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The Border Watch : January 12th 2016
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Industry leaders from Kerlson Pines and Oak Downs FRIDAY, February 19 is the date to mark on your calendar if quality is what you’re looking for and beef breeding is your business, as this is when the fifth annual Kerlson Pines / Oak Downs Poll Hereford bull sale is being held. The auction will commence at 1.30pm at the Waterfront Selling Complex, 10km north of Naracoorte, just off the Cadgee Road. On offer will be 50 top quality, structurally sound, high performance carcass bulls to suit all buyers’ needs. All sale bulls are tested PI negative for Pestivirus and vaccinated with both 7-in-1 and Pestiguard. Both studs have beef only Johnes status and full growth and carcass EBVs are available for all lots. All bulls are offered with free delivery within a radius of 400km. After a very tough season, you will not be disappointed with the way this year’s draft of bulls will present. Oak Downs will put forward its best 25 bulls, not offering any at off farm sales this year. Fifteen are sired by Harvie high Roller, who continues to breed very well , passing on the extra thickness and weight gain that he was purchased for. High Roller’s EBVs put him in the top one percent of the breed for 200, 400 and 600 day weights, carcass weight and eye muscle area and the top five percent for retail beef yield. Yarrandabbie Egan, the sire of Oak Downs’ top price lots in the past two sales, will be represented by five lots, with Kidman Dragster and Oak Downs Garema each siring one lot. Days Calibre, who sold for $90,000 in 2013, has three progeny catalogued, including two that were used within the stud herd as 13 month old calves. Arguably, Oak Downs’ star lot is Lot 1, Katoomba K145, sired by High Roller. Katoomba was shown at the 2015 Adelaide Hereford Feature Show where he was placed second in the strongly contested Supermarket Performance Class, gaining the highest structural correctness score in the class. After the show, Katoomba was depastured with 30 stud cows for six weeks as a 15 month old yearling. An Oak Downs bred steer donated to the Unity College at Murray Bridge won the award for the Hereford, gaining most points on hoof and hook in the schools section of the steer competition at the show. This was the second consecutive year that an Oak Downs steer has won this award at the Royal Adelaide Show. Kerlson Pines’ draft of 25 bulls will provide buyers with a large genetic range to suit their desired breeding objectives. With 10 industry leading sires repre- sented these sires are all breeding the carcass, do-ability, structural soundness and performance required. Among these there are also low birth weight, calving ease bulls for heifer mating. At the 2015 Adelaide Royal Hereford Feature Breed, the stud had a very successful week showing the senior and grand champion female and supreme Hereford exhibit, with Kerlson Pines Last Day J8. Last Day then went on to be part of the grand champion interbreed pair. The stud also won sire progeny and breeders groups, as well as many other awards. Kerlson Pines will also be offering teams of top quality sire prospects for the Wodonga National in May and Dubbo National in June. Both studs are involved in the SA Beef Field Days and all sale bulls will be on display at individual properties on Tuesday, February 9. This will also give the opportunity to inspect the two stud teams reserved for the Dubbo National Sale as well as a cross section of the stud herds. The sale will be conducted by Elders and Landmark, with catalogues available from the vendors or by contacting either agent. A colour catalogue can be viewed online at www.herefordsaustralia. com.au. For any assistance with your sire selection feel free to ask. The Wilson and Schwarz families look forward to seeing you at their field days and bull sale in February 2016. The Border Watch Beef Focus 2016 - 25 683286
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