John and Rosemaree McCarthy's
Rosehill Limousin Stud at Clifton, Qld dominated the Beef 2006 Limousin judging
in Rockhampton last Friday. Rosehill
took out Grand Champion Bull with Rosehill Z411 which was also the Senior
Champion Bull and Grand Champion Female with Rosehill Rosie 6 the same cow that
was Supreme Champion at Sydney Royal Show.
The Rosehill Stud was
challenged only by Paul Forman's
Oakwood Stud, Maryborough in the battle for broad ribbons. Oakwood showed the Champion Calf female with
Oakwood Trinity and the Junior Champion Female with Oakwood Karisma. Reserve Junior Champion Female was Oakwood
Peace.
Rosehill's share of the
ribbons also included first and second in the Exhibitors Group and a first and
third in the Sire's Progeny Groups with Wulfs Rambler and Rosehill Weston
groups. Their Dam's Progeny groups were
also successful with progeny of Lanacoora Gabrielle 3 in first place and
progeny of Rosehill Uno in second place.
Gympie breeders Trevor and
Sheresse Tramacchi, Tramahler Stud placed second in the Sire's Progeny with a
group sired by Donna Valley Warburton, and Neville and Denise Rosser, Danross
Limousins, Lowood, placed third in the Dam's Progeny Group with a group from
Tramahler Win.
Champions at Beef 2006 were:
Champion Female Calf –
Oakwood Trinity
Reserve Champion Female Calf
– Rosehill Tartan 3A
Champion Bull Calf – Rosehill
A489
Reserve Champion Bull Calf –
Rosehill A460
Junior Champion Female –
Oakwood Karisma
Reserve Junior Champion
Female – Oakwood Peace
Junior Champion Bull –
Rosehill Z456
Reserve Junior Champion Bull
– Rosehill Z451
Senior Champion Female –
Rosehill Rosie 6
Reserve Senior Champion
Female – Rosehill Uno 2
Senior Champion Bull –
Rosehill Z411
Reserve Senior Champion Bull
– Rosehill Y389
3
bulls over 20,000gns – 10 bulls over 10,000gns – 26 bulls over 6000gns
67
Intermediate bulls average £5275 – Overall averages up £1244 – Sale gross up
£50,000+
An
electric trade for Limousin bulls lit up the Society’s annual May Sale held at
Carlisle’s Borderway Market on Saturday 6th May 2006. As well as a top price of 42,000gns, three bulls in all made over
20,000gns, ten in all over 10,000gns and 26 in all over 6000gns.
Once
again there was a tremendous demand from commercial producers who bid fiercely
for the first quality bulls with muscle, shape, length and good tops. The depth
of trade saw 67 Intermediate Bulls average an incredible £5,275. In all, 142
bulls sold averaged a mighty £4353.80, up over £1200 on the year and just a
fraction short of the record Limousin average at an official bull sale. The
total sale gross was just over £618,000.
The
Premier May Limousin Bull Sale was underpinned by a real sense of excitement as
Supreme Champion Wilodge Vantastic took home the honours and with it the
42,000gns top price for breeders Christine Williams & Richard Bartle of DA
Williams, Lodge Hill Farm, Park Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire. Having been put up
as Intermediate Champion and Overall Supreme Champion in the previous day’s
Show by judge Mr Steadman Dodd, West View, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria,
the sale of Wilodge Vantastic was eagerly anticipated.
This
powerful and imposing October 2004 born bull weighed in at a tremendous 912kgs
at 556 days old. He is the first son of Wilodge Tonka to come up at auction and
sported an impressive Beef Value of LM+43 ranking him easily in the top 1% of
breed. Wilodge Tonka is by the French sire Oxygene and out of the dam Wilodge
Meclaire and himself sold for 30,000gns in October 2003 at Carlisle to Paul
Dawes of the Dinmore herd.
The well known Wulfs Limousin
Stud grossed 1.26 million in their Production Sale in late March.
Top selling bull was Wulfs
Realtor 1503R, a black, homozygous polled son of Hunt Mr Jock 445 which sold
for $30,000.
Three open heifers topped the
female sale at $12.500: Wulfs
Resemblance 5110R, a black, homozygous polled daughter of Wulfs Nasa; Wulfs
Rosette 5134R, a black, polled daughter of LVLS Duramax; and Wulfs Recessional
5150R, a black, polled daughter of Wulfs Napoleon 1018N.
Sale Summary
150 yearling bulls averaged
$4,267
60 2 year-old bulls averaged
$3,528
31.5 yearling Lim-Flex bulls
averaged $3,114
18 Autumn yearling bulls
averaged $3,111
40 open heifers averaged
$3,477
41 bred females averaged
$2,960
We were delighted to have Jim
Wulf and his wife Twyla at the International Limousin Conference.
Don't forget that performance
data and docility scores must be submitted by 9th June or 16th
June if submitted via the web to be included in the mid year Limousin BREEDPLAN
analysis.
L1 registration forms for
2006 are in the post to all breeders who have paid 2006 cow inventory
fees. We apologize for them being a
little late this year.
A butcher and wholesaler in
central Queensland is keen to source 150 to 200 Limousin cross weaner steers
and heifers per month. They need to be
250 – 300 kg liveweight and yard weaned ready to enter a feedlot. Please contact me at the ALBS office if you
have clients with cattle that may be suitable.
The catalogues for the
Greenacres Bull Sale with 34 lots and the Homestation Complete Female Dispersal
Sale with 185 lots are now on the web.
Detailed comments and photos have also been added to the Talana Heart of
the Herd Sale.
A new sale is planned for
northern Victoria in October.
Expressions of interest from potential vendors are being sought. Please contact Tim Keys on 03 5726 5058 (ah)
or John and Beverley McIntyre on 03 5721 8280 if you would like to enter bulls,
females and genetic packages.
Cliftonview Limousins at
Clifton Creek sold five cull yearling Limousin heifers for the excellent price
of 220 c/kg at Bairnsdale recently. The
heaviest heifer at 465 kg made $1,023 and the group averaged $923.
Yours in Limousin
Alex McDonald