FEATURE LOTS
PRESENTING FIVE ELITE STUD SIRE OPPORTUNITIES WITH
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE DATA, STRUCTURAL EXCELLENCE AND FLAWLESS PHENOTYPE
OUTCROSS GENETICS FROM LEADING SIRES;
BONNYDALE REVENUE, TJ GOLD 247G & LCDR FAVOR 149F
Time To Stand and Deliver
Welcome to our 28th Annual On-Property Bull Sale to be held on Monday 11th March 2024. It is with great pride and pleasure we present our most outstanding offering yet of elite Black Simmental and Simangus bulls. These young sires are testament to our commitment to leave no stone unturned to provide the commercial beef industry with world class genetics to advance customers herds. It is an understatement to say that 2023 was a tough year for beef producers. As usual it is the cow calf producers and the suppliers of grass-fed yearlings, without contracts, that have borne the brunt of the diabolical prices on offer. Even more frustrating is the significant discount placed on heifer weaners over the steers.
Even though we are in some tough times, pricing and season wise, the outlook is positive and that is why we continue year in year out in this long-term game of farming. The continued solid rains in the East and the outlook for prices is very encouraging and now is the time to take a hard look at our breeding programs to ensure the future has additional security from a productive herd.
At Bonnydale we continue to invest in genetics to elevate our herd to new levels, which in turn delivers superior sires for our customers. In September, Rob and Di travelled to the USA where they caught up with Willie Altenburg and together did an extensive road trip visiting many Simmental Seedstock operations. First on the list was catching up with Darby Line, principle of our USA alliance herd, Triangle J Ranch. Apart from inspecting an impressive cow herd they were able to inspect the sire we purchased a share in, earlier in 2023. TJ Gold Rush 506K was even more impressive than they thought. With an exciting set of EPD’s, including top 15% IMF, he possesses an excellent phenotype and terrific structure and thickness to go with it.
Next stop was to visit the River Creek Farms herd of Joe and Abram Mertz. River Creek Farms purchased a sire we missed out on earlier in the year. Rob was fortunate to secure the Australian semen rights to this incredible young sire, Ruby’s Quadrant 210K. An impressive thick made specimen with impeccable structure and overall phenotype and all bar two EPD’s in the top 20% (IMF top 10%), including top 3% All Purpose Index, and top 1% Terminal Index. He will be used extensively in our 2024 AI program.
Discussions with breeders in the USA revolved around the need to deliver top end marbling (IMF) while maintaining overall thickness to ensure both carcase yield and quality are maintained as priorities. With Angus cattle focusing heavily on IMF, many believe they have lost thickness and carcase yield, and this is where Bonnydale bulls can deliver increased productivity while maintaining IMF. East coast processors are calling for a change to the Angus program definitions to 50% Angus content while maintaining a black coat, as is the case in the USA. The poultry, sheep and pork industries have embraced hybrid vigour for decades which has allowed for significant productivity gains in those industries. The purebred culture prevailing in many Australian beef herds needs to change for improved productivity and profitability and for the betterment of the beef industry.
For those that have not already done so, we see this as a great time to move into crossbreeding using Bonnydale Black Simmental genetics which deliver calving ease, powerful growth, maternal superiority and carcase excellence including high end marbling. If a producer isn’t game to jump straight into a purebred Black Simmental sire for their program, then Bonnydale has the answer. Bonnydale Simangus are the perfect composite breed to deliver enough hybrid vigour with progeny fitting easily into Angus programs. The value of low yielding, light weight Angus heifer weaners is dismal, but a Simangus (Black Simmental x Angus) heifer has proven to perform far better, with feedlot and grass performance close to that of steers.
As with our commercial Simangus weaners, our 2024 sale bulls have come through the tough season with style. New sires with sons on offer: TJ Gold 274G, the super calving ease and marbling sensation, LCDR Favor 149F the power sire with docility and an IMF and EMA combination hard to beat, and LCDR Progressive who delivers on calving ease, powerful growth, IMF and EMA. Our homebred sires: Rock N Roll, Revenue, Rawhide, Quaker, SA Hector, and Texas Powerplay continue to provide exceptionally performing progeny and the sale team is well represented by these stalwart sires. The majority of the sale team deliver an average top 30% IMF, or better, with the usual grunt you have come to expect from Bonnydale sires.
All bulls come with: Parent Verified pedigrees, Genomic Enhanced EPD’s, ultimate health protocols, and unsurpassed after sales service and guarantee.
Purchasing a Black Simmental or Simangus sire from Bonnydale will ensure you have all the answers to the ultimate combination of calving ease, powerful growth, maternal excellence, thickness, docility, elite marbling and muscle, delivering improved profitability, while benefiting from the black coat premium evident at every sale yard.
We look forward to you joining the Introvigne family on Monday 11th March for lunch prior to our 1.00PM sale.
Regards
The Bonnydale Team
Check out the Sale Catalogue EPDs below (also available for download here)
Green = Top 10% Blue = Top 30%
EPD-10-30-Report
