Qualified butcher Luke Lavis understands what the trade and consumer wants and is now drawing on that knowledge to breed commercial Herefords with yield and eating quality. Luke worked as…
DetailsHerefords Australia is today pleased to announce the appointment of Hamish Chandler to the newly created position of Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Specialist. Hamish has an extensive background in…
DetailsAnother elite group of young sires from across the nation has been inducted into the ranks of the Herefords Australia Super Sires catalogue. The cohort of five bulls includes Elite…
DetailsStore sales around the nation in January were marked by a flush of autumn drop weaner steers and heifers with backgrounders and grass-fed finishers competing for quality vendor bred Hereford…
DetailsDairy farmers value adding their calves with a beef cross and using Hereford sires is proving an alternative growth market for one Victorian stud. Tarcombe Herefords, of Ruffy, in the…
DetailsRestockers jockeying for quality future breeders sent prices skyrocketing to a summer weaner sales top for purebred Hereford heifers of $2098 or 662c/kg at Hamilton in Victoria’s Western Districts. Hereford…
DetailsA quality run of autumn drop Hereford steer weaners brought out those supplying grass fed programs with bids to $1965 and 655c/kg across the 2023 summer weaner sales at Wodonga,…
DetailsRestockers and backgrounders from Victoria and South Australia dominated the weaner heifers at Casterton, pushing prices to $1568 or purebreds and $1633 for Hereford infused pens. Selling agents Elders and…
DetailsRepeat buyers returned seeking known quality and performance to pay to $1706 for autumn drop Hereford heifers at Hamilton to wrap up the 2023 Western Districts weaner sales circuit. Selling…
DetailsA grass-fed program supplying Coles Graze accounted for 30 per cent of the yarding at the Casterton, pushing prices to $1833 for autumn drop Hereford steers. Selling agents Elders and…
DetailsA bidding duel between two industry heavyweights set the Hereford lanes alight at Hamilton today as buyers jockeying for quality future breeders sent prices skyrocketing to $2098. The Hereford offering…
DetailsNSW steer finishers competed strongly on big runs of vendor bred, European Union accredited calves at the Hamilton Hereford feature weaner sale with prices hitting the Western Districts circuit topper…
DetailsRepeat buyers looking for quality Hereford genetics for grass fed programs paid to a top of $1828 for autumn drop steer weaners at the Hamilton All Breeds Weaner Sale. Selling…
DetailsIt was the females turn to shine as a bidding duel elicited a top price of $2250 for Hereford infused weaner heifers at Wangaratta, outgunning the steer weaners across the…
DetailsA quality run of autumn drop Hereford weaners brought out those supplying grass fed programs with bids to 655c/kg for the steers at the final day of the week-long January…
DetailsSteer finishers, backgrounders and lot feeders tempered their spending downwards on the 2022 price records, but quality Hereford autumn drop steers remained a hot ticket item selling to 585c/kg. A…
DetailsHereford producers continued to turn off heavy grass-fed steers, grown heifers and the autumn drop calves in December with the early weaners reaching a top of 754c/kg. Heavy grown steers…
DetailsHello members, The success of a company depends on its people, and I would like to thank the staff, committee members and board members of Herefords Australia for their excellent…
DetailsHello members, It has been another busy year at Herefords Australia. 2022 saw the company (almost) return to business as usual and encouragingly, we were able to progress a range…
DetailsAlthough wet weather continued to affect store and prime markets across the eastern seaboard during November, demand for Hereford breeding females remained strong, peaking at $4750. There were plenty of…
DetailsHereford steers have recorded the second and fourth highest daily weight gains in the 2022 Lardner Park grassfed trial, after the fifth and final weigh on November 28. David Meikle,…
DetailsSustainability has grown to become one of the Australian beef industry’s most imperative considerations as more is understood about the impact of sustainable practices across the value chain, and the…
DetailsThe Herefords Australia Board has today announced the appointment of Mr Michael Crowley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Herefords Australia. The appointment will be effective from 1 March 2023. The appointment…
DetailsTarwin Poll Herefords continues to lead Australia’s only grass-fed steer trial at Lardner Park after the fourth weigh on October 18. The second last weighing before the steers are turned…
DetailsWidespread flooding rains played havoc with store and prime markets along the eastern seaboard during October, resulting in challenging conditions for vendors but not dampening prices for Hereford cattle. There…
DetailsIn October, Marc Greening (Deputy Chair Herefords Australia) and Lisa Sharp (CEO Herefords Australia) attended the American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. The trip included attendance…
DetailsNew skills and experience, along with a shared belief in the breed, will be brought to the Herefords Australia National Youth Committee with the announcement of a number of new…
DetailsHerefords continue to be stand-outs for weight gain off grass in the 2022 Lardner Park Steer Trial at Warragul in Victoria’s Gippsland region. The trial began in July with 70…
DetailsStore cattle markets and demand for Herefords continued to rise around the country on the back of widespread rain and plentiful paddock feed coming out of winter. In the steer…
DetailsThe Spring on-property bull sales started with a bang when Devon Court Herefords’ 90th anniversary sale set a record top price of $40,000 to mark a memorable milestone for the…
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