Life is a bit hectic in the office today so this
newsletter will be a little short and a little late. Not that there is not lots
of good news again this week.
Beef Prices Holding Up
Beef prices are holding up well with the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator
at 369 c/kg carcase weight and the price of chilled Grassfed Full sets for
Japan at 574 c/kg – up by about 150 c/kg on the price in August/September. With
good rains over recent months there is also very strong demand for breeding
females, especially if they are Limousins!
Nine Limousin cows with calves at foot topped the Fabulous Females Sale
at Orange (NSW) selling for $1,640 to the Williams family 'Newton-Wood' at
Murrumbateman. Vendor was David Sanderman from Larras Lee (NSW). In this sale,
Charolais cows with calves made $1,580, Angus cows with calves made from $1,240
to $1,430 and Murray Grey cows with calves made $1,120 to $1,180.
At Nowra (NSW) Limousin cows with calves also topped
the market at $1,525. Angus cows with Charolais calves made $1,350 while most
of the 'good quality' cows with calves sold for $1,150 to $1,400. In the same
sale joined Limousin Cross heifers sold for $975 compared to joined Angus
heifers which made $750.
Top Vealers
Another top sale at Nowra was for five Limousin X
Angus vealers account Woodbrook Partnership of Jamberoo and sold by AJ Campbell
& Sons. Weighing 345kg they made 247 c/kg or $831.
Calrossy does it Again
Calrossy School at Tamworth have regular success in
steer shows and often with Limousin. This time they cleaned up the lightweight
section of the Northern Schools Competition with a 9 ½ month purebred Limousin
Steer which was Champion on the Hoof and on the Hook.
The steer bred by Peter Reid of the Top River
Limousin Stud at Tamworth was 394 kg live weight and dressed at 250.5 kg due to
an outstanding dressing percentage of 63.6%. The steer also had an outstanding
eye muscle area of 120 sq cm.
Dungog Feature Show
Oakvale Ziggy exhibited by Don and Sarah Riley was
selected the Supreme Limousin Exhibit at the Dungog (NSW) Limousin Feature
Show. The 15 month old son of Deepfields Honey's Winston was earlier selected
as Junior Champion Bull over the Senior Champion Bull, River Glen Yo Yo by the
judge, David Bondfield.
Junior Champion Female was Southwest Calderwood Z28
exhibited by Len and Val Tomkins, River Glen Stud and Senior Champion Female
was River Glen Xmas from the same stable. Southwest Calderwood Z28 went on to
be crowned Interbreed Junior Champion Female and Supreme Interbreed exhibit
from the 110 head, 13 breed on show.
Devonport Show Results
Junior Champion
Heifer: Badger View Zana
Reserve:
Waterford I Luv Cookies
Senior Champion
Female: Premier Pin Up (exhibited by Badger View)
Reserve: Badger
View Yvette
Grand Female
Champion: Premier Pin Up
Junior Champion
Bull: Waterford Back In The Black
Reserve:
Waterford In Your Dreams
Grand Champion
Bull: Waterford In Your Dreams
Group: Waterford
Interbreed Group:
Waterford 2nd with two 7month old babies and a 14 month old bull
Interbreed Junior
Heifer: BadgerView Zana
Interbreed Junior
Bull: Waterford Back In the Black
Supreme
Interbreed Bull: Waterford Back In the Black
Hoof and Hook at Davenport
Champion on Hoof:
Limousin X exhibited by John Duff, Sheffield
Champion on Hook:
Limousin X exhibited by Waterford Limousins, Latrobe
Congratulations Anthony
Anthony Rosser, son of Neville and Denice Rosser of
Danross Limousins at Lowood (Qld) has been selected in the national Meat
Judging Team to compete in the US College Meant Judging Competition in Denver,
Colorado. Anthony, who is a student at Gatton Agricultural College, leaves for
Denver on 31 December for what will be a great experience. Good luck, Anthony.
Top Priced (Cull) Bull
Ray and Christie Vlietstra sold a 'young cull bull'
at Moss Vale on 23 November. At 14 months of age it weighed 585 kg and sold for
182 c/kg or $1,065. Ray said it was close to the top price for a bull in NSW
that week (and I believe him).
Gippsland Tops
Kathy Eden from Bass sold 15 mixed sex Limousin X
vealers at Packenham last week. 330 kg @ 224.5 c/kg - $762
B Copelin of Seaview sold two Limousin X vealers at
Warrangul. 338 kg @ 218.2 c/kg = $834.
John and Margaret Bravington from Newry sold a
Limousin X vealer at the same sale; 385 kg @ 215.6 c/kg = $830.
Wasn't so short after all!
Yours in Limousin
Alex McDonald