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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsHerefords 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…
DetailsKymarney 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…
DetailsMawarra 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…
DetailsYagaburne 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…
DetailsPowerhouse female Wirruna Golden Vanity M261 stormed through the competition at the 2021 Sydney Royal Easter Show to be named grand champion female and supreme Hereford exhibit of the show. Owned in partnership by Tim and Jemma Reid of JTR Cattle Co at Roslyn and Damien Holloway of Tobruk Poll Herefords at Rowan, Golden Vanity…
DetailsStreamlined show and sale, same superior quality Herefords will head back to Wodonga this May in a refreshed and streamlined national event. In it’s 56th year, the Herefords Australia National Show and Sale will adopt a new schedule and sale platform at its traditional home, the Wodonga Exhibition Centre. The only national breed sale to…
DetailsMichael Crowley to join Herefords Australia board Herefords Australia has today announced the appointment of Mr Michael Crowley to the Herefords Australia Board. Under its constitution the Herefords Australia Board can appoint up to 2 directors who meet a comprehensive skill and industry-based experience selection criteria. Mr Crowley has over 20 years industry experience. This…
DetailsThe finale of the 2021 Mountain Calf Sales certainly did not disappoint with a quality yarding of 1,127 head of Hereford and Hereford cross cattle at Omeo selling for an average price of $1813 and grossing $2,044, 200. Elders agent Morgan Davies described the sale as “beyond expectations.” “We knew it was going to be…
DetailsDay two of the 2021 Mountain Calf Sales opened with the Hereford steers at the Ensay sale making up to $2010 per head and Hereford/Shorthorn heifers hitting $1940. Elders agents yarded a total of 977 head of Hereford and Hereford-cross cattle for the Ensay sale which sold to a range of buyers for an overall…
DetailsA quality yarding of 1,102 Hereford and Hereford-cross steers and heifers greeted buyers at the Benambra weaner sale on Tuesday March 2nd with steer prices hitting a top of $2110 per head. The sale grossed over $1.8 million and averaged $1717 across the entire yarding of steers and heifers. Elders agent Matt Tinkler quoted the…
DetailsPrices soared beyond all expectation at the opening of the 2021 Mountain Calf Sales at Hinomunji with heavy steers selling up to $2390 and lighter steers making up to $1600 with buying support coming from all across the eastern states of Australia. Record prices which were set in 2020 were toppled with the opening pen…
DetailsInjemira Redford J006 Q287 smashed the long-standing Australian Hereford price record on Tuesday, selling for $160,000 at Injemira’s 50th annual production sale. The previous Hereford price record of $120,000 was set by Inverary Dominator D56 in 1986. Redford Q287 sold at auction to a syndicate of buyers comprised of ABS Global Australia, South Australian stud…
DetailsThe Herefords Australia Board has today announced the appointment of Ms Lisa Sharp (pictured left) as Chief Executive Officer, Herefords Australia. The appointment follows the recent resignation of Andrew Donoghue (General Manager, Herefords Australia). Ms Sharp has held executive and marketing and communication leadership roles across several public, private, and not for profit organisations, most…
DetailsPractical Systems of Armidale, New South Wales served regional Australia as a trusted provider of livestock management technology solutions for more than 25 years. Herefords Australia Limited is the peak industry organisation representing the interests of Hereford producers across the country. Today, we are pleased to announce a market partnership between these two great livestock…
DetailsFollowing the successful development of the Herefords Australia Marketing Committee, the HAL Board will now work with that committee to develop a strategic marketing plan. The Marketing Committee is comprised of HAL directors, staff, members, and young guns. Most recently Lisa Sharp, formerly Chief Marketing Officer with MLA has been engaged as the industry expert…
DetailsWell know Hunter Valley cattleman, Bob Miles, formally of “Strathmore”, Rouchel and the Bingeberry Hereford Stud, passed away at 91 years of age, on Sunday, 10 January, 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…
DetailsHerefords Australia General Manager Andrew Donoghue has elected to resign as General Manager, effective as of 12 February 2021. Andrew has been approached to join an International Company and has decided to accept that offer. “Whilst I am excited at the opportunities that my new role will present, I am sad to leave Herefords Australia.…
DetailsHereford heifers have smashed price records at saleyards in the Western District as the breed rides a wave of herd rebuilding and live export demand. Bidding peaked at 632 cents per kilogram for Hereford weaner heifers at Hamilton last Friday, with Herefords the only young females to break the 600c mark. Low numbers helped drive…
DetailsSteers to $1970, av 496c/kg Heifers to $1780, Led by a small but high-quality selection Herefords and Hereford-cross, steer weaners remained hot property on the fourth and final day of Wodonga’s January beef weaner sales that concluded on Friday at NVLX Barnawartha. Topping the whiteface section of the combined Hereford, Shorthorn and Euro breeds market…
DetailsSteers to $1880, av 518c/kg Heifers to $1535, av 499c/kg Hereford weaner prices refused into take a backwards step at Wodonga on Thursday. 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…
DetailsRain and the return of paddock feed across Eastern Australia has made Herefords the most valuable calf breed on a per kilogram basis to be sold at Victoria’s premier Western District sales this New Year. Independent figures put out by the Hamilton Livestock Exchange – the saleyard hosting the major store sales in the region – shows Herefords…
DetailsHereford steers have pushed to the top of the liveweight price ladder at Hamilton as the breed benefits from the grassfed restocking spree sweeping the southern weaner sales. The first drafts of Herefords to be sold at the centre on Tuesday averaged 506 cents per kilogram, according to results calculated by the Hamilton Livestock Exchange.…
DetailsThe updated catalogue for the Herefords Australia Super Sires Program has been released and is now available to view online. Breeders of candidate bulls who met 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. Six sires who met…
DetailsThe Southern Multibreed Project launch was held at the University of New England (UNE) on Thursday morning. 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…
DetailsEach year Howard Yelland, champion of objective measurement and performance recording for improved selection in the Australian Beef Industry, is remembered with the presentation of the Howard Yelland Award. The Australian Beef Industry Foundation and Marcus Oldham College are proud to announce the recipient of the Howard Yelland Award this year is David Jenkin of…
DetailsThe successful Herefords Australia Super Sires program has entered its second phase with a new round of candidate animals having been identified. The Super Sires program was launched in 2018 when the Herefords Australia Board developed an initiative to help members improve the breed using a young sire candidate that expressed a balance of favourable…
DetailsGENEPROB results are now available in the ABRI online animal lookup for all Hereford animals born after the year 2000. GENEPROB is an analysis run with the monthly Hereford BREEDPLAN run and is used for determining the likelihood of carrier animals in the Herefords Australia database for four known genetic conditions; HY, DL, IE and…
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