Angus performance in RAS Beef Challenge

Angus and Angus influenced cattle have reigned supreme over the competition in the RAS of NSW’s Annual Beef Challenge feedlot competition, taking out numerous major awards.

The Sydney Royal Beef Challenge attracts entries from commercial and stud beef cattle producers from around Australia and is held at Wilga feedlot, Bellata, in North West NSW.

The feedlot based Challenge sees steers and heifers entered in either a 70 days on feed domestic class or 100 days on feed export class. Entries are judged as pens and as individuals.

In just their second year of competition, Ben and Wendy Mayne, Texas Angus, Warialda NSW won Champion and Reserve Champion team in the domestic competition and Champion individual in the Export competition, along with a myriad of other prizes along the way.

On the back of their bull sale results earlier in the year, The Mayne Family has capped of a stellar year.

“We saw this competition as an opportunity to test our cattle against other pure bred and cross bred cattle and validate and backup our claims of producing high performing cattle” says Ben Mayne.

“This is our second year in the RAS Beef Challenge and we are very happy with our results and to see our pure bred Angus steers and heifers performing so well, especially when they were competing against crosses with the added advantage of hybrid vigour”, says Wendy Mayne.

Mick and Pip Doolan, Coonabarabran NSW, were on hand to receive the award for Reserve Champion team in the Export competition with the pen of Angus steers, exhibited by AV & LM Doolan.

Having had success in this competition on past occasions, the Doolan’s were very pleased to see that they can consistently breed cattle that perform.

Angus Results

LIVE ASSESSMENT

AVERAGE DAILY GAIN

FEEDLOT TOTAL

CARECASE GRID

PROFITABILITY

TASTE TEST

DOMESTIC CHAMPION TEAM

Texas Angus

DOMESTIC RESERVE CHAMPION TEAM

Texas Angus

EXPORT CHAMPION INDIVIDUAL

Texas Angus

EXPORT RESERVE CHAMPION TEAM

AV & LM Doolan Angus

TASTE TEST AWARDS

Top Image: Ben & Wendy Mayne of Texas Angus

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RAS of NSW Beef Challenge Awards Dinner RAS of NSW Cattle Committee Chairman, Greg Watson is pictured with Ben & Wendy Mayne, Texas Angus and Angus Australia's Commercial Development Manager, Lis Pearson.

RAS of NSW Beef Challenge Awards Dinner Mick, Pip and Genevieve Doolan.

RAS of NSW Beef Challenge Awards Dinner RAS of NSW Councillor Alastair Rayner with Ben Mayne and Pip Doolan.

RAS of NSW Beef Challenge Ben & Rosie Mayne pictured with some of their Angus steers entered in the RAS Beef Challenge.