Newsletter for the week ended 9th September 2005
Grand Champion Led Steer at Adelaide
Congratulations to Kapunda High School for preparing
and exhibiting the Grand Champion Led Steer, Roean Rump Steak, at the Adelaide
Royal Show this week. The steer had earlier won the Light Weight Championship
after winning it’s class. Breeders of the steer were Bob, Jean and Fred Evans
of Roean Limousins who also bred the winner of another light weight class,
Roean Midgee, exhibited by Snowtown Area School. Both steers were by home bred
sire Roean Vulcan.
Interbreed
Success at Adelaide Royal
A group of two bulls and a heifer sired by DVFC
Cookie Monster exhibited by the Mandayen Limousin Stud won the interbreed
Sire’s Progeny Group at the Adelaide Royal Show. Mandayen Limousins entry place second in the interbreed Junior
Pair with a young bull and heifer also by DVFC Cookie Monster. This pair later
placed 4th in the Open Pairs
Mandayen also took the major ribbons in the Limousin
judging under judge Steven Branson. Mandayen
Specials Cookie Z344 was awarded Grand Champion Female and Mandayen Cookie
Monster Z348 took out the Grand Champion Bull award.
The following email was received from Jim Bruce
of Phoenix Genetics Pty Ltd. who
markets the semen for Wulf’s Lowell. (Australian ident. IMU PW 7215)
“Wulf's Lowell has been
registered and publicised as Homozygous Poll, however we now know he is
heterozygous. Initially he had plenty of polled calves from horned cows
to make the claim from a statistical basis, and this was working just fine for
over a year of calving. However, in the last year there have been a few
horns. Could you please amend your records, and include the news in your
weekly bulletin.”
Offering 20 Registered Bulls and 16 Registered
Females plus Commercial Limousin and Limousin Cross Cattle (see advert in this
week’s The Land)
Saturday
17 September at Moss Vale Sale Yards at 11.30 am.
Catalogue: Jim Hindmarsh & Co (02) 4862
2522 or Online: www.limousin.com.au
Kaludabah Limousins will hold a “Bull Sale and Open
Day “ on their Kaludabah property near Mudgee on 23 September. The Open Day
which will include guest speakers, Brett Littler from NSW DPI and Merriwa lot
feeder and wholesaler Robert Gill, commences at 1.00 pm. Kaludabah will have 30
young bulls up for sale from the paddock.
For more information contact Kaludabah manager Barry
Nott on 63 732222 or 0428 819269.
Hunter Valley
Sale
Limousin bulls sold to $5500 three times at the
Hunter Valley sale in Singleton last Saturday and there was good demand for the
females on offer.
Thirty two of the 39 bulls offered sold for an
average of $3640 and the 14 of 16
females offered sold to a top of $4500
and an average of $2846.
The first $5500 bull was black and polled Oakvale
York offered by Don and Susan Riley of the Oakvale stud at Duri NSW which sold
to Rachel Turner’s Raeview Stud at Gravesend.
First time vendor Darren Turner of the Southwest
Stud at Culcairn sold the black and polled Southwest Y037 also at $5500 to Tony
Kelly of Moss Vale.
The third sale high price was paid for River Glen
Yankee Doodle from Len and Val Tomkins at Clarence town to Tony, Bernice and
Garry Judge “Shamrock”, Newbridge via Bathurst.
Top priced female was Kaludabah Willa a rising four
year old apricot cow with a Muscleor heifer calf at foot and back in calf to
Muscleor. She sold to Limousin breeder Len Hampton of Clarence Town for $4500.
Second top priced cow at $4000 was Ballina Exist, a
black and polled cow with a Kensal Excalibur heifer calf at foot and back in
calf to Kensal Excalibur which sold to Reg and Pam Turner’s Unwarrabin stud at
Clarence Town.
Glenview Western
Bull Sale
At the "Glenview Western" Limousin Bull Sale conducted at Roma
(Qld) 32 bulls sold of the 50 offered for an average of $3109.
Top priced bull was
"Burnstead Yahoo" selling for $5500 to York Pastoral Company at
Wallumbilla who took home 4 bulls to average $4125. Guest vendors the
"Burnstead" Limousin stud from Redland Bay finished the day with an
average of $3500 for their 5 bulls.
Bogunda Pastoral Company buying through Somes Stock and Land, Charters
Towers were repeat buyers for "Glenview" buying 8 bulls to average
$3062. "Glenview" the Bell based Limousin stud of John and Coral
Winning sold 18 bulls to average $3277. Four sons of "Kayenbe
Quarterpounder" sold for $5000 each on account of "Glenview".
Their polled genetics also sold well with
4 bulls averaging $4250.
Long time Limousin users Greg and Jill Peck "Putora", Blackall
bought 5 bulls to average $4100 topping at $5000 twice.
AgShow Bull Sale
Bulls sold to a top of $6000 and an average of $3546
with 27 of the 36 bulls offered being sold at the AgShow Multi Breed Sale at
Toowoomba (Qld) yesterday.
Top priced bull was Benamitchy Y-Not offered by
Geoff and Cheryl Haack of Gilston and sold to Warrion Holdings of Injune
(Qld). Second top price of $5500 went
to Timor Limousins from Coonabarabran NSW for Timor Polled Yardley, a Tanholm
Ramses son.
Timor Limousins sold three bulls for an average of
$4250.
Other volume vendors included Rosehill Limousins who
sold three bulls to a top of $5000 and an average of $4250, Burnstead Limousins
who sold three bulls to a top of $5000 and an average of $3750, Glencoe
Limousins who sold three bulls to a top of $4000 and an average of $3000,
Talana Limousins who sold three bulls to a top of $3000 and an average of
$3000, Tarampa Downs who sold two bulls
to a top of $5000 and an average of
$4000 and Travencore Limousins who sold two bulls to a top of $3000 and
an average of $2875.
Volume buyers were C. A & M D McNeice of Kyogle
who bought three bulls to a top of $5000 and an average of $4333 and John Hudson
of Maranoa Downs at Mitchell Qld who bought five bulls to a top of $3750 and an
average of $3250.
Messenger Lodge Windsong is sold
Soon after being listed or sale on the web,
Messenger Lodge Windsong sold for a very good price to new Limousin member Mark
Goodfellow of Kiama NSW.
Warragul Sale
Toppers
1 Limousin X steer vealer 420 kg @ 260 c/kg = $1092;
Acc T Renshaw, Lillico
1 Limousin X steer vealer 425 kg @ 245 c/kg = $1041;
Acc C Kent, Lillico
6 Limousin X vealers 375 kg @ 223.7 c/kg = $839; Acc
D Cummins, Nambrook
Yours in Limousin
Alex McDonald