Santa Gertrudis Stud
Strathmore Senator was selected as a Sire for his strong breed phenotype and sheer scale, and he has continued to grow into what we expected as he was purchased as a very young bull. He is producing progeny with dark coats and strong Breed Type with good looseness of skin but still having good navels and tight sheaths on his offspring. He was purchased with no EBVs, but as we gain more data, he is quickly becoming a leader in many traits. Senator is quickly becoming our go to Sire in the stud.
Cree S146, is an eye appealing long bodied Sire, with good early growth indicators, low Mature Cow weight, early puberty and high EMA EBV figures. He was purchased as a heifer bull and used for two seasons as that and has now been moved into our cow herd as his physical size has made him impractical for heifer joining. Very structurally correct he is producing calves with strong growth and good length and thickness. His second drop of calves will be sold in our 2026 Annual Bull Sale. His pedigree is packed full of herd improving Sires and cow lines.
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; Top priced son to date is Benelkay Underline U022 (PS) selling to Birrimba Santa Gertrudis Stud Nyngan for $19,000. A Sire that can really produce some punch in his offspring, with strong breed phenotype.
El Nino was purchased in 2023 from Dangarfield as a heifer bull at their annual Sale. He has been perfect for this job for the last two seasons. His temperament is impeccable and so are his progeny. He holds a strong dark red skin type and has developed into a moderate size Sire that carries extreme length and good finishing ability, working very well as a heifer bull. He also throws a very tidy sheath and navel with the ability to do this and retain looseness for growth. His top priced son, Benelkay UFO U218 (PP) sold for $16,000 to Calonbah Santa Gertrudis Stud in 2025. There will be a strong representation of his sons in the 2027 sale as they are very promising yearling weaners.
Showtime was retained as a sire from the 2021 year drop for his softness as well as his good length and bone. He has developed into an impressive mature bull and is breeding very consistently and true to type. He is a sire who carries natural doing ability with positive Rib and Rump Fat ebvs. On the maternal side his mother was a strong breeder with five out of her 6 calves classifying with four of them making the sale team. Being a Burramurra Boss son, we must be mindful of how we join him as we have plenty of similar genetics, but he is proving to be a very valuable bull from what he is producing.He has a select number of sale bulls in this years sale 2026.
Sentry a Homozygous poll, was the top priced bull when purchased at the Murgona Santa Gertrudis Invitational Bull Sale Taroom Qld in 2023. Weighing 1086kgs at 27months with a DWG of 1.29kg, Scrotal of 43cm and an EMA of 138, Rib and Rump fats of 14 and 25. IMF of 6.6 and strong morphology, he ticked a lot of boxes for our program, being bred from a long line of proven strongly preforming genetics. Sentry has proven to be a solid purchase and is producing consistently good all-round cattle. This is the first drop of sons in this year’s sale team, and they have stood up well within the draft.
Tic Toc was purchased at Lot 3, in the 2023 Yarrawonga Bull Sale. We were attracted to his Sire Strathmore Jubilee, who sold as the top priced bull at the 2020 Strathmore Sale. The success of the breeding going back on his Dam’s side was also something we were attracted to. Selected for his sheer scale and growth pattern we were also attracted to his tropical content and his finishing ability and felt this was the pick of the Jubilee sons on offer. At 23 months he weighed 1010 kgs, had an EMA of 146, Fats of 13/10 IMF 5.7, Scrotal 39 cm and a 90 percent morphology. He has delivered all of what we thought he would breed, replicating himself in his progeny. The more data we collect on him justifies this, with him becoming a trait leader in growth EBVS and EMA in the top 1percent. Tic Toc is a Sire you will see with a lot more progeny represented in our sales going forward.
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 strong fat coverage, we are happy with his overall contribution to the stud. He has produced progeny that his EBV figures have indicated he would, with strong growth and scale with good fat figures.
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. Ripper has worked well in the stud producing moderate sized progeny, that carry strong fat coverage and are easy doing fertile cattle. He is represented by a number of these quicker maturing style bulls in his year’s sale draft. His cattle carry the quiet disposition that Ripper has.
Remington was purchased at the 2020 Santa Central sale as a led 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 demonstrates strong EMA and IMF, what we were after as well as good scrotal size. We are happy with the quality and evenest of his progeny, breeding well above himself. His top priced son to date sold to Hood Partnership for $16,000 in 2024.