DANGARFIELD LIEUTENANT

SIRE: YARRAWONGA KIDNAP 209022
DAM: DANGARFIELD 516 187991
DOB: 22.08.01

The big gentle giant of Dangarfield. When he was representing us on the show circuit, he was a dream to look after from day one. The only trouble was when he stood on our toe! He weighed just over 1200kg at the Brisbane Ekka in 2004 as a three year old, after working a short season (unfed) at Dangarfield in 2003. He was retained because it is very rare to find an individual with his size, breed character, docility and looseness, and still have a near perfect sheath.

Lieutenant’s dam (516) had seven calves with a 360-day calving interval.

His daughters are particularly impressive and are valued breeders and are really starting to hit their straps, turning out some very impressive progeny. You should see this bloodline start to come through in the next generation shortly. The decision was made to use Lieutenant in the commercial herd for a season to give them a lift. This is why here is a limited number available this year. In the 2009/2010 season, Lieutenant covered our AI team as it was far too dry to conduct a program last year.

At our 2009 sale, Lieutenant had the largest offering and the highest average resulting in 10 sons averaging $6650. In total, 29 sons have sold through the ring to average just over $6560.

Semen packages are available for Dangarfield Lieutenant

DANGARFIELD PATROL CHIEF

SIRE: DANGARFIELD KACTUS JACK 235971
DAM: DANGARFIELD 3647 246001
DOB: 13.10.05

When we found a bull by Kactus Jack out of a Frankinstein
daughter with Capricorn Glengarry blood in her, it means we had
combined some of our best blood lines over the past fifteen years or more. Patrol Chief’s dam (3647) has just weaned her sixth calf with a 362-day calving interval.

Until 2010, Patrol Chief has only been used in multiple joinings with 60+ cows. In the 2009-2010 season, he did a half-season single-sired. After seeing his weaners this year, we have wasted his potential, and he will do a full single-sired season in the future. One of his sons broke our weaner weight record this year, coming in at 465kg. Remarkable considering the first half of this calf’s life was during one of our driest seasons.

This is an impressive individual. Long, thick, soft and loose skinned, Patrol Chief has all the best qualities from his pedigree coming out in his progeny.

Semen packages are available for Dangarfield Patrol Chief

WARRILLEE VERNON

SIRE: WARRILEE 389 190311
DAM: WARRILLEE 543 221472
DOB: 12.08.01

A quiet achiever in our herd. Purchased at the Big S Sale in 2004 for a second top of $14,000, Vernon was selected for his breed character and perfect sheath and navel. These traits have a strong influence in his progeny, they are trim, tidy and have loads of character.

Vernon has been our resident sire for joining to maiden heifers. He returns strong preg test results and his daughters are now doing the same. They are producing some big weaners for us and are versatile breeders, leaving it open to join them to a range of sires. They are an impressive group and regularly catch people’s attention upon inspection when going around Dangarfield. One of his daughters, Dangarfield Reba was shown successfully last year, winning Junior Champion Female at Bell, then Junior and Grand Champion at Wandoan, Reserve Senior Champion at the Nanango Feature Show, and second in her class at Beef 2009.

His sons have sold well with 26 averaging $4,950 with a top of $11,000 for a commercial bull.

Semen packages are available for Warrillee Vernon