Whiteface vendors pocketed an extra $156 a head for heifers and $72 for their steers above other British breeds at the 79th annual Mountain Calf Sales this month. Held at Benambra, Ensay and Omeo on March 12-13, the mountain calf sales yarded 5502 cattle this year, despite some vendors electing to sell earlier at the…
The annual Casino British Breeds Weaner Sale took place on Friday March 22 at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange (NRLX). Selling agents George and Fuhrmann yarded 1500 steer and heifer weaners which were predominantly Herefords, but included a couple of hundred black baldies, Angus and Brangus. Buying strength on the day was attributed largely to…
The 54th Herefords Australia National Show and Sale (Wodonga) catalogue is now available for viewing online HERE. Should you wish to receive a hard copy, please email your postal address to kdavies@herefordsaustralia.com.au You can also search and sort through the ABRI catalogue HERE. A dinner function will replace the cocktail function held in the past…
We advise that Tim Burvill has resigned as a Director of Herefords Australia Limited. Tim has been a Director since 2017 and during that time has made a substantial contribution to Herefords Australia. Particularly through his membership of the Marketing and Development Committee where his skills, vitality and enthusiasm assisted to change the image of…
Top dollar was paid for quality Hereford steers and heifers at the 79th annual Mountain Weaner Calf Sale at Omeo on Wednesday afternoon. Selling agents Elders yarded 1800 Hereford and Shorthorn-Hereford cross yearling and mixed sex weaners for the sale. Wrapping up the two days of Victorian mountain calf sales, purebred Hereford steers sold to…
The Victorian mountain calf sales continued at Ensay on Wednesday morning with a strong yarding of 1300 head of Hereford and Hereford-cross steers and heifers. Whiteface steers sold for a top price of $1220 and heifers hit $1070 due to strong competition from two live export orders. Hereford steers made between $420 and $970 to…
An international live export order for Hereford heifers injected an element of excitement into the Benambra Weaner Sale, with female prices tracking the steers. A big crowd of buyers and vendors descended on the Benambra yards for the opening Elders fixture of the 79th annual Mountain Calf Sales on March 12. The selling agents penned…
South eastern Australian steer finishers converged on the Victorian high country on Tuesday to bid to $1030 for whiteface cattle at the circuit opener, the Benambra Calf Sale. Selling agents Sharp Fullgrabe yarded 1600 yearling and weaner Hereford, Hereford cross, Angus and Euro steers and heifers for the March 12 sale at the Hinnomunjie yards. …
Hereford steers and heifers have been performing well at Wilga feedlot in Bellata, NSW. Run by the MacCue family, Wilga feedlot turn off approximately 3000 head of cattle per year, predominantly to the Coles domestic market. Being a smaller, privately owned feedlot, Wilga purchase cattle of various breeds from a range of producers across the…
Supreme champion interbreed female at the 2019 Canberra Royal Show has been awarded to Cloverlee Cherry Ripe K165, exhibited with her bull calf, Cloverlee Cherry P150 by Ken and Elizabeth Ikin of Cloverlee Herefords. This was the fourth year the five-year-old cow had been exhibited at Canberra, having been awarded supreme Hereford female at each…
