Seneopl steer record 3.52kg/day

Coulton's Country
Jun 15, 2016
2 min read

With the last of the Callide Dawson Carcase Competition cattle finally finishing their 100 days on feed, it’s a nervous wait for exhibitors to see who will be awarded the champion ribbons for 2016.

When the committee held their progressive weigh-in day on April 1, it was a purebred Senepol steer account of Geoff and Alison Maynard from the 5 Star Senepol Stud at Jambin, who led the charge with an impressive average daily gain of 3.52kg/day.

Geoff Maynard was extremely pleased with the performance of his steer, which was bred from his commercial Senepol herd.

He said traditionally Senepol’s perform well on feed because of their docile temperament; one of the Senepol breeds greatest attributes.

“The quiet nature and disposition of the breed generally means Senepol or Senepol infused cattle seem to adapt better to a feedlot situation,” Mr Maynard said.

“They settle into a pen of mixed animals a lot quicker than other breeds, and it means they can start gaining weight from day one. “

The Maynard’s steer which recorded an average daily weight gain of 3.52kg/day is part of a pen of three steers in the competition. Those three Senepol exhibits had an average entry weight of 386kg and a mid-weight average of 529kg, to give them a combined average daily gain of 3.1kg/day.

In 2015, the Maynard family won the champion grainfed steer carcase with a three-quarter Senepol, one-quart Belmont Red entry. They also won the 2015 champion grainfed heifer with a three-quarter Senepol, one-quarter Charolais exhibit.

My Maynard said there were some exceptional cattle on feed this year, and the final results would be close.

“With a total of 114 head in the two classes, it makes this particular competition one of the largest of its kind in Northern Australia,” Mr Maynard.

The competition cattle are fed at Theodore’s Warnoah Feedlot every year. In the middle of May, the Callide Dawson Carcase Competition committee held an open day at the feedlot so exhibitors and the general public could view the cattle on feed before they were trucked for slaughter.

The competition winners will be announced at a presentation dinner on June 24 in Biloela.-

Images:

IMG_1897: Callide Dawson Carcase Competition Committee President David Anderson, Banana, and Mark Hutchinson, Manager of Warnoah Feedlot, Theodore, with some of the 2016 competition cattle.

IMG_4902: A purebred Senepol steer, entered by Geoff and Alison Maynard from the 5 Star Senepol Stud at Jambin, had an impressive average daily gain of 3.52kg/day at the Callide Dawson Carcase Competition’s progressive weigh-in.