BRAND YOUR CATTLE WITH WEERAN!
Weeran Angus will be offering 60 bulls in their on property autumn bull sale on Tuesday 19th February, 2013 at 1pm.
We have introduced some very exciting new genetics into the Weeran program, who have made an impact in our herd, and I’m sure they will deliver in yours. New sire lines include TC Franklin 619, Silveiras M811 Total 6103, B/R Future Direction 4268 and TeMania Africa A217. Other sires include Alpine Candybar C178, Alpine Dinky C106, Sitz New Design 458N and Ardrossan D19.
These sires are all industry leading genetics which will propel our herd, and yours, into the future. Weeran’s objective is to produce the full package of phenotype and balanced performance data with more emphasis on higher indexing bulls. Weeran is supplying this with a quiet, well developed animal who will visually, and on paper, impress. Weeran has a strong commercial focus with a cow herd which is rigorously challenged to meet stringent seedstock and commercial relevance.
There are a number of standout bulls in the catalogue. Two that come to mind are G310 and G60. Weeran G60 is an Africa son out of a Sitz 458N first calf heifer who has long fed index number of $135, and 3.9 for birth with a 109 for final 600 day weight. Weeran G310 is a Lawsons Dinky Di son out of an Ambush 28 Cow who has long fed index number of $133, with 4.8 for birth and 109 for final 600 day weight. This is a sample of what will be available at the sale, and is the type of animal we are striving to produce in numbers.
Weeran has made great gains in the averages of the key performance indicators. Actual birth weight average for sale bulls has come down from 42kg to 38.44kg. Birth weight ebv has come down from 4.84 to 4.54. Milk ebv has gone up to 15, 600 up to 99, EMA up to 4.5, IMF up to 1.32 and Long Fed Index has gone up from $94.69 to $102. Excellent gains have been achieved in twelve months breeding, which is great reward for our efforts.
Seasonal conditions have been mixed with extremes of wet and dry following in quick succession which can make things challenging for everyone. My fundamental thought process is to stick to the knitting of a fertile, functional livestock enterprise, which is what we can control, and when the wheel turns for better seasonal and trading conditions we will be in a position to capitalise.
One only has to look at our major trading partner in the USA where in the worst drought in 80 years, with high grain prices, a 300kg steer is worth $3.45 per kilo. The Americans love beef, and are eating their numbers faster than they can breed it. We will be in a great position to meet that demand in that base market of grinding beef.
Weeran will be open for the Beef Week Field Days on Wednesday 30th January with all sale bulls on display. For further information, please refer to the Weeran website, www.weeranangus.com.au or contact Alec Moore on 0438 787258 or Stephen Baker on 0408 719100.
To see Weeran in action, go to our website www.weeranangus.com.au/news for a You Tube video produced by Ben Simpson, showing sale day action in 2012.
We look forward to welcoming you to Weeran Angus.
January 2013.
Weeran Genetics at Work
Giles family claims top sash at carcase classic
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Weeran Angus Bull Sale Report - Sept 2012
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Weeran Angus held their annual spring bull sale on Wednesday 12th September, 2012.
33 bulls were sold from an offering of 40 with a top of $8,500 and average of $4470. Alec Moore of Weeran Angus said ‘the really top bulls attracted a lot of attention and sold very strongly.
The sale also had a large number of bulls who had the quality and price suitable for the commercial beef industry”.
Top price went to repeat client “Tooma Station”, NSW. Richard Triggs, Tooma Station Manager, purchased two bulls at the sale. Lot 23, Weeran Sitz ND 458N F206 topped the sale at $8,500. A fantastic growth curve bull with birthweight of 6.5 to 600 day weight of 108, with a long fed index of $118. He has been used as a yearling at Weeran.
Repeat clients were very strong in the sale, including some new buyers which is great to see said Alec Moore.
Volume buyers included 9 bulls going to long standing client Nareen Station, through Kerr & Co, 3 bulls to John Haydon at Glenthompson through John Ellis, 3 bulls to Highbury Pastoral, through Miller Whan John of Mt Gambier and 3 bulls to the Watson family at Pt Fairy through J & J Kelly.
Stand out sire lines were Sitz New Design 458N with 6 bulls selling to a top of $8,500 and averaging $6,083, Alpine Dinky C106 averaging $5250 and Rennylea Hyline C510 averaging $4,666.
Kerr and Co were very active in the sale purchasing 14 bulls, and Ross Milne of Elders was the auctioneer with Elders Hamilton settling the sale.
2012 SALE INFORMATION
Weeran Angus will be holding a special field day on Friday 7th September at 9am, prior to their annual bull sale on Wednesday 12th September at 1pm. This will give everyone an opportunity to inspect our line up of sale bulls in a relaxed environment. We hope that you will take up this opportunity to come and enjoy a BBQ and for us to catch up with you to discuss your breeding programs.
45 Bulls will be on offer at our on property annual spring bull sale. We are very pleased with the draft of bulls that have been specially selected for this sale. Included in this run are the bulls which we used as yearlings in Spring 2011 to mate our yearling heifers and back up A.I. programs. We consider them to be some of our best genetics and a fantastic opportunity to acquire them! This year’s spring sale bulls will stand up to inspection and are every bit as good as their February brothers. To see the sale action from February and to get a feel for sale day, Ben Simpson of OGA marketing has produced a You Tube video of the day. Go to www.weeranangus.com.au/news to watch the action.
We are very excited with the progeny of our new sires in the Weeran program; Rennylea Hyline C510 and Adrossan Equator D19. Rennylea Hyline is a high indexing son of Right Time 338 out of a Rennylea dam who is off the scale for carcase performance. We have some very exciting carcase ebv’s with IMF and EMA scans from these sires. Some highlights include Weeran Rennylea F191 who has an EMA of 8 with a raw measurement of 91 sq cm, and IMF of 1.6. F191 also has a Japanese Long Fed Index of $119. Weeran Rennylea F032 has an EMA of 7.2, IMF of 2.3 and is our highest Indexing bull at $128.
Adrossan Equator D19 is an outstanding son of Equator A241. His progeny look exciting and he is giving us an outcross which does not sacrifice performance. Weeran Equator F100 is a highly graded bull, with excellent growth and EMA of 5.3, IMF 1.3 and Long Fed Index of $112. F094 by Alpine Dinky is a big powerful bull, with an outstanding visual appraisal, grading 7, and fantastic growth and a Japanese Long Fed Index of $109. Weeran Sitz F206, is a very high grading bull with fantastic growth from 2.7 birth to 108 for 600 day. A great heifer bull with an index of $118. This sire was used by Weeran to back up the a.i. program.
The consistency we are achieving in our bull production system is largely associated with the hard working and constantly challenged cow herd. The fertility and doing ability of our females is constantly being challenged, with short joining periods and sharing the feed resource with a significant commercial prime lamb operation. They have never let us down! It is these goals of fertility, doing ability and longevity which are the corner stone to our profitable cow/calf operation.
The Moore family welcomes you to their field day and bull sale.
Further enquiries to Alec & Jo Moore 0438 787258 or Stephen Baker 0408 719100 or www.weeranangus.com.au
Sale Report - Autumn 2012
WEERAN GENETICS IN DEMAND
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100% clearance of bulls at an average of $5629 with a top of $8000 showed the strength and depth of quality for Alec & Jo Moore’s annual Weeran Angus on property bull and female sale.
56 bulls sold to a top of $8,000 twice, and 55 PTIC commercial females sold to a top of $1175 per head, and averaged $1154, with a total clearance of all bulls and females on offer. Buyers travelled from Victoria, NSW and South Australia to purchase their genetics.
The $8,000 sale high price was achieved early in the sale with Colin Roulston of Casterton purchasing lot 3, Weeran Extra F256, an outstanding Nichols Extra son with growth figures in the top 5% for the breed. The 18mth old bull was selected for his confirmation, frame, length and muscle pattern and had the figures to back up. Colin purchased lot 3 through agent, JP Darcy of Casterton.
Equal top of $8,000 was paid by long time supporter of Weeran Angus, Paul and Lyn Lewis of Hawkesdale. The Sitz New Design son out of an imported outcross female, Weeran Z468, was seen as a very even balanced bull. Garry Webb of Saffin Kerr and Bowen purchased Lot 23 on behalf of the Lewis family.
Anne and Andrew Dwyer of Minhamite paid $7,000 for a Nichols Extra son, and Naweena Investments also bid to $7,000 for an Adrossan Equator son. Both are return buyers to Weeran.
Gordon Dickinson of Nareen was one of many volume buyers at the sale, along with McCarthy Cattle Co, Lucindale, the Watson family of Pt Fairy, the Giles family also of Lucindale and the Rea family of Allansford. Weeran welcomed new buyers to their program, and were very appreciative of the many repeat buyers.
“We’ve held a lot of sales, but this was a ripper” said Weeran Principal Alec Moore. “It is a compliment to the cattle we produce, the Weeran Program and my family, that our buyers have such confidence in our cattle”.
The sale was conducted by Elders Hamilton, with auctioneer Ross Milne.
1st March, 2012.
Sale Press Release - January 2012.
PTIC FEMALES & PERFORMANCE BULLS 4 SALE @ WEERAN
Weeran will be offering 60 Bulls and 60 PTIC females at their 22nd Annual Bull & Female Production Sale on Tuesday 21st February, 2012.
Sale bulls are sired by Nichols Extra K205, Sitz New Design 458N, B/R Ambush A28, Ardrossan Equator D19, Rennylea Hyline C510, Alpine Candybar C178, Alpine Dinky C106 and Weeran Boomerang B59. Weeran Boomerang, is an Ardrossan X3 son with a number of outstanding bulls already sold through the Weeran program. He has great structure, capacity, body length and muscle and has an excellent temperament.
A number of the PTIC females have been ai’d to Lawson’s Nadal VLYE398. This sire is a breed leading indexing bull at $130. Natural and a.i. back up bulls were Weeran Boomerang VHWB59, Weeran Elvis VHWE33 and Weeran Chicken on a Chain VHWC195. All three of these bulls are being used concurrently in the Weeran program and are breeding with success. The calves will hit the ground starting 13th March. Remember with short gestation angus bulls, many calves will arrive up to 10 days early. These cattle all carry full pedigree and registered with the Angus Society with full performance ebv’s.
Longstanding clients, Luke & Karen Rees of Roo Park Pastoral, Telangatuk, Victoria have been purchasing Weeran Bulls since 1996. “Our cattle were lacking depth and stretch and when we asked a calf buyer the best way to fix this, he said to buy your bulls from Weeran. The Weeran genetics has improved our cattle out of sight. Alec & Jo have been fantastic and very helpful in achieving this and we look forward to continuing our assocation with Weeran Angus.”
Weeran Angus will be open on Day 8 of the Beef Week Field days on Friday 3rd February from 9am. This gives everyone an excellent opportunity, in a relaxed environment, to have a look at the sale cattle that will be offered on the 21st February.
All bulls are fully fertility guaranteed. The Moore family welcomes you to Weeran to inspect their sale genetics.
Further enquiries, contact Alec & Jo Moore 0438 787258 or Stephen Baker 0408 719100 or www.weeranangus.com
2011 SPRING BULL SALE REPORT
WEERAN ACHIEVES RECORD RESULT
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The Weeran Angus Seedstock program had a great showcase of outstanding genetics offered at their spring auction on 7th September. The lineup of bulls was very well received by Weeran’s valued clients with 100% clearance. 40 bulls went under the hammer for a record breaking average of $5681.
Spirited bidding throughout the entire sale created a fantastic atmosphere, with prices for bulls going from strength to strength. Clients noted that the bulls presented extremely well and were a very consistent line of bulls from start to finish. Bulls sold from $3,000 to a top of $8,500, which gave all buyers an opportunity to purchase excellent genetics.
Top price was paid by repeat client L & D Jarrad, Kasino Park, Casterton for Lot 20, Weeran Dunoon W200 E550. A curve bending, calving ease Grandson of B/R New Design 036. This sire line has served Kasino Park very well in the past, and Mr Jarrad wanted to purchase another top 036 bloodline.
Second top price was paid by 4 individual repeat buyers for $7,500. Lot 3 Weeran Extra E273 to Naweena Investments, Padthaway; Lot 23 Weeran Sitz ND 458N E201 to Nareen Station, Nareen; Lot 33 Weeran Equator E265 to Napier Pastoral, Willalooka, SA; and Lot 42 Weeran Extra E113 to J Haydon, Glenthompson. There were a number of volume buyers from NSW, SA and Victoria. Weeran Angus were delighted with the number of repeat buyers, along with welcoming new buyers to the Weeran program.
Principal, Alec & Jo Moore were delighted with the success of their 5th spring sale. “This vindicates our decision to implement a program to supply leading genetics to the beef industry twice a year”, said Alec.
Our thanks to the Elders Hamilton team who ran the sale.
2011 AUTUMN BULL SALE REPORT
HOWLING SUCCESS FOR WEERAN WITH TOTAL CLEARANCE
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The 2011 Autumn Bull and Female sale was described as a ‘howling success’ by Principal Alec Moore. In front of a huge crowd, 96 heifers and 48 bulls were knocked down for a 100% clearance and an impressive average of $5135, being an increase of $1360 on the 2010 autumn sale.
A magnificent line of performance bred females carrying a.i. and natural pregnancies, to elite Weeran sires and industry genetics, resulted in a complete clearance with a top of $1650 and averaging $1521. The sale created a fantastic atmosphere, with confident and spirited bidding. Feedback on the day was extremely positive with good results achieved by clients for their sale stock, with Weeran genetics delivering Top price was paid by repeat clients, Peter and Anna Delany, Murroa East Pastoral, Hamilton of $9500 for Lot 3, Weeran Ambush E125. He is a low birth weight son of B/R Ambush 28. This excellent son is no exception, with a great set of numbers for growth and carcase. E125 was a standout, with below breed average birth of 3.7 to a final weight of 107. He is an excellent structured bull, with the stature and body length to breed outstanding feeder steers. Ambush 28 had four sons in the sale selling for an average of $6,375. Peter and Anna have been purchasing Weeran bulls for over ten years.
Second top price was paid by repeat client, Mt Schanck Estate, Mt Gambier of $9,000 for Lot 8 ,Weeran Bushman E108. The Bushman power comes out in this set of numbers with growth being in the top 1% of the breed. Alec Moore said “as the industry knows, it’s weight and quality we are paid for, and this young bull has it in big doses”. His growth curve is impressive with a birth weight ebv of 6.6 and final 117.
Repeat client E & O Rentsch, Byaduk purchased Lot 2, Weeran Boomerang E176 for $8,500. This bull has been a standout from the very start, with excellent structure being the highest grading bull in the sale, and with great body length and capacity, which all adds weight to the scales. Boomerang is an outstanding home bred sire, with 8 sons selling for an average of $5063.
The female sale was an outstanding success. 96 females were offered with a 100% clearance. Top price of $1650 was paid by C. Murphy through Hamilton Landmark, for 22 2 ½ yr old APR registered females who exhibited excellent growth and type. Buyers for the females also included Newland Pastoral, Michael Coffey, and Matt Barber.
Weeran welcomed many new clients to the sale, along with a large number of clients who we have been working with for many years.
Our thanks to Elders and their team who ran the sale.
22nd February, 2011.
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WEERAN BULLS & FEMALES = PROVEN FEEDLOT GENETICS!
Weeran Angus will offer 50 performance bulls and 100 PTIC females at their 21st on property Autumn Bull Sale on Tuesday 22nd February, 2011 at 1pm. Weeran Principal, Alec Moore describes this group of sale bulls as “powerful, structurally sound bulls with high carcase merit”. Weeran genetics are proven performers according to James Brown of Bowood, and Rohan & Sue Giles of Crower. 
James Brown, Manager, Bowood/Clovelly, Creese North East , Tasmania said “the Weeran bulls are now having a noticeable impact in the most positive ways. For example: animal structure, muscle and temperament. This year, largely due to the impact of Weeran genetics, I should be able to turn off most yearlings as trade or feedlot type between 400-450kgs before Christmas”.
Weeran genetics have also helped achieve exciting results for commercial beef producers Rohan and Sue Giles, Crower, Avenue Range, SA, with their Weeran blood steer taking out the grand champion carcase in the 3rd Annual Southern Grassfed Carcase Classic from 233 entries. The 322kg carcase with 96 sq cm eye muscle was also the highest Meat Standards Australia eating quality steer in the commercially orientated competition.
Sale bulls are sired by Sitz New Design 458N, Nichols Extra K205, B/R Ambush A28, B/R 65R Genesis, Weeran Boomerang VHW B59 and other leading sires. The PTIC females have been a.i. bred to Alpine Dinky, Lawsons’s Dinky Di and Dunoon Trooper. These three outstanding sires complement this excellent line of females.
Weeran Boomerang B59 is an Ardrossan X3 son with a number of outstanding bulls in the sale. He has structure, capacity, body length and muscle, with an excellent temperament.
The American sires have been selected based on their US carcase grading results which is collected at the point of slaughter where the true value of a carcase is established.
Weeran Angus will be part of the Beef Week field days on Friday 4th February. It is a wonderful opportunity, in a relaxed environment to have a look at the sale cattle that will be offered on the 22nd February.
The Moore family welcomes you to Weeran to preview their 2011 sale genetics. A bbq and refreshments will be available.
For further information, phone 03 55 787258.
December, 2011.
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| Autumn Bull Sale | Tuesday 22nd February @ 1pm |
| Beef Week Field Day | Friday 4th February |
| Spring Bull Sale | September |
ELDERS Promotion
The Moore family were thrilled to be one of four families selected around Australia to be part of the recent Elders campaign. A film making crew of five arrived for just over a day. Amongst teaming rain, we had a lot of fun and enjoyed the experience immensely. Our thanks to Holly, Jeremy, Matt, Paul, and Paul. To watch this group of professionals at work was amazing. We all have a new appreciation of film making and photography! |
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