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Are these Australian Lowlines or Redlines?

Margo Hayes — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:25:42 +0000

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2010 has seen two more red line calves born this year plus all our commercial calves were sired by a RedLine bull. The photo says it all!

LowlineBeef.com.au wins approval at Sydney Show 2010

Margo Hayes — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:06:48 +0000

As part of the 2010 feature breed status at Royal Sydney Show this year Vitulus was fortunate enough to be able to serve its own branded beef line to over 180 people on a daily basis. Each day the beef was featured in the Woolworths Food Dome with tastings provided to the general public. The beef was also used by the Celebrity Chefs in their special recipes. The meat provided was from purebred steers that MSA graded 3 ensuring the tenderness and tastiness that Lowline Beef is renown for. The feedback we received was fantastic with orders for the beef far outweighing our expectations

Vitulus Females win at Royal Brisbane Show 2009

Margo Hayes — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:36:46 +0000

Vitulus females were very successful at the Royal Brisbane Show 2009. Perhaps the most interesting fact was that all winning females were related as they were all out of the same dam Gunny Gumpy Queeny.

Vitulus Duches: Junior Champion Female

Vitulus Beauty Queen: Grand Champion Female, Senior Champion Female

Vitulus Belle Epoque: Reserve Senior Champion Female.

Vitulus Wins both Ekka Carcass Competitions

Margo Hayes — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:15:36 +0000

VITULUS Lowlines at Thornton has taken out an historic double, winning both the lightweight and heavyweight sections of the 2009

carcase competition at the Brisbane Ekka, with the winner of the lightweight section named Grand

Champion Carcase.

Stud owner Margo Hayes first enjoyed Ekka carcase competition success in 2007. This year she became the first

breeder to take out the double win, which had never even gone to the same breed before.

The competition attracted 255 entries this year, with representa- tion from all breeds. The winning lightweight steer

and grand champion carcase of the show was an 18 month old crossbred — 75% Lowline, 25% Senepol — weighing 396kg.

With a perfect fat score and maximum marbling points, the steer also produced an EMA of 83, dressing percentage of 57.6% and

yield percentage of 64%. He also won the MSA Eating Quality Award for his class. The winning heavyweight steer

was a 22 month old crossbred — 50% Lowline, 25% Limousin, 25% Murray Grey — weighing 530kg. His fat score marbling was also

perfect. This steer produced an EMA of 98, dressing percentage of 55.1% and yield percentage of 61.54%. However Ms Hayes said this

steer had been more of a challenge to get to the right specifications, with his feed reduced for the last month to hold him at the right

weight, as his teeth were just about to break. He had been on grain for 120 days.

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Vitulus genetics win Grand Champion Female and Grand Champion Bull at Denver Show, USA Show 2008. Plus Grand Champion Bull again in 2009.

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:04:36 +0000

Competing against an amazing 250 head, which took in excess of seven hours to judge, Vitulus Yes Yes Yes sired the Grand Champion Female, Junior Champion Female, Reserve Junior Champion Female, Sires Progeny, Best Six Head just to name a few. Colombo Park Zeffirelli, a bull that we have owned and shown since weaning, sired the Grand Champion Bull. Having begun the export drive some three years ago it was nice to see our efforts come to fruition. All this would not have been possible without the imput of George Jenkins and Gerry Adams from the USA, who from the start, also believed in our breeding program and were able to produce the show winning animals.