Santa Gertrudis Stud
Quartermaster was purchased at the 2020 Nioa on Property Bull Sale. We were impressed with this bull’s style and his genetics. Being an (AI) son of the prolific sire Rosevale Jackeroo and out of a Glen Oaks show heifer. His BreedPlan figures for Rib and Rump fat were strongly positive which was also a contributing factor. He is breeding cattle with strong phenotype and is throwing on his ability to lay down condition, we are happy with his overall contribution to the stud.
Ripper was purchased in the 2020 Strathmore on Property Bull Sale at Blackall for $40,000. We were attracted to him for his out cross genetics overall thickness, quiet disposition and Sire appeal. He had large EMA and IMF figures that we were also attracted to as well as a strong morphology result. As he was purchased late in the joining season there is only a few of his young sons in this sale team and we will see more of them as the years progress.
Remington was purchased at the 2020 Santa Central sale as a lead bull. We were attracted to him for his strong thickness width over the top line, length and his dark red coat type. His temperament is impeccable and is a pleasure to work with as are his progeny. He was caring strong EMA and IMF what we were after as well as good scrotal size. We are happy with the quality and evenest of his first two drops of calves and believe we will see a lot of his sons in the years to come.
Newman at 20 months
Kept for two joining seasons before being sold locally he was used over a select number of cows with outstanding results. Very dark in colour with a fine skin type, exceptional muscling and the bonus he was a homozygous Poll (PP), we felt we could breed some very attractive cattle out of him. Newman has not let us down as can been seen in the bulls on offer within this sale team. Strong carcase attributes that would suite both stud and commercial producers.
Purchased as the top priced bull at the Yarrabee 2020 Annual Sale at Emerald. He has developed into a Sire with plenty of volume, scale and thickness. When purchased at twenty – four months he weighed 900kgs, DWG 1.17, 150 EMA, Scrotal of 41cms. He is a very active bull siring plenty of calves in a short period of time. Inforce is a strong powerful sire with a lot to offer. He has been breeding consistently, both male and female progeny, his stock carry great carcase consistency and it will be exciting to see what his heifers will bring to the stud in the future years.
Purchased at the Yarrawonga Waco Annual Bull Sale in 2020. At twenty months he weighed 784kgs, 40cm scrotal, 1.18 DWG, EMA 128, Rib and Rump fats of 12 and 9, as a bonus he was a homozygous Poll (PP). He has developed into a big strong sire with plenty of length and scale. We were attracted to his sire Restdown 378 (P) when Yarrawonga purchased him and thought we would purchase one of his sons. He is breeding very dark coated stock with strong breed type, there is a strong representation of his sons on offer this year.
Purchased at lot 4 for $38,000 in the 2017 Yarrawonga Waco Annual Bull Sale. M134 (PS) a son of Waco Zeus, at 25 months he weighed 900kgs, DWG 1.20, EMA 121, 40 cm scrotal and had a 93% morphology. Purchased for his Santa Gertrudis phenotype, thickness, depth, heavy bone, and quiet disposition. M134 is proving to be our go to sire, he has exceptional fertility siring over eighty calves in a single season. Placing him as the top sire for progeny recorded in one season within the Santa Gertrudis Breed. He has developed into a mountain of a bull and is breeding exceptional progeny both male and female, with his classification rate of his progeny being well over 90%. He is producing what we are aiming for with his consistency of breeding quality, strong poll cattle that carry all the attributes producers are looking for in, Santa Gertrudis cattle. Top priced son to date is Benelkay Renovator R014 (PP) who sold for $50,000 to Ben and Amanda Adams Dangarfield Santa Gertrudis Stud in 2022. In the 2022 sale his twenty-one sons sold to average $15,500 with eleven of these selling into studs.
Landholder (P) was injured before the 2017 sale so was not presented. After recovery he was joined to heifers with pleasing results. An eye catching Warenda Furlong son, big growthy dark coated bull with strong carcase attributes. At 28 months he weighed 950 kgs, 1.13 DWG, Morphology 90%, Scrotal 40cm,125 EMA, and 6.0 IMF. Unfortunately he was fatally injured later in the season.
Lucky carries strong Santa Gertrudis phenotype, naturally placid temperament, exceptional length, volume of carcase with strong width over his top line and good neck extension. At 25 months he weighed 946kg’s, 1.26 DWG, Morphology of 83%, Scrotal 39cms, 127 EMA and 5.5 IMF. We kept this bull as we felt he was the best bull in the 2015 drop and had explosive weight gain and growth for age. His dam 1861 (P), a cow that goes back to Benelkay Hardi (P) (selling for $30,000 in 2006 to Dangarfield Stud). He has not let us down breeding consistently well, producing dark red quiet progeny with length. His top priced son in 2020 was Benelkay Pearl (PP) selling for $11,000 to Grassbrook Pastoral.
Enthrone (P) was purchased for $37,500 in 2015 Yarrawonga Sale. We were attracted to him due to his safe genetics and that his Sire Waco Youthful (PS) who was producing outstanding progeny. Enthrone was purchased for his weight for age, length and width, scrotal size, dark coat and
perfect sheath along with his docile nature. These are his first sale bulls this year and he will be represented with four classified sons in this year’s sales team. They are very similar style of bull to their sire when he was purchased.
Boss a Homozygous poll was purchased as a led bull at the 2016 Santa Central Sale for $17,000. Weighing 891kgs at 22months with a DWG of 1.30kg, Scrotal of 40cm and an EMA of 122. After watching him win his class at the Ekka we thought we would purchase him for his out cross genetics, growth, tropical dark skin type and quiet temperament. Boss has grown into an eye appealing sire, great thickness, and good depth with plenty of scale. He has thrown progeny with strong breed character, and we are seeing strong results through his females in the breeding program. Boss produces exceptional females with scale and breed phenotype. We are pleased with both his male and female progeny. Top priced son to date is Benelkay Quartermaster Q012 (P) selling to Jock Cunningham “Hallcraig Santas” for $30,000 in 2021. Benelkay Newman (PP) has also been kept as a sire with sons in this year’s sale. Boss is a sire that throws consistency in his progeny producing scale, thickness and heavy bone progeny with dark red coat colour that is hard to purchase. It is pleasing to see his sons making an impact in the studs they have been sold into.
We retained this Sire from our 2012 H drop bulls. Backed up by his EBV’s trait leader for 400,600 Day Growth, Carcase Weight and EMA. Being Homozygous poll with a morphology of 96% as a two-year-old, we felt we could not sell a bull of his calibre. He carries strong Sire appeal and breed phenotype, a soft dark tropical skin / hair type, with length, depth and strong bone. Hot Shot comes from a strong female line within our cow herd that have breed consistently above average cattle going back at least six generations. Benelkay Lucky (PS) has been kept as a sire and his son Benelkay Noteworthy (P) sold for $16,000 in 2019 to David and Annie Beare, Rangelands SGS.
Halfback was retained to be used in the stud as he is a Homozygous Poll (PP), with strong breed character, carrying a dark fine skin / hair type, that we are trying to increase through our herd. He has an outstanding doing ability, is a very thick set heavily muscled Sire that retains softness. He displays strong commercial carcase attributes that again is displayed in his strong EBVs, being in the top 5% for his 200,400,600 Day Growth and Mature Cow figures.His Juggler (P) Dam 512 (P), pedigree goes back to Elgin Downs A25 and she has had ten consecutive calves in a row, through some very trying seasons. So fertility was also a consideration for his use. His progeny have been very pleasing with a good number of bulls being represented in our sales.
Gyral (P) was retained for use in the stud to keep the Bullamakinka Dreamtime (P) bloodline developing throughout the cow herd. He is a later maturing style of bull and has developed into a massive mature bull, being a similar style of bull to Dreamtime only bigger. From a strong female line, with his grand dam breeding eleven calves and one other sire we used successfully in the stud, Benelkay Lynx (P). We kept two sons as sires in 2018, Benelkay Mohican (P) and Benelkay Missouri (PS). Gyral (P) throws consistent cattle with scale, breed type and style.
Hallmark H37 (P), was purchased at the 2015 Santa Central Sale as a very young led bull. He was selected for his eye appeal, perfect quiet temperament, deep dark red skin type and he was an out cross from any breeding that is within our herd. He carries a lot of Big Sir bloodlines; these lines carry strong poll breeding and have bred well over the years for many studs.
He has developed into a quality sire, he is heavy boned, moderately framed and well muscled. He is throwing consistently quiet, dark skinned quality sons and daughters. He seems to be crossing well with the majority of our blood lines, and breeding above himself.
His first sons sold in 2017 and averaged $9,000 with a top price of $10,000 selling to G & G Farming. Overall we have sold seventeen sons to average $6,650.
One of the standout bulls sold in the Bullamakinka bull sale draft in 2013. He impressed us with his sire appeal, high bos-indicus content, fine dark tropical skin, poll genetics, frame and
softness. We had been waiting for a quality poll sire by Canowindra Gold Edition, and as an extra he was from a very well bread cow line. Gold Edition has been a standout sire in the Santa Breed and has produced many sale topping sale bulls producing over 350 calves by natural service. H82’s dam Kelly Wallah X77 (P), has produced consistently and at 13 yrs has produced 11 calves,
including five sale bulls. She is a granddaughter of the consistent Kelly Wallah 770 (P) cow line. 770 had 13 calves with many going on to breed well within other studs. H82’s progeny have been equally as impressive with his first sons being sold at auction in 2016.
A quiet achiever in our herd, purchased at the 2012 Santa Central Sale. Furlong was selected to pick up the Warenda Mexico (P) bloodlines that have been very successful for Warenda. He carries a very dark red skin type and is a well balanced bull with a very tidy underline plus a wonderful quite temperament which he is passing on to his progeny. Furlongs dam has had nine calves with five classifying, her top son sold for $42,000. Grand dam, Jemma was a successful show heifer/cow. Eight calves with six classifying, with four daughters retained in the Warenda stud herd.
Son of Upkeep
Benelkay JawDropper J142 (P)
A young sire with a great temperament, soft easy doing with plenty of length and depth through the flank. Purchased late in the catalogue as a younger bull he has produced exceptional
progeny. His sire Kolodong Arnold (AI) (P) was top priced bull when purchased for $19,000 in Tamworth. Arnold has produced plenty of high priced poll sires with good natures and easy
finishers for Dangarfield over the years. We have admired these, so we were keen to purchase one of his sons. Upkeep (PS) has not let us down and has quickly developed a strong set of EBV’S to back his performance. Thickset progeny with great carcass and placid natures with good
fertility are this sire’s standout qualities. Unfortunately we have only two seasons of his progeny as we have lost the bull due to injury during the drought.
Purchased for his all round performance, that is backed up by his EBV’S that are in the top 1% for all growth traits, EMA and both dollar indexes, he also displays a great top line, hindquarter, fine tropical coat type and was a stand out Poll Sire in the 2011 year drop. A contributing factor for his purchase was that his breeding is from a line of cattle that has consistently produced above average cattle and have sold very well for many breeders. He was purchased for $35,000 and was the top priced bull at the 2011 Wandoan Sale. At 23 month old, Zin Zan F69, weighed 894kgs, ave daily weight gain of 1.22kg’s, scrotal of 38.5 cm’s, P8 10 and Rib 6, EMA was 135, IMF was 2.9 with a solid morphology test. We unfortunately lost F69 (PS) in his first season due to a
broken leg. Sons have sold well at auction with a top of $8,000 in 2014 for Benelkay Hendrix (P) to Mr Bill Redden Purlewaugh.
Was purchased for the top price of $20,000 at the 2009 Wandoan Sale. At 21 months he weighed 932 kg’s and had an EMA of 132 cm’s, scrotal of 42 cm’s and sired by Swan Hill Morley. We
purchased him as a sire, for his out cross genetics, his extreme growth and weight for age. He has crossed extremely well with the First Class (P) cows and his progeny are large framed, well
muscled, quite natured with plenty of breed character. His sons have averaged $9,500 in 2012, with a top of $26,000 for Benelkay Futurama (P), sold to Ian and Louise MacCue “Tookey Creek” stud. Top price bull of the 2013 sale, $18,000 for Benelkay Genset (P) and $10,000 for Benelkay Grunt (P), both going to Hardigreen Park Stud.
Young Gun was purchased at the 2016 Dangarfield on property bull sale as a 21month old bull, weighing 800kg’s with a DWG of 1.20kgs, 41cm Scrotal and an EMA of 121. Young Gun is a very thick set bull carrying good length and width throughout his carcase, a fantastically naturally quiet temperament that he has passed on to his progeny has been a pleasing aspect. His sire Valliant (P) was purchased by Yugilbar for $26,000 his grand sire is Dangarfield Quarterback (P) one of the most influential sires in the Dangarfield herd and his dam has been used as an ET cow producing eleven calves. Young Gun is producing progeny with that extra bit of doing ability which we would expect by his pedigree. His sons make ideal heifer bulls, producing small calves, that have finishing ability.
Purchased at the 2008 Santa Central Sale, for $16,000. Eye catching son of Rosevale Ned (P).
He is producing cattle with strong back lines, breed type, fertility and a deep Santa Gertrudis red.
Dapto was purchased late in the catalogue at the 2010 Santa Central Sale for $23,000. Dapto weighed 885kgs at 26 months, EMA of 124, and a scrotal of 41cms. Over all a very correct bull with plenty of growth, a perfect sheath, and a tropical skin type, with safe genetics to back him up. Dapto (P) has proven to be a more maternal sire producing many outstanding females, he has proven to be an exceptional worker in the paddock. His females are outstandingly fertile, developing into good solid breeders. They carry very high tropical content, early sexual maturity and have crossed very well with the majority of our blood lines. Twenty sons have sold at auction for an average of $5,100 with a top of $8,500 in 2016 selling to James Wippel “Romean”.
Lexus has been tested a Homozygous (PP) sire, making him a valuable bull in our
breeding program. A stand out son of the leading sire, SuJo First Class (P), out of one of our top stud cows, who has a perfect classification result. He is a very structurally correct bull that covers a lot of ground. Kept for his breeding and his dark Santa Gertrudis coat type, weight for age, and very balanced EBV’S, we considered him one of the better son’s that First Class (P) has produced.
Purchased in 2006 as a must have sire for $32,000, he has developed into one of the breeds leading sires. He has had a huge impact within our stud with 41 sons sold at auction for an
average of $7,550. His sons have topped the sales every year they have been offered. 2009 Kluger (P) sold to G.A Greenup & Co “Rosevale” Stud for $17,500. 2010 Lifeline (P) sold to G.A Greenup & Co “Rosevale” Stud for $26,000. 2011 Eragon (P) sold to Morton and Frances Rolf, “Hardigreen Park” Stud, for $32,000. 2012 Firestone (P) sold to Rick and Alice Greenup, “Greenup/ Eidsvold Station” Studs, Cardowan for $34,000. His females are breeding at a very high level, and are crossing well with Bullamakinka Dreamtime (P), producing Futurama (P) selling to “Tookey Creek” Stud for $26,000, a Dreamtime/First Class cross. First Class (P) is a Trait Leader in Breedplan for 200, 400, 600 Day Growth, Carcase Weight, Rib, Rump Fat EBV’S.