ANGUS STUD
Breeding functional cattle that go on to deliver a first class eating experience.
Cleardale Angus cattle are bred and managed to perform in high country conditions. To be a functional high country cow, she must wean an above average calf every year, lose weight through early lactation, replenish her reserves later in lactation and maintain condition on sub maintenance quality pasture from weaning through to calving.
ANGUS BULL SALE - 30 MAY, 2PM
ANGUS BULLS
Sound - Structural soundness so cows can walk and forage and bulls stand the test of time.
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Safe - Breeding cows and bulls that are genetically quieter ensures progeny are a pleasure to work with.
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Exceptional Eating - Producing a world class eating experience for the consumer. IMF is the most consumer focussed trait, and being able to reach marbling targets from grass finishing will underpin future value chains.
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Efficient - Cows bred to efficiently utilise forage resources result in lower costs, higher returns and lower carbon intensity of production.
TECHNOLOGY
Profitability within a cattle system can be enhanced by using all the proven genetic tools around. The basics of ensuring cattle are of sound structure and quiet in nature can be enhanced further, with accurate recording, breeding values and genomics.
Breeding values and genomics are particularly helpful to assist in viewing what’s under the skin of an animal, providing an insight into what future progeny will look like, grow like, breed like and essentially, eat like.
All Cleardale Angus sires are tested with HD50K (a genomic product that assesses the genetic makeup of an animal at thousands of locations across the animal’s genome). This gives greater assurance on the accuracy of EBVs on all bulls sold.
We also undertake progeny testing extensively, and use software package MateSel to determine mating that will optimise the genetic progress across the cattle operation.
All cattle have full Parent Verification (PV), and we put great emphasis on our temperament and structure, with all bulls independently assessed. The use of Claw Set and Foot Angle EBVs give greater insight into what any given bull's progeny will be like in terms of their foot structure.
ANGUSPRO
Cleardale is a full registered member of Angus Australia
