New carcass class

Beef Australia is presenting Australian farmers with another one of their nationally recognised carcass competitions with a new class entering in 2024.

The new class requires beasts of any breed to 360kg or over with no restricted feeding leaving producers with 400-day-fed cattle to participate.

The pen will include three heavy export chiller steers or heifers leaving the competition with a new variety of nominations.

The competition was utilised and specially designed for all applicants to meet both export and domestic requirements.

The new class was created by the National Beef Carcase Competition of Beef Australia 2024 and was developed from the Australian Beef Carcase Appraisal System (ABCAS).

The CEO of the National Beef Carcase competition Simon Irwin said why they decided to add a new class to the competition.

“Beef Australia’s National Carcass Competition has participating processors in every state with nominations coming in from producers across Australia making this a truly national competition,” Mr Irwin said.

“This will allow for Australian beef producers who target long-fed markets to nominate into the new class, allowing for healthier competition in 2024.”

Nominations for the competition opened in March on the Beef Australia website and will close the month before leaving the last slaughter date on 29 Feburuary 2024.

Pen winners will receive a cash prize of $1,200 for first place, $800 for second place, and $600 for third place, with ribbons being distributed from first place to sixth.

An achievement award will be awarded for the individual carcasses and will be prized as the overall Champion carcass and Reserve Champion carcass.This is then followed by the MSA Index award given to the winning individual carcass with the highest MSA score.

The winners will be announced at the 2024 National Beef Carcase Awards Dinner on 7 May at Beef Week.

Australias National Beef Carcase Competition Committee Chair, David Hill said why Aussie graziers should enter the event.

“If you have not entered Beef Australia’s National Carcase Competition before, I strongly encourage you to consider nominating for 2024,” he said.

“Not only will entrants have the chance to be recognised as producing Australia’s best carcass, but will receive valuable insights into their animals so they can implement better business processes based off their results.”