BURENDA ROMA BULL SALE

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1 Newsletter June 2016 ROMA BULL SALE Wednesday 31st August am ROMA SALEYARDS 120 ANGUS BULLS ON OFFER CLERMONT ANGUS BULL SALE Thursday 6th October am CLERMONT SALEYARDS 40 ANGUS AND 20 BRANGUS BULLS Preview the Roma and Clermont Sale Bulls at our Open Day 2nd August 2016 on property at Dalby Downs Kaimkillenbun Visit for full catalogue details, pictures, EBV s and full pedigree information

2 Welcome to our June Newsletter which contains information and thoughts on our upcoming bull sales and Open Day. Welcome to our autumn newsletter. On behalf of Alec and Mary Peden, the Thiess Family and the Burenda Team we hope you have all had a reasonable summer and have been enjoying the higher cattle prices. The weather was kind to us in late 2015 with some solid rain but since the New Year we have had very little and it is rather dry. We were still able to plant our forage sorghum (BMK Octane) for grazing which the Roma and Clermont Sale Bulls have since been grazing and then harvested our Megasweet forage crop which we made into silage in March. The leuceana and grass pastures have hung on surprisingly well for a dry summer and we look forward to some winter rain soon. We have catalogued 120 bulls for our Roma Bull Sale on Wednesday 31st August 2016 and 40 and 20 bulls for the Clermont Bull Sale on the 6th of October At this stage we feel these bulls could be some of our best yet and are looking forward to the sales and our Open Day on the 2nd August Burenda will offer 120 bulls for the annual Roma sale with 80 2 year old and month old bulls. Genetically these bulls represent some of Queensland s best bulls on offer with progeny by some of Australia s best AI sires. Some of these sires and the number of sons in the sale include 10 Te Mania Emperor E S Chisum Werner Westward SAV Thunderbird Ayrvale Bartel E7 3 Te Mania Berkley B1 3 Millah Murrah Equator D78 4 J & C Evidence E11 15 Carabar Docklands D62 6 Ardrossan Equator A241 We are also encouraged by the quality of our own sired sons by ANGUS & BRANGUS AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2016 Burenda Roma Bull Sale 31st August Burenda Go Between G23 3 Burenda Geiger Counter G49 6 Burenda Haiku H40 5 Burenda Jaunty J74 We are still striving to improve the quality of the bulls through selection for all traits, particularly fertility, calving ease, growth, rib & rump fats, eye muscle area and intramuscular fat as these are economically important traits. All Burenda breeders go through a regular program over a 12 month period and they must perform or they are gone. They must calve unassisted, rear a good calf to weaning, and get back in calf to either AI or the mop up sires. All females are pregnancy tested 40 days post joining with only a short joining period of 6-8 weeks including the AI program. Hence the majority of our sale bulls are from breeders with a proven ACI (Actual Calving Interval) of around 365 days. We feel that our herd fertility overall is exceptional and we now need to advance further with our carcase qualities whilst we maintain structure and phenotype. Pg 2

3 Burenda Kingscliff K436 FEATURE LOT 4 One of a number of the best bred Burenda bulls in this year s Roma sale draft. Terrific EBV s, in fact up with some of the best bred bulls in Australia. Top 5% and better for Breeding $139, Domestic $118, Heavy Grain $164 and Heavy Grass $125 along with a moderate framed meaty sire with phenotype appeal. He was one of my favourites after scanning in 2015 and was used after our AI programs last spring. May 2016 Australia BREEDPLAN Calving Calving Gestation Birth Mat. Milk Scrotal Days Carcase Eye Rib Rump Retail IMF NFI-P NFI-F Docility Domestic Heavy Heavy Ease Ease Length Wt. Day Day Day Cow (kg) Size to Wt. Muscle Fat Fat Beef (%) (kg/day) (kg/day) Breeding Index Grain Grass Dir Dtrs (days) (kg) Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. (cm) Calving (kg) Area (mm) (mm) Yield Index Index Index (%) (%) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (days) (sq.cm) (%) EBV $139 $118 $164 $125 ACC 56% 51% 85% 73% 70% 71% 69% 66% 61% 73% 45% 63% 63% 64% 65% 60% 59% 50% 51% 59% Breed Avg. EBVs for 2014 Born Calves EBV Burenda Kemano K572 FEATURE LOT 9 There couldn t be better breeding in this star lot with two very reliable genetic pools in Burenda Kemano. With a sire like Te Mania Berkley B1 with over 5100 recorded progeny in Australia over our very reliable performing Burenda Beeac cow line in E17 with 37 recorded progeny by AI & ET, it is no wonder he has an unbelievable set of EBV s. Top 1% for Breeding $145, Domestic $126, Heavy Grain $167 and Heavy Grass $132. Calving Calving Gestation Birth Mat. Milk Scrotal Days Carcase Eye Rib Rump Retail IMF NFI-P NFI-F Docility Domestic Heavy Heavy Ease Ease Length Wt. Day Day Day Cow (kg) Size to Wt. Muscle Fat Fat Beef (%) (kg/day) (kg/day) Breeding Index Grain Grass Dir Dtrs (days) (kg) Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. (cm) Calving (kg) Area (mm) (mm) Yield Index Index Index (%) (%) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (days) (sq.cm) (%) EBV $145 $126 $167 $132 ACC 62% 58% 65% 76% 72% 73% 71% 69% 64% 75% 57% 67% 67% 67% 68% 65% 65% 59% 59% 66% Breed Avg. EBVs for 2014 Born Calves EBV May 2016 Australia BREEDPLAN Pg 3

4 Burenda Clermont & Bull Sale 6th October 2016 Burenda will offer a top draft of 40 two year old bulls and 20 two year old bulls at our annual Clermont Bull sale. The change of sale date from March to October in 2015 was very successful for Burenda and we are looking forward to presenting an even better run of bulls in The bulls on offer will have an content ranging from 70 87% making them ideal for Central and Northern Queensland for commercial producers chasing the content but with a cleaner coat and ability to handle the tropical conditions better. FEATURE LOT Lot 59 Burenda Kino K876 (P) Kino is an outstanding quiet soft sire and is pictured at 20 months of age weighing in at 720kg after spending the dry summer on leucaena and grass pasture. He has an content of 76% and positive rib and rump fat EBV s making him ideal for producers wanting to finish progeny off on native or improved grass pastures. Burenda Highlights of Blackall Black Stump Bull Sale 22th March bulls offered with 100% clearance for an average of $ with a top of $7000 in a not so great season. The top priced bull was Lot 6 Burenda Koan K416 who sold for $7000 to Rob Bain from Roma. Burenda Koan was a half-brother to Lot 7 Burenda Jinja J354 who we sold at our Roma Sale 2015 for $ A thank you to all buyers and agents who travelled to Blackall to support us at this sale. Burenda enters the RNA Paddock to Palate Competition for Brisbane Ekka 2016 Burenda placed a pen of seven angus cross steers sired by Burenda angus bulls into class 37 the 100 day Feedlot Competition which is being conducted by Mort & Co at the Grassdale Feedlot. The steers went in a little heavy at 457kg and we have just received the 50 day weights and weight gain figures and our pen of seven steers have averaged 2.73kg/day so far and weighed in at an average of 590kg. The top pen has averaged 3.42kg/day and the lowest pen 1.92kg/day. We look forward to the final weigh in in June for the 100 days. Overall for our first year in the competition we are happy to be in the top 20 so far. Burenda & sired steers perform tops at Biggenden Show Steer and Sale 11th February 2016 The Best Pen of or infused steers was won by Tim and Megan Allen from Argyll Mundubbera with a selection of 12 brangus steers averaging 417kg which sold for cents to return $1402/head. The Allen s have been purchasing and bulls from the Burenda Studs for a number of years now and are seeing the benefits from selecting and purchasing performance recorded bulls. Pictured are Lance Whitaker (Biggenden Livestock & Realty), Megan Allen, Prudence Barwick (Virbac Animal Health) and Tim Allen. Pg 4

5 Burenda Holdings in Queensland Top 100 Meat Standards Australia producer for Burenda was awarded a certificate for being placed in the Queensland Top 100 MSA producer for the year. Surplus cattle from the Burenda & Studs and commercial herds are finished off on oats, leuceana and grass pastures, a silage ration or a grain mix and put through the MLA s MSA grading system. Over the years we have achieved a reliable compliance rate. Clermont Beef Expo 28th October 2015 Burenda exhibited 63 head of Burenda bred cattle over 3 classes and produced a win in the Pen of Trade Heifers crop/grain assist class. These heifers were purchased from the Allen Family Argyll Mundubbera and finished on an oats crop with 4 weeks grain assist prior to the expo. These females were sired by Burenda bulls and sold for 277.7cents for a weight of 546kg to return $1516/head. A second pen of milk tooth trade heifer s grain/crop assisted sired by Burenda bulls that come from our progeny testing herd based at Condamine sold to 277.7cents for an average weight of 454kg to return $1261. The pen of cast for age ex stud cows sold to 261cents for 741kg to return $1934. A Pen of 15 feeder steers kg sired by Burenda bulls over Santa cows purchased from Munaweena Partnership Mitchell averaged 391.8kg and sold for 297cents to return $ A second pen of 15 feeder steers kg sired by Burenda bulls from our progeny testing herd sold to 297cents for 391.8kg to return $ Exhibitors, buyers and Hoch and Wilkinson in action selling the prime exhibits at the Clermont Beef Expo Burenda Open Day 4th August 2015 Dalby Downs Offered 154 steak burgers, cups of tea and coffee with 100% no complaints on what was an exceptionally fun social day. All sale bulls were on display as well as all of Burenda s operational activities open for viewing and discussions. Burenda Roma Bull Sale 26th August 2015 Offered 115 bulls with a full clearance and averaged $6191. Pg 5

6 Burenda Clermont and Sale 8th October bulls offered with 90% clearance for an average of $4500 in again very dry conditions. A big thank you to repeat and new buyers who travelled some distances to support us at this sale. Burenda supports the Dalby Stock Horse Sale 4th December 2015 Burenda trucked in 273 and heifers for the annual Dalby Stock Horse sale over the two days. The heifers were put through their paces with 265 horses catalogued. The weekend overall was a huge success for both the cattle and the riders. Burenda Hosts Indonesian Delegation for the Day 10th March 2016 The Burenda Team put on a billy tea and damper smoko for the delegation who came to look over the Burenda and operation. A very informative day was had with great interest shown in the everyday chores we do such as AI, semen testing, vaccinations, NLIS recording with weights and idents, feeding silage and hay, different types of machinery and how we use them and the use of working dogs for quiet stock handling. Interpreting what is in the silage ration and inspection of the Dalby Downs D forcing yard. Pg 6

7 AI Program May head of autumn calving cows and heifers were put through a synchronized AI program with all females participating smoothly. Some of the AI sires used in this program were Texas Mount K2, Deer Valley All In, Lawson s Incredible H803, PA Full Power 1208, Var Index and Burenda Dynasty D43. We have continued using AI sires Suhn s Distinction, Jack of Brinks and Southern Deal Maker in the females as we are having some good results with these in our spring calves. Sire Benchmarking Program Cohort 4 Burenda Geiger Counter G49 was entered into the Australia young sires progeny testing program and the results are as follows. Geiger Counter was ranked 5th birthweight, 10th gestation, 19th 200 day, 16th 400 day and 13th 600 day weights, 15th eye muscle area, 13th rib fat, 12th rump fat and 3rd for intramuscular fat. We are quite pleased with the results for our first entry into the program. Cycling cows and heifers with Burenda Haiku H40 in after AI. The Dalby Downs Leucaena and Grass Pastures 10 Years On. The plan to start planting improved pastures and leucaena started back in 2004 and we haven t looked back since. With over 2600acres planted it has been a crucial part of our and breeding, growing and finishing programs. There are a lot of benefits both direct and indirect that arise from the leucaena and grass combination. Direct benefits are improved weight gain, increased carrying capacity, reduced weight loss during winter early spring, and improved fertility. The indirect pluses are reduced water run-off and increased moisture retention, reduced erosion, increased soil nitrogen due to nitrogen fixation by the leucaena and improved grass production due to the micro climate created by the leucaena canopy. Overall we believe we are in a win win situation at Dalby Downs even if the production of the leucaena is reduced due to the more temperate climate and lower rainfall. Other costs which we don t incur normally associated with leucaena are the chopping of excessive growth. We find under rotational grazing, drought periods and frosts during winter that all our leucaena is kept well in check. Burenda bulls in Leucaena and improved pastures of Purple Pigeon, Bambatsi, Buffel, Tolga Rhodes grass and various medics. Pg 7

8 Burenda Go Between G23 son s progeny shine at Yarraga. A few years ago Burenda J126 was purchased by the Elder Family Yarraga Dalby from the Roma Bull Sale and joined to both Burenda and Santa cows and the results have been outstanding. Even with the seasonal conditions being very dry the weaners weighed in well at 4-6 months of age and the cows were still in strong condition. Burenda J126 was sired by Burenda Go Between who has over 14 sons catalogued in this year s Roma and Clermont bull sales. We are finding his progeny to be very docile and good soft doing cattle that contain the carcase and fertility traits that commercial cattleman need. Jeff Elder and Jonathan Schmidt inspecting weaners, J126 (background) and cows. Burenda would like to acknowledge the support of the below businesses over the last year for supporting Burenda Holdings as they play a integral part in the operations of the Burenda and Studs and farming. Mark Duthie Peter Brazier SOLAR PUMPING SERVICES Livestock & Property United Cattle Breeding Service Pg 8

9 EBV Quick Reference for Burenda Roma Bull Sale Lot No. Animal Ident Calving Ease Dir Calving Ease Dtrs Gest Length Birth Wt 200 Day Wt EBV Quick Reference for Burenda Roma Bull Sale 2016 TOP 10% TOP 20% 400 Day Wt 600 Day Wt Mat Cow Wt Milk Scrotal Size Days to Calving Carc. Wt EMA Rib Fat Rump Fat RBY % IMF % NFI P NFI F Docility Breeding Domestic Heavy Grain Heavy Grass 1 QBUK $125 +$119 +$138 +$118 2 QBUK $110 +$108 +$114 +$108 3 QBUK $141 +$122 +$157 +$132 4 QBUK $139 +$118 +$164 +$125 5 QBUK $130 +$120 +$140 +$124 6 QBUK $125 +$112 +$130 +$122 7 QBUK $119 +$116 +$118 +$119 8 QBUK $124 +$114 +$128 +$121 9 QBUK $145 +$126 +$167 +$ QBUK $121 +$114 +$126 +$ QBUK $131 +$114 +$145 +$ QBUK $122 +$119 +$113 +$ QBUK $118 +$111 +$127 +$ QBUK $133 +$115 +$152 +$ QBUK $103 +$100 +$100 +$ QBUK $109 +$104 +$117 +$ QBUK $115 +$108 +$117 +$ QBUK $114 +$115 +$113 +$ QBUK $109 +$107 +$118 +$ QBUK $115 +$105 +$116 +$ QBUK $104 +$98 +$111 +$ QBUK $135 +$117 +$153 +$ QBUK $135 +$117 +$153 +$ QBUK $104 +$102 +$101 +$ QBUK $107 +$103 +$104 +$ QBUK $127 +$114 +$144 +$ QBUK $113 +$107 +$110 +$ QBUK $94 +$100 +$83 +$ QBUK $109 +$104 +$120 +$ QBUK $113 +$104 +$115 +$ QBUK $97 +$100 +$94 +$ QBUK $112 +$111 +$108 +$ QBUK $126 +$115 +$125 +$ QBUK $145 +$125 +$170 +$ QBUK $96 +$96 +$97 +$97 35 QBUK $128 +$117 +$130 +$ QBUK $119 +$112 +$133 +$ QBUK $120 +$112 +$126 +$ QBUK $136 +$119 +$156 +$ QBUK $136 +$124 +$148 +$ QBUK $116 +$101 +$134 +$106 Pg 9

10 EBV Quick Reference for Burenda Roma Bull Sale 41 QBUL $128 +$118 +$129 +$ QBUL $143 +$128 +$151 +$ QBUL $120 +$110 +$126 +$ QBUL $118 +$111 +$127 +$ QBUL $103 +$105 +$96 +$ QBUL $118 +$113 +$118 +$ QBUL $118 +$116 +$122 +$ QBUL $119 +$109 +$125 +$ QBUL $129 +$118 +$128 +$ QBUL $100 +$91 +$109 +$96 51 QBUL $125 +$115 +$121 +$ QBUL $99 +$95 +$99 +$99 53 QBUL $120 +$109 +$136 +$ QBUL $129 +$119 +$147 +$ QBUL $117 +$114 +$119 +$ QBUL $128 +$120 +$125 +$ QBUL $117 +$108 +$127 +$ QBUL $108 +$106 +$110 +$ QBUL $124 +$113 +$136 +$ QBUL $104 +$102 +$101 +$ QBUL $137 +$120 +$151 +$ QBUL $128 +$122 +$131 +$ QBUL $105 +$109 +$106 +$ QBUL $130 +$117 +$144 +$ QBUL $117 +$108 +$132 +$ QBUL $115 +$112 +$106 +$ QBUL $136 +$123 +$152 +$ QBUL $121 +$114 +$135 +$ QBUK $129 +$117 +$143 +$ QBUK $133 +$118 +$133 +$ QBUK $122 +$110 +$131 +$ QBUK $111 +$107 +$119 +$ QBUK $117 +$108 +$121 +$ QBUK $105 +$104 +$99 +$ QBUK $109 +$97 +$114 +$ QBUK $127 +$116 +$133 +$ QBUK $121 +$110 +$138 +$ QBUK $121 +$111 +$130 +$ QBUK $121 +$111 +$138 +$ QBUK $128 +$117 +$140 +$ QBUK $127 +$110 +$134 +$ QBUK $116 +$108 +$118 +$ QBUK $128 +$114 +$140 +$120 Pg 10

11 EBV Quick Reference for Burenda Roma Bull Sale 84 QBUK $124 +$121 +$129 +$ QBUK $114 +$102 +$123 +$ QBUK $122 +$112 +$129 +$ QBUK $108 +$99 +$109 +$ QBUK $96 +$97 +$92 +$98 89 QBUK $129 +$117 +$140 +$ QBUK $118 +$106 +$125 +$ QBUK $115 +$105 +$125 +$ QBUK $110 +$101 +$112 +$ QBUK $106 +$106 +$106 +$ QBUK $122 +$109 +$135 +$ QBUK $92 +$97 +$94 +$93 96 QBUK $99 +$101 +$95 +$ QBUK $104 +$100 +$106 +$ QBUK $122 +$113 +$127 +$ QBUK $97 +$102 +$73 +$ QBUK $112 +$112 +$117 +$ QBUK $127 +$116 +$142 +$ QBUK $98 +$103 +$91 +$ QBUK $125 +$111 +$139 +$ QBUK $110 +$105 +$120 +$ QBUK $122 +$110 +$124 +$ QBUK $106 +$102 +$104 +$ QBUK $111 +$111 +$103 +$ QBUK $102 +$104 +$98 +$ QBUK $99 +$95 +$102 +$ QBUL $119 +$108 +$126 +$ QBUL $133 +$125 +$139 +$ QBUL $105 +$100 +$109 +$ QBUL $119 +$116 +$120 +$ QBUL $102 +$105 +$98 +$ QBUL $98 +$105 +$90 +$ QBUL $112 +$107 +$122 +$ QBUL $135 +$117 +$156 +$ QBUL $106 +$107 +$106 +$ QBUL $132 +$119 +$145 +$ QBUL $101 +$98 +$101 +$ QBUL $119 +$110 +$125 +$ QBUL $96 +$97 +$95 +$ QBUK QBUK255 Calving Ease Dir Calving Ease Dtrs Gest Length Birth Wt 200 Day Wt 400 Day Wt 600 Day Wt Mat Cow Wt Milk Scrotal Size Days to Calving Carc. Wt EMA Rib Fat Rump Fat RBY % IMF % NFI P NFI F Docility $102 +$100 +$103 +$101 Breeding Domestic Heavy Grain Heavy Grass Pg 11

12 FOR SALE OUT OF THE PADDOCK. 20 Burenda bulls 21 months old. 2 Burenda Black bulls 15 months old. Semen Sales Burenda Go Between G23 Burenda Geiger Counter G49 Burenda Haiku H40 SALE DATE REMINDERS Open Day 2nd August 2016 Dalby Downs Kaimkillenbun. 120 Bulls Roma 31st August & 20 Bulls Clermont 6th October 2016 Clermont Beef Expo 26th October 2016 Please contact Jonathan Schmidt schmidtjk@bigpond.com for availability and pricing. Catalogue Request Form Yes, I would like to receive the Clermont Bull Sale Catalogue Yes, I would like to receive the Burenda Roma Sale Catalogue *Please tick both boxes if you wish to receive both* Please fax this form back to (07) or Jonathan Schmidt - schmidtjk@bigpond.com