New bulls from Naracoorte and Bayview!

Last week, we purchased 2 bulls in South Australia.

At the Bayview Sale, we purchased Bayview Flagstaff V132,  one of the top priced bulls in the sale. He is by the US sensation, Gilman’s All in 6K, and has excellent growth EPDs, good marbling and great structure.

The second bull, purchased from the Naracoorte Sale, Eloora V52, is by the very successful sire, Eloora Geelong M24, out of a Bayview Archer cow. This represents 2 of Australia’s top sire lines. Eloora V52 was the top Eloora bull and has a top 2% marbling EPD as well as good growth and excellent structure.

Bayview Flagstaff V132

We were forced to start weaning our calves early this calving season because of the terribly dry conditions. With five mobs to wean, we have been working with the bulls,  cows and calves since the end of November to achieve our goal of well weaned and inducted calves. Finally, just this week, we finished our weaning and turned the last calves out. We have selected some beautiful bull calves to go on with. Despite the tough season, the cows worked hard with their calves and our early pregnancy tests have shown great results.

We are now deep into our calving and once again, the resilience of our beautiful cattle shows. After the toughest start to a season in memory, our cows eked out a living on fading pastures before we received some encouraging rain. The calves are strong and vibrant and the cows are doing a great job.

Second calvers

We returned from the Dubbo Show and Sale to find a new calf. This was unexpected but I remembered that several bulls had taken the opportunity last year to test the electric fence. Another 2 calves have since been born. Their mothers calved in late July and early August last year. The fact that they have calved now indicates that they were cycling with young calves at foot, giving them a calving interval of less than 330 days.

At the 2025 Dubbo National Shorthorn Show and Sale we purchased two new sires.
Leeds Micky Mouse U59 presented and sold as one of the top bulls in the sale. He was the top priced Unled bull and the 3rd top priced bull overall and met keen bidding competition.
He is a high marbling bull (top 5%), with moderate birth weight, high calving ease and an API of top 2%.
Leeds Mega Bucks U65 placed 2nd in his class and is a rich red with top 3% marbling and top 2% API.
Both bulls are homozygous polled and are by Turanville Minister Q79.

Dubbo National Shorthorn Show and Sale 2024

At the recent Dubbo National Show and Sale, the premier Shorthorn event in Australia, we were very excited to have the opportunity to purchase the top marbling bull.

Eloora Maserati, a son of super sire, Eloora Geelong, was part of Eloora’s champion team of 3 bulls. He is the first white bull that we have ever bought and will cross beautifully with our dark red heifers. 

OUR HEIFERS!

We are very pleased with the development of our 2022 heifers. We have finished our A.I. programme using a combination of Australian, American and Canadian bulls. The heifers are benefiting from our good season and are looking a picture. 

Time for the bulls!

With the conclusion of our heifer A.I. programme, it is now time for the bulls to pay their way. We put the back up bulls in with the heifers yesterday and all the mobs now have their quota of working bulls. All the bulls are in great nick with our late season and we hope for high positive pregnancy rates. 

Steers into Thousand Guineas

We were delighted to be able to consign 108 steers into the JBS Thousand Guineas intake at Prime City recently. 

The steers looked great when they were yarded. The oldest calves were only 11 months old and the top weights were heading towards 500 kgs.

Well done guys!