The latest news, genetics, and market insights from Australia's beef cattle industry.
The Angus Foundation, with the support of the Australian Livestock Export Corporation (LiveCorp), is pleased to announce it will award two scholarships to give Angus Australia members the opportunity to participate in the upcoming LIVEXchange Conference, taking place in Darwin NT, November 10-11.
The retail price for the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) cattle ear tags for Victorian producers has fallen again with the tag prices reduced when ordered online.
Boosted by some larger offerings out of northern Queensland and WA, the supply of young heifers increased 97% last week, to 6,257 head – the main contributor to the larger weekly total.
Angus Youth has announced NH Foods Australia has come on board as the naming rights sponsor of the Angus Youth National Roundup, taking place January 13 – 16, 2022 in Wodonga Victoria.
While much of the world focus has been on records breaking at the Olympics in Tokyo, closer to home the Australian beef industry and more importantly Angus breeders are rewriting the record books, with Texas Angus claiming both the Australian Angus Record Price for a HBR Bull sold at auction and the record average at auction for an Angus bull sale.
For the young steer lines, all but the heaviest category increased for the week, with 400kg+ steers easing $37 on last week, to average $2,179/head.
CATTLE producers are expected to experience the best spring in recent memory, according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s mid-year Australian Cattle Industry Projections.
A record number of entries were received for the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) Young Lot Feeder of the Year 2021 Award, proudly sponsored by Performance Feeds.
Angus Australia is pleased to announce the composition of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) Consultative Committee for the next two years.
The Noel Williams Perpetual Trophy and prize money is awarded each year by Angus NSW to the school with the highest scoring Angus school steer in the Sydney Royal Easter Show school steer competition.
LIVESTOCK producers in South West Sydney are being warned to watch for signs of plant toxicity in their animals following several fatal poisonings in the region.
Thirteen Shorthorn competitors were amongst the 150 entrants from South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, aged from eight to twenty four years who attended the 2021 SA All Breeds Junior Heifer Expo at the Adelaide Showground in July over four days.
