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One of the most prominent and prestigious cattle shows in Australia today, the Sydney Royal Cattle Show judges six breeds of dairy cattle and up to 30 breeds of beef cattle and attracts exhibitors from all over Australia along with international judges and interested buyers.
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Sydney Royal Easter Show
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Proudly sponsoring the Elders Sydney Royal Beef Cattle Show
Proudly sponsoring the Sydney Royal Dairy Cattle Show
Judging for the 2024 Sydney Royal Cattle Show will run from Friday, 22 March to Tuesday, 26 March for the Beef Cattle & Steer Competitions, and from Friday, 29 March to Tuesday, 2 April for the Dairy Cattle Competitions.
Click here for the 2024 Bull Weigh & Scan Listing
The Sydney Royal Beef Challenge was established in 2011. It's a feedlot trial competition run by the RAS in regional NSW.
As a commercially-focussed feedlot competition, the annual Sydney Royal Beef Challenge is unique. It represents all stages of the process including live assessment, carcase judging, profitability and eating quality, plus all animals entered in the pen or 'lot' (six animals in total) are included in the results. Exhibitors can enter two classes - 70-day Domestic and 100-day Export.
The Sydney Royal Beef Challenge is held at Wilga Feedlot, Bellata.
Click Here for the 2023 Sydney Royal beef Challenge Results Catalogue.
The Beef Cattle Paraders' Competitions showcase young people in the Beef Cattle Industry, with paraders demonstrating their handling and parading abilities before a judge in the most professional manner. The Beef Cattle Paraders' Competitions educate and encourage young people as they are adjudicated with their peers, by an expert of the Beef Cattle Industry, parading an animal under real judging conditions. Competitors in all the Beef Cattle Paraders' Competitions must wear a white dust coat with no logo, and can only compete in one Beef Cattle Paraders' Competition.
There are a number of Beef Cattle Paraders' Competitions available:
8 years and under 13 years of age (Date of Birth taken as at 1 May 2022). Winners of Junior Paraders' Competition (F000) are ineligible to compete in Grand Champion Parader State Final.
Competitors must be representing a School which has an entry in the Purebred Steer School Classes 1-3, and must parade the School Steer. Only one entry per School allowed. Winner of the School Paraders' Competition (F001) to compete in the Grand Champion Parader State Final. Winner of the School Paraders' Competition (F001) to compete in the Grand Champion Parader State Final.
13 years and under 19 years (Date of birth taken as at 1 May 2022). Competitors qualify via an ASC Group Final, to be conducted during the previous 12 months. Competitors must lead a Steer or Junior Heifer from the General Beef Cattle Classes. Competitors can compete in only one Group Final but it is not necessary to reside within the boundaries of the Group conducting the Final.
Open Paraders' Competition - 19 years and under 25 years (Date of birth taken as at 1 May 2022). Competitors must lead a Bull, any age.
The winners of F001, F002 and F003 must parade for this prize. As per ASC Guidelines, Competitor's must be 15 and under 25 years of age on the 1st May in the year of the Competitors State Final Competition, and reside in NSW in order to be eligible to proceed to the National ASA Beef Cattle Paraders' Championship.
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW gratefully acknowledges donations, prizes and trophies awarded throughout the Cattle Competitions at the 2024 Sydney Royal Easter Show from the following:
Sponsors
Elders
Diary Solutions
Nutrein Ag Solutions
Beef Cattle Supporters
A & C Couch - Nyalindee Red Poll Stud
Angus Australia
Angus NSW
Australian Brahman Breeders' Association
Barraba Santa Gertrudis Stud
Dr George Jacobs of Mogul Brahman Stud
Fourways Park Murray Greys - K & A Fairall
Herefords Australia Ltd
Ian & Jill Coghlan - Eurimbla Red Polls
Limitless Show Supplies
Michelle Fairall - Micanker Livestock
RJ & SD Wilkinson - Baladeen Red Polls
Santa Gertrudis Breeders' (Aust) Association
Sydney Hereford Group
The Cattle Shop
Trevor & Gerardine Hill - Ingleden Red Poll Stud
Dairy Cattle Supporters
Agri-Gene P/L
Guernsey Cattle Society of Australia NSW Branch
Holstein Australia NSW
KJ & J Everett
Laurie Chittick
Semex Pty Ltd
The Hayter Family
The Russell Family
Purebred Steer & Carcase Supporters
Angus NSW
Australian Belted Galloway Association Inc
Devon Cattle Breeders' Society of Australia Ltd
Herefords Australia Ltd
Limitless Show Supplies
Limousin Australia
Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society
Simmental NSW