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On Monday September 21^st at the Gracemere saleyards, we are conducting the 7th annual 5 STAR SENEPOL SALE . On offer will be 40 senepol and 30 Senelais [senepol/charolais] bulls along with 20 registered purebred females.  

Some of the star attractions will be 5 star 8-850 and 5 stars 8-134, two bulls that carry the full compliment of 8 out of 8 stars for tenderness. 8-850 is out of a Nocona female that carries the full compliment of 8 tenderness genes as well. 8-134 is a younger sire that shows plenty of growth, and muscle, and will be an impact sire no matter what herd he goes into. On sale day the full MVP, DNA genestar rating will be available for people to peruse, as well as ultrasound scanning results from David Reid. Ced Wise will semen test the bulls on September the 14^th. The final run of Valinor bulls will also be offered, a draft of 8 select sires, 6 of which are sired by the 2006 grand champion bull, Valinor Da Vinci 4-034. Ian and Di Macauley have relocated to the Kilcoy region and have wound up their stud breeding program. We thank them for their support over the past 20 years and wish them all the best for the future.  

Also for the first time, 5 star will be offering a senepol/ red angus bull, 5 star 8-224, he is an embryo calf, sired by Mars Lonewolf out of a high tenderness 5 star female in 5 star 2-823. As usual, in the line up the Maynards are offering a run of 8 bulls that are senepol bonsmara/ Belmont cross. These 100% African hybrids offer 100% tropically adapted Bos Taurus genes, whilst claiming a 0% Bos Indicus content for M.S.A grading.  

Amongst the line up of senelais bulls will be the reverse crosses, of charolais over senepol, as well as senepol over charolais.  An emphasis on low birth weight, above average growth and poll, has been evident in the selection of the Charolais in the 5 star program. Renowned Charolais sires such as No Doubt, Novotel, Pinay have all been used.

A top quality run of senepol females have been selected including the lead draft of the Valinor group of no 8 females. 5 select donor females from the 5 star herds are to offered, all are pregnant and will calve, later in the year. The select 15 Valinor heifers are rising 2 years and have been running with elite sire 5 star Longfellow 6-536, a 7 star tenderness bull, with an insatiable libido.

This year saw 5 STAR excel in the carcass area, gaining 11 championships and ribbons at the Callide Dawson Carcass competition [ 372 head ]. A senepol/belmont steer won the weight gain with 2.94 kg a day for 100 days, in the feedlot trail.  The 5 star pens of heifers also came second in their weight gain in the 70 day trail, whilst winning the pen of three heifer carcass competitions. A senepol heifer won champion grass-fed carcass, whilst senepol Belmont steers also took out first and third in the grain assisted Jap bullock class. We were very pleased to see the cattle perform well, whether it was grass and grain, trade and Jap classes, and heifers as well as bullocks.