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Heifers sell on Auctions Plus Our heifers sold on Auctions Plus on September 17th. They were keenly sought after with the 17 heavier heifers selling for S2280/head at 384.1 kgs. Overall, the heifers averaged $2064 in an excellent result. We wish their new owners all the best with them! READ MORE

PREG TESTING Once again, the Toogimbie cows exhibited very high positive pregnancy rates, at over 93%. This was in the face of yet another tough season as the rain turned off in October and did not really show itself again until the end of March. Calves weaned well and were all... READ MORE

We would like to wish all our friends in the Shorthorn world a Merry Christmas. Our season has turned dry and hot here but that’s summer in this part of the world. The mob of cattle that you see on the left were brought into the Coragulac yards last week for the calves to... READ MORE

Congratulations to the Shorthorn breed for its win in Australia’s most prestigious carcass competition, the Borthwick Trophy.  The steers were bred by Meadow Vale Shorthorns and Spencer Family Shorthorns. The Spencer Family steer was prepared by Rutherglen High School while... READ MORE

We have drafted up our yearling heifers and will A.I. them next week to top Shorthorn sires including Sprys X Factor and Southcote Yale.  These heifers have had an excellent season to reach optimal joining weight and we are hoping for a positive response to the Fixed Time A.I.... READ MORE

Moving heifers and calves today. Our calving is nearly finished and we are delighted with our beautiful calves. The next big job is to draft up the A.I. heifers for the start of the program next week. We will be putting the bulls out with the cows in late October as the cycle of... READ MORE

These heifers in the future!   We are pleased to report that our heifers sold very well at Barnawatha on October 1st. There was plenty of action on them before they sold to a phone bidder. 16 at 352 kg av sold for $1480 ($4.21 per kg)17 at 310 kg av sold for $1430 ($4.61 per... READ MORE

We are now almost finished our calving and it has gone very well. There are beautiful little calves driving their mothers mad everywhere and we are having a bountiful season weatherwise. The pasture is really growing with that spring sun and we will have plenty of feed for the... READ MORE

During the week, the first bulk IGS data was released for Australia’s shorthorns registered with Shorthorn Beef. All data was previously analysed through Breedplan but the shift is now being made to the new platform which is run from America and is the world’s largest... READ MORE

We completed our preg tests for the spring herd on March 13th and were very pleased with a 96% positive pregnancy test result. This was very gratifying as the cows have been through a tough 2020 until it rained in early March. 2019 was also an extremely tough year and we had... READ MORE