"As trends have come and gone we've kept our breeding program focused on a particular type that is easy care, feed efficient, has moderate growth, a strong constitution and excellent carcase attributes."
About our cattle
Braelyn has a stud herd of 90 horned and 90 polled breeders as well as a commercial herd, all of which are recorded descendants of our stud foundation of more than 45 years.
Our direction has been informed by carcase feedback over 20 years from steers sold to a local feedlot and processed at Oakey. Our criteria is high growth and weight gain to feedlot entry, with a target of 450kg to 500kg at milk tooth. More recently many of our commercial cattle have been sold online with pleasing results.
At slaughter our steers are known for excellent coverage on the top and hind quarter. Our herd is EU accredited.
The type established over 45 years is an easy care, feed efficient animal with a strong constitution, sound structure and desirable carcase attributes.
Emphasis on selection for structural correctness means that all cows and heifers calve unassisted.
Breedplan is used to complement selection with eye setting, pigmentation and hair type being necessary for bulls sold to tick areas in Queensland. Herefords as a breed have embraced Genomics which has resulted in performance figures with more predictability, among other benefits, to breeders.
AI sires have been carefully selected for optimal genetics with AI sons and home bred sires used over the 200 females with stud and commercial cattle being run together. We have aimed to produce environmentally adapted and market focused progeny.
For more details on sires used and purchased, please see "Sires" page.
Our herd is run at Merritts Creek, north of Toowoomba and at The Mountain near Texas.