Thor powers through to be crowned grand champion Senepol

Having been to multiple Beef events and had multiple wins, Bonnie Maynard of 5 Star Senepol, Jambin, said the family was pretty happy with the achievement.

"Obviously, people bring their best cattle to the event and it's amazing to win it. We're all very excited about it and hopefully it helps to sell more bulls in the future," she said.

Five Star Thor is sired by Five Star P1128 out of Five Star Serena. He weighed in at 734 kg, his P8/rib fat depth was 7/5 millimetres, and his eye muscle area was 121 square centimetres.

Ms Maynard said Five Star Thor was one of their older bulls.

"He's a nice big dark red fella, very soft, very even nice shape and hopefully sell a lot of semen out of him or sell his progeny for more money," she said.

Winning the grand champion female award was SPKT30323 Pinnacle Pocket 323, exhibited by Pinnacle Pocket Cattle, Malanda.

The 17-month-old heifer was sired by Five Star 952 out of Pinnacle Pocket KPG 13.

Pinnacle Pocket Cattle principal Peter Spies, who could not wipe the smile off his face after the win, said he was hopeful but did not expect a win so was elated when one of his females was named grand champion.

"(A win) is one man's opinion on the day, but there were some very good females out there," he said.

Mr Spies praised Calvary Christian College students for preparing his animals and showing them at Beef.

Judge Dario Baumgarten, who runs an extensive ranch operation in Paraguay, said the Senepols at Beef were a very good selection for getting genetic material to Paraguay.

"We have been doing so since Beef Australia 2018 and we're grateful to have the opportunity to judge the nice cattle here in Australia," he said.

Senepol Society president Liam Baker said it was wonderful to have the numbers this year in the competition.

"We've struggled to have numbers in the past so I'm really happy with the day," he said.

Mr Baker said there were four individual exhibitors and it was good to have an international judge, especially one who was involved with Senepols in Paraguay.

"It lets us know what's happening overseas and what people are chasing (in the breed)," he said.

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