Angus winners. Image courtesy of Danni MacCue photography
Angus and Angus influenced cattle proved very successful at the RAS Beef Challenge Awards Night, continuing a dominating result from the live judging that was held at Wilga Feedlot, Bellata in North West NSW.
The RAS Beef Challenge had seedstock and commercial entrants from not only local producers but producers from various parts of Australia.
The event judges pens of steers and heifers that are entered in 70 days on feed domestic class or 100 on feed export class, as well as individual beasts from each category.
There were excellent Angus results across the board, with Angus cattle faring well amongst some very stiff competition.
Angus cattle did very well in the Domestic Pen and Individual events with Ben and Wendy Mayne of Texas Angus taking out Domestic Champion Team with a pen of Angus heifers, and Trevor and Linda Rissman of Rosedale Pastoral Company being named Reserve Champion Team with a pen of Angus steers.
Texas Angus also won the Domestic Champion Individual with an Angus heifer.
In the Export categories, Angus and Angus influenced cattle took out a clean sweep of the awards, with Champion team and Reserve Champion Team going to Lachlan and Kate James of James Family Agriculture with two pens of Angus steers.
Yulgilbar Pastoral Company took home Champion Individual with an Angus influenced steer with James Family Agriculture finishing up with Reserve Champion Individual with an Angus steer.
Live Assessment:
| Domestic Pen | 1st | Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers) |
| 2nd | Texas Angus (Angus heifers) | |
| Export Pen | 3rd | MacCue Trading Pty Ltd |
| Domestic Individual | 1st | Texas Angus (Angus heifers) |
Daily Weight Gain:
| Domestic Pen | 1st | Texas Angus (Angus heifer) |
| 2nd | Texas Angus (Angus heifer) | |
| Export Pen | 2nd | James Family Agriculture (Angus steer) |
Dressing %
| Export Dressing- Individual | 1st | Crown State Past Co (Angus influenced heifer) |
| 3rd | Crown State Past Co (Angus influenced steer) |
Feedlot Total:
| Domestic Pen | 2nd | Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers) |
| Export Pen | 1st | James Family Agriculture (Angus steers) |
| 2nd | James Family Agriculture (Angus steers) | |
| Export Individual | 1st | James Family Agriculture (Angus steers) |
| 2nd | Yulgilbar Past Co (Angus influenced steer) |
Carcase Grid:
| Domestic Pen | 2nd | Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers) |
| 2nd | Rosedale Past Co (Angus steers) | |
| 2nd | D Venz (Angus steers) | |
| Domestic Individual | 1st | Rosedale Past Co (Angus steer) |
| 1st | Rosedale Past Co (Angus steer) | |
| 1st | D Venz (Angus steer) | |
| Export Pen | 1st | J & J Henderson (Angus steers) |
| 2nd | Texas Angus (Angus steers) | |
| 2nd | Yulgilbar Past Co (Angus influenced steers) | |
| 2nd | James Family Agriculture (Angus steers) | |
| 2nd | Dobikin Past Co (Angus steers) | |
| 2nd | TS & EA Toule (Angus steers) | |
| Export Individuals | 1st | Texas Angus (Angus steer) |
| 1st | Yulgilbur Past Co (Angus influenced steer) | |
| 1st | Millner Ag (Angus influenced steer) | |
| 1st | J & J Henderson (Angus steer) | |
| 1st | Dobikin Past Co (Angus steer) |