ILC Bookings
It is pleasing to see Australian members booking for pre conference
events and core conference events.
Please try to make your bookings by the end of February to help the
organization of all events. The number
for ANF Agritours is 02 6772 9066.
ILC Young Ambassadors
Five young Australian Limousin enthusiasts have been selected as Young
Ambassadors for the ILC Conference.
They are James Morris from WA, Lachlan Nichols and Melanie Keirl from Victoria
and Ashlee Austin and Katherine Wellings from NSW.
This week I had an email from Kaitlin Campbell who will be attending
the conference as a junior ambassador from Canada. She is keen to stay on in Australia for a week or two after the
conference to see a bit more of Australia and is happy to so some chores in
exchange for accommodation. If anyone
would like to host this enthusiastic young 19 year old from Canada for a week
or so after the conference please contact me.
Mandayen Off to a Flyer
The first bull sale in southern Australia for the year, the Inaugural
Mandayen Performance Sale achieved a great result. A complete clearance of 42 bulls topped at $16,000 and averaged
$5,226. Both the top priced bull and
the second top priced bull at $15,000 were bought by commercial breeders.
The top priced bull Mandayen Cookie Monster Z348, a black polled son of
DVFC Cookie Monster sold to Anthony Allen of Keith in South Australia to use in
his herd of predominantly Murray Grey females to supply the domestic market.
The 11 heifers offered sold to a top of $6,500 and an average of
$3,273. Top priced heifer Mandayen
Starr A469, a red and polled daughter of Kensal Exceed sold to Annette and
Michael Tynan's Birubi Limousin Stud at Borambola, NSW.
Six embryo packages sold for an average of $558 per embryo. The top
selling lot at $700 per embryo was an Ionesco X Mandayen Starr flush.
Rockhampton All Breeds
Sixteen Limousin bulls sold to a top of $4,500 and an average of $2,984
at the Rockhampton All Breeds Sale. Top
priced bull Rosehill Z407 was one of two sold by Rosehill Limousins for an
average of $3,750.
Talana Limousins from Kingaroy sold five bulls all at $3,000 and
Glenview Limousins from Bell sold eight bulls to a top of $4,000 and an average
of $2,812.
Limousin Heifer Wins at
Clifton, Qld
The 1,000 km round trip from Bundaberg to Clifton paid off for Paul
Forman of Oakwood Limousins. His entry
Oakwood Kelli paraded by Jamie Grills of Bundaberg took out the Supreme
Champion Heifer from over 100 entries at the first Clifton All Breeds Heifer
Show. The other success for Limousin
was John and Rosemaree McCarthy's heifer Rosehill Nadine which was awarded
Reserve Champion Senior Heifer.
Maitland Limousin Feature
Show
Results from the Maitland (NSW) Limousin Feature Show held last week
were as follows:
Junior Champion Bull – River Glen Zodiac
Reserve Junior Champion Bull – Henry Kendall Aragon
Junior Champion Heifer – Animu Ashlee
Reserve Junior Champion Heifer – River Glen Zippy Doo Daa
Senior Champion Female – River Glen Xmas Cheer and calf River Glen
Aussie Oi Oi
Reserve Senior Champion Female – Calderwood Southwest Z28
In the Interbreed competition which included 11 breeds the Champion
Junior Heifer was Animu Ashlee shown by Brisbane Waters Secondary College
and River Glen Limousins took out the
Junior Champion Bull with River Glen Zodiac.
Supreme Female and Supreme Exhibit of the show was River Glen Xmas Cheer
with a bull calf Aussie Oi Oi at foot.
River Glen completed a very successful showing by taking out the
Interbreed Group of Three.
Bull Sells for 100,000
gns in the UK
UK breeders Matt
and Craig Ridley of the Haltcliffe Limousin herd recently sold a May 2004 born
Haltcliffe Vermount for 100,000 guineas which eclipses the previous record of
55,000 gns for Grahams Samson. The bull
was sold at auction at the annual Carlisle Spring Show and Sale after being
judged the Supreme Champion in the pre sale judging. He was by Penyrheol Sam a Ronick Hawk son and out of an imported
French cow Renoncule.
The Carlisle Sale
saw 129 bulls sell for an average of 4,029 pounds reflecting continued strong
demand for Limousin in the UK.
Vale John Stubbe
Life member, Dr John Stubbe died last Friday at the age of
80 while doing what he loved doing most in his retirement – feeding his
Limousin cows. John started his Tuerong
Park Stud in 1979 and exhibited cattle in the Melbourne Royal Show continuously
from 1980. He paraded Grand Champion
animals at Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra Royal Shows as well as the National
Show and sale.
John was a Councillor of ALBS for four years and Chairman of
Victorian Region for seven years.
As a consultant physician and heart specialist by
profession, John was always actively aware of the health benefits of lean beef,
and for several years was on the lean beef committee of the International
Limousin Committee. He wrote
extensively on the health benefits of lean beef with his articles published in
the Rural Press and the British, North American and Australian breed journals.
Sale Catalogues
New sale catalogues which have gone up on the website this
week are the National Show and Sale (36 bulls, 25 females and one embryo lot),
West Moreton Sale (10 bulls and 28 females), Stevens Production Sale (23 bulls
and 12 females) and the Lardner Bull and Female Sale (38 bulls and 11 females).
Sale Toppers
Bruce and Anne
Gill of Bruangil Park Limousins had a very good sale of young cattle at Korumburra
(Vic) this week. They topped at 226.6 c/kg for a 405kg French Pure 11 month old
heifer which made $918. A 16 month old
black Limousin heifer weighing 420kg made 215 c/kg or $903. Two pure Limousin heifers averaging 320kg
made 212.5 c/kg or $680 and two Limousin steers averaging 287kg made 210 c/kg
or $604.
To complete the
"tidy up" they also sold seven cows and three heifers at the same
saleyards. The three heifers weighing
581kg made 165 c/kg or $959 and the seven cows which averaged 708kg made to 158
c/kg and averaged $1058.
Limousin Sales and Events
1st March: WA Premier Limousin Bull Sale, WA
2nd March: Donna Valley Annual Bull Sale, Holbrook, NSW
8th March: Tobias Bull Sale, Forbes, NSW
10th March: The Classic Limousin Bull Sale, Culcairn, NSW
10th March: Gin Gin Multibreed, Qld
21st March: Colac Bull and Female Sale, Colac, Vic
22nd March: ILC Pre Conference Tour commences in Perth
25th March: West Moreton Bull and Female Sale, Laidley, Qld
27th March: ILC Pre Conference Tour commences in Adelaide
31st March: Stevens Production Sale, Dunedoo Sale Complex,
NSW
1st –9th April: ILC Core Conference
7th April: Lardner Limousin Sale, Lardner, Vic
9th April: ILC Post Conference Tour commences in Sydney
19th – 20th April: National Show and Sale,
Wodonga, Vic
Yours in Limousin
Alex McDonald