show and Sale (Dubbo) celebrated its 60th anniversary in style on June 8, with a new record average of $11,042 and a complete clearance of bulls and females.

Dubbo committee chairman Andrew Rayner described the full clearance as “the most pleasing part” of the day.

Nutrien Divisional Livestock and Stud Stock manager John Settree described the sale as a “really solid result” and attributed buying strength to a range of areas.

“AuctionsPlus was strong, we had bulls sell to South Australia, some really strong competition into Victoria and again through NSW,” Mr Settree said.

A total of 25 bulls sold to a top price of $27,000 for 21-month-old The Ranch Qualifier Q033 purchased by Tycolah Poll Herefords, Barraba, NSW. Offered by Greg and Del Rees of The Ranch Poll Herefords, Tomingley, NSW, Qualifier Q033 was sired by The Ranch Tipperary M005 and weighed in at 890kg.

Qualifier Q033 had the largest scrotal measurement of the catalogue of 45cm, and the equal third largest EMA scan of 128sqcm.

According to Tycolah stud principal Steve Crowley, Qualifier Q033 caught their eye with his style and type.

Greg and Del Rees were delighted with the sale result and were happy Qualifier Q033 sold to a stud home with similar breeding objectives to their own.

Qualifier Q033’s dam Grassy Mountain Noble Girl 411 also bred The Ranch Payroll P031, which sold for $19,000 to Mountain Valley Poll Herefords at the 2020 Dubbo National Sale.

The second highest price of the sale was $20,000 for rising three-year-old female Grathlyn Chance P061, who was sold as PTIC to Bowen Magistrate with heifer calf Grathlyn Chance R007.

The grand champion female lot sold to Tarcombe Herefords of Ruffy, Victoria.

Tim Hayes of Tarcombe Herefords was unable to attend the sale in person but had seen photos and videos of Chance P061, and was impressed by her BREEDPLAN data.

She is a high indexing female with a moderate birthweight and high growth with 200, 400 and 600-day weights in the top five per cent of the breed.

The nine females offered at the sale sold for an average of $7111.

The second top price in the bull lots of $16,000 was paid three times for Armada Represent R070, Morganvale Quartet Q245 and Morganvale Quirk Q067.

Armada Represent R070 had been sashed grand champion bull in the show classes earlier in the day by judge Jason Catts of Futurity Shorthorns.

Offered by Andrew and Brooke Rayner, Represent R070 sold to Supple Whiteface, Guyra.

The second youngest bull in the catalogue at 14-months of age, Represent R070 weighed 636kg and was sired by Emu Holes Strata N011, which was purchased by the Rayner family at the 2019 Dubbo National Sale.

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1. Top priced bull the Ranch Qualifier Q033 with Paul Jameson, Elders, vendors Greg, Emma and Del Rees and purchasers Steve and Therese Crowley.

2. The Ranch Qualifier Q033 3. The top priced bull and female at the 60th annual Dubbo National Show and Sale.

4. Top priced female and second highest priced lot of the sale Grathlyn Chance P061 with calf Grathlyn Chance R007. Pictured with Brook and Andrew Rayner and the Nutrien stud stock team.

5. Grand champion bull Armada Represent R070 sold for $16,000 to Supple Whiteface, Guyra. Pictured with Ben Rumbel, Supple Whiteface and Andrew Rayner of Armada stud.

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Ben Rumbel of Supple Whiteface said Represent R070 appealed to him with his combination of structure and EBVs and is well suited the Supple stud program.

According to Mr Rumbel, Represent R070 will be put into the paddock later in the year for spring joining.

The first of the Morganvale bulls to make $16,000 was Morganvale Quartet Q245, an 878kg son of Wirruna Melville M243.

Quartet Q245 sold through AuctionsPlus to a repeat Morganvale client from South Australia.

The second Morganvale sire to hit the $16,000 mark was Morganvale Quirk Q067, which sold to Dubbo buyers DW 6. Morganvale Quartet and KG Leigh to go into their commercial Q245 sold for $16,000 program. through AuctionsPlus.

Pictured with Alan Sired by Yavenvale Milestone M397, Morgan of Morganvale Quirk Q067 was the heaviest bull in the Poll Herefords, Keith catalogue, weighing in at 1182kg and SA. had the largest EMA at 145sqcm.

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Grass fuelled restocking spree sends weaners to 572c/kg Hereford steers pushed to the top of the liveweight price ladder at Hamilton as the breed benefitted from the grassfed restocking spree sweeping the southern weaner sales.

The first drafts of Herefords to be sold at the centre in January averaged 506 cents per kilogram, according to results calculated by the Hamilton Livestock Exchange.

The highest cents per kilogram bid for Herefords was 572c/kg for a lightweight pen at 195kg.

In dollar per head terms, the 705 Herefords sold averaged $1675 across an average weight of 331kg.

“We are over the moon,’’ said breeder Ron Beaton, from the Giant Rock Partnership at Narren, after the family received up to 555c/kg or $1912 for March/April drop calves weighing 346kg.

The Giant Rock herd has been based on Injemira blood for the past 10 years, and Ron said their focus on adding softness and more shape and thickness into their cattle was now being rewarded.

Buyer of the 555c/kg pen was local bullock producer Ian Hermon from Myamyn who said Herefords were giving him the results he wanted off grass.

The 30 calves were to replace bullocks sold in November that averaged $2500.

“It is a lot of money to pay but I just like the Herefords, they always seem to do that bit better on our country,’’ he said.

Repeat buyers were to the fore on the Hereford run, led by bidding from commission buyer Andrew Lowe who was believed to be acting on behalf of Paul Mason from Wellington in NSW – COVID-19 border restrictions preventing some interstate travellers from attending.

Mr Lowe purchased both the lead runs of the noted Inverell and Beerik Partnership Hereford steers.

The details were: 17 of the Inverell steers, bred by the Craig family, at 396kg for 480c/kg or $1900; and 75 at 355kg at 498c/kg or $1771.

Added to this were the lead pen of the Beerik steers at 377kg for 484c/kg or $1824; and 36 at 345kg for 524c/kg or $1809.

The Beerik calves, bred by Gordon and Jane McClure and son Owen at Coleraine, also claimed the champion pen award, which was judged by noted livestock buyer Ben Davies of Thomas Foods International.

Jane and Gordon McClure with son Owen, Beerik Partnership, Coleraine, received up to 552c/kg for 67 Hereford steers sold at the Hamilton weaner sale.

The Beerik herd carries more than 20 years of Yarram genetics, and has been influenced by Injemira and Yarram Park in recent times.

Like other breeders, this year’s price results were the best the family has received.

Other volume buyers of Herefords at the opening sale were Marc Greening of Injemira for his buy-back finishing program; southern bullock finishers from Victoria and South Australia; and the AFJ feedlot operation at Coonamble in NSW.

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Herefords top of the table on liveweight basis Rain and the return of paddock feed across Eastern Australia has made Herefords the most valuable calf breed on a per kilogram basis sold at Victoria’s premier Western District sales in 2021.

Independent figures put out by the Hamilton Livestock Exchange – the saleyard hosting the major store sales in the region – shows Herefords at the top of the table on a liveweight basis.

Abundant feed across NSW and Queensland underpinned the result, as restockers show faith in the breed to perform off grass and fit the growing market for natural grass-fed beef programs.

Split over three days of selling, all calves were curfewed and weighed at Hamilton and bidding was in cents per kilogram rather than the traditional dollar per head used at most store sales.

Price results from the main sales, which included feature runs of British and European-sired calves, were: ON JANUARY 6: • 978 Herefords averaged 511c/kg or $1691 per head; • 183 Simmental-cross steers averaged 501.9c/kg or $1709 per head; • 107 Limousin steers averaged 499c/kg or $1811 per head; • 44 Charolais steers averaged 487c/kg or $1824 per head.

ON JANUARY 5: • 705 Hereford steers averaged 506c/kg or $1675 per head; • 1131 Angus steers averaged 500c/kg or $1756 per head; • 104 Black Baldy steers (Angus Hereford-cross) averaged 507c/kg or $1670 per head.

ON JANUARY 4: • 3634 Angus steers averaged 494c/kg or $1744 per head.

Herefords and whiteface cattle have also posted what is believed to be the highest cents per kilogram average for a special store sale in Victoria when 1079 calves averaged 525.7c/kg at Casterton on the Wednesday morning.

The yarding did have a lighter run of weaner steers, the average weight being 306 kilograms. The dollar per head average was $1609.

Bidding at this sale soared to 644c/kg lwt for Hereford calves under 240kg – the first time many farmers and agents had seen rates go over 600c/kg at a physical auction.

PICTURED ABOVE: Leon Wheeler, Wallacedale, with his lead draft of 30 Hereford steers which topped the Hamilton weaner sale at $2039 per head. The 30 calves were EU accredited and weighed 424kg, selling for 481c/kg liveweight.

They were judged the Champion pen.

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Restocker buying spree pays up to $1880 for whiteface steers Autumn drop Hereford steer weaners topped at $1880 while heavy grassfed yearling steers went to $2160 at the Wodonga January weaner sales.

Supplied by a loyal band of long-term Hereford breeders, the market was equally supported by a rusted-on group of restocker whiteface enthusiasts who bid prices equal to and at times higher than compatriot breeds in light of skyhigh demand.

Overall, autumn drop steers sold to $1880 and averaged 518c/kg while heifers topped at $1535 and averaged 499c/kg.

Topping the whiteface section of the combined Hereford, Shorthorn and Euro breeds market of 1344 head, Granite Flat Black Baldy breeder Mike Walsh offered and sold the market’s best presented yard - a pen of 22 Hereford-Angus weighing 412kg.

These were sold at $1880 or 456c/kg while, at $1845, MM & AM Goonan, Mudgegonga, Vic, and Sleigh Pastoral, Ruffy, Vic, each sold pens of purebred Herefords offering weights of 384kg and 391kg respectively.

The Goonan family steers, aged 9-10 months, comprising Mawarra and Tarcombe bloodlines realised 480c/kg while the Allandale-blood Sleigh Pastoral steers made 472c/kg.

Sleigh Pastoral principal David Sleigh said the family had bred Herefords since the 1940s.

The Sleigh family farms 300 breeding cows at Ruffy and another 180 at their Jerilderie operation.

Howitt Plains, Vic, supplier Richard Long supported the market with 56 Hereford Steers, Yavenvale, Glentrevor and Wirruna Bloodlines.

Aged 9-10 months, the first draft of the Long family steers, 353kg, made $1765 or 500c/kg while the seconds, 313kg, made $1725 or 550c/kg.

Brian and Gerard Kelly, “Gowrie”, Kilmore East, were long-term Hereford breeders satisfied with their results that were almost double last year’s valuation.

They sold a pen of 19 Tarcombe blood steers, 10-11-months-old, 357kg at $1800 or 504c/kg.

Mr Kelly has been breeding Herefords for almost 70 years and using Tarcombe bulls for the past 20 years.

Cecily Trickett of Morven, near Culcairn, NSW, took over the ownership and management of the property and herd from her late aunt, Isabel Webb when she passed two years ago, aged 101.

Isobel was recognised by Herefords Australia two years before she passed as being the oldest commercial Hereford breeder in Australia, Ms Trickett said of her aunt.

Ms Trickett, with her husband Stephen, sold three yards of Wirruna-blood Hereford and Poll Hereford steers aged 9-10 months.

They made $1785 or 514c/kg (348kg), $1700 or 548c/kg (310kg) and $1560 or David Sleigh and daughter Edwina, Sleigh Pastoral, Ruffy, Vic 604c/kg (256kg) while their heifer pen, 273kg, made $1405 or 514c/kg.

The supply of Hereford heifers was sparce on the day with the top money of $1535 paid for a pen of 18 Rosstulla-blood, 322kg, offered

by Bruce Pritchard, Tallangatta Valley.

In the grown steer section, annual drafts from McKoy and Sons “Ohio” Holbrook, NSW were mostly taken by lotfeeders.

Aged 16-22 months and Ohio blood and bred, the Ohio draft of 110 made $1900 to $2160 a head to discover rates between 400 and 425c/kg.

AH Odewahn, “Bona Vista”, Walla Walla, NSW also sold Poll Hereford steers, aged 15-16 months. These were Rotherfield blood and made $1830 and $2010 for a similar result per kilogram.

Harvest Herefords, “Yallara South”, Holbrook, NSW, sold 11Hereford steers, 14-15 months, 425kg at $1835 or 432c/kg.

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Whiteface weaners prove hot property at Wodonga

By Murray Arnel Hereford and Hereford-cross steer weaners remained hot property on the fourth and final day of Wodonga’s January beef weaner sales.

Topping the whiteface section of the combined Hereford, Shorthorn and Euro breeds market of 2761 head, Hereford cross-breeders Bruce and Beverley Campbell, Koetong, Vic, offered and sold the market’s best presented yard - a pen of 31 Hereford/Angus weighing at 412kg.

Carrying EU-accreditation, these were sold for the equal top of the market at $1970 a head or 467c/kg to specialist interstate lotfeeder, Princess Royal, Burra, South Australia.

A second pen of the Campbell’s draft – 23 Hereford/ Angus cross averaging 358kg – was also claimed by Princess Royal on a bid placed at $1860.

Overall, autumn drop steers sold to $1970 and averaged 496c/kg while heifers topped at $1780.

Second generation Hereford breeder David Trethowan, Cookardina, NSW, sold a yard of 24 Hereford steers, 418kg, for $1900 and a second pen of 43, 362kg, for $1840.

Operating a breeding herd of 400, Mr Trethowan uses bulls of various bloodlines all of which are traced back to Hereford sire line leaders including Sharka, Panasonic, Ultrasonic, Vice Admiral and Magnum.

Mr Trethowan told Herefords Australia he was much happier with the results of his sale this year as his cattle were secured by restockers where his program is targeted compared to last year when they were bought by a feedlot for backgrounding.

Another long-term whiteface breeder with generational connections to the Hereford breed through his grandfather was Mansfield cattleman, Tony Reardon.

1 Mr Reardon offered for competition his highly regarded Brooklyn Pastoral line of Glendan Parkblood Herefords that over the years have influence from Mawarra and Ardno bloodlines.

These were sold over three drafted pens which saw his first yard of 50, 373kg, sell for $1830, his second of 57, make $1725 while his third yard of 21 -Hereford/Angus-

341kg realised $1750.

Mr Reardon has remained faithful to the whiteface breed because they perform well, especially in hard times.

He said he spends upwards of about $10,000 to buy good bulls.

Auctioneer Michael Unthank, BUR Livestock, said demand was solid for the heavier Hereford lines but perhaps provided buying opportunities through the lighter drafts.

Other noted whiteface sales included Jeanette McCormack, Bullioh, Vic. She sold Mawarra-blood Hereford steers, 403kg at $1885 or 468c/kg while John and Robyn Scales, Dartmouth, Vic sold at $1825 or 460c/ kg a yard of 18 Glenellerslie blood Hereford steers aged 10-12 months.

Tony Marchese, Mansfield, Vic consigned a draft of 45 Hereford steers, 9-10 months, Tarcombe and Wirruna blood. These were to a best of $1825 or 482c/kg for a yard of 23, 376kg, while Raheen, Mansfield, sold 34 Hereford/Angus, 386kg at $1820 or 476c/kg.

Also sold at $1820 or 496c/kg was a yard of 13 Yavenvaleblood Hereford steers, 367kg supplied to the market by HM Campbell, also of Bullioh.

Arworthal Pty Ltd, Jamieson, Vic, was another of the market’s larger vendor-suppliers. They sold a line of 50 Hereford/ Shorthorn steers, March/April-drop by Bowmont Hereford and Malton Shorthorn whereby their best pen of 23, 370kg, made $1800 while a second yard of 21, 313kg made $1730 or 553c/kg.

The best priced whiteface heifers and the sisters to the award winning and highest priced steers made $1780.

Offered by Bruce and Bev Campbell, Koetong and sold as a yard of 42, these weighed 381kg or 467c/kg which was the same rates as their 412kg heavier brothers.

1. David Trethowan, Cookardina, NSW, with his line of Hereford steer weaners weighing 418kg and fetching $1900/head at Wodonga. Photo Murray Arnel 2. NSW buyer Ken Sylvester bought multiple loads to stock properties at Scone, NSW.

3. Brendon Attree, Tallangatta Valley sold Glenellerslie blood Hereford grown steers, 533kg, for $2140.

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Herefords go off with a bang at mountain calf circuit opener

By Ro Koebel

Prices soared beyond all expectation at the opening of the 2021 Mountain Calf Sales at Hinnomunjie with heavy steers selling up to $2390 and autumn drop weaner steers making up to $1600.

The record prices set in 2020 were toppled with the opening pen of nine Hereford steers offered by the Betts family selling for $2390 per head, beating the previous record by $680.

The steers weighed 658kg (full weight), making 363c/kg and selling to repeat buyer Don Bowman of South Gippsland.

The second pen of five steers offered by the Betts family weighed in at 551kg and sold for $2100 or 381c/kg also to Don Bowman.

Pen judge Campbell Ross, left, and Ro Koebel, right, Herefords Australia, present Peter Soutter with the champion ribbon for best presented pen of steers at the Hinnomunjie sale.

The Herefords Australia champion pen award was presented to Peter Soutter, Benambra, for his pen of 24 Hereford steers which sold for $1770 to repeat buyer Brian Kyle, SEJ Leongatha.

The Soutter family have been selling cattle at the Mountain Calf Sales for three generations and offered 74 steers at this year’s Hinnomunjie sale.

Graeme Fullgrabe, Sharp Fullgrabe Livestock, described the sale as “very rewarding” with the pens of older steers selling in excess of their meat value and the younger cattle also selling exceptionally well.

“The real calves were selling at 520 or 530c/kg, there’s nothing wrong with that, and then the little fellas, that was enormous at 600 and 700c/kg, you wouldn’t keep them for it,” Mr Fullgrabe said.

Crossbred steers sold to a top of $2300 for a pen of nine black baldies offered by Jim Pendergast, Penderscourt, Benambra.

Mr Pendergast had bought the steers for $1060 at Bairnsdale calf sale in March last year when they weighed around 260kg.

The steers averaged 550kg the week before the Hinnomunjie sale to make 418c/kg and sold to Don Bowman.

Hereford heifers were also in hot demand, selling for up to $1670 for a pen of 14 heifers offered by BS Dyer.

According to Mr Fullgrabe, the majority of the heifers were bought by restockers to return back to the paddock as breeders.

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Hereford weaners crack $2000 at Benambra sale

By Ro Koebel A quality yarding of 1102 Hereford and Hereford-cross steers and heifers greeted buyers at the Benambra weaner sale on March 2 with steer prices hitting a top of $2110.

The sale grossed over $1.8 million and averaged $1717 across the entire yarding of mixed sex weaners.

Elders Albury livestock manager Matt Tinkler quoted the heavier steers at over $2000 with lighter steers making around $1600, and heifers at between $1700 for older animals and $1200 for spring-drop calves.

The opening pen of Hereford/Shorthorn cross steers offered by DJ Tomkins made the top price of $2110 and sold to Gippsland steer finisher Graeme Osborne through Elders Bairnsdale.

The sash for the champion pen of Herefords was presented to Richard and Anne Faithful, Benambra, for their pen of 40 10–11-month-old EU accredited steers which sold for the top Hereford price of $2020 to Graeme Osborne.

Among the top priced Hereford pens were a pen of 15 EU accredited steers offered by Kelvin and Jackie Pendergast, Benambra, and making $1980, also to Graeme Osborne.

In the heifer pens the top price of $1780 was paid by R Moon for a pen of 10 EU accredited heifers offered by Ray and Max Pendergast.

Ray and Max sold a second pen of 12 heifers for $1750 to J Mellis through Elders Bairnsdale.

Also hitting the $1750 mark in the heifer pens was a pen of eight Hereford/Shorthorn heifers offered by DJ Tomkins.

According to vendors and agents alike, the strength of the mountain calf sales centres around the quality and the doing ability of the high-country cattle.

“Anyone that’s ever bought the mountain 1 calves can take them out of here, you take them to the west, you take them north and they just perform, there’s such a history of genetics in these cattle and they just perform,” Mr Tinkler said.

“They’ve got the bone, they’ve got the depth and all the quality so that’s why you keep seeing repeat buyers and the same faces keep coming here and it’s become an iconic sale in the nation.

“There’s not too many sales that you can go to and see a full yarding of Hereford cattle, let alone the quality of Hereford cattle we saw here today.”

1. Richard, left, Anne and Jake Faithfull,

Benambra, sold the

champion pen at the Benambra Mountain calf Sale and were

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2. Bidders paid up to $2110 for steers at

the 2021 Benambra weaner sale.

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Repeat buyers snap up cattle for grass fed markets at Ensay

By Ro Koebel The 2021 Mountain Calf Sales opened on day two with the Hereford steers at the Ensay sale making up to $2010 and Hereford/Shorthorn heifers hitting $1940.

Selling agents Elders yarded a total of 977 of Hereford and Hereford-cross cattle for the Ensay sale, which averaged $1764 overall.

The Herefords Australia champion pen was awarded to Craig and Jane Lloyd of Reedy Flat for their pen of 16 European Union accredited steers.

The champion pen was an especially poignant win for Mr and Mrs Lloyd as there was also a memorial award presented by Elders in memory of Tony Pianto, a former Elders agent and close friend of the couple.

The champion steers had a green weight of 416kg and later sold for the top sale price of $2010 to Ian Lester for a grass finishing operation on King Island.

Mr Lester is a repeat buyer of the Lloyd calves, having purchased their cattle in 2020 just prior to the bushfires that tore through the Ensay region.

According to Mr Lester, the steers more than doubled in weight in under 12 months, with the first draft sold to processors in August and the balance in October.

“We find (the mountain calves to be) the best cattle in Victoria, so we try and buy them every year,” Mr Lester said.

Craig and Jane Lloyd have been selling cattle at the Mountain Calf Sales for 25 years and stayed in contact with Mr Lester after the sale of their calves in 2020 to 1. The top price purebred heifers were eight to ninemonths-old and offered by Bluey Commins, Nunniong Herefords, Ensay, and sold for $1900.

2. Ro Koebel, Herefords Australia, and Nikki Pianto present Craig and Jane Lloyd with the sash for the champion pen of steers at the Ensay Weaner Sale.

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keep up with the steers’ progress.

“I actually flew down there and had a look at King Island and how they grow grass down there and I don’t think there’s any better area to grow grass - our steers doubled their weight in nine months,” Mr Lloyd said.

Mr Lester also purchased a pen of Hereford heifers from Reece and Wendy Newcomen, Ensay, for $1870 on behalf of a King Island neighbour looking for some purebred Hereford heifers to start his breeding program.

The top heifer price of $1940 was paid for a pen of 25 EU accredited Hereford/Shorthorn heifers offered by Evan and Dot Newcomen, Ensay, and sold to Jamie Quinlan of Elders Yea. The top price purebred heifers were eight to ninemonths-old and offered by Bluey Commins, Nunniong Herefords, Ensay, and sold for $1900.

Mr Commins offered 92 steers and 38 heifers at this year’s sale and was thrilled with the result, describing the fixture as “the best one I’ve ever been in.”

Once again, the quality and doability of the mountain calves across the different regions of Australia was credited with the strength of the sale and the number of return buyers.

“Whether (the cattle) are a bit tougher up here I’m not sure, but all the buyers that come up here and buy cattle, whether they go to King Island, or go up to Queensland or the middle of NSW, they’re always happy to come back and buy again because they know that they’re getting a product that will go ahead and make them more money down the track,” Mr Lloyd said.

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Omeo skyrockets to new record average and gross of $2 million

By Ro Koebel Grass fed programs, lotfeeders and restockers pushed the Omeo leg of the 2021 Mountain Calf Sales to a stellar average of $1813 and a gross over $2 million.

Selling agents Elders yarded 1127 head of Hereford and Hereford cross cattle for the fixture on March 3 – a day where weaner heifers outpaced steers.

Elders agent Morgan Davies described the sale as “beyond expectations.”

Buying strength came from a range of sectors including backgrounders, feedlots, grass finishers and restockers.

Hereford steers hit a top price of $2050 for the opening pen offered by McCoy Farms and selling to Hurstdale Pastoral Company.

PJ McCoy was thrilled with the result and described it as rewarding given the tough seasonal conditions the area has experienced over the last few years.

The champion pen was judged by Alan Mitchell, Powlett River Downs, Wonthaggi, and was presented to Russell and Colleen Foster for their pen of 18 EU accredited steers, which sold for $2000.

Russell Foster described the result as “outstanding” and praised the evenness of the cattle presented on sale day.

The top sale price was fetched in the heifer runs with a pen

Ro Koebel, Herefords Australia, with Russell and Colleen Foster and champion pen judge Alan Mitchell, Wonthaggi, at the Omeo weaner sale. Photo Studstocksales.com of 20 10-month-old EU accredited Hereford/Shorthorn cross heifers offered by the Ah Sam family, Omeo, and selling for $2180 to L and L Kelly. The price eclipsed the 2020 record of $1810.

An active buyer in the heifer pens over the two days of Mountain calf sales was Elders Agent Scott Bremner, purchasing on behalf of the Elders Killara feedlot at Quirindi, NSW. According to Mr Bremner, he made the trip to the Mountain Calf Sales because he knew the cattle on offer would be high quality and offer “real performance.”

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Hereford infused heifers in demand and make to $2240 at Casino Heifers trumped the Northern Rivers weaner sales series in March to average $1690 at 597c/kg and reaching a top of $2240 and 674c/kg on day three.

Held by George and Fuhrmann, Casino, the 46th annual three day weaner sale featured more than 6000 head, including 3500 EU accredited calves, despite flood waters swamping the region.

Day three (March 26) sold 2575 head of Bos indicus infusion dominated by Santa Gertrudis/Hereford.

The steers averaged $1677 at 555c/kg and peaked at $2023 and 662c/kg.

Buyers took the calves west to Goondiwindi, north to Meandarra, Qld, south to Hunter and up onto the northern New England.

Heifers were judged the overall champion pen by Matt Hann, Davidson Cameron and Co, Moree, with the ribbon going to repeat winners John and Maree Smith, Woodenbong, for their Santa/Herefords.

The pen weighed 312kg and made $1938. Their top pen of heifers at 360kg made $2076 and sold to repeat buyers the Fuhrmann family’s Melaleuca Station near Rappville.

Jamie and Vanessa Smith, Lower Tooloom, Urbenville, sold their top pen of Santa/Hereford steers for $1942 at 373kg, going to grass finisher Greg Upton, Walcha while their best heifers, 330kg, also sold to the Fuhrmann family for $2026.

Angus over Santa/Hereford with Yulgilbar blood from the Hewetson family, Mallanganee, sold back to Yulgilbar Santa Gertrudis stud at Baryulgil for $2040 at 610c/kg for 334kg.

Santa/Hereford heifers with Yulgilbar blood produced by Jasen Somerville, Fig Tree Pastoral Clovass via Casino sold back to Yulgilbar to a top of $1990 for 316kg and also to Noel Thompson, Coraki, who paid to a top of $1719 at 268c/kg or 640c/kg.

The Casey family, also from Doubtful Creek, sold Santa/ Hereford 243kg for $1542 going to Walcha through Nutrien Boultons.

On day one, the champion pen of Hereford steers went to repeat vendors John and Maree Smith, Woodenbong, for a pen of EU-accredited calves weighing 300kg and selling to the Wickham Farms, Killarney, Qld, for 496c/kg or $1498.

Ron and Nea Maloney, Woodenbong, were awarded the champion Hereford heifers, averaging 230kg, and selling to a top of $975 while their best steers, 315kg, returned $1518.

Jim and Jan Smith, Townview, Urbenville, sold pure Hereford steers, 303kg to 490c/kg or $1480 to Wickham Farms and Jackson Ag, going onto Tablelands grass and further afield to the Narrabri district.

Paul, Marian and Glen McKey, Bundaleer, Woodenbong, sold 50 Hereford steers to an average of 492c/kg for 188kg or $924, while Sandra and Ian Reid, Woodenbong, sold Hereford steers for an average of $1079.

On day two of the series, Stephen and Paul Boland, East Coraki, were awarded champion pen for Charolais/Hereford steers, 444kg, and returning 500c/kg or $2220 to Kindon Station, Goondiwindi.

Ron and Colleen Deam, Mallanganee, sold Hereford/ Simmental steers, 421kg, for 520c/kg or $2188.

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Quality bulls and females on offer at historic Glen Innes sale The nation’s longest running regional multi-vendor bull sale, the Glen Innes Hereford Show and Sale, will be held on July 22-23.

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To be held at the Glen Innes saleyards, the show and sale is expected to draw a similar number of vendors as past years offering an expected 50 horned and polled bulls plus stud heifers.

All bulls are semen and Pestivirus tested, vet checked and ultra-sound scanned while BREEDPLAN figures are optional.

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An evening social function will be held at the New England Club on Thursday, July 22 from 6.30pm for all vendors, buyers and visitors.

The sale will be interfaced with AuctionsPlus and auctioneers in the sale barn will be Brian Kennedy and Lincoln McKinlay, Elders Stud Stock.

Vendor committee secretary Eunice Vivers said a new initiative was giving bull vendors the opportunity to catalogue pens of commercial heifers at the sale.

Mrs Vivers said buyers could expect value for money in a wide range and type of bulls on offer at the sale.

Last year’s 75th anniversary sale topped at $17,000, grossed $256,000 and averaged $6564.

Long serving committee chairman Angus Vivers stood down from the position with Peter Weller, Swanvale Herefords, Tamworth, appointed to the chair.

The catalogue will be online at www.herefordsaustralia. com.au or from Elders Glen Innes on 0267 397 300.

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1. From left, purchasers Lisa and Jolly Coward, Hernani, Andrew Meara, Elders, Mark Mulligan, Elders, and vendor David Hann with the top priced bull in 2020, Couralie J L285 Ledger P022.

2. Judge Andrew Mackay, Merawah Poll Herefords, Boggabilla, and Phil and Brad Thomas, Kylandee Herefords, with grand champion bull Kylandee Packsaddle P003 in 2020. Photos Ro Koebel

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South African brothers Luke and Rory Rathbone enjoyed camping trips and keeping fit with their friends Tom Hutchison and Matt Laing, from their home base in Canberra.

The Rathbones pined for a healthy beef based snack to take camping, just like the biltong they ate as children at home in South Africa.

Biltong is simply steaks cut from silverside, marinated in vinegar, covered in spices and hung to air dry in a controlled environment.

Their quest to make biltong for themselves has led to now sourcing beef from grass fed, HGP-free Herefords ethically raised by regenerative farming principles to create their product under the brand name Barbell Foods.

“None of us are athletes but we are into health and wellbeing, and believe eating meat is part of a healthy diet,” chief executive officer Luke Rathbone said.

“We knew nothing about the cattle farming industry or beef when we started and I have this memory of googling how to make the biltong.

“Australians are familiar with jerky but every culture has their own variation of that, and in South Africa biltong is hugely popular with every store selling it.

“Even though it is a dried meat, it is dried in a different manner and is a more natural, healthier product tasting a lot more like meat.

“We were on our way to buy some biltong and we drove past an old cupboard on the side of the road, picked it up and modified it into a biltong drying box.

“The first batch was terrible and we gave it to the dogs. It took us many batches to find a recipe we want, then we started making it for friends and family.”

The growing demand for the product led the four mates to establish Barbell Foods five years ago, combining their professional backgrounds of economics, finance, nutrition and personal training.

They sourced silverside cuts from OBE Organic and

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Provenir, who both source grass fed, HGP-free, ethically raised Hereford and Hereford cross beef.

They tested their Barbell biltong around the local farmers markets in Canberra.

“We sourced the best quality meat we could buy and used quality ingredients to make our point of difference a healthier biltong,” Luke said.

“The markets gave us the opportunity to learn who our customers were – they are people who want to eat more real foods but are not necessarily athletes.

“Our customers are ordinary people who want healthier snacks and care about getting their nutrition and protein from real food.

“There has been a surge in meat-free diets but there has also been increasing demand for quality meat and the way it is farmed.

“It was also for ourselves, we started supporting grass fed and organic beef with OBE and then regenerative agriculture through Provenir and Land to Market Australia.”

Barbell Foods is the first foundation market partner with Land to Market Australia, which aims to establish a credible and transparent verification program based on actual ecological outcomes, and to foster grassroots demand for products derived from regenerative land management practices.

The backbone of the program is a certification focusing on soil and landscape health, with the certification coined as Ecological Outcome Verified (EOV).

Farmers who see positive outcomes in soil health will be validated with the EOV seal.

“This is a more objective measure of what is regenerative through soil testing – early on it wasn’t a marketing or business decision for us,” Luke said.

“If our business wasn’t supporting farming practices we think are better for the environment, then we should go and do something else.”

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Regenerative farmer Charlie Arnott has been a mentor on the principles to the Barbell Foods team.

Luke conceded the move to buying organic beef almost drowned Barbell Foods due to the higher priced product.

“It was through learning who our customers were and targeting the right kind of customer that allowed us to grow – a white collar professional who is a weekend athlete and wants to snack on something healthy,” he said.

“Increasingly, consumers are wanting to have a connection with the people behind the business so we are authentic and transparent with our marketing.

“Our consumers are educated when it comes to beef and regenerative agriculture.

“Regenerative agriculture is still in its infancy in Australia and that was one of the reasons we partnered with Land to Market Australia.

“The next step is establishing that connection and education with the end consumer – someone shopping in the major supermarkets has probably never heard of the term so our role is buying from producers we think are doing the right thing, and we introduce the customer to regenerative agriculture through our packaging and website resources.

“We are buying from some farms in the Land to Market program but not all of our supply is coming from that because it’s in its infancy.”

The Barbell team found it difficult in the early stages to source direct from the farm gate due to their specifications of a single silverside cut.

“As regenerative agriculture grows in Australia and more producers join organisations like Land to Market Australia, we do hope to source EOV certified product in the future,” Luke said.

Barbell Foods demand consistency in their silverside cuts with adequate fat cover and a degree of marbling.

“When we started we didn’t know anything about the beef industry and learnt about grass fed beef fat having a yellow pigment but quickly realised the meat we received didn’t have yellow pigmentation in the fat,” Luke said.

That led them to the grass fed, certified organic beef from OBE, which draws on Hereford herds grazed on organic pasture in the Queensland channel country and Red Centre.

The journey also led to Provenir, which processes cattle in a low stress environment from regenerative farms.

“We first bought from Provenir as they had a focus on high animal welfare but almost as an added bonus, the meat is noticeably sweeter and has more glycogen in the muscles,” Luke said.

Barbell Foods has a commercial manufacturing plant in Canberra employing three full time staff, the four founders and casuals.

The Barbell Biltong product is stocked by Aldi Special Buy and IGA supermarkets, and health food stores in every state and territory, with plans to expand into the petrol and convenience store space.

Luke encouraged Hereford producers with grass fed beef to contact Land to Market Australia or Barbell Foods direct at www.barbellfoods.com.au for more information.

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Whiteface producers ride wave of historic high in nation’s store markets

By Kim Woods Whiteface producers rode a wave of historically high prices this autumn in the store and prime markets with weaner steers hitting $2000, weaner heifers $1798 and grown steers $2429.

Also across the nation, joined purebred heifers sold to $3350, grown heifers to $2850 and cows and calves finished at $3700.

In Victoria at Wodonga, Michael and Anna Coughlan, Tarabah Pastoral, Morundah, sold a run of 355 Poll Hereford steer weaners, eight to 10 months, Wirruna blood, from 533-596c/kg, with the top 51 averaging 319kg and returning $1715 or 537c/kg.

Tony Reardon, Brooklyn Pastoral, Mansfield, offered grown heifers, 465kg, to return $1865 at Wodonga.

Brooklyn’s best presented pen of steers at the sale, weighing 373kg and nine to 10 months, sold for $1830.

Brewer Fischer Partnership, Mudgegonga, sold mixed sex Hereford calves, six to 10-months-old, to $1750 for steers and $1550 for heifers. Ewenmar Pty Ltd, Tooma, sold EU accredited steer weaners for 603-693c/kg, or $1510-$1700, and heifers for 594-707c/kg or $1330$1350.

Also at Wodonga, Jeanette McCormack, Bullioh, sold a run of purebred steers weighing 300-400kg for $1505 to $1850.

At Yea, Glen Doone, Molesworth, sold purebred steers, 326kg, for $1660 or 509c/kg while Claire and John Sinclair, Molesworth, sold 360kg purebred steers for 508c/kg or $1830.

South Boorook sold grown Hereford steers, 490kg, at Mortlake for 444c/kg or $2179, and 461kg, for 448c/kg or $2068.

G and I Johnston, Walpa, sold heavy steers, 564kg, at Bairnsdale for $2180 or 386c/kg, and 492kg steers for $2050 or 416c/kg. WJC Pendergast, Benambra, sold 359kg steers for $1800 or 501c/kg and heifers, 344kg, for $1560.

In March at Bairnsdale, Tim Woodgate, Buchan, sold a draft of 100 steers and heifers, June-July 2020 drop, with one steer pen, 373kg, making $1880, heifers weighing 282kg returning $1560 or 553c/kg and lighter heifers 207kg for $1450 or 543c/kg.

Bill and Mary Goldsworthy, Eurobin, won the best pen of steers at the Myrtleford blue ribbon weaner sale with 52 purebred steers, 352kg, making $2000. Dalbosco Investments, Rosewhite, sold purebred weaner steers, 391kg, to $1765 or 451c/kg.

Daryl and Margaret Hook, Pound Creek, sold 100 mixed sex Hereford yearlings at Leongatha in March, with the top pen of steers, 526kg, making $2040 or 387c/kg, and the lightest pen at 287kg returning $1480 or 515c/kg.

Into NSW, the Healey family, Cowra, sold Poll Hereford cows and calves for $3025 at the Central Tablelands Livestock Exchange, and Plantation Trading sold purebred steer weaners for $1710 at Tamworth Regional Livestock Exchange.

The herd dispersal of the estate of LB Arrow, Bathurst, drew spirited bidding at Carcoar with Hereford cows and Black Baldy calves making $3700, Hereford cows with Hereford calves selling to $3650, and heifers, 603kg, making $2850.

Wauchope Stock and Estate Agents sold light Hereford steer weaners to 812c/kg at their January sale. Jim Eden offered Hereford bullocks weighing 520kg at Kempsey and they were bought by Bailey Property and Livestock, Singleton, for 358.2c/kg.

Debarry Pastoral, Rollands Plains, topped the feeder heifers at Kempsey with a pen weighing 375kg and returning 454c/kg or $1702 to an Albury buyer.

Ashmar Herefords, Waukivory, sold steer weaners for $1660 to the Yates family, Gloucester, at the Gooch Agencies sale, and EU accredited cows with calves sold by the Moorhead family, Baryulgil Pastoral, made $3000 to the Chapman family, Fineflower.

TJ Smith, Coolac, sold heavy steers, 646kg, for 376c/kg or $2429 at Yass while Mountain Valley Pastoral, Coolatai, sold Hereford heifers, 338kg, for 532c/kg or $1798 at Inverell Regional Livestock Exchange.

Roger Kneipp, Dundee, sold EU accredited 410kg steers for 485c/kg or $1988 and 180kg heifers for 640c/kg or $1152 at Glen Innes.

The champion pen of crossbred steers in the same market, Santa/Hereford, nine months and 366kg, were sold by Rob Drew, Glencoe, for 570c/kg or $1914.

Across to South Australia and Herefords topped the Mount Gambier sale when Creek Livestock snapped up 18-20 month-old steers, 644kg, for 357c/kg or $2300 from Milroy Pastoral, Mingbool.

O’Connor and Graney, Mount Gambier, paid the price high of 528c/kg or $1300 for Yarram Park blood steers, 246kg, from Benara Pastoral, Mount Gambier.

Greenbanks, Mingbool, sold Te-Angie blood Poll Hereford steers, 155-269kg, averaging $1414. A 196kg draft sold to SEJ Leongatha at 737c/kg or $1445, with a lighter 155kg draft selling to Ray White Albury for 729c/ kg or $1130.

Milroy Pastoral, Mingbool, sold 18-20 month old PCAS Hereford steers weighing 610kg for 385c/kg or $2350 at Mount Gambier, and a lighter draft of 574kg at 409c/kg or $2350 to Teys Australia.

In the WA prime pens, R J Rosenthal, Piara Waters, sold a Hereford cross steer, 712kg, to return 332c/kg or $2363 at Muchea.

At Boyanup, Jeff Gibbs, Boddington, sold purebred steers, 257kg, to 492c/kg or $1265, and the seconds 238kg, for $1167 or 490c/kg. The Dudley family bought Hereford cross steers, 193kg, for 605c/kg from Bonza Farm and Yallalong at Boyanup.

South to Tasmania and Rushy Lagoon sold purebred heifers for 680c/kg at Powranna, along with steers, 268kg, for $1640 or 611c/kg. Bangor sold Poll Hereford steers, 437kg, for $1880 or 430c/kg in the same market, as did Muddy Creek with 523kg grown steers for $2160 or 413c/kg.

At Nutrien’s Powranna sale, Glenvale sold heifers, 394kg, for $1460 or 370c/kg, Davlyn Park sold Poll Hereford heifers, 299kg, for $1460 or 488c/kg, and Rushy Lagoon sold heifers, 261kg, for $1380 or 428c/kg.

The Powranna Hereford feature weaner sale saw Rockford sell steers, 385kg, to top the sale at 514c/kg or $1980, while Meadsfield sold 184kg steers for the top cents per kilo of 770c/kg or $1420.

In the heifers, Rockford topped with a pen weighing 312kg and returning $1700 or 544c/kg, and Glen Dhu sold heifers, 208kg, for the top on a cents per kilo of 576c/kg or $1200.

In Queensland markets, K G Savidge, Southampton, St George, sold Hereford cross steers to 694c, reaching $1166 to average $997 at Roma, while Lenroy Pastoral Co, Lenroy, Mt Bindango, sold Hereford cross heifers to 530c, reaching $1456 to average $1410.

Toobrack Grazing, Toobrack, Longreach sold good quality Hereford cross weaner steers for 580.2c/kg at 205kg to return $1190/hd at Blackall in January.

Ben Avery, Allandale, Blackall sold Hereford steers for 470.2c/kg weighing 324kg to return $1524 and grown heifers for 322.2c/kg weighing 677kg to return $2183 at Blackall. Don and Joyce Wegner, Fordsdale, sold Hereford cross weaners, 12 to 14 months, with steers making $1500 and $1430, and heifers $1360 and $1260 at Laidley.

F and J Seawright, Yuleba, sold unweaned crossbred steers, 300kg, for 533/kg or $1605 and heifers, 258kg, for $1360 or 526c/kg. Devoncourt Herefords, Drillham,

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sold backgrounder heifers, 326kg, for $1560 or 477c/kg.

In the online sales, Bill and Mary Goldsworthy, Mudgegonga, Vic, sold PTIC Hereford heifers, 28 to 30 months, for $3350.

In the crossbred pens, R and W Hay, Pomborneit North, sold Hereford/Shorthorn cross heifers, 11 months and 360kg, for $1580 or 438c/kg at Ballarat.

Neil and Merle Summerville, Sextonville, sold EU accredited Santa/Hereford steers to average 545c/ kg and top at 566c/kg at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange to Scone, Shepparton and Coonamble.

The Carlton family sold at Casino aged Santa/Hereford cows with Limousin-cross calves for $3320 while Tom McKenna, Bentley, sold Santa/Hereford PTIC heifers for $2520 in the same market.

A special draft of Hereford/Brahman cows with Limousin cross calves sold to $3460 for vendors Peter and Libby Hannigan, Numulgi, at the Lismore sale.

Cam and Carol Emerson, Tahara, sold Hereford/ Simmental cross calves, 337kg, at Mortlake in January to average 496c/kg or $1674, with 111 head going to Injemira Beef Genetics.

Hereford/Brahman cows with their first calves brought $3040 for Greg Makejev, Tabulam at Casino, while Santa/ Hereford PTIC heifers were sold by Leanne Doohan, Fairy Hill, for $3000 at the same sale.

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Commercial producers lifted their bull buying budgets in 2021 in line with buoyant store and prime markets. Photo Monica Pearce, studstocksales.com

2021 returns a season of record top prices and sale averages

By Kim Woods A widespread return to good seasonal conditions, record cattle prices and a new national record for a sale bull was among the highlights of the 2021 autumn bull selling season.

A total of 1170 bulls were sold from 1342 offered at 30 onproperty and multi-vendor sales in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania from February 9 to May 7.

The sales have grossed $11,559,080 to average $9879 and recorded a clearance of 87 per cent, with two on-property sales grossing over $1 million.

The top on-property price and a new record for the breed of $160,000 was set at the Injemira Beef Genetics 50th production sale, Book Book, NSW, on February 23.

Lot 51, Injemira Robert Redford Q287, was snapped up

by ABS Global - Australia Beef, Ardno Herefords, Mount Gambier, SA, and Vielum Pastoral Company, Mudgee, NSW. The rising 18-month-old had already been named as a new sire for the Herefords Australia Super Sires program, used artificially across 80 females at Injemira, and drew international interest in semen packages.

Injemira cleared all 95 bulls on offer for the second highest average for the season of $12,380.

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Injemira also sold Lot 60 for $32,000 to Rayleigh Herefords, Narrabri, NSW, and for $30,000, Lot 2, and $32,000, Lot 85, to the Elsom family, Hamilton, Vic. “The exciting aspect of this is that semen through ABSGlobal’s network being marketed all over the world, it is really putting prominence on the Australian Hereford industry and opening the door for more Hereford bulls in the future,” Injemira principal Marc Greening said.

“The sale as a whole went well with 100 per cent clearance and bulls selling in everybody’s price ranges (five bulls for $20,000+, 47 bulls $10,000+, and 43 bulls $5000+).

“Buyers included semen companies (ABS and Genetics Australia), studs (Emigrace, Ardno, Vielun, MJ Herefords, Timboon Farms, Jaclinton and Rayleigh) and commercial herds from three states, along with a live export order that secured two sires and a further 18 bulls not catalogued post sale.”

In one of the strongest sales to date for Yarram Park Performance Genetics, Willaura, Vic, the stud cleared 59 bulls for the highest seasonal average of $14,441 – a rise of $5217 on last year’s average.

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The 23-month-old Yarram Lottery Q058 sold for the top price of $40,000 to repeat buyers Mark and Wendy Campion, Amos Vale Herefords, Pinkett, NSW, while Yarram Empire Q086 was knocked down to Amos Vale and Newcomen Herefords, Ensay, Vic, for $30,000.

Lottery Q058 ranked in the top five per cent of BREEDPLAN for eye muscle area and rump fat.

The selling season’s largest offering of 113 bulls was at Yavenvale, Adelong, NSW, where prices topped at $34,000 for Yavenvale Qruger Q538, a son of Yavenvale Masterpeice M100.

Purchased by Stephen Peake, Bowen Pastoral Co, Barraba, NSW, and David Lyons, Melville Park, Vasey, Vic, the September 2019 drop polled bull was the highest ranked lot in the catalogue for intramuscular fat and top one per cent for fat depth.

Yavenvale’s second top price of $28,000 was paid by Wesmorland Poll Herefords, Bathurst, NSW, for Yavenvale Qudos Q367, a bull ranking in the top one per cent for intramuscular fat and gestation length.

Yalgoo Pastoral Co, Walcha, NSW, paid $22,000 for Yavenvale Q-ball.

The second highest price for the season was $76,000 achieved by the Trovatello family, Glendan Park Herefords, Kyneton, Vic. The sale was a record breaker for the stud’s 32 year history.

Glendan Park Quarterback Q027, a 22-month-old son of Yavenvale Giteau A391, ranked in the top one per cent for milk and intramuscular fat, and was secured by Lotus Herefords, Glen Innes, and Supple Herefords, Guyra, NSW. Wirruna Poll Herefords, Holbrook, NSW, sold the third highest priced bull at $70,000 for Wirruna Phil P273. The son of Wirruna Ledger L284 ranked in the top one per cent for all indices and for scrotal size, and was bought

by Tarcombe Herefords, Ruffy, Vic, and Quamby Plains Herefords, Tasmania.

The stud also came in with the second highest average for the season at $12,983 and set a new on-property sale record top price.

Principal Ian Locke said buyer activity was strong across the board with demand for proven Wirruna sires and PTIC females.

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“There was significant stud activity with Glendan Park purchasing Lot 4 for $27,000, Days Whiteface purchasing Lot 22 for $23,000 and Yavenvale Herefords purchasing Lot 45 for $18,000,” Mr Locke said.

“There was a large crowd on the day with over 180 people signing in with 108 registered buyers and 46 active online bidders.

“The overall average for the bulls was beyond expectation at $12,983.”

Days Whiteface, Bordertown, SA, sold the fourth top price of $40,000 for Days Kingswood Q139 bought by Steve and Debbie Reid, Talbalba Herefords, Millmerran, Qld. It was the equal highest price for a bull of any breed sold at a SA on-property sale in 2021.

In Tasmania, the Archer family, Quamby Plains Poll Herefords, sold Lot 1, Quamby Plains Quantum Q506 for $30,000 to Mountain Valley Poll Herefords, NSW, and Minlacowie Poll Herefords, SA. Also figuring high in the averages this season was Sugarloaf Creek Hereford stud, Towong, Vic, with $12,173 and a top price of $26,000 twice.

For Karoonda at Gelantipy, Vic, it was the first time the stud had recorded a five figure average of $10,214 and a top price of $28,000, Karoonda Warrigul to Neil and Bernice Mitchell, Burrowye, Vic. Glenellerslie, Adelong, NSW, always kick off the selling season with their February sale and were rewarded with a new record top price of $18,500 for Glenellerslie Tolmie Q015 to Neil and Bernice Mitchell.

Tarcombe at Ruffy, Vic, also produced a new record top price for their on-property sale of $17,500.

Ravensdale Poll Herefords, Holbrook, NSW, held their first on-property sale to top at $14,000 for the bulls and sold 20 from 22 females to a top of $8000 four times and average of $6650.

In Western Australia, the breed topped the averages and recorded the top price in the multi-vendor multi-breed 28th annual Invitational Bull Sale at Narrogin.

Poll Hereford bulls topped at $16,000 for Terraneil Stud, Beverley, selling to return buyer Lindsay James, Hyden. The breed averaged $7268.

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The largest multi-vendor sale of Bos taurus bulls in WA was the Supreme Bull Sale at Brunswick where Rob and Heather Francis, Yallaroo Herefords, Busselton, claimed the top price for the eighth consecutive year.

The top price of $23,000 paid for Yallaroo Quebec Q18 sold to Eddie Wedge, Gingin. The Hereford offering averaged $7750, a rise of $1357 on last year.

In the dispersal of South Australian stud Kerlson Pines Poll Herefords, a total of 119 cows and calves sold to a top of $27,000 and averaged $6821, while 31 PTIC heifers sold to $15,000 and averaged $5209, and four unjoined heifers sold to average $4000.

Rising six-year-old Kerlson Pines Last Day L24 with a July drop bull calf was the senior and grand champion Poll Hereford female at the 2017 and 2019 Royal Adelaide Shows. She sold for $27,000 to NSW partnership Kianma Poll Herefords, Forbes, NSW, and Granite Hill Hereford Stud, Bungendore, NSW. Reevesdale Herefords, Gum Flat, NSW, outlaid the top price in the heifers of $15,000 for Kerlson Pines Regal Q002.

The Bush family, Kirraweena/Glenholme stud, Cootamundra, NSW, sold unjoined stud heifers, 18 to 21 months and averaging 445kg, for $2150. Younger unjoined heifers, 15 to 20 months and weighing 399kg, made $2450 while heifers, 19 to 21 months, 360kg, sold for $2750. A pen of

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Injemira Beef Genetics sold PTIC commercial heifers, 29 to 30 months, for $4200/head, and younger lots, 17 to 19 months, for $3300/head while PTIC heifers aged 20 to 21 months made to $3000. The overall average was $3218.

Wirruna Poll Herefords sold PTIC cows, three to six years, for $6150/head, PTIC cows, seven to 10 years, for $5100/ head, PTIC cows, four to five years, for $5100/head, and PTIC cows, six to nine years, to a top of $3900/head.

Eight individual PTIC females sold to a top of $15,250 and average of $7500 with Jaclinton Hereford stud, Illowa, Vic, purchasing the top price lot, Wirruna Circle M395.

Geoff and Heather Bush, Kirraweena/Glenholme stud, Cootamundra, NSW, sold unjoined heifers, 18 to 21 months, for $2150, unjoined heifers, 15 to 22 months, for $2450, and unjoined heifers, 16 to 19 months, for $1950. A total of 26 heifers topped at $2750 and averaged $2184.

Kanimbla Poll Herefords, Holbrook, NSW, sold 10 out of 10 PTIC heifers to $6500 for Kanimbla Lydia Q160 and average of $4959.

There was a total clearance of all 13 heifers at Mawarra Genetics sale, Longford, Vic, with a top price of $9000 and average of $6115.

Stanford Poll Herefords, Bathurst, NSW, recorded a complete clearance of 40 PTIC heifers to average $2475 and 25 PTIC cows and calves for an average of $4070.

Tim Hayes 0439 257 693 • temagong@bigpond.com

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OFFERED SOLD

TOP

AVE

ALLENDALE

38

37

$18,000

$10,189

DAYS WHITEFACE

47

46

$40,000

$10,978

ENNERDALE

33

32

$14,000

$8626

GLENDAN PARK

41

38

$76,000

$11,842

GLENELLERSLIE

41

31

$18,500

$6742

GLENTREVOR

30

20

$7750

$5375

GUILFORD

38

35

$15,000

$6800

INJEMIRA

95

95

$160,000 $12,379

KANIMBLA

26

24

$13,000

$8041

KAROONDA

57

55

$28,000

$10,214

KERLSON PINES

28

11

$16,000

$8727

KIRRAWEENA/ GLENHOLME

19

16

$8000

$5687

MAWARRA

83

71

$22,000

$10,900

MELVILLE PARK

42

24

$13,000

$5917

MORGANVALE

53

45

$13,500

$7022

NATIONAL SALE DUBBO

25

25

$27,000

$11,042

NATIONAL SALE WODONGA

84

71

$103,000 $14,776

NEWCOMEN

59

50

$15,000

$7598

NUNNIONG

32

22

$11,000

$6522

OAK DOWNS

27

18

$12,000

$7583

QUAMBY PLAINS

51

48

$30,000

$9253

RAVENSDALE

38

34

$14,000

$7794

SUGARLOAF CREEK

28

25

$26,000

$12,174

STANFORD

29

25

$12,000

$6875

TARCOMBE

32

28

$17,500

$7321

TERRANEIL

17

17

$16,000

$6691

WA SUPREME BULL SALE

17

10

$23,000

$7750

WILKAH

18

11

$11,500

$7090

WIRRUNA

66

61

$70,000

$12,983

YARRAM PARK

60

59

$40,000

$14,441

YAVENVALE

113

111

$34,000

$9241

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NUNNIONG HEREFORD STUD ENSAY Bulls are mountain bred, hearty, fertile and ready to go

Bull Sale Wednesday 16th March 2022 1.30pm

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The day the Aussie farmers took on a US oil baron – and won

By Kim Woods Former Poll Hereford breeder and respected cattle judge John Spencer conceded he wrote a book to act as a conduit between generations and to embrace the past but not dwell on it.

The book, simply titled YY, also details one of the riskiest bull purchases in Australian history when an Australia syndicate flew to Montana in the US for the dispersal of the famed Beartooth stud to buy Poll Hereford sire Beartooth Advancer 12-H in 1979.

“He was the most significant and influential sire we had ever seen,” John wrote.

That year, work was only just starting on Australia’s first quarantine facility at the Cocos Islands for cattle entering Australia from the US. Australia had not been permitted to import cattle for over 25 years and the facility would herald a new era in the stud cattle industry.

The gamble of bidding against some of America’s richest ranchers and then waiting two years to take possession of the bull was one the Aussies were willing to take.

On the day of the sale, John recalls the Beartooth sale barn overflowing with hundreds of cowboys and Texas millionaires.

The sale of Beartooth Advancer 12-H was a drawn out affair taking 20 minutes for the bull 1 to be knocked down to the Australian 12-H syndicate for US$311,000 for a half share and full possession.

And so began a mammoth journey for the bull which saw him remain in the US for 12 months before flying to Calgary for four months, then heading to the Cocos Islands via Japan.

The 12-H syndicate spent $12,000 on a crate to fly him to Canada, $12,000 on insurance and $60,000 on freight charges.

“To offset some of these costs, we sold a quarter share to the losing American bidder, an oil baron from Kansas for $90,000,” John said.

“We sold $100,000 shares to three New Zealanders and began selling registrations for $2000 per calf to Australian breeders.”

John shipped by boat two of his best heifers to New Zealand from his West Australian stud, Wye Wye, for an embryo transfer program using Beartooth Advancer 12-H semen.

“The flush resulted in five calves, which we

calved down before flying them from Auckland to Perth in dog crates,” John said.

“These first calves from Beartooth caused much publicity which we harnessed in an on-farm sale; they were the new generation of Australian cattle.

“We sold one of the bull calves at 10 weeks of age, Wye Wye Big Boy, for an Australian record of $14,750 for a half share.

“Big Boy’s brother, Little Boy, sold at 11 months of age to Terry and Sandra Woods for $36,000 for a half share which was a West Australian all breeds record; and a full sister sold for $10,000, again a Western Australian all breeds record.”

The progeny of 12-H went on to be shown with success at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth royal shows.

1. Wye Wye Little Boy B73 was the top price all breeds in 1983 for $36,000 for a half share.

2. The embryo transfer progeny of Beartooth Advancer 12-H arrive in dog crates from New Zealand.

3. The embryo transfer calves upon arrival from New Zealand.

4. Beartooth Advancer 12-H the day he was bought by the Australian 12-H syndicate in 1979.

Photos courtesy John Spencer

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When it came time to fly 12-H from the Cocos Islands to Australia, John accompanied him and the other 55 bulls in bamboo crates on the cargo plane.

“It took four hours to fly to Exmouth where the local catholic priest refueled us at 4am,” he said.

The plane flew onto Brisbane via Rockhampton, with 12-H touching down to be met by a huge contingent of rural press and photographers two years after the syndicate had bought him.

John was elected to the Australian Poll Hereford Society board in 1974 and remained until 1988, serving as treasurer and then vice president.

He was also president of the Western Australian Poll Hereford Society from 1974 to 1979, establishing important breed fixture the West Coast Classic, a sponsored event promoting the Poll Hereford breed.

John recalls there were 120 active Poll Hereford breeders in WA at the time and over 200 bulls were being shown for sale at the Classic, the biggest single breed event in the state.

A train was organised to transport potential buyers from Bunbury to Perth, with a video of the catalogue of sale lots, and an information directory of participating studs.

A great supporter of youth, John initiated the Junior Heifer Show Competition and the West Australian Poll Hereford Queen Quest.

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Quest winners received a fully paid return trip to the Sydney Show, a white Stetson hat, leather boots and a customised wardrobe made from Merino wool.

John was made an honorary life member of the West Australian Poll Hereford Society.

He was a respected cattle judge at every Australian royal show and believes a good judge should be “an entertainer, a performer, an educator, as well as being able to give the reasons for the placings”.

John aspired to be an innovator and creative breeder within the cattle world, more than just a multiplier of genetics.

“My philosophy was to breed a uniform, highly prepotent, fertile female line of cows,” he said.

Wye Wye had a laboratory in a multi-purpose shed for embryo transfer programs. The stud was dispersed in 1995.

He was an innovative farmer, buying the Wongan Hills butcher shop and abattoir in the 1970s and marketing it under “Paddock to Plate” long before the catch cry was fashionable.

John is now retired from farming but urges producers to cherish the land and embrace regenerative principles.

After publishing his book in 2020, John is now writing family histories for other people.

For a copy of YY contact John Spencer on wyewye1@ bigpond.com

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Meet our team for 2021. For the benefit of the membership, included are details for the Herefords Australia Limited Board of Directors

Ian Durkin

Marc Greening

Mark Baker

idurkin@herefordsaustralia.com.au

mgreening@herefordsaustralia.com.au

mbaker@herefordsaustralia.com.au

CHAIRMAN Mobile: 0427 299 012 Email:

Geoff Birchnell

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Mobile: 0411 043 039 Email:

Sam Becker

Michael Crowley

sbecker@herefordsaustralia.com.au

mcrowley@herefordsaustralia.com.au

Mobile: 0412 425 949

DIRECTOR Mobile: 0417 576 667 Email:

Mark Duthie

Alex Sparkes

DIRECTOR MEMBER LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE Email: gbirchnell@herefordsaustralia.com.au

DIRECTOR YOUTH LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE

Mobile: 0448 016 950

Email: mduthie@herefordsaustralia.com.au

COMPANY SECRETARY Mobile: 0424 152 950 Email:

DIRECTOR Mobile: 0428 270 381 Email:

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DIRECTOR Mobile: 0429 034 578 Email:

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DIRECTOR Mobile: 0417 812 175 Email: tworth@herefordsaustralia.com.au

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Regional Breed Development Groups – contact information New South Wales

Queensland

Central Tablelands Herefords Association Herefords Queensland Association Inc Paul Hancock, Secretary “Whim Park’’ 66 Kings Plain Road Blayney NSW 2799 T: 02 6368 2140 M: 0418 639 597 E: whimpark@bigpond.com.au

Hunter Valley Herefords Association Carolyn McDonald, secretary 893 Hinton Rd Nelsons Plains NSW 2324 T: 02 4987 3405 M: 0427 293 015 E: mondeo.p.h@bigpond.com.au

Herefords Australia Northern NSW Association Tammy Kimmince, secretary “Redbank” Mt Russell Rd Little Plain NSW 2360 T: 02 6723 2902 M: 0429 919 031 E: kimo2@bigpond.com

Herefords Australia Northern NSW Youth Sophie Cooper, secretary M: 0407 805 682 E: sophiej.cooper98@gmail.com

Sydney Regional Herefords Breeders Group Ellen Hussein, Secretary 2 Eskdale Close, Narellan Vale NSW 2567 M: 0411 089 578 E: ellenhussein@gmail.com

Western Regional Herefords Association Brooke Rayner, Secretary “Grathlyn’’ Hill End Road Via Mudgee NSW 2850 T: 02 6373 8677 E: grathlyn@gmail.com

Southern NSW Hereford Breeders Group Brittany Sykes, secretary PO Box 435 Cootamundra NSW 2590 M: 0408 734 696 E: brittanysykes@outlook.com.au

Southern NSW Hereford Youth Group Helen De Costa, president 28 Taber Street Uranqunity NSW 2652 T: 0448 353 764 E: hdecosta@bigpond.com

Amanda Burcher, Secretary “Binara’’ Goondiwindi Qld 4390 T: 07 4676 1183 M: 0428 761 183 E: binaraburcher@bigpond.com

South Australia Herefords SA

Tessa Dawes, secretary PO Box 108 Goodwood SA 5034 T: 08 8210 5299 E: tdawes@adelaideshowground.com.au

Herefords SA Southern Herefords Queensland Youth Association Tyson Smith, secretary Aleacea Nixon, secretary “Colville Park’’ Dulacca Qld 4425 M: 0473 404 216 E: mouse18.aln@outlook.com

Victoria Victorian Herefords Youth Group

Elle Woodgate, secretary 1 Armstrong Street Buchan Vic 3885 M: 0428 192 229 E: victorianherefordyouthgroup@outlook. com

North East Victorian Herefords Group Ferruccio Tonini, secretary 321 Moyhu/Glenrowan Rd Glenrowan Vic 3675 T: 03 5766 2417 E: glenpoll@internode.on.net

Herefords Gippsland

Lauren Hill, secretary M: 0427 750 250 E: lauren@karoondapark.com

Corrangamite Hereford Breeders Group Inc Margaret Allen, secretary PO Box 105 Mortlake Vic 3272

Northern Herefords Group Inc Emilie Lyons, secretary C/- 17 Emily St Seymour, VIC 3660 M: 0404 956 038 E: emilielyons@hotmail.com

PO Box 85 Rendelsham SA 5280 M: 0400 654 259 E: tysonsmith_21@hotmail.com

Western Australia Western Australia Herefords Association Sandra Woods, secretary 1791 Westdale Rd Beverley WA 6304 T: 08 9647 2029 M: 0439 964 720 E: terraneil@wn.com.au

Tasmania Tasmanian Performance Herefords Judy Fry, Secretary 206 Plummers Rd South Forest TAS 7330 T: 03 6458 3364 M: 0418 319 689 E: jamena1@bigpond.com

Herefords Australia Herefords Australia 16 Uralla Road Locked Bag 7 Armidale NSW 2350 T: +61 2 6772 1399 Fax: +61 2 6772 1615 Office hours: 8am to 4pm E: info@herefordsaustralia.com.au

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Aintree Farm

85

Akubra

54

Mountain Valley

84

Newcomen

64

Nunniong

85

Queensland Machinery Agency 75

Ag Wholesalers Allanae Allflex

Amos Vale

Bahreenah

BeefGen Australia Bowen Downs Braelyn

70

Melville and Melville Park

57

27

Neogen Australasia

24

85

Nova

33

Nutrien Ag Solutions 80

61

Bundaberg Molasses 73 Dalkeith

26

Callaway

84

Devon Court

41

Eastern Spreaders Elite

Elders

Farmer Breeding Supplies Fly the Farm Franco

Glendan Park Glenellerslie

Grant Daniel Long Guilford

67 25

Emu Holes

Glenwarrah

74

79

ProWay

71

Ravensdale

Rayleigh

85 55

Stanford

23

Talbalba

34

Tarcombe

69

The Ranch

53

Tobruk

49

Tycolah

35

32

Te-Angie

17

The Weekly Times

39

Truro

85

Tummel Valma

Wirruna

62

Wynella

Virbac Australia

19

Warragundi

65

WRL

56

YavenVale

83

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Remolea

30

Lotus

77

Practical Systems

Kaludah Llandillo

29

42

Inside back cover

Koanui

21

Performance Feeds

Ironbark

Kidman

22

76

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Amos-Vale Herefords Sale Day Thursday July 22nd at 1:30pm

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HEREFORDS Grass fed, quiet, Registered bulls & heifers for sale

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Calendar of events 2021

www.facebook.com/Herefords.Australia

Visit www.herefordsaustralia.com.au for an updated listing of events

www.youtube.com/HerefordsAustralia

JULY

www.twitter.com/HerefordsAust

1 1-4 5 7-10 9 10 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 19 20 21 22-23 22 22

Calendar advertising opens HQYA 10th anniversary show Battalion and Cara Park annual bull sale Herefords Australia National Youth Expo Rayleigh annual bull and female sale Curracabark open day 2022 Calendar photo competition opens Remolea annual bull sale Merawah & Tenaru annual bull sale Cascade annual bull sale Bowen annual bull sale Franco & Parson Hill bull sale Tycolah/Kyan/Bellco annual bull sale Mountain Valley annual sale Curracabark annual bull sale Tummel annual bull sale Glenwarrah annual bull sale 76th annual Glen Innes Bull Show and Sale Amos Vale annual bull sale Lotus annual bull sale

4 4 7 20 23 25 26 27 30 31 31

RNA prime beef judging Warragundi Beef Co production sale Royal Queensland Show Vielun Pastoral Co. bull sale Te-Angie annual bull sale Wirruna spring bull and female sale Talbalba annual sale Ironbark 47th annual bull sale Truro bull and female sale Calendar photo competition entries close Kidman annual bull sale

Silverdale, Qld Tamworth, NSW Brisbane, QLD Mudgee NSW Armidale, NSW Holbrook, NSW Millmerran, Qld Barraba, NSW Bellata, NSW

1 1 2 3 6 6 7 9 25 30 30

Gippsland Performance Sale Oldfield annual bull sale Elite annual bull sale Kianman Production Sale Jarrah Genetics bull sale Lambert bull sale Devon Court annual bull sale Dalkeith annual sale Perth Royal Show Calendar advertising closes Melbourne Royal Show Hereford classes

AuctionsPlus Gunnedah, NSW Scone, NSW Forbes, NSW Banana, Qld Blackall, Qld Drillham, Qld Cassilis, NSW Perth, WA

15

Warren Point annual sale

Mitchell, Qld

8 25

Glenellerslie annual bull sale Glendan Park annual bull sale

Adelong NSW Kyneton, Vic

9 16 23

Wirruna bull and female sale Nunniong annual bull sale Newcomen annual bull sale

Holbrook, NSW Ensay, Vic Ensay, Vic

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

FEBRUARY 2022

MARCH 2022

Millmerran, Qld Glen Innes, NSW Wodonga, Vic Burren Junction, NSW Gloucester, NSW Clifton, Qld Boggabilla, NSW Currabubula, NSW Barraba, NSW Casino, NSW Barraba, NSW Goondiwindi, Qld Gloucester, NSW Walcha, NSW Bundarra, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Glen Innes, NSW Glen Innes, NSW

Dubbo, NSW

Melbourne, Vic

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Carcase Weight MSA Index Ironbark Herefords Average 307.57 63.1 Na�onal Average 285.8 58.95

MSA Kill Data on 50 Steers killed 1/3/21 350 300

307.57

285.8

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Carcase Weight Ironbark Herefords Average

MSA Index Na�onal Average

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