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 alexanderdownsgroup@bigpond.com

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.