Roma's Ahern family take the double in Romagnola judging at Beef '24

While there were only 11 head judged under Shane Bishop of Garglen Brahman stud, Bauhinia, the quality of the exhibits were enough to impress to him.

Anna and Matt Ahern and their family have been exhibiting at Beef since '94, recently winning a grand champion accolade at Beef 2021.

This year, grand champion male was one by RBG Theodore, a junior bull that has only been exhibited at one other show, and boasted an eye muscle area of 143 sq cm.

Judge Shane Bishop, said he went for the younger bull saying he was "very commercially relevant".

"He's structurally correct, moderate frame, and plenty of weight for age for a young calf," Mr Bishop said.

"He's a powerful young sire and a good example of the Romangnola breed."

The Aherns also claimed grand champion female, with their exhibit RBG Sweetpea and her five-month-old heifer calf, RBG Unique.

The heifer calf was sired by their senior bull, 21 months and under 24 months class winner, RBG Tomcat.

Mr Bishop said Sweetpea was a good example of a beef cow for any breed.

"She's very feminine, structurally correct, got great carcase qualities, a fleshy cow with an amazing udder and doing a really good job on her calf," he said.