Eating Quality success in Sydney Royal Beef Challenge
Top results keep rolling in for Angus and Angus influenced cattle in commercially focused competitions following the announcement of the RAS of NSW 2022 Sydney Royal Beef Challenge overall results, where Angus genetics again excelled for eating quality.
With 37 teams entered from 11 producers across New South Wales and Queensland across the 70 day domestic and 100 day export classes, the competition assesses all aspects of production from arrival through to slaughter, including:
- Feedlot performance – assessing both Average Daily Gain, Feed Intake and Dressing Percentage
- Market Grid Compliance – with each team assessed to meet a defined optimum target for domestic and export categories
- Profitability
- Carcass Assessment – Fat specifications, Meat Yield, and Eating Quality
- Eating Quality – MSA Index
- Live Assessment and Daily Weigt Gain
DOMESTIC CLASS
Reserve champion team: Yulgilbar Pastoral Co – Santa Gertrudis x Angus steers
Champion individual exhibit: Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steer
Eating quality team – combined individual MSA Index values
1st: 3612 – Millner Ag Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steer
2nd: Jarrah Park – Angus steers
3rd: Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steers
Eating quality individual
1st: Peter Weal, Orange – Charolais x Angus heifer – MSA Index of 65.80
2nd: Millner Ag – Charolais xAngus steer- MSA Index of 65.19
Profitability team
2nd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers – $1845.14 team profit
Feedlot total team
2nd: Yugilbar Pastoral – Santa x Angus steers
3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers
Carcase judge team
1st: Jarrah Park – Angus steers
2nd: Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steers
3rd: Michael and Danni MacCue – Angus steers
Carcase judge individual
=1st: Michael and Danni MacCue – Angus heifer; Jarrah Park – Angus steer; Peter Weal – Charolais x Angus steer
Carcase Grid Team
1st: Yugilbar Pastoral – Santa x Angus steers
Carcase grid individual
1st: Yulgilbar Pastoral Co – Santa Gertrudis x Angus steer
Feedlot total team
2nd: Yulgilbar Pastoral Co – Santa Gertrudis x Angus steers
3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers
Dressing percentage
3rd: Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steer
Live assessment team
1st: Michael and Danni MacCue – Angus steers
2nd: Peter Weal – Charolais x Angus steers
3rd: Michael and Danni MacCue – Angus steers
Live assessment individual
1st: Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steer
2nd: Peter Weal – Charolais x Angus steer
3rd: Peter Weal – Charolais x Angus steer
EXPORT CLASS
Reserve champion team: Yulgilbar Pastoral Co – Santa Gertrudis x Angus steers
Reserve champion individual exhibit: Texas Angus – Angus heifer
Eating quality team – combined individual MSA Index values
1st: Texas Angus – Angus heifers PLUS Gold medal for Eating Quality Taste test
2nd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers
Eating quality individual
1st: Texas Angus – Angus heifer – MSA Index of 69.24
2nd: Texas Angus – Angus heifer – MSA Index of 68.66
3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifer – MSA Index of 66.29
Profitability team:
3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers – $1008.58 team profit
Profitability individual
3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifer – $403.45 individual profit
Carcase judge team
3rd: Yulgilbar Pastoral Co – Santa Gertrudis x Angus steers
Carcase grid team
1st: Yulgilbar Pastoral Co – Santa Gertrudis x Angus steers
= 3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers; Texas Angus – Angus heifers
Dressing percentage:
1st: Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steer
2nd: Millner Ag – Charolais x Angus steer
Daily weight gain (DWG):
1st: Texas Angus – Angus heifer – 2.871kg/day
3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifer- 2.783kg/day
100 Day Export Class Pen Assessment
1st: Texas Angus – Angus heifers
2nd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers
3rd: Texas Angus – Angus heifers
100 Day Export Class Individual Assessment
1st: Texas Angus – Angus heifer
2nd: Texas Angus – Angus heifer
Texas Angus Ben & Wendy Mayne RAS Beef Challenge 2022
Feature Image: Texas Angus Heifers RAS Beef Challenge 2022. Image credit: Danni MacCue Photography
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