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.
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.