It was an NCC affair at yesterday’s World Brahman Congress RuralCo stud female show with Brett Nobbs and family, NCC Brahmans, Duaringa, taking out top honours.
The 27-month-old NCC Lady Ella 2936 was selected as both senior champion female and grand champion female after winning her cow 24 and under 30 months class.
With her two-day-old Three D Platinum bred bull calf at foot, judge Brett Kinnon, Bungoona Brahman Stud, Clermont, described the grey NCC champion cow as the epitome of the Brahman breed.
“It is a fitting end to a wonderful day for NCC - this cow is a clear cut winner,” Mr Kinnon said.
“When I look at this cow she’s got a beautiful wedge shape from behind giving her the functional capacity to keep breeding for you at home.
“She’s got the volume I want, an outstanding udder and her placid nature with the young calf at foot put her over the edge.”
The champion cow was calf champion at Beef Australia 2015, and the congress equalled only her second showing.
Brett Nobbs said Lady Ella 2936 was out of a “really good Elmo daughter” running back to Tartrus cow lines.
Mr Nobbs said Lady Ella 2936 would return home to rear her calf and would become an IVF donor in her future years.
In only his third showing in 15 years with the Brahman breed, Mr Nobbs also took out the calf champion female class with NCC Empress 3305, and she later sold for $25,000 in the NCC Global Genetics sale on Friday night.
The heifer was out of an exceptionally good Elmo daughter and was sired by Renco Law and Order.
Explaining the three judges’ scores, Mr Kinnon said NCC Empress was an excellent example of a mature young female ready for selection in a breeding herd.
“She is everything you want in a productive heifer- she’s correct through her skeleton structure, she has a feminine head and she stands up well,” he said.
Kenrol Lady Rae Lee 2718 exhibited by Ken and Wendy Cole, Kenrol Brahman Stud, Gracemere, was sashed reserve senior champion cow.
Mrs Cole said the cow won at Marlborough in her first outing with the World Brahman Congress representing only her second show, and was set to return home to join the breeding herd.
The junior champion female award was won by interstate competitors Colin Tink and family, BT Brahmans, Dubbo, NSW.
BT Aria won both junior champion and grand champion heifer ribbons at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, finishing by blitzing the field and taking out supreme Brahman exhibit.
BT Aria was the first progeny of the sire Kenrol Sandman 0444, sold to the Tinks family by Ken and Wendy Cole, Kenrol Brahmans, sparking an emotional display from all parties.
Judge Glen Waldron, Elite Cattle Co, Meandarra, said BT Aria was smooth through the shoulder and hind quarters, was tidy underneath and showed the longevity that was a unique feature of the Brahman breed.
Mr Tink had plans to flush the 17-month-old heifer upon returning home with a vision to continue her showing career with a calf at foot.
David and Joy Deguara, Hamdenvale Brahmans, Nebo, celebrated success in winning the reserve junior champion female award with Hamdenvale Brandi.
She earlier won the 19 and under 21 months class and judges agreed Hamdenvale Brandi, daughter of JDH Roma Manso (IMP), was the most balanced heifer in the section with adequate hind quarter muscling and a clean, ground covering walk.
Reserve calf champion female was won by Terry Randell, Crinun Brahmans, Tieri, with Crinum T Mysterious.
International judge Fabio Jaramillo, Colombia, said the level of competition among heifers at the World Brahman Congress was a credit to the Australia Brahman Breeders Association (ABBA) and a fine display of the versatility and functionality of the breed on a world stage.