2017 SBTS Regional Forums
Dear SBTS Stakeholders, As you may be aware, in 2017 SBTS will be running 14 Regional Forums around Australia. Click here for registration forms and more information. The Regional Forums will…
DetailsRestocker Prices Ease Pain For Hereford Breeders Destocking
Strong restocker prices for Hereford females have helped ease the pain for drought-affected farmers in Queensland. The Nixon family, of Drillham, were forced to sell off their commercial herd and…
DetailsHereford Females Retain Value Through Their Lifetime
The ability of commercial Hereford females to retain their salvage value has been reaffirmed to NSW producer Bob Barnett. The additional yield of the Hereford cows once they reach the…
DetailsOverdrive Dominates Big Showing Of Whiteface Cattle At Glen Innes
Tycolah Overdrive L84 stormed through one of the biggest showings of Hereford cattle outside of a Royal to win grand champion bull of the Glen Innes Feature Show. Held on…
DetailsInternet/Phones/Systems Down in Herefords Australia Office
Dear Members, Due to significant storms in the New England region over the weekend, the Herefords Australia Office is currently without phones, internet or systems. We are working to have…
DetailsHereford Steer Finisher Shows Expertise to Win Championship
Commercial Hereford steer finisher Richard Ogilvie trumped the opposition to exhibit the champion purebred led steer at the Tenterfield annual show on February 11. It was the first time a…
DetailsJBS Adds Hereford Brand to Stable
JBS Australia has continued to expand upon its branded beef offer by announcing the launch of a new brand, “Hereford Boss”. Underpinned by the highly regarded JBS Farm Assurance program,…
DetailsHerefords Australia Welcomes New JBS Grass Fed Brand
The launch of JBS Australia’s newest beef brand, Hereford Boss, is one of the most significant milestones for the breed in modern times, according to Herefords Australia. The grass fed…
DetailsHerefords Perform On Weight Gain And MSA Index At Trial
Hereford and Hereford cross steers have demonstrated superior average daily weight gain and MSA Index scores in the 2016 Lardner Park Steer Trial in Victoria. A Red Angus-Hereford cross steer…
DetailsVale Wendy Hain
It is with great sadness we notify our members of the passing of Wendy Hain, Gunyah Herefords, Cooma NSW, last Friday. Wendy's funeral will take place in the Catholic Church at…
DetailsHerefords Triumph in 2017 RASV Heifer Challenge
A whiteface stud focused on balancing maternal and carcase traits has stormed home to win the prestigious 2017 RASV Heifer Challenge. Tarcombe Hereford and Poll Herefords, owned by the Hayes…
DetailsWhiteface Steers Make Up Historic Shipment Of Slaughter Cattle
Hereford and Black Baldy cattle are on-board an historic sea-bound shipment of live beef cattle to China under the new health protocol agreement for feeder and slaughter cattle. A total…
DetailsWhiteface Studs Make Top 10 Finalists In Rasv Heifer Challenge
Three whiteface seedstock herds have made the top 10 finalists of the 2017 RASV Heifer Challenge. Drawing 48 herds from British and European breeds, the challenge recognises excellence in herd…
DetailsHEREFORD YOUTH PARADE THEIR HANDLING SKILLS AND ENTHUSIASM AT INVERELL
A young cattle breeder with a strong interest in fostering Hereford youth has won the prestigious Most Potential Cattle Breeder award at the 2017 Herefords Northern NSW Youth Show. Held…
DetailsHEREFORD YOUTH PARADE THEIR HANDLING SKILLS AND ENTHUSIASM AT INVERELL
A young cattle breeder with a strong interest in fostering Hereford youth has won the prestigious Most Potential Cattle Breeder award at the 2017 Herefords Northern NSW Youth Show. Held…
DetailsUploading Videos to Animals
We are now able to upload videos, in addition to images, to individual animals on our system. The cost is $11/animal and the preferred formats to send them videos in…
DetailsMember Communications Survey
Last week, all members were sent an online survey link from The Leading Partnership, who is currently preforming the Herefords Australia Review. Your participation in this survey, and the call for submissions, is…
DetailsHigh Market Compensates For Drought In Northern Australia
Purebred feeder steers are commanding 360c/kg on-farm in Queensland markets despite producers struggling with drought conditions. Drillham Hereford breeder Tom Nixon sold 12-16 month-old Hereford steers, pasture finished, to Lloyd…
DetailsHerefords Out To Prove Grainfed Suitability In Gate 2 Plate
Herefords are among the 59 teams competing in this year’s Harvey Beef Gate 2 Plate Challenge in Western Australia. A team of two purebred steers and a heifer have been…
DetailsCM Hocking Scholarship Benefits Young Beef Industry Leaders
Two young leaders in the Australian beef industry have been announced as winners of the prestigious CM Hocking Memorial Scholarship from Herefords Australia. South Australians Georgie Beighton, of Penola, and…
DetailsWestern District Feature Sales Wind Up With Whiteface To $1394
The run of heifer weaner sales in Victoria’s Western Districts wound up on Thursday with restockers and lot feeders paying to a top of $1394 for whiteface cattle. Vendors were…
DetailsLot Feeders And Restockers Set Pace At Casterton With 403c/Kg Top
Lot feeders set the pace in the whiteface pens at the Elders and Landmark combined heifer weaner sale on Thursday, with Herefords hitting $1330. Selling agents yarded 1800 Hereford, Black…
DetailsRestockers Battle Over Breeder Lines To Push Prices To 406c/Kg
Whiteface seedstock heavyweights went head to head to snap up a large portion of the Hereford offering at the Hamilton All Breeds Heifer sale on Wednesday. Yarram Park’s Western District…
DetailsHerefords Continue To Fire In Benchmark Weaner Sales For 2017
So how did the Hereford breed track this year across the week of the opening weaner sales in Victoria? The fact the western districts is among the few places in…
DetailsVale Ella Robinson
The family of Herefords Australia Life Member Ella Robinson wish to notify the membership of Ella’s passing on Monday 16 January, 2017. Funeral services will be on Friday 20th at…
DetailsNSW Buyers Push Prices To $1570 For Hereford Weaners At Hamilton
NSW steer finishers competed strongly on the top end Hereford calves at the 50th annual Elders and Landmark feature weaner calf sale, to result in prices hitting 416c/kg – 76c/kg…
DetailsBackgrounders And Lot Feeders Push Steers To $1517 At Casterton
Backgrounders and lot feeders led the charge for whiteface weaners at the Elders Casterton 62nd annual steer weaner sale on Friday, paying to a top of $1517. The selling agents…
DetailsHereford Steer Weaners Finish The Week At 464c/Kg At Wodonga
A solid week of weaner sales across southern Australia culminated in Hereford steers peaking at 464c/kg at the Wodonga Blue Ribbon Weaner Sale on Friday. Buyers remarked on the strength…
DetailsHereford Steer Weaners Top At 454c/Kg At Wodonga Feature Sale
The Hereford juggernaut rolled on as the run of Wodonga weaner sales opened on Thursday with autumn drop steers peaking at 454c/kg and grown steers hitting $1650. Victorian grass fed…
DetailsHereford Weaner Steers Hit $1580 At Hamilton Feature Sale
Hereford producers celebrated the market boom today at the Hamilton Hereford feature weaner sale with prices hitting $1580. Hamilton Independent Agents yarded 1651 Hereford and Hereford cross steers, with the…
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