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…
DetailsSouth 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. …
DetailsHereford 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…
DetailsSupreme 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…
DetailsHerefords 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…
DetailsMr 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…
DetailsEntries 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsJohn 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…
DetailsThe 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.
DetailsHANNAH 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…
DetailsKen 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…
DetailsAlison Johnson, formerly of Norolle Poll Herefords passed away peacefully on the 15th of January 2019 aged 77 years. Alison was the much loved Wife of Clyde and Mother, Mother-in-law and Nan of Julie, Kirrily, Greg, and their families. Loved sister of Peter and family. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Alison’s funeral,…
DetailsThe run of whiteface weaner sales finished the week at Wodonga on Friday with autumn 2018-drop steers ringing the bell at $1150 and heavy heifers making $1135. Selling agents Brian Unthank Rural, Peter Ruaro Rodwells and Schubert Boers yarded 3703 Hereford, Hereford cross and Euro mixed sex weaners on January 11. All categories across the…
DetailsLot feeders and repeat buyers bid up to 319c/kg and paid a top price of $1259 for Hereford steers at Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon. A total of 2574 Hereford and Euro cross weaner steers and heifers were yarded on the day and sold as 145 lots. Hereford steers made 251-319c/kg, crossbred steers made 260-310c/kg and…
DetailsLot feeders and steer finishers were out in force at the Wodonga Premier Hereford/Euro and Other Breeds grown and weaner sale, paying to 345c/kg for whiteface weaners. Selling agents Elders, Corcoran Parker and Landmark Paull & Scollard yarded 6200 Herefords, black baldies and Euro cross steers and heifers on January 10. Topping the purebred weaner…
DetailsThe western districts weaner sales continued on Wednesday morning at Casterton with a quality yarding of Hereford steers. The top dollar per head price was paid for 26 of the Lambert family’s Taronga steers averaging 383kg. The EU steers made $1176 or 307c/kg and were sold to Landmark Leongatha. Taronga also reached the equal top…
DetailsThe Victorian western districts weaner sales kicked off on Tuesday afternoon at Hamilton with a quality yarding of 2986 steer weaners. Bullock fatteners and feedlot backgrounders paid a premium for quality EU Hereford steers while the live export market snapped up around 600 head on the day. The opening Hereford pen of the afternoon was…
DetailsBy Sophie Holt The inaugural Cootamundra Hereford Heifer Show was held on the 4th to the 6th of January 2019 at Cootamundra Showgrounds. The Hereford heifer show was run by the Cootamundra Show Society with the assistance of the Southern NSW Hereford Breeders Group. The Hereford Heifer Show was designed to encourage and inspire local…
DetailsA Super Sires program launched by Herefords Australia is set to deliver high performance whiteface genetics to the cattle industry. The Hereford True Genetics – Super Sires program was launched this month (December) and identifies trait-leading sires offering solutions to stud and commercial breeders. Intramuscular fat (IMF) has been identified as the initial focus, with…
DetailsHerefords Australia is rolling out new branding to cement the breed’s position within the genomic era. The new Herefords Australia logo incorporates a white stylised Hereford head on an ochre background. The makeup of the face is an abstract representation of DNA strands and the chosen coloration symbolises the iconic Hereford red and white coat…
DetailsJENNY KELLY, The Weekly Times PRICE-wise there was a bit of everything at the early calf sale at Yea. Herefords hit a high note of $1250 to claim both dollar-a-head and cents-a-kilogram liveweight honours, while some of the heaviest Angus cattle were disappointing. Overall the sale favoured middle run and lighter steer calves, as buyers…
DetailsWe advise that Scott Hann, Vice Chairman of the Herefords Australia Board has resigned as a director of Herefords Australia this week. Extenuating personal circumstances have caused Scott to make this decision, one which he has not made lightly. Scott has been a director since 2012 and has been Vice Chairman of the board since…
DetailsA young leader in the Australian beef industry has been announced as the winner of the prestigious CM Hocking Memorial Scholarship from Herefords Australia. Aleacea Nixon, of Queensland, receives the scholarship bursary to undertake studies to benefit the Australian Hereford industry. The scholarship embodies the love of Herefords and a keen interest in youth by…
DetailsHerefords Australia welcomed Michael Beattie as their new breed development manager this week. Mr Beattie’s primary role will involve managing the company’s strategic projects and breed development. With an extensive background with BREEDPLAN and breed development across different breeds, Mr Beattie brings a wealth of experience to his new role. Having grown up on a…
DetailsJanice Carlyle, formerly of Wonga Poll Herefords, Chinchilla passed away peacefully on Friday 12th October 2018, aged 89 years. Janice and Don Carlyle established the Wonga Hills Poll Hereford Stud in the 1960’s, at Wonga Hills, via Chinchilla. The stud achieved many show ring successes. A highlight was when they were awarded Grand Champion Poll…
DetailsHereford judging classes were held at the Royal Melbourne Show on Monday 1 October. Tondara Herefords, Urana NSW were awarded Most Successful Hereford Exhibitor on the day, winning several classes and coming away with numerous broad ribbons. Junior champion Hereford heifer was won by 13-month-old Tondara Ave Maria 2, sired by USA sire Chac Mason…
DetailsPlease note that the Herefords Australia office will be closed on Monday 1st October for the NSW Labour Day long weekend. Normal office hours will resume from 8am Tuesday 2nd October.
DetailsSeveral pens of Hereford infused cattle have come away with wins in various categories of the 2018 RAS Beef Challenge. The awards for the annual feedlot-based competition were held in Tamworth on Friday 14 September. Held at the Wilga feedlot in Bellata, the competition is split into two classes; the 70-day Domestic class, and the…
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