IT was final the day of stud beef and interbreed cattle judging, as well as the supreme dairy interbreed judging at the Toowoomba Royal Show.
In the stud cattle ring, chief stud cattle steward Cameron Collins said entries were down due to welcome rain at the start of the week.
Overall, he said the quality of the exhibits was first class.
There were 11 stud cattle breeds judged this morning, including a very large Dexter feature breed display.
Small breeds interbreed judges Julie Nixon of Weetalabah Gelbvieh and Hereford studs, Chinchilla, and Glen Yeates of Tyndale Santa Gertrudis, Nanango, found plenty in the Dexters to impress in the line-up of Ausline, Bramalow, Dexter and Lowline grand champions.
They named grand champion Dexter bull Red Hill Baron, exhibited by Jan Cluff and Lyndsay Martyn of Jaylyn Dexter Stud, Barraba, NSW, the champion small-breeds interbreed bull, while small-breed interbreed female honours went to nine-year-old cow Red Hill Jenna.
Exhibited by the Nuttridge family of Silver Fern Dexters, Gatton, the cow is arguably the most decorated Dexter cow in Queensland.
“The way her shoulder’s sitting and her walking ability pipped the Ausline at the post for this award,” Mrs Nixon said.
In the larger interbreed competition, it was the Simmental breed that stole the limelight following on from their feature breed display yesterday.
The larger interbreed champion bull KBV Judge, was earlier named the 11-month-old calf and grand Simmental champion, while the interbreed champion was female Sylvandale Hanneli.
Both were exhibited by Marty Rowlands, and Stephen Lean, Murphys Creek, and were prepared by Les and Leanne Lee, Leegra Fitting Service, Murgon.
Sylvandale Hanneli then went to claim the Malcolm McCosker Memorial award for the supreme beef exhibit.
The Holstein breed took home plenty of tricolour ribbons in the supreme interbreed dairy competition.
Glenalbas Goldwyn Olivia, exhibited by Daniel Holmes, Arabella Farming Co, Brookstead, took home the title of RASQ supreme champion dairy cow.
Judge Juleesa Smith, Meander Valley, Tasmania, praised the structure of Glenalbas Goldwyn Olivia.
"She has a clean topline, depth of body and a great spring of rib," she said.
