The 400kg+ steers finished the week $97 higher on last week, at $2,549/head, or 580c/kg lwt, with a competitive 80% clearance rate for the 1,849 head offered.
The Angus Foundation prides itself on continuing to expand the programs it can offer to encourage and assist the involvement of young people in the Australian beef industry and to provide a vast array of professional development opportunities for young beef breeders.
It was one of the best Premium Wagyu genetics sale for a long time with bidders and buyers from Tas, Vic, SA, NSW and Qld outlaying to $37,000 for bulls.
Beef producers in South Australia and the Northern Territory who consistently deliver beef of superior eating quality were recognised at the 2022 Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Excellence in Eating Quality Awards in Robe.
Researchers have their sights set on improving the resilience of Australian beef cattle through a project which looks at the benefits of ‘immune competency’ across different breeds.
The Wagyu sector’s annual conference and tour is the largest conference on the beef industry calendar. Organised by the Australian Wagyu Association, it attracts between 400 and 600 attendees annually.
The spotlight well and truly shone on the females at the Omeo Weaner Sale where retockers paid a stellar $2900 for autumn drop Shorthorn/Hereford heifers, leaving the buying gallery and onlookers stunned.
Vendors were left open mouthed as buyers kicked up a gear at the Ensay Weaner Sale and lifted autumn drop steer prices by $130 on the Benambra Weaner Sale to top at $2780.
Bill Cornell was recently awarded Honorary Life Membership to Angus Australia, with the presentation taking place at the ABS Beef Conference in Tamworth on March 14.
Steer finishers and restockers maintained the momentum to push autumn drop steer prices to a new record of $2650 and heifers to $2660 at the Benambra Weaner Sale.