Ced and Rowena Clever, centre, obtain congratulations earlier this night for profitable the 100-day no HGP grainfed class from sponsors Bridget and Kendall Bassingthwaighte, Yabba Pastoral Co, Kingaroy, proper, and RNA chief beef steward Gary Noller
ENTRIES displaying good all-round efficiency for carcase high quality, consuming high quality, progress fee and yield potential excelled in Brisbane Present’s annual Paddock to Palate efficiency lessons, outcomes from which had been introduced earlier tonight.
The 2024 competitors attracted a near-record 777 business cattle entered in pens of seven by breeders from throughout Queensland, the northern half of NSW and as far south as Tasmania, throughout 100-day grainfed, 100-day grainfed (no HGP), 70 day grainfed and Wagyu divisions.
A large spectrum of breed sorts and their crosses had been represented within the first three, with Charolais cross, Angus and Charolais x Angus topping the general leads to the non-Wagyu lessons.
The three standard grainfed lessons had been fed once more this 12 months at JBS Beef Metropolis close to Toowoomba, whereas the longfed Wagyu class was fed at Smithfield Cattle Co’s Sapphire feedlot Goondiwindi.
An viewers of round 350 was in attendance finally night time’s awards dinner, which kinds the standard first nighttime occasion for the Brisbane Sh0w every year.
100-day grainfed (no HGP) class
Reflecting a development in direction of extra no-HGP applications in some business feedlots, this 12 months’s 100-day No-HGP class attracted 252 entries, the most important of all competitors lessons.
The general champion pen, combining outcomes from feedlot weightgain, carcase high quality, lean meat yield and MSA consuming high quality, was a bunch of Angus steers entered by well-known synthetic breeding advisor and bull breeder Ced Clever, who together with his spouse Rowena (each pictured above) run Glenisa Cattle Co, Glen Aplin, close to the Queensland NSW border.
Whereas the seven Glenisa steers didn’t come first in any of the important thing divisions (consuming high quality, carcase efficiency and feedlot weightgain), it was their good all-round efficiency that delivered the general class win.
The milk and two-tooth steers averaged 356kg at round 14-15 months at slaughter, producing each day beneficial properties averaging round 2.25kg/day. P8 and rib fats averaged 15mm and 8mm, with marbling averaging 2.43, the equal second highest within the class. The marbling end result and low oss helped push MSA index scores to common 63, the third highest within the class. Eye muscle areas averaged 86.71sqm, delivering an estimated lean meat yield of 59.5pc.
Exhibitor Ced Clever stated the steers had been the reject calves from his 250 registered cow Angus seedstock program, that are chosen for the Queensland market with a give attention to progress, enough fats cowl and bone.
Runners-up within the 100-day no HGP class was one other pen of Angus steers, exhibited by kids Rosie, Will and Lachie Mayne, Texas Angus, Warialda NSW.
Among the many sub-categories, champion particular person carcase was a Charolais steer carcase from a pen enterend by Simon and Myriam Daley, Beilba, Queensland,
Reserve particular person champion was a Purple Angus x composite steer entered as a part of a workforce from Womblebank Cattle Co, Mitchell, western Queensland.
The most effective consuming high quality award went to a Hereford entry from the Nixon household, Devoncourt Herefords, Drillham Qld, which additionally produced the category’s prime MSA consuming high quality index rating of 67.04, having produced a marbling rating of three and oss of 110.
Highest particular person weightgain within the feedlot went to an Angus entry from Raff Angus, King Island, Tasmania, with a acquire of two.79kg/day. Prime three weight acquire winner was a pen of Shorthorns from G Morgan & Co, Condamine, averaging 2.45kg, adopted by the Raff workforce averaging 2.42kg and a Texas Angus group, 2.38kg.
100-day grainfed class
The 100-day grainfed class attracted a well being 217 cattle this 12 months, representing 31 mobs of seven steers.
Champion total pen was a line of Charolais x crosses out of Brahman crossbred females, exhibited by Greg and Kal Kelly, Juandah Grazing, Guluguba Queensland.
The steers had been house bred and backgrounded at house earlier than feedlot entry. Many of the Kelly’s turnoff has traditionally gone as gentle feeders to a Woolworths contract holder for 70-day grainfeeding, however they proved greater than able to taking one other 40 days on feed within the Brisbane end result.
They proved to be good all-round performers, ending third within the weightgain part, with a mean ADG of two.6kg, delivering common carcase weights of 365kg from principally milk-tooth steers.
The steers excelled for eye muscle space and lean meat yield, producing EMAs averaging 104, and and estimated yield of 61.65pc. Marbling scores averaged 1, and the MSA index for the group averaged 55.14.
JBS Northern chief working officer Brendan Tatt, left, with 100-day class winners Greg and Kal Kelly, Juandah Grazing, Guluguba, and sponsor Olivia Santa from Farmbot
Runner-up within the class was one other Angus pen from Ced Clever’s Glenisa Cattle Co, brothers to the winners of the 100-day no HGP class talked about above.
Among the many class’s sub-categories, champion particular person carcase was an Angus steers from Hamish McIntyre, McIntyre Agriculture, St George Queensland, one of many members of a pen positioned fourth total.
Reserve champion particular person was a Charbray steer entered as a part of a workforce by Keddstock Pty Ltd, Yuleba, Queensland.
The most effective consuming high quality award went to one of many Angus entries from Glenisa, whereas the category’s prime MSA consuming high quality index rating of 60.83 was produced b y a Charolais cross proven by Palgrove Pastoral Co, Bukkalla NSW, having produced a marbling rating of two and oss of 110.
The feedlot weightgain division was topped by a pen of Angus cross steers from Russell Pastoral Operations, Champion Station, Blackall, averaging 2.755kg/day, with one other Russell pen second on 2.71kg.
Highest particular person animal weightgain within the feedlot was a useless warmth between one other Charolais cross entry from Palgrove’s pen, and an Angus cross from Russell Pastoral, each producing beneficial properties of three.16kg/day.
70-day grainfed class
This 12 months’s 70-day home grainfed class attracted 112 cattle from 16 exhibitors, producing a memorable win for a Charolais x Angus steer and heifer pen exhibited by the Milner household, Rosedale Livestock Partnership, Blayney NSW.
The milk-tooth entries produced carcase weights averaging 301kg, having gained inn the feedlot at 2.35kgf/day. They produced P8 and rib fats of 11mm/6mm, a marbling rating averaging a bit of under one, and eye muscle of 75sq cm, for an estimated lean meat yield of 60.55pc. The MSA index rating was 54.87.
JBS Northern chief working officer Brendan Tatt, left, and RNA chief beef steward Gary Noller congratulate 70-day grainfed class winners James Milner and his associate Genevieve, Rosedale, Blayney NSW
Runners-up within the class had been Shorthorns exhibited by G Morgan & Co, Condamine.
Among the many class’s sub-categories, champion particular person carcase was one of many Shorthorn entries talked about above from G Morgan and Co, with one other Angus cross entry from Russell Pastoral Operations reserve.
The most effective consuming high quality award went to an Angus steer, pat of a pen exhibited by Ascot Cattle Co, Warwick Queensland which produced an MSA index rating of 59.41, having produced a marbling rating of two and oss of 120.
The feedlot weightgain division was topped by a pen of Santa Gertrudis steers from Gyranda Pastoral Co, Theodore Queensland, averaging 2.54kg/day, with a pen of Devoncourt Herefords second, averaging 2.53kg.
Highest particular person animal weightgain within the feedlot was one of many Gyranda Santa steers, averaging 3.24kg/day.
- See immediately’s separate report on the RNA Longfed Wagyu Problem
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