THE Central Queensland Carcase Competition held a field day which began at Duaringa Station yesterday, where the class 10 pens are being fed for 100 days.
At day 80 of the 100 days, producers and sponsors were invited to visit the feedlot to see the progress of the cattle.
CQCC chairman Glenn Kelly said there are 64 separate producers involved in the entire competition, with a total of more than 620 head, including 100 class 10 entries.
There are also 58 head entered in the led steers, which is being fought out at Rockhampton Junior Beef Week next week.
At the field day yesterday producers were first invited to the Duaringa Station Feedlot, before heading into town for a producer event and the Teys Duaringa Producer Workshop.
With the class 10 entries, pens of five were entered and the top three from each will be in the competition, with the goal to take out a place.
“It was fantastic, unbelievable, we think we had about 40 people at Duaringa Station,” Mr Kelly said.
“Geoff Teys and Ethan Mooney from Teys Australia were able to make the time to come out as well, which was great.”
As one of the regularly beneficiaries of the CQCC, Dingo P&C were on-hand to cook up the morning tea and barbecue lunch, which boasted Teys-donated steaks.
Kelly Butterworth
Rockhampton-based journalist covering all things ag.
Rockhampton-based journalist covering all things ag.
