74 Angus and 5 Brangus bulls will go under the hammer on the 17th of August on-property here at Glenoch Farms, Chinchilla. These bulls are rock solid, ready to go, grown to a joining weight (not a finishing weight) from a cows that calve every year program.

There are a number of bulls that will suit a range of requirements from heifer bulls, terminal sires, high carcase data bulls and all areas in between. They are backed by the SGA 3 year breeding soundness guarantee, semen and morphology tested, blooded for tick fever, ear notch tested free for pesti virus and vaccinated for lepto, 5 in 1, 3 day and vibrio.

We pride ourselves on putting selection pressure on cows to identify which ones really do perform, calve every year and raise a fast growing calf. We objectively prove this by providing data on the dam of each bull with her average calving interval (ACI) and number of calves she has produced (# calves) and you will find this data listed beside the EBVs in our brochure and catalogue.

Maternal strength is a lot harder to measure than say growth but it’s interesting to note that the first six lots contain the bloodlines of our most prominent cows (H10, H26, Q47, R32, R35, T32 and U53) that we have bred in our 40 odd years of breeding. These cows are also represented in many of the other lots in the sale but these first six lots are the lead of the bulls we used this past joining season. There is no doubt selection pressure works and every seedstock producer should be applying it. This is important for commercial producers who are investing in genetics because selection pressure will improve key profit drivers in a beef breeding enterprise.

Glenoch JK Brangus

Owned and operated by Justin and Kate Boshammer, Glenoch JK is a division of Sandon Glenoch Angus located north east of Chinchilla, Queensland.

There are seven Brangus bulls of varying contents and six of them are polled. These bulls have been treated no differently than the Angus bulls, in fact all of the Brangus run with the Angus herd relative to their age groups, sex, etc. All Brangus females are joined from 12-14 months of age with no second chances for non-pregnants if deemed their own fault.

Most of these Brangus bulls have a higher Angus content and we feel these bulls are well suited to those wanting a splash of Indicus content. The Brangus herd is registered with the Australian Brangus Cattle Association. Five of the sale bulls are registered with the Brangus Association and two are herd bulls.