Hereford and Hereford infused cattle are outclassing the competition in this year’s RAS Beef Challenge. The Beef Challenge is held at Wilga Feedlot, Bellata NSW, with producers entering their animals in pens of six with the option of two different classes – 70-day Domestic and 100-day Export. Wilga Feedlot hosted a field day for the…
DetailsHereford judging classes took place at the 2018 Ekka on Friday 10 August. There were 37 Herefords entered in the stud beef section of the show, with Stephen Peake of Bowen Poll Herefords, Barraba judging the Hereford classes. Ian and Anne Galloway of Galloway Cattle Co. Roma, QLD, enjoyed a very successful show day with…
DetailsHelen Pearce of Yavenvale Herefords passed away at her home “Riverview”, Borambola on August 1st after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 68. Helen is survived by husband of 46 years Pat, son James and daughter Jill Toohey and four grandchildren. At Helen’s request a private cremation will take place. Friends of Helen are…
DetailsBattalion Undertaker M023 (ET) (H) set the bar at the 73rd Annual Glen Innes Hereford bull sale, selling for the top price of $20,000 to Barry Newcomen of Newcomen Herefords, Ensay Victoria. Held at the Glen Innes regional sale yards on Friday July 27, a total of 56 of the 99 horned and polled bulls…
DetailsCommanding young sire, Kylandee Moorland (H) surpassed a quality line-up of bulls to be sashed grand champion at the 73rd Annual Glen Innes Hereford Show. Held at the Glen Innes regional sale yards on Thursday July 26, this year’s show drew 24 horned and polled Hereford exhibitors from across New South Wales and Queensland. Judging…
DetailsKATE STARK – QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE Organic crossbred operators Bill and Louise Dunne and family, Fraser, Laura, Meghan and Lawson, have been producing top quality Hereford-cross beef for local and international markets since 2014. Running more than 1100 breeders at their property ‘Tarcoola’, near Dingo, the Dunne family have produced a consistent commercial product which…
DetailsKeith Hawkins, formerly of Springfield Poll Herefords, passed away peacefully on the 21st of July at Finley Regional Care. Keith was the loved husband of Anne, and a loving father to Dallas, Shelley, Amanda, Kim, and families. A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the life of the late Mr Keith Hawkins will be held at…
DetailsHAYLEY SKELLY-KENNEDY – QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE Turning off over 1000 head of cattle a month from their Moruya feedlot at Moonie means the Cook family of Kindon, Goondiwindi, know a thing or two about carcase and eating quality. It is this knowledge that has convinced them of their faith in the Hereford breed. Running 3000…
DetailsWe regret to advise members of the passing of John Harlock, former President of the Herefords South Australia Southern Group. John’s funeral will be held on Monday 23rd July 2018. There will be a private family burial at Camperdown cemetery at 10am, followed by a public service at 1:30pm at St Johns Presbyterian Church, 24 Spence…
DetailsThe 2018 Herefords Queensland Annual Youth Show was held at Pittsworth Showgrounds, QLD from the 6th – 8th of July. The show was a great success, with 59 competitors and 71 head of cattle attending the weekend. Saturday was filled with informative talks, including sessions run by Hayley Robinson from MLA, Luke Goldthorpe from Coopers…
DetailsPAULA THOMPSON – STOCK JOURNAL Poll Herefords returned as the dominant breed at the Alice Springs Show, with the Minlacowie stud, Minlaton, taking out supreme champion. It was the first time Minlacowie Macquarie M107 – a 21-month-old bull – was shown. Macquarie was sired by Ivybank John, the grand champion at the Herefords Australia Show & Sale in…
DetailsBetween the 29th of June and the 1st of July, 67 competitors from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and New Zealand converged upon the Wodonga Exhibition Centre to participate in the 2018 Herefords Australia National Youth Expo. The annual event aims to give young people with an interest in cattle the opportunity to…
DetailsA son of super carcase sire Allendale Anzac E114 has topped the 57th annual Herefords Australia National Sale at Dubbo on $32,000. Held at Dubbo on June 5, the National drew 65 registered buyers to clear 44 bulls from the 95 offered for a gross of $350,500 and average of $7965. Steve and Debbie Reid,…
DetailsYoung carcase sire Lachdale Mindblower outgunned a powerful bull lineup to be junior and grand champion at the 57th annual Herefords Australia National Show. Held at Dubbo on June 4, the National Show drew 35 vendors and 96 polled and horned bulls from NSW, Queensland and South Australia. Vendor Lachie Scurr, Lachdale Poll Herefords, Texas,…
DetailsThe whiteface breed flexed its muscles to post a solid average of $8183 and gross of $1.2 million at the 53rd Herefords Australia National Show and Sale. Held on May 17 at Wodonga, the National sale drew 148 registered bidders and was interfaced with AuctionsPlus. Billed as one of the largest multi-vendor sales in southern…
DetailsA new, streamlined board has been announced for Herefords Australia under the leadership of chairman and Victorian breeder Bill Kee. The Board of Directors has been reduced from 12 to seven following the adoption of a new constitution by Herefords Australia. The new board, announced at the annual general meeting in Wodonga on May 15,…
DetailsA cracking crowd pleaser of a bull stormed his way through the classes at the 2018 Herefords Australia National Show today to win grand champion. Kymarney Majestic (AI) (P), a Wirruna Hawson H338 (P) son, was sashed as junior and grand champion by New Zealand judge Brent Fisher in front of an appreciative audience. The…
DetailsJULIA WYTHES – THE LAND A cracking sale season plus huge success as the feature breed at Sydney Royal has led to a massive influx of bulls to go under the hammer at the 53rd Herefords Australia National Sale. A whopping 216 bulls will be offered at the Wodonga event on May 17, coming from 55…
DetailsThe annual Hereford and Crossbred feature show in Glen Innes drew buying interest from a range of buyers and markets. A total of 1328 yearling and weaner Hereford and crossbred steers and heifers were yarded for the sale on the 20th of April. Hereford steers sold to a top of 305c/kg, the top selling pen…
DetailsHereford Reserve was on the menu at the ALPA Young Auctioneers Competition dinner held at Dalton House on March 22, where some 320 attendees had an enjoyable eating experience. Noted by many as some of the finest beef they had eaten, the Hereford Reserve product is a 100 per cent Hereford product that is owned…
DetailsHereford success at this year’s Sydney Royal Easter Show has been capped off with Matt and Deb Kelley of Warragundi Beef Company’s Grand Champion Hereford Bull – Warragundi Minnesota M001, taking out the prestigious Urquhart Perpetual Trophy for Supreme Beef Exhibit. Following an impressive performance in the Hereford classes, the 21-month-old bull went on to…
DetailsThe Hereford Feature at the 2018 Sydney Royal Easter show has been an outstanding showcase for the Hereford breed. Hereford entries more than doubled for the Sydney Royal this year with over 300 entries from 73 studs across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. With $15,000 in prize money plus products up…
DetailsJAMIE BROWN – THE LAND Santa Gertrudis/Hereford dominated the third day of weaner sales at Casino, during which a number of different Bos indicus over Hereford crosses created incredible excitement among buyers. While steers did well, averaging $960 at 327 cents per kilogram and topping at $1381, it was the heifers that stole the show,…
DetailsHereford steer weaners topped at 348c/kg or $1200 at the Casino Premier Hereford Weaner sale on Friday. Selling agents George & Fuhrmann offered 2423 Hereford, Hereford infused and Angus steers and heifers at the opening fixture of the 43rd annual Three Day weaner sale at Casino on March 16. Backgrounders, lot feeders and restockers attended…
DetailsOn Saturday the 17th of March an unusual event took place on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach. A herd of 40 Hereford heifers all the way from Undoolya Station in Alice Springs arrived on the white sand to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation and the need for medical facilities in rural Australia. The aptly…
DetailsHereford vendors pocketed an extra $50 a head for their steers above other British breeds in a stellar 78th annual Mountain Calf Sales this week. Held at Benambra, Ensay and Omeo on March 13-14, the mountain calf sales yarded a total of 8504 cattle to average $703. Autumn drop whiteface steer prices peaked at Omeo…
DetailsBuyers were met with one of the best line-ups of Hereford weaner calves in the nation for the 78th annual Omeo Weaner Calf sale on Wednesday, with steers hitting $1390. Selling agents Elders yarded 2200 Hereford and Hereford-Shorthorn cross yearling and weaner steers and heifers for the sale. The fixture finalised two days of selling…
DetailsBidding stepped up a gear on the second day of the 78th annual Mountain Calf Sales to push prices up by $160 for autumn drop Hereford steer weaners at Ensay. Selling agents Elders yarded 1300 Hereford and Hereford-cross yearling and weaner steers and heifers for the sale on March 14. The sale featured a strong…
DetailsSteer finishers, backgrounders and lot feeders converged on the Victorian high country on Tuesday to bid to $1240 for whiteface cattle at the circuit opener, the Benambra Calf Sale. Selling agents Sharp Fullgrabe yarded 1500 yearling and weaner Hereford, Hereford cross and Euro steers and heifers for the March 13 sale at the Hinnomunjie yards.…
DetailsPrices kicked $100 a head for Hereford steer weaners and $165 for restocker heifers as buyers clamoured for cattle at the opening Elders fixture of the 78th Annual Mountain Calf Sales. A big crowd of buyers and vendors descended on the Benambra yards with selling agents Elders penning 1700 Hereford, Hereford cross and Euro steers…
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