Cross into profit. Charolais.

David Whitechurch with his Champion Lightweight Carcase

The Charolais breed continued its’ interbreed supremacy, winning its fifth consecutive supreme male and female categories at the Royal Queensland Exhibition this week.

In a massive field of 960 stud cattle, the winning entries were again from the breed which has all but held a mortgage on the titles for the last decade.

When the judging was completed, it was Advance Domino D36E, the entry of Stephen Hayward, Advance Charolais, Allora, which won out. This August 2008 son of Linkletter A11E had earlier been sashed Senior & Grand Champion bull. The bulls’ new owners Keith & Roz Glasson, Crathes Charolais, Greenmount, were ecstatic with the win.

Delivering the Charolais double was the three-year-old , Palgrove Refine, which presented with a LT Western Edge 4057 bull calf at foot, exhibited by Jim Wedge and Jackie Chard, Ascot Charolais, East Greenmount.

In a very commercially focused display of judging, Mr Tim Bayliss, Holbrook NSW, worked hard assessing the entries in the Charolais section, where over 150 head of top quality cattle were paraded for evaluation.

Following the judging on Thursday evening, nearly 700 invited guests and interested onlookers gathered on the main arena to enjoy Charolais hospitality and watch 13 specially selected bulls average over $8,500, in the inaugural Ekka Bull spectacular. Fifty registered bidders operated on the catalogue, with highlights including Lot 5, Bill & Sue Waldrons’ Kindara Destiny D34E (RF) for $24,000 to Ashwood Park, Yea Victoria, Steven Hayward with Advance Dozer D107E (RF) at $13,000 to the Price family, Moongool Charolais, Yuleba and the Bondfields Palgrove Dinkum D1028E to the Taylor family, Allednaw Charolais, Swan Hill for $11,500. Commercial operators from Julia Creek to Southern Victoria operated successfully in the sale, purchasing bulls from $4,500 – $8,000.

The breeds winning streak continued, with Keddstock P/L(Moongool) taking out the highly contested Champion Pen of 6 Prime cattle and Four Ways Farming, winning Champion Lightweight carcase with a Charolais cross steer.

Ekka Charolais Sale Top Price Bull

2010 Interbreed Pair

Moongool Champion Prime cattle pen of six