“Good colour, EMA, neck carriage, softness and sire appeal”, were the comments from the 2017 Adelaide Royal Show judge, Peter Falls, Malton Shorthorns, regarding the 2017 Shorthorn Supreme Exhibit, Spencer Family Zephyr.
Pain relief in cattle and DEXA carcass measuring technology will be in the spotlight at a free forum for Central Queensland farming families being held in Rockhampton next week.
Darley Wagyu sold a Purebred Homozygous Poll Wagyu bull for $65,000 on AuctionsPlus earlier this month and have claimed a world auction record for a Purebred Wagyu male or female.
Young steers to the trade were firm selling from 270c to 310c/kg at SELX while heifers eased 11c ranging between 250c and 297c/kg most was quality related.
The O’Sullivan family's first bull and female sale held on property at “Gunnadoo”, Lower Mount Walker, Qld, recorded a complete clearance with 19 bulls reaching a lot of $15500 twice.
Cattle on feed at the end of the June 2017 quarter increased almost 73,000 head (or 7%) from the March quarter, to a record 1.09 million head, according to results from the latest ALFA/MLA lot feeding survey.