Newsletter for the week ending 9 April 2004
Sydney Royal Show Results
In an outstanding showing of 118 Limousin cattle judged on Sunday by Graham
Williams the Supreme Champion exhibit was Premier Exotic U75 exhibited by Fred
and Michelle Geard of Berrima NSW.
The Grand Champion Bull was Newton Wood X Cathedra exhibited by Glyn and Ann
Williams of Murrumbateman NSW. This bull was also Junior Champion Bull.
Junior Champion Female was Donna Valley Young Lady exhibited by Greg and Mary
Withers of Holbrook NSW and Senior Champion bull was Rosehill X289 exhibited
by John and Rosemary McCarthy of Clifton QLD.
Full results of Sydney Royal Show are on the RAS of NSW website www.eastershow.com.au.
Click on Events and Results under Competitions. Then select Beef Cattle from
the drop down box. Then select Limousin and click on Winners Only and you will
get all of the class results.
Sydney Steer Champion
In a "fairy tale" story a black Limousin steer won by Billabong High
School (Culcairn NSW) at the 2003 National Junior Judging Competition was crowned
the Grand Champion Steer at the Sydney Royal. The steer was early judged the
Champion School's Heavyweight Steer and Grand Champion School Steer.
In the open steer judging a black Limousin steer exhibited by Limousin breeder
and meat processor and wholesaler Warren Scifleet of Coonabarabran NSW was the
Medium Weight Champion.
The Open Heavyweight Champion steer was yet another black Limousin steer exhibited
by Dunkeld Farms at Bathurst NSW.
In the Schools Heavyweight and Open Heavyweight classes the first four placings
were purebred Limousin steers.
A class winner in the Open 511-549kg liveweight class was a Tobias Limousin
Stud entry paraded by Abbotsleigh Girls School of Sydney.
Sale Toppers at Gunnedah
Margaret and Les Alcorn faxed in some very good sale prices for pure Limousin
steers and heifers sold in a "down market" at Gunnedah Saleyards on
23 March.
One steer weighting 740kg sold for 174.2 c/kg or $1289.
Five steers averaging 570kg sold for 180.6 c/kg or $1029 and seven yearling
heifers weighing 403kg made 172.2 c/kg or $694.
Needless to say they were all the top priced animals in their category on the
day.
Lardner (Vic) Sale tops at $5700
After a slow start the Lardner Bull Sale finished strongly with 25 of the 26
bulls selling to a top of $5700 and an average of $3594. The top priced bull
Ingleside Xavier Kostka was sold by Bob and Marie Fels of Balnarring to Gilbert
Richardson of Vic who runs 200 breeders at Bete Bolong in East Gippsland.
The second top price of $5600 was paid for the only black bull in the sale Keystone
Extreme sold by the Keys Family of Springhurst Vic.
Bob and Marie Fels also sold Ingleside Xavier Francis for $3400 and Ingleside
Xavier Bellarine for $5200 to average $4770 for their three bulls.
BSG Xdude sold by Ben and Susan Garrett of Moe for $5100 and junior member Lachlan
Smirl sold Hallmark Xcel for $5000.
Keith McCubbin and Betty Banfields of Clifton View Limousins at Bairnsdale sold
two bulls at $4600 in their first Lardner sale.
Bob and Marie Fels also topped the female sale selling Ingleside Xavier Epiphany,
a two year old cow with a Western Park Umberto heifer calf at foot for $4300,
and Ingleside Xavier Bellarmine for $3200.
All five females offered were sold for an average of $3160.
Hot All Black Sale at Sydney Royal
The All Black Sale at Sydney Royal was "on fire" despite the very
wet conditions outside.
Michael O'Sullivan's Kensal Xcalibur, a homozygous black Vegemite Kid son earlier
judged Reserve Junior Champion Bull set the pace selling at $9000 to the Ballina
Limousin Stud at Muswellbrook NSW.
Kathy Curran then sold Deepfields Honey's Yum for $5000 for the two bulls sold
to average $7000.
Top priced female was Kensal Black Pearl Y011, a black and polled Thunder Down
Under daughter, sold for $6250 in a great result for Kensal Limousins.
Kathy Curran sold the pick of two black heifers for $4250 with the buyer taking
the Wulfs Guardian daughter Deepfields Xcite Me. She sold the second heifer
a SLDJ Polled Equity daughter for $3800 after the sale. The six females sold
at auction averaged $4000 in a complete clearance.
A package of four embryos by DJ Gentleman In Black from Kensal Black Fancy W61
sold for $525 per embryo to complete a very good sale for Kensal Limousin Stud.
Sydney Carcases
Limousin were "pipped at the post" in the Sydney Royal Carcase Competition.
The Reserve Champion Middleweight Steer was a Limosuin shown by Ian Hendy of
Dukeld Farms and Mark Ryan of "Edenvale" at Bathurst.
The Reserve Champion Heavyweight Steer was a Limousin bred by Phil and Barbara
Bricknell of Curububula NSW and prepared by St Johns School at Dubbo.
This steer was one of an outstanding team of 11 Limousin steers prepared and
exhibited by St Johns School under the under the expert tuition of teacher Ben
Toll.
In the schools Heavyweight Competition Limousins took out eight of the ten top
places.
In class 9, 430-460kg liveweight Limousins finished second D & C Bourke
and third Warren Scifleet.
In class 10 461-510kg Limousins finished third Phil & Barbara Bricknell
and fourth Les & Margaret Alcorn.
In class 11 511-549kg liveweight Limousin finished third Nutwood Limousins,
fourth Wilworril Limousins and 5th Les and Margaret Alcorn.
In class 12 Limousin finished second Bricknells, third Steer Partnership and
fourth Dunkeld Farms.
Limousins finished third behind Angus and Murray Grey in the Stan Hill Trophy
for three steers.
Full results of the Sydney Royal Carcase Competition are also on the Sydney
Royal Website which is under Events and Results and then under Steer Presentation
on the left of the screen.
Tramahler Invitation Sale
The 49 Lots for the Tramahler Invitation Female Sale on 8th May are now on the
web.
2004 ILC Conference
We have 32 Australians going to the International Limousin Conference in the
UK in early August.
Twenty-one of these are participating in a pre conference tour to Limoge in
France, the home of Limousin.
If you make a last minute decision to come on the tour please contact the office
by 30th April to get the early bird rate.
Yours in Limousin
Alex McDonald