Angus cattle have kept up a tradition of success in the opening stage of the Sydney Royal Beef Challenge, with 492 entries in pens of 6 recently on display at the Wilga Feedlot near Bellata.
Live judging was held with cattle vying for awards in the domestic 70 day grain fed domestic class and the export 100 day grain fed class. The second phase of judging will be the carcase assessment and taste testing, with overall winners announced during September.
Domestic Class – Teams:
1st Branga Plains Pastoral Co – Angus Infused steers
2nd Texas Angus – Angus Heifers
Export Class – Teams:
1st Texas Angus – Angus Steers
2nd Isla Angus – Angus Steers
3rd Isla Angus – Angus Steers
Export Class – Individual:
1st Texas Angus – Angus Steer
2nd Texas Angus – Angus Steer
3rd MacCue Trading – Angus Steer
Highest average daily weight gain:
1st Texas Angus – Domestic Pen 2.392kg/day
2nd Texas Angus – Export Pen 2.352kg/day
Daily weight gain Domestic Individual:
1st Texas Angus – Angus heifer
3rd JA Langan – Angus steer
Daily weight gain export Individual:
1st MacCue Trading Pty Ltd – Angus heifer
2nd Texas Angus – Angus heifer
Feature Image: Ben and Wendy Mayne, Texas Angus, Warialda, with their winning export class pen as judged by Stephen Moy, NH Foods, Wingham. Image: The Land