Steer and Carcase success for Angus at Sydney

Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

The Angus breed continued to boost its reputation as the breed for carcase and taste quality with an outstanding performance at the 2021 Sydney Royal Easter Show in both the purebred and trade sections, with Angus steers featuring heavily amongst the major awards across all facets of the competition.

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A: Champion Middleweight Carcase, Reserve Champion Middleweigh steer, B: Stan Hill Team 2021, C: Champion Lightweight carcase, D: Reserve Champion Lightweight Carcase

In the live judging of the purebred section, an Angus steer exhibited by Scotts All Saints College, Bathurst NSW and bred by Sunny Point Pastoral Company, Oberon, received reserve champion lightweight steer and then went on to receive a 2nd place in the Virtual Taste Test competition. The steer tipped the scales at 377kg with 12mm and 8mm rump and rib fats and was by Bongongo Reality K522 and out of a commercial Angus cow. He made 127c/kg at auction, and was picked up by Mr D’s Traditional Meats, Bossley Park. Angus dominated the live judging in the middleweight category with two purebred Angus steers receiving champion and reserve. Blue Gene Cattle Company, Parkville exhibited the champion middleweight steer that went on to sell for 1340c/kg to Alexander Downs, Merriwa. Bred by the George family of Willow Tree, the Angus steer was around 10 months of age and recorded a weight of 443kg with fats of 14mm and 9mm. The steer went on to receive a 3rd in the Virtual Taste test. Reserve champion middleweight steer was presented to BW. and MM. Brooker of Main Camp Angus, Upper Rouchelle with their 499kg Angus steer. Measuring 11mm and 7mm rump and rib fats he sold for 800c/kg to Craig Cook’s Prime Quality Meats. The same steer went one better in the carcase judging when he was crowned the champion middleweight carcase with 91 points. Champion virtual taste test carcase went to St Catherine’s Catholic College Singleton for its Angus steer with a Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Index of 61.93. It was bred by Bonny Brooke Angus, Yarrowitch and was sired by Booroomooka Regent J133. In the trade section the champion virtual taste test trade carcase went to an Angus cross steer exhibited by Pymble Ladies College’s, that recorded a MSA Index of 63.1. In the Stan Hill Trophy for 3 purebred steers, the Angus team made up of the lightweight champion from Blue Gene Cattle Co, champion middleweight carcase from BW & MM Brooker and another steer from BW & MM Brooker, placed 3rd.