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Edward Lewis | Haven Herefords
May, 2022
The Haven
We would like to congratulate everyone at Mawarra on their 50th Anniversary Sale. It is a great feat to keep producing quality cattle at the top end of the beef industry for such a period of time.
At The Haven we started using Mawarra genetics over 12 years ago with M. Vice Admiral who made a great impression on our cow herd adding functionality
and consistency. We then used M. Aftershock who has left us cows with great volume and perfect udders, and bulls with presence and power including our young
stud sire, Haven Voltage. In 2021 we were fortunate to secure the semen rights for M. Influential whose calves are just arriving and look very promising, just as we have come to expect from Mawarra Genetics.
Well done and good luck with the next 50 years!
Kind regards
Edward Lewis
HAVEN HEREFORDS
Pure Hereford Beef from Haven Herefords Est. 1822
Jason Graham | Graham Genetics
May, 2022
“After a wonderful week at the Hereford National show, a little time to reflect on where our program is at, and be thankful for the support and advice that has helped us along the way.
As far as the results this week, we sold our bull for $20,000 to a really well respected commercial program, exactly the type of clients we would like to work with. We had some great conversations with previous bull purchasers who are happy with how our bulls are working for them. A week really exceeding our hopes/expectations.
Upon reflection we are so pleased with the Hereford herd we are building, we are so proud of our wonderful friends at Mawarra Genetics, their results yesterday only reflect what we already believe, that they are the best. Almost every year there has been open auction opportunities to purchase out of the heart of their herd, often some of their very best as shown with their results yesterday.
The photo of the cow here I took yesterday in our paddock, she is Mawarra Tabitha 6, we purchased her from their last female sale. Yesterday in the Mawarra team she had a son and 3 grandsons sell to $130,000! They were telling the truth when in their catalog for that female sale they stated Tabitha 6 was probably the best Poll cow they had bred to that point.
And equally we are super proud of the Mawarra Evolution progeny, with our son selling for our record price of $20,000 and 2 further sons selling as part of the Mawarra team topping at $60,000. We purchased him 5 years ago at the National sale and tragically lost him suddenly two years ago, the photo of him below was so typical of him out with cows. A bull that holds a very special place in our herds foundation(and my heart), and therefore we are so pleased his qualities are being recognised in his progeny.”
Glenn Moutray
Alan Mitchell
Simon & Sonya Lawlor, Omeo, VIC
Simon and Sonya Lawlor – sold their champion pen of autumn drop steers for $1570 at the 2020 Mountain Calf Sales:
The Ah Sam family were very happy with setting a new record at the 2020 Elders Mountain Calf Sales in Omeo
with their Hereford /Shorthorn heifers selling to a top of $1810 and steers topping at $1630. Bert Ah Sam, Brendan’s father, said he had never witnessed heifer prices like it during his lifetime. “I haven’t seen a lot of store sales for a while but it is certainly up there,” he said. “A lot of people are getting back into breeders and they are hard to find at the moment.”
Steers: 27 Shorthorn/Herefords, EU, $1630; 17 Herefords, EU, $1610; 18 Herefords, $1550; 25 Shorthorn/Herefords, $1480
Heifers: 12 Shorthorn/Herefords, EU, $1810; 12 Shorthorn/Herefords, EU, $1600; 10, Shorthorn/Hereford, $1380; 6, Herefords, EU, $1230; 10, Herefords, $1170; 8 Herefords, $1130
Congratulations to the McCormack family from Bullioh on winning the Champion Hereford Pen steers for the third time.
Graeme Ward was the presiding judge in Wodonga and ‘Mr Ward was impressed with the structural correctness, bone, genetics and health care of the steers.‘ Their steers achieved the top $/hd price for purebred weaners : J McCormack, Bullioh: 22, 10-12 months, Mawarra blood, 393kg, $1135 (288c/kg).
Congratulations to Simon & Sonya Lawlor from Omeo
for winning the Herefords Australia Champion Pen at the 2020 Elders Mountain Calf Sale, Omeo
March 2020
Congratulations to Leon Wheeler
Leon Wheeler (centre) was presented with the champion sash for best presented pen of Herefords by Michael Beattie – Herefords Australia (left) and Jake Taylor – JBS (right). Congratulations to Leon Wheeler. He had the opening pen at the Hamilton Hereford and Euro steer weaner sale on Wednesday.
The pen made the top dollar per head price of $1374 and were judged as the best presented Hereford pen by Jake Taylor of JBS.
Russell and Merilyn Pendergast
Auctioneer, Nick Gray, Elders Jerilderie, judged the Herefords Australia champion pen of steers, awarded to Russell and Merilyn Pendergast (pictured with Peter and Deanne), at Benambra. The autumn 2017 drop Mawarra and Sugarloaf Creek blood steers had been weaned for a month and sold for the equal top weaner price of $1,200 to South Gippsland steer finisher, Graeme Osborne. David Hill, Elders Omeo, estimated the weight of the calves at 365kg to give an estimated liveweight price of 328c/kg.
Peter Faithfull, Omeo
Bruce Elliott, Elders Yea, selected a pen of 21 European Union accredited autumn drop calves from Peter Faithfull, Omeo, as the winner of the Herefords Australia best presented pen. “They were standouts for strength, depth and trueness to type,’’ Mr Elliott said. In fact, he liked them so much he bought the 10-11 month old calves for $1,290. Mr Faithfull also topped the heifer yarding with a pen of 19 selling at $1,080.
2018 Herefords Australia National Show & Sale (Wodonga).
Ross Smith, Glenellerslie Herefords, Adelong, paid $30,000 for WRL Makka (H), a 990kg son of Mawarra Black Heart (H), from WRL Herefords, Dalby, Qld.
Ravensdale Guardian M222 (P), the top-priced bull at the 2018 Herefords Australia National Show and Sale
(Dubbo), was purchased by Talbalba and Callaway Herefords.
Guardian is one of the resulting calves from a ‘Pick of the Herd Flush’ purchsed by Brian Burgess, Ravensdale, from Mawarra at auction during Beef 2015, Rockhampton. The dam of choice was Mawarra Tabitha 005 (P) and the sire, Allendale Anzac E114 (P).
Second top price at the 2018 Glen Innes sale ($16,000) was paid by Battalion Herefords for Lot 11, Cara Park Unique M647 (H).
He is a son of renowned carcase sire, Mawarra Unique C041 (AI) (H).
Rob and Heather Francis offered Yallaroo Miracle (P), sired by Mawarra Mustang (P), at the Farm Weekly WA Supreme Bull Sale in Brunswick.
He was purchased by Forrest View Grazing, Dinninup, for the record top price of $20,500.
Sydney Royal Hereford Feature Show 2018.
Kanimbla Tia Maria M005 (P), sired by Mawarra Manitoba (P), was awarded Female Calf Champion and sold for the top price of the sale ($12,000) to Hunter Lakes Herefords.
Sydney Royal Hereford Feature Show 2018.
Male Calf Champion, Graham Asterix N003 (H), sired by Mawarra Daybreak (H). Graham Herefords purchased the dam, Mawarra Virginia 162 (H), at our 2016 Ladies Day Sale with Asterix in utero.
Sydney Royal Hereford Feature Show 2018.
Reserve Intermediate Champion Female and first in the Youth Bred and Owned class, Keilder Park Mustang Sally (P), sire Mawarra Mustang (P). The dam, Mawarra Miss Titania 498 (H), was won by Nikki Martin at the 2014 Herefords Australia National Youth Show when she was awarded Most Potential Breeder.
