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June 2012 Volume 12, Issue 2
Wallawong Whisperer: Have you heard the news? Lachlan and Kate James PH: 0267 426102 Farm: ’Marriot Park’ Gunnedah
Wallawong Clients’ Steers Shine at 2012 Sydney Royal Easter Show Murray Greys enhanced their carcase quality
reputation with nineteen steers by Walla-
wong bulls performing strongly at the 2012
Sydney Royal Easter Show Steer and Car-
case Competition.
Wallawong client steers filled many of the
high ribbon places in the live competition,
including a steer bred by Rodger and June
Lucas, Emerald Hill, winning lightweight steer
Class 5 and being awarded the 2012
Reserve Champion Lightweight Steer.
The 366kg Murray Grey steer scanned 7mm
fat over the rump and 7mm on the rib and
was sired by Wallawong Quorum out of a
commercial cow. The steer then sold for one
of the top prices at the auction when pur-
chased for $5.00/kg liveweight by Tender
Gourmet Meats who appreciated the quality
cattle entered by Wallawong clients. A second Lucas steer
by Wallawong Quorum placed third in steer class 6.
Also scoring well in the lightweight steer and carcase division
was a steer bred by Neil and Felicity Fleck, Mullaley and
sired by Wallawong Qualifier. The 337kg steer placed sec-
ond in a strong class of 17 steers and the carcase won third
place, scoring maximum points for p8 fat cover, pH, and
meat colour, combined with a high eating quality score and
eye muscle area to accumulate 80.0 points. (continued over)
A wonderful group of young people from Armidale, Wagga,
Gosford, Gunnedah and Bellingen assisted us in preparing
and leading the steers this year. The crew is pictured below.
Camden Place Lucas. 2012 Sydney Royal Reserve Cham-
pion Lightweight Steer bred by Rodger and June Lucas
2011 Middleweight Champion Carcase Steer
Lonsdale Neil. 2nd place steer bred by
Neil and Felicity Fleck, Mullaley
2012 Sydney Royal Steer Results continued A brother to the 2011 Middleweight Champion Carcase from
Lyn Louis, Barraba also placed highly in the lightweight steer
and carcase competition. Achieving 5th place in the live judg-
ing, the carcase achieved 2nd place from 17 entries (81.5pts)
along with being awarded a Bronze medal for carcase quality
from the RAS.
Wallawong’s middleweight division entries were not to be out-
done, achieving four Bronze Medals from the RAS for carcase
quality. This included an entry from Heath Birchall, Breeza,
sired by Wallawong Pecorino that was Highly Commended in
Steer class 8.
Also of note were three entries sired by Wallawong Rumpy
entered by St Mary’s College Gunnedah and Wallawong Murray Greys, and bred by Peter Webb, Baan
Baa. Two steers both finished fifth in classes 7 and 8 and the three carcases achieved highly consistent
scores of 85 points and third place, 82.5 points and Bronze Medal and 81.5 points in carcase classes 7 & 8.
A high profile butcher shop in Turramurra, Eastern Road Quality Meats noted the quality of the Wallawong
Murray Grey steers on offer, purchasing four steers for their retail operation to $3.00/kg liveweight. Coles
supermarkets also purchased five of the Wallawong steers for their meat division to $3.05/kg liveweight.
All the steers were selected for the Sydney Royal team by Lachlan back in December 2011 and fed for 90-
100 days on a home mixed ration at ‘Marriot Park’. They also consumed Olsson’s Cattle Tranz electrolyte
prior to leaving and at the show in order to minimize weight loss due to traveling and handling.
All together nineteen Murray Grey steers
from Wallawong clients were shown collect-
ing a bounty of ribbons including a first
place and the Reserve Lightweight Champion
Carcase, two second places, five Bronze
Medals for Carcase Quality, three thirds,
four fifths and two Highly Commended rib-
bons across the purebred and trade steer
and carcase classes. Murray Greys also won
the highly coveted Stan Hill trophy for the
highest scoring team of three carcases.
It’s great for all the hard work to pay off
and to see what you are really producing
with steer and carcase results like these.
Congratulations and thanks to all breeders.
Great Trip to Beef 2012 Rockhampton We enjoyed a fantastic trip to Rockhampton earlier in
May and met so many people enthused with the op-
portunity of using Murray Greys in their future breed-
ing programs. We created our Wallawong Murray
Grey site with pens of cattle on display - 3 big sale
bulls, 2 bulls for sale off the site and yearlings Walla-
wong Dawn and Wallawong Voltage for the show.
We developed a deeper understanding of the wide
variety of climatic conditions our cattle must handle as
we talked to people from all over Australia using
Murray Greys. After a successful class win at Sydney
Royal, W.Voltage was awarded Reserve Calf Cham-
pion at Beef 2012 while W.Dawn won her heifer class.
Tathra Heath, Highly Commended Class 8
Murray Greys cleaned up at the Carcase Awards presentation
Wallawong display at Beef 2012
L-R W.Ultramodern,
W.Underbelly. W.Unbelievable
Sale-O! Sale-O! Get Ready for Wallawong Carcase Quality Sale - 5th July The 2012 sale bulls offer new and exciting genetic lines including the first offering of sons from outstanding
sire Crown Prince along with progeny of proven sires Wallawong Ripsnorter, Wallawong Quarterback and
AI sires L.West, L.Starbright S117, M.Sensational and B.R.Zorro.
The bulls as a whole are displaying good growth and muscling and we anticipate some impressive eye muscle
areas come scanning for the sale. As in previous years all animals come with comprehensive performance
data, generous freight offers and guarantees.
One of the feature lots is Lot 1- Wallawong Under
the Radar who is one of the standout bulls of the
draft and has recently been collected for export to
USA and New Zealand with semen quality very
high. In the top 10% for all growth traits, this bull
has presence, length, muscling and softness.
Other bulls of note include:
Lot 2 Wallawong Underbelly who has created
much interest being a large framed 6+ sire re-
cently weighing 930kg (24mths) at Beef 2012;
Lot 3 Wallawong Unbelievable a spectacular
Starbright S117 son sure to attract the eye of as-
tute breeders looking for that stamp of muscling
guaranteed in his progeny;
Lot 10 Wallawong Uppercut is an outstanding
heifer option by low bwt high growth sire Zorro;
Lot 34 an offering of 20 straws in Ultramodern.
We will again be offering a selection of 13 high
quality registered females at the Sale. This year’s
catalogue will include 5 registered rising 2yr old
PTIC heifers and 8 unjoined yearling heifers. Some
outstanding Wallawong female lines are available
to start your herd or expand with quality. All fe-
males come with 5 complimentary straws of semen.
For those travelling from afar we are located just
50min drive from Tamworth airport which is ser-
viced by 5 daily Qantas flights to/from Sydney.
www.wallawong.com.au or search ’Wallawong Murray Greys’ on Facebook
Lot 2 Wallawong Underbelly LEJ F9, a Sensational son
Lot 3 Wallawong Unbelievable LEJ F12, a Starbright son
Lot 10 Wallawong Uppercut LEJ F15, low bwt Zorro son. Lot 34 (20 Straws) Wallawong Ultramodern LEJ F23
If you are ever in the area or wish to plan a visit
we would be happy to show you our herd, sires
with semen available, young bulls and talk
Murray Greys with you anytime.
Lachlan, Kate, Stirling and Fraser James.
Wallawong 2012 Calendar
22 - 23 June 2012 - Northern Beef Week Open Days
(cows, sale bulls and females) Marriot Park, Gunnedah
5 July 2012 - Wallawong Carcase Quality Sale (20 bulls, 13
females) Marriot Park, Gunnedah
11 July 2012 - Queensland bull offering (5 bulls) AgGROW
Supreme Bull Sale, Emerald, Queensland
21 - 23 August 2012 - AgQuip Murray Grey site, Gunnedah
Join us for OPEN DAYS Friday 22nd Saturday 23rd June, Marriot Park We will be taking part in The Land Northern Beef Week and open for two days: Friday and Saturday
22nd and 23rd June 2012. On display will be all the Sale cattle including 20 bulls for the on property Sale
plus the 5 bulls for Emerald as well as the 13 Sale females and a proportion of our breeding herd. You can
also inspect sires with semen available and potential embryo donors.
Please take this opportunity to visit and look through the cattle over lunch or a cuppa and talk to us about
your cattle needs this year and beyond. We’d love to host you and catch up again soon.
Wallawong Bulls in 2012 Ag-Grow Superior Beef Bull Sale Emerald QLD In addition to our on property sale, a solid line of 5 quiet,
well-muscled silver bulls will be offered for the second
time at the Ag-Grow Superior Beef Bull Sale in Emerald
QLD, 11 July 2012. The bulls all exhibit above average
muscling and have been specially selected for use in
Northern Australia being sleek coated and very mobile.
These bulls can be viewed on our Open Days and ar-
rangements can be made for phone bidding at the Emer-
ald AgGrow Sale.
Wallawong Murray Grey weaner heifers wanted by Alexander Downs feedlot If you have lines of yard weaned heifers you are looking to
market then Alexander Downs feedlot has expressed inter-
est in sourcing Murray Grey heifers by Wallawong bulls to
finish for the domestic market. Please contact Robert Gill on
02 65485170 or [email protected]
F36 a bull by Crown Prince on offer at Emerald
Wallawong welcomes partnership with Olsson’s after Sydney Steer Trial We trialled the Olsson’s Cattle Tranz electrolyte products
when recently transporting 20 steers to Sydney Royal and
cattle to Beef 2012 Rockhampton. The Cattle Tranz tablets
are placed in the water source 24 hours prior to transport
and then again at the destination to provide additional en-
ergy and minerals and encourage the resumption of drink-
ing. We normally observe the steers ‘going off the water’
and not resuming normal drinking, leading to weight losses
around 15-20kg (around 5% bodyweight). At Sydney this
year 75% of the steers went straight back onto water and
the average loss was halved to 10kg (2.5%) with some animals not losing any weight. As a result of this trial
we have formed a partnership to undertake joint promotional activities of Olsson’s cattle supplement products.