A 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…
DetailsEntries are now open for the annual National Youth Heifer Expo being held in Wodonga from the 29th of June to the 1st of July 2018. The annual event is being organised by the hard-working Herefords Australia Youth Committee, who are hoping to make this one of the most successful Youth events yet. The event…
DetailsA pen of black baldy steers from Waverly Run in Big Springs NSW have shown the Whiteface advantage by being awarded Reserve Champion pen for feedlot performance in the recent Beef Spectacular Feedback Trial. The competition is judged in two parts: feedlot performance, and carcase performance, with overall placings awarded at the completion of both…
DetailsColleen Holliss of Lotus Herefords passed away on the 22nd of February. Colleen was instrumental in the establishment of Lotus Herefords. She was very active in her local community, including the CWA and the Northern Hereford group. Her passions were family, Hereford cattle, and gardening. She is survived by husband Oliver, sons Tony & Craig,…
DetailsHerefords Australia would like to inform members that Mr Bill Tanner, formerly of Hillcrest Herefords passed away on the 21st of February. Hillcrest was established in 1946 by the Tanner family in Willow Tree. Bill Tanner was chairman of the Australian Hereford Society from 1973 – 1978, and was one of the longest standing council members,…
DetailsA leap of faith by a small group of Hereford producers in Victoria’s pristine Mitta Valley has turned into a vibrant and expanding grass fed beef brand. Mitta Valley Beef began in a small way in April at five carcases a week and has since been formalized as a producer-owned co-operative supplying a dozen carcases…
DetailsHANNAH POWE – THE LAND Over 114 participants competed at the 2018 Hereford Northern NSW Youth Show at the Inverell showgrounds from January 5 to 7. Kianma Poll Hereford owner, Kierin Martin, Narromine, judged the cattle. Champion bull went to Neridah New Direction N010 and reserve champion bull was Tybay Merlot M004. The steer section…
DetailsWell-bred autumn calving heifers topped at $1860 and Black Baldy cows and calves at $2440 in a rapidly softening market at the Wodonga Annual Beef Bred Female store sale. Quality PTIC autumn calving heifers tracked $250 behind last year, and the majority of cows and calves sold below split value. Selling agent Albury Wodonga Stock…
DetailsWhiteface restockers went head to head to secure a large portion of the Hereford offering at the Hamilton British Bred heifer weaner sale on Wednesday. Yarram Park’s Western District Pastoral Company and Jigsaw Farms, Hamilton, were among the dominant players on the well-bred top end March/April 2017 drop heifers. Selling agents, Hamilton Independent Stock Agents,…
DetailsSo how did the Hereford breed track this year across the week of the opening weaner sales in Victoria? Despite a wet, difficult winter reducing weaning weights, western district producers still turned on a show, with big drafts of well-bred one-mark, weaned and European Union accredited calves on offer. The yarding of 8488 whiteface cattle…
DetailsThe run of whiteface weaner sales finished the week at Wodonga on Friday with autumn 2017 drop steers hitting 377c/kg and heavy heifers up by $50 a head. Selling agents Elders and Landmark yarded 2934 Hereford, Black Baldy and Euro cross cattle for the NLVX Wodonga Premier Annual Grown and Weaner sale. The week finished…
DetailsMurray Porter would like to inform Herefords Australia members of the passing of his father, James (Max) Porter. After several illnesses over the last 2 years, he passed peacefully at the Epworth Hospital, Geelong on the morning of Sunday the 7th January. Max had been a Poll breeder since the 70s with the Polaris Stud…
DetailsBidding stepped up a notch at the Wodonga Blue Ribbon Weaner sale as buyers paid to $1275 for autumn drop Hereford steers. Selling agents Brian Unthank Rural, Paull and Scollard, Peter Ruaro Rodwells and Schubert Boers yarded 3773 Hereford, Hereford cross and Euro mixed sex weaners on Thursday, January 11. All categories across the board…
DetailsBuyers chasing weight-for-age were not disappointed at the Hamilton weaner sale, with prices hitting a top of $1319 for whiteface steers. Hamilton Independent Agents yarded 1492 Hereford and Hereford-cross autumn 2017 drop steers, weighing an average of 338kg, on Wednesday, January 10. Cattle were booked to Princess Royal Station, T.B. White & Sons, Landmark Leongatha,…
DetailsSouthern NSW steer finishers were out in force at the Wodonga Premier Hereford and Euro special store cattle sale, paying to 401c/kg for whiteface weaners. It was the first stand alone weaner sale for the selling agents, Corcoran Parker, Wodonga, with a yarding of 1870 Herefords, Black Baldies and Euro cross steers and heifers. Grown…
DetailsNSW steer finishers competed strongly on the top end Hereford calves at the 51st annual Elders and Landmark feature weaner calf sale, to result in prices hitting $1280. Selling agents Landmark and Elders yarded 3350 Hereford, Hereford cross, Black Baldy and Angus steers for the Hamilton fixture on January 9. Buyers were met with well-drafted…
DetailsGrass fed steer finishers bolstered by an export order resulted in prices topping out at 340c/kg for autumn drop Hereford weaners at Casterton on Tuesday. Selling agents Landmark Casterton yarded 2200 Hereford, Black Baldy and Angus weaners for their annual steer weaner sale. Pre-weaned Hereford cattle of known performance and genetics were highly sought after…
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