CHAROLAIS featured strongly in the Interbreed ring at the Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) with studs from Tallegalla and Mt Walker combining to win the Interbreed Pair competition in the Stud Beef section, last Saturday.
There were more than 720 entries from 22 breeds in the Stud Beef, so to be selected for a ‘best overall’ was a prestigious win.
Brendale Tab, a bull exhibited by Brendan and Marnie Scheiwe of Tallegalla, was first selected as Grand Champion Charolais bull.
This gave the stud bull entry into the Interbreed judging, where Brendale Tab was initially judged in the Interbreed male category.
The result? Brendale Tab was sashed with the tricolour ribbon as Champion of Champions Interbreed male.
While Gabrielle Stokes, Grand Champion Charolais cow, Clearview Actress 2, was judged in the top five in the Interbreed female section, the win did not come until the Interbreed Pair category.
Clearview Actress 2 and her calf were led into the Interbreed ring alongside the Scheiwe’s 1,078 kilogram Brendale Tab for the judging of the Interbreed Pair.
And the penultimate win was achieved for the Brendale and Clearview Charolais studs.
“We exhibit every year at the Ekka and you don’t get wins like this every often,” Mr Scheiwe said.
“We are going to keep [Brendale Tab] and use him as a stud sire.”
Eight head of Brendale stud cattle and a calf were paraded before Ekka judges.
Brendale Thomas was selected as first in his class for bull 18-20 months; Lockyer Todman won a second to Brendale Tab in his class; Brendale Hayley stood second in her class 14-16 month heifers; and Brendale Tate was placed third in the 20-22 months class.
The Stokes family have a good relationship with the Scheiwes, having bought a few stud sires from them in the past.
“One of those stud sires are Tab’s half brother, he’s sired by the same bull as one of the stud sires they brought me,” Mr Scheiwe said said.
Gabrielle entered seven of her Clearview herd, plus a calf.
Her Champion of Champions title was not the only accolade brought home.
“We had three little heifers in the under 12 class and two of them got a second and a third,” she said.
“Then we had two bulls in the under 12 months that scored a second and third, and one little bull got Reserve Champion Junior Bull.
“When he got that I thought ‘wow, that’s pretty special it’s going to be my main win, then the cow got first of her class’.”
Her cattle kept placing and each time results came in, she upped the ante.
“The judge chose my cow [Clearview Actress 2] for Senior Champion, which is a big achievement, then she went up against the Junior [Champion] Heifer, won against her and got Grand Champion Charolais cow,” she said.
She said Clearview Actress 2 was from Trevlac bloodlines.
“Her mum was Trevlac Actress, I took the dam’s name and all her progeny will be called Clearview Actress now.”
