The latest cohort of Herefords Australia Super Sires have been selected and added to the Super Sires online catalogue. (View the catalogue here.) Breeders of candidate bulls who met the initial selection criteria were notified at the beginning of June and given the opportunity to nominate one of their eligible bulls for the program. Seven…
Hereford and Hereford-cross steers have excelled in the feedlot weight gain phase of the 2021 RNA Paddock to Palate competition. The competition was first judged in 1998 and incorporates three phases; feedlot weight gain, carcase competition and MSA eating quality, with the overall placings and carcase awards presented at the awards night held in August…
Frank Shultz, formerly of Hazel Downs Herefords, passed away on Tuesday 22nd June 2021 after illness. Hazel Downs was established by Frank’s father, Neil Shultz in 1966 at Bulahdelah NSW. Frank remained an active member of the Hereford society until 2006. Frank’s funeral will be a graveside service at Bulahdelah Cemetery on Monday 28th June…
By Alastair Rayner for Genetics Central WITH the spring bull selling season rapidly approaching, its timely for producers to take time to consider what influences are likely to have an impact over the sales. These will range from the general demand for bulls, through to the requirement for bulls suitable to fill particular roles in…
The Herefords Australia National Show and Sale (Dubbo) celebrated its 60th anniversary in style, with a new record average of $11,042 and a one-hundred percent clearance of bulls and females. Dubbo committee chairman Andrew Rayner described the full clearance as “the most pleasing part” of the day. “If anyone goes home disappointed today, they’re hard…
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 under show judge Jason Catts of Futurity Shorthorns, Baradine. Grand champion bull was presented to junior champion winner Armada Represent R070, exhibited by Andrew and Brooke…
Herefords Australia Ltd (HAL) has announced the appointment of Mr Ian Durkin as Chairman of the Herefords Australia Board. In line with past practice, all Herefords Australia Board positions are declared open in the first board meeting after the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Both Trish Worth and Ian Durkin were nominated for the position of…
Kymarney Maverick Q009 stole the show at Wodonga on Wednesday morning, first taking out the intermediate champion title before going on to be judged grand champion bull of the show by Erica Halliday of Ben Nevis Angus, Walcha. Ms Halliday was delighted to return to judge the 2021 Wodonga National Show in person having judged…
Mawarra If Only Q264 smashed the Herefords Australia Wodonga National Sale record on Wednesday, 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…
Yagaburne Quest Q643 strode to victory in the Hereford ring at Beef 2021 in Rockhampton last week. 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…
