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Queensland Country Life ~ News Release (Sale in review)
All eyes on progeny of American sire at Raff Angus' Drillham bull sale
Image: Raff Angus' Andrew Raff with top price buyers and long time supporters Mandy and Tony Goodwin of Top End Partnership, Blackwater, and GDL agent and auctioneer Matt Pearce. Picture: Clare Adcock
2024 Newsletter
->> View this insight into the upcoming August Stud Sale, the Raff family farm acheivements and future plans.
Queensland Country Life (4 July 2024)
->> View this story about the origins of the Raff Angus Stud and evenutal move from South Queensland to King Island..
Winner: 2024 RNA Paddock to Palate Individual Weight Gain
Andrew Raff of Raff Angus, King Island, Tasmania, formerly of Drillham, Qld, with one of his family's Angus steers which claimed first place in class 40A for Highest Individual Weight Gain in the RNA paddock to palate competition, boasting a daily weight gain of 2.79 kilograms. Picture: Clare Adcock
Carcase Results Above State Average ~ January 2024
->> View Results from 110 Raff Angus Steers ~ Greenhams Abatoir January 2024
Carcase Weights Graph for 110 Raff Angus Steers
->> View Graph of Raff Angus Results vs State Average ~ Greenhams Abattoir January 2024.
Direct carcase data adds to performance evaluation, as Raff Angus notches up 58 years
Beef Central 14.7.23
Raff Angus 2023 Newsletter
Including:
"Boots On the Ground" 2023 Bull Sale
Carcases continue to be more profitable
In herd performance recording
Our farm
Our family
Tasmanian agritourism and more.....
Raff Angus 2022 Newsletter
Including:
2022 Spring Bull Sale - 100 "Bulls with a Difference"
Certified organic King Island grass fed steers
We know marbling is important but does weight still pay?
Ultrasound scanning results
The genetic difference - there is a price to pay..
2021 bull sale an outstanding success
Tasmanian agritourism and more.....
Raff Angus returns to Queensland with a Bang
Queensland Country Life 24 August 2021
Raff Angus bulls made a welcome return to their former stamping ground at the family's previous Drillham property at Mundibulanga, for their first on-property bull sale since relocating to King Island five years ago. The 36th bull sale which was interfaced simultaneously with the Raff family's female sale held in Victoria, resulted with 103 bulls selling to a top price of $32,000 to average $12,000.
To view the full story go to https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7399365/raff-bulls-return-to-qld-to-top-at-32000/
Raff Angus genetics prove their true carcase worth and profitability
Commercial clients of Raff Angus are reaping the benefits of its strong carcase focus, with recent processing feedback confirming the stud's position as a leading supplier of high-performance genetics.
According to Meat & Livestock Australia figures, during the 12 month processing period from June 2020 to June 2021, 1,041,003 bodies of beef were processed nationally with no hormonal growth promotant, grassfed, either sex and an ossification average score of less than 230.
To view the full story go to https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7352021/raff-angus-genetics-prove-their-true-carcase-worth-and-profitability/?cs=6109
Full brothers to our rising two-year-old sale bulls selling August 23rd were processed through the JBS Longford Plant Tasmania in late June
These were the complete group of spring born steers and represented the bottom 50% of all male calves born in that contemporary. With an average age of 21 months, they boasted an average carcase weight of 355kg. Pictured is one of these milk tooth Raff bred steers from the above consignment that yielded a carcass weight of 452kg with a Marble Score 4 and MSA Index of 67.51. He returned $3,273.32. To view further information click here…
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