Whiteface vendors pocketed an extra $167 a head for heifers and $133 for their steers above other British breeds at the 82nd annual Mountain Calf Sales earlier in March. Held at Benambra, Ensay and Omeo on March 8-9, the Mountain Calf Sales yarded 6280 cattle in the Elders dedicated sales to average $2185. Autumn drop…
HEREFORDS AUSTRALIA has signed a five-year strategic partnership with the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association (ICMJ Association) to promote the breed and build capacity by engaging with young industry professionals. The ICMJ Association was established in 1990, to address concerns many agriculture degrees were lacking studies about meat science and that students may be graduating…
CONSUMER expectations, research into seaweed slashing methane emissions and how Fixed Time Artificial Insemination (FTAI) is delivering profitable results to producers were among the key insights shared at the three-day 2022 ABS Conference and Progeny Tour. More than 180 delegates from across the beef industry descended on Tamworth for the mid-March event to hear from…
Sale date: Wednesday 2nd Feb 2022 Number offered: 21 Number sold: 16 Top price: $13,000 Average price: $8,250 Name of top priced animals: Terraneil Ledger R039 Purchaser of top priced animal: J. & J. Gibbs Sale comments: While the clearance at the sale was disappointing, 4 bulls sold immediately after the sale. We were more…
APPLICATIONS are now open for the CM Hocking Memorial Scholarship, a prestigious Herefords Australia bursary introduced 20 years ago to support young people pursuing careers in agriculture across the country. Founded in 2002 through the estate of the late ‘Madge’ Hocking, a pioneer of the Hereford industry, the $5000 bursary is open to all Australian…
The Victorian High Country is the beating heart of the Hereford breed with generations of families valuing the temperament, growth and doing ability of the cattle. The annual Mountain Calf Sales are held each March at Hinnomunjie, Benambra, Ensay and Omeo, presenting the region’s lead draft of autumn drop mixed sex weaners. The sales draw…
The spotlight well and truly shone on the females at the Omeo Weaner Sale where retockers paid a stellar $2900 for autumn drop Shorthorn/Hereford heifers, leaving the buying gallery and onlookers stunned. Restockers and lot feeders made a plunge on the heifers, pushing prices skywards by $500 on the morning’s Ensay sale and skyrocketing to…
Vendors were left open mouthed as buyers kicked up a gear at the Ensay Weaner Sale and lifted autumn drop steer prices by $130 on the Benambra Weaner Sale to top at $2780. Selling agents Elders Bairnsdale yarded 662 steers and 303 heifers for the March 9 fixture at the Ensay yards in challenging conditions…
Steer finishers and restockers maintained the momentum to push autumn drop steer prices to a new record of $2650 and heifers to $2660 at the Benambra Weaner Sale A big crowd of buyers and vendors descended on the Benambra yards for the opening Elders whiteface fixture of the 82nd annual Mountain Calf Sales on March…
Vendors were all smiles as the opening sale hit unchartered waters for whiteface yearling steers of $3060 and weaners of $2500 at the Benambra Calf Sale. Victorian and NSW steer finishers and lot feeders converged on the Victorian high country on Tuesday to bid for whiteface cattle at the 82nd annual circuit opener. Selling agents…
