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Warenda Major Reduction Sale Catalogue
The Warenda Major Reduction Sale Catalogue is now available online. Click on a link Below to download the file.
Apologies to those of you eagerly awaiting the arrival of the catalogue since Friday. It has been a mammoth effort getting the catalogue together but we sincerely hope you enjoy reading it.
The printed version of the catalogue will be posted on Monday 4th May. Keep a look out for it in the mail. |
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New Stud Sire - Glenn Oaks Braveheart B24 |
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Sire: Yarrawonga Oberg (P) |
Dam: Glenn Oaks 401 |
Glenn Oaks Braveheart B24, was purchased for $37,500 for his sire appeal and carcass attributes. He was purchased from Scott & Wendy Ferguson, Glenn Oaks Stud. At sale he weighed 903kg (DWG of 1.28) at 21 months of age with an EMA of 128sq/cm and an excellent IMF scan of 4.3%, with even fat of 11/10mm. He is a bull that carries an exceptional carcass, quiet nature, sire appeal, correctness and is from a female that Scott described as "A big, functional cow with a neat udder". Glenn Oaks 401 has had 4 calves, 3 classified and 1 commercial. |
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RNA 100 Day Trial - DWG Results - 4th & 7th
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The Warenda Santa steers performed very well on the daily weight gain section of the RNA 100 day Feedlot trial, placing =4th and 7th from 20 pens entered. The average DWG for the whole trial was 1.93 kg/day with the average weight 621 kg. |
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4th Place Pen |
7th Place Pen |
| Ave Age |
18 mths |
Ave Age |
17 mths |
| Ave Weight |
657 kg |
Ave Weight |
646 kg |
| Ave DWG |
2.24 kg/day |
Ave DWG |
2.02 kg/day |
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Pictured above is Warenda S226 (P), the Taste Test steer selected from the pen that was placed 4th in the daily weight gain. He is sired by Aberdeen Darwin (P) and out of Marston B81. He is 19 months old, weighed 698kg and had a DWG of 2.22 kg/day. |
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Pictured above is Warenda S332 (P), the Taste Test steer selected from the pen that was placed 7th in the daily weight gain. He is sired by Warenda Mexico (P) and out of Marston C282. He is 16 months old, weighed 698kg and had a DWG of 2.20 kg/day.
The following picture are of some of our other steers in the pen of 100 day feeder steers.
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The carcass data will be available on sale day and will be posted here when they become available.
Click on any steer photo above to view a larger image.
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Manchee Ag Newsletter 2007 |
Download Newsletter
The newsletter is 12 pages and has a broad range of information. We have results from carcass competitions, 2007 Bull Sale previews, a fertility management article and the 'green feed trap', how to prevent losses during the first growth of greed feed.
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