Office Closure – Monday June 10
Please note that the Herefords Australia office will be closed on Monday June 10 for the Queen’s Birthday public holiday. Normal office hours will resume from 8:00am Tuesday June 11.
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Strong Average with Bulls Selling to $30,000 at Dubbo National Sale
The 2019 Herefords Australia Dubbo National Sale took place on Tuesday June 4 at the Dubbo Showgrounds. Ongoing drought conditions across much of eastern Australia impacted the overall clearance, however the sale maintained a strong average price. 31 of 56 bulls sold to a top price of $30,000 for a clearance of 55%, an average…
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Shining Success for Rayleigh at Dubbo National Show
The 58th annual Herefords Australia National Show and Sale was held at the Dubbo Showgrounds on June 4. This year’s show drew 56 entries from 24 breeders across four states. The EU index and Supermarket index Performance classes were held first and judged by Steve Chapman of JBS Australia. The Performance classes were judged on…
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World Class Speakers to Present at Herefords Australia Breed Forum
The Herefords Australia Breed Forum will be held in Hamilton, Victoria on June 11 and 12 2019. The forum boasts an incredible line up of prominent guest speakers who will cover a range of topics tailored to both stud and commercial producers. There will be cutting edge information provided to attendees outlining how whiteface genetics…
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Solid Clearance with Bulls Selling to $40,000 at Wodonga National Sale
The 54th annual Herefords Australia National Sale hit a top price of $40,000 and averaged $7079 on Thursday. Held at the Wodonga exhibition Centre on May 9, the sale drew 141 lots from 40 vendors with buyers coming from as far south as Tasmania and north into Queensland. Of the 141 bulls offered 114 sold…
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Top of the Drop Wins Top of the Show at Wodonga National
The hotly contested title of grand champion bull at the 2019 Herefords Australia National Show in Wodonga has been claimed by 14-month-old Top of the Drop champion; Tarcombe Justin P016 (AI) (ET) (P). Held at the Wodonga Stud Stock Exhibition Centre on May 8, the Herefords Australia National Show hosted a quality line up of…
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Herefords Prove Their Profitability in Victorian High Country
Proven maternal lines with fertility, milk and carcass, combined with walking ability will tick the box for Victorian high country bull buyers Simon and Sonya Lawlor this year. The couple, of Omeo, will be ringside at the Herefords Australia National Show and Sale at Wodonga on May 8-9 to select their newest sires. They have…
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Herefords Australia Breed Forum – Registrations Open Now
Registrations for the 2019 Herefords Australia Breed Forum to be held in Hamilton, Victoria on 11 and 12 of June are open now. This not to be missed event combines a mixture of presentations targeted to both stud and commercial producers along with the Herefords Australia AGM and a Breed Dinner. Attendees will be treated…
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Sydney Royal Easter Show Results
The Hereford judging at the Sydney Royal Easter Show took place on Saturday April 13. 76 exhibits were entered in this year’s show from breeders across New South Wales and classes were judged by Peter Falls of Malton Shorthorns in the Riverina. The Canada Perpetual Cup for Best Exhibit was awarded to the senior and…
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Buyers’ Market at Drought Impacted Glen Innes Sale
The annual Glen Innes Blue Ribbon Weaner Sale was held on Friday April 12 where selling agents Landmark, Elders, and Newberry te Velde Carige Agencies yarded 1,854 mixed breed steer and heifer weaners. Prices were down due to the prolonged drought conditions which provided some good value opportunities for buyers. Buying strength was predominantly back…
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New Zealand Young Breeders Competition
Herefords Australia is calling for expressions of interest for youth members aged 18-30 to represent Australia in the Young Breeders Competition held in conjunction with the 2020 World Hereford Conference in New Zealand from 7th-13th March. Herefords Australia intends to assist with associated travel costs of up to two teams (four on each team). Please…
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Whiteface Producers Pocket Extra $154 a Head in Dry Times
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…
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Repeat Buyers and Backgrounders Maintain Strong Prices at Casino
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…
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Wodonga National Sale Catalogue Available Now
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…
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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…
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Hereford weaners bring it home with prices hitting $1180 at Omeo
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…
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Whiteface heifers hit $1070 at competitive Ensay sale
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…
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Live export order pushes up heifer prices by $360 at Benambra
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…
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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. …
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Herefords Hitting the Domestic Market at Wilga Feedlot
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…
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Supreme Interbreed Champion for Cloverlee at Canberra Royal
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…
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Hereford Grass Fed Success in Lardner Park Steer Trial
Herefords have once again demonstrated their dominance on grass by achieving the top average daily weight gain of all breeds entered in the 2019 Lardner Park Steer Trial. The only grass-based steer trial in Australia, the Lardner Park Steer Trial provides producers with the opportunity to assess cattle under independently controlled grazing conditions. Compliant with…
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International Speaker to Headline the 2019 Herefords Australia Breed Forum
Mr Jack Ward, Executive Vice President of the American Hereford Association will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 Herefords Australia Breed Forum. The breed forum will be held in Hamilton, Victoria on 11 and 12 June 2019. Mr Ward will provide insights into the trends and opportunities that have recently benefited the Hereford breed…
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Sydney Royal Hereford Female Sale
Entries are now open for the Hereford Female Sale being held at the 2019 Sydney Royal Easter Show. The sale will take place on Saturday 13 April 2019 following the completion of the Hereford judging. Registered Hereford females of any age may be entered in the sale provided that the vendor is a financial member…
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Spectacular Whiteface Results in Feedback Trial
The 2019 Beef Spectacular Feedback Trial has wrapped up with the presentation dinner being held in Wagga last Friday. The annual competition is held at the Teys Jindalee Feedlot with an objective of evaluating teams of five animals in achieving the commercial requirements of Teys Australia’s Jindalee Feedlot grain fed beef program targeting Teys branded…
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Cross Breeding into Profit with a White Face
A boost of up to nine per cent in weaning weights can be achieved in steers out of Angus females simply by switching to a Hereford bull. The advantages of heterosis, or hybrid vigour, in black baldy progeny has been quantified with the release of preliminary calving and weaning results from the Herefords Australia Black…
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Vale John Cowcher
John Cowcher from Quaindering Herefords, Williams, WA passed away after a freak boating accident on 16 January 2019. John was the much loved husband of Heidi and father of Christopher and Michael. John was an avid Hereford breeder who served on the board of the Australian Hereford Society from 1982 – 1991, The Australian Poll…
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Office Closure
The Herefords Australia office will be closed on Monday the 28th of January for the Australia Day public holiday. Normal office hours will resume from 8am on Tuesday the 29th of January. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Australia Day long weekend.
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Herefords Northern Heifer Show Brings States’ Best Together
HANNAH POWE – THE LAND BACK again in the state’s north last weekend was the Herefords Northern NSW Youth Group Heifer Show that welcomed over 80 competitors to the town of Inverell. With cattle travelling from throughout Queensland and NSW, and even a competitor from Mt Riddock Station 200 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs in the…
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Vale Ken Mackay
Ken Mackay, one of the principals of the famous Merawah Poll Hereford stud, passed away peacefully during the past week aged 93 years. Ken and his wife Judy, a former patron of the Australian Poll Hereford Society, took over the running of the Merawah Stud from Judy’s father, JH Doyle, one of the founding fathers…
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