Virtual Taste Test Champion for Angus in Sydney
The Angus breed has once again shown itself to be the champions of eating quality, with an Angus carcase winning the Champion Virtual Taste Test Award for the highest MSA Index at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, along with a number of other carcase awards.
The Champion Virtual Taste Test steer was bred by Sunny Point Pastoral Oberon NSW and exhibited by the Scots All Saints College. With a live weight of 399kg, the carcase measured 14mm on rib and rump fat, had an EMA of 77cm sq and an MSA Index of 61.06.
A 385kg Angus steer bred by BW and MM Brooker, Rouchel NSW and exhibited by Scone High School took out the award for Champion School Carcase. The carcase was also awarded a 1st in the Virtual Taste Test Competition reaching an MSA Index of 57.57 and a Silver Medal.
The Reserve Champion School Carcase, was a 478kg Angus steer bred by Knowla Livestock and exhibited by Pymble Ladies College, that also won 1st for Middleweight School Virtual Taste Test and was awarded a Bronze medal.
In the trade steeror heifer competition, Champion Carcase went to a Simmental cross Angus bred by the Fitzgerald family, Nundle NSW and exhibited by Calrossy Anglican School.
ANGUS RESULTS
Class 1 – Lightweight School Steer, 350-450kg
Champion School Carcase, 1st Virtual Taste Test, Silver Carcase Medal, 2nd Live Judging: Exhibitor Scone High School, Breeder BW & MM Brooker
Class 2 – Middleweight School Steer, 450.1kg – 550kg
Reserve Champion School Carcase, 1st Virtual Taste test, Bronze Carcase Medal. 4th Live Judging: Exhibitor Pymble Ladies College, Breeder Knowla Livestock
Class 4 – Lightweight Steer, 350-390kg
Reserve Champion Carcase, Silver Carcase Medal, Highly Commended Live Judging: Exhibitor Bureen Cattle Company, Breeder BW & MM Brooker
Silver Carcase Medal, 4th Live Judging: Exhibitor & Breeder, DSK Angus
1st Virtual Taste Test, Bronze Carcase Medal, 2nd Live Judging: Exhibitor & Breeder, DSK Angus
Class 5 – Lightweight Steer, 391-425kg
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Pymble Ladies College, Breeder Knowla Livestock
Bronze Carcase Medal, Highly Commended Live Judging: Exhibitor Chevalier College, Breeder Yallambee Angus
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Chevalier College, Breeder Yallambee Angus
Champion Virtual Taste Test, 1st Virtual Taste Test, Bronze Carcase Medal, Highly Commended Live Judging: Exhibitor Scots All Saints College, Breeder Sunny Point Pastoral
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Scots All Saints College, Breeder Sunny Point Pastoral
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Macs Rubain, Breeder Hardhat Angus
Silver Carcase Medal, Highly Commended Live Judging: Exhibitor & Breeder: BW & MM Brooker
Class 6 – Lightweight Steer, 426-450kg
Silver Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Scone High School, Breeder BW & MM Brooker
Bronze Carcase Medal, 3rd Live Judging: Exhibitor & Breeder: BW & MM Brooker
Class 7 – Middleweight Steer, 450.1-475kg
Bronze Carcase Medal: Breeder & Exhibitor Kinross Wolaroi School
Class 8 – Middleweight Steer, 476-500kg
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Cultivate Ag, Breeder Cultivate Ag & Billaglen
Bronze Carcase Medal: Breeder & Exhibitor Kinross Wolaroi School
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Braidwood Central School, Breeder I & N Cargill
Class 9 – Middleweight Steer, 501-525kg
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Frensham, Breeder Milong Angus
Class 10 – Middleweight Steer, 526-550kg
Bronze Carcase Medal: Breeder & Exhibitor Kinross Wolaroi School
Bronze Carcase Medal: Breeder & Exhibitor Kinross Wolaroi School
Bronze Carcase Medal: Exhibitor Frensham, Breeder Paul Kasparian
Highly Commended Live Judging: Breeder & Exhibitor Kinross Wolaroi School
Highly Commended Live Judging: Breeder & Exhibitor JSR Livestock
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Feature Image: Champion Virtual Taste Test, 1st Virtual Taste Test, Bronze Carcase Medal, Highly Commended Live Judging: Exhibitor Scots All Saints College, Breeder Sunny Point Pastoral
Another steer exhibited by Scots All Saints College, Breeder Sunny Point Pastoral that won a Bronze Medal in the carcase competition.
