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Quality stock on show at Atherton

The cattle competitions were fiercely contested, with young talent and seasoned breeders alike demonstrating their skills and dedication.... The “pinnacle of the cattle competition” saw Pinnacle Pocket crowned the Supreme Champion Stud Beef Bull....Quality stock on show at Atherton | The Express Newspaper Mareeba, Atherton, Cooktown, Kuranda, the Tablelands & the Far North.

Pinnacle Pocket Senepols suit northern conditions

The Express 15 July 2022

Peter Spies established the first registered Senepol stud north of Rockhampton and the only registered Senepol stud in Far North Queensland in 2006 and plans to open his operation to the public for the first time in this year's Better Beef Open Day. Pinnacle Pocket Senepols suit northern conditions | The Express Newspaper Mareeba, Atherton, Cooktown, Kuranda, the Tablelands & the Far North.

Tablelands Better Beef Open Day

Pinnacle Pocket will be displaying cattle at the Tablelands Better Beef Open Day on Sunday August 18 2024. We took home a host of awards at both Beef 2024 and Far North Queensland shows. This included Grand Champion Senepol Female, Reserve Champion Senior Bull and Breeders Groups. At Cairns show, Junior and Senior Champion Bulls, Grand Champion and Supreme Champion Beef exhibit. Junior Champion Heifer (U21 months) and all breeders groups - pair of bulls, pair of heifers and Breeders group of three. At Malanda show we took home Junior and Senior Breeders Groups. These award winners will be on display, or for sale, during the Tablelands Better Beef Open Day.

 

SENEPOL - STUD CATTLE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - Beef Australia Ltd

Tropical Champions: Pinnacle Pocket Cattle, Tablelands

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Peter and Katrina Spies from Pinnacle Pocket Cattle have bought tropically adapted Senepol cattle genetics to the North.  Pinnacle Pocket breed fertile Senepol and Senepol cross Doughtmaster bulls well adapted to the conditions of tropical Australia.  The Senepol breed, a pure Bos taurusbreed with superior heat tolerance, is of medium frame, avoids extremes of muscle and bone and strikes a workable balance of feed efficiency to growth, fertility and calving ease.

Pinnacle Pocket stud has won some of the highest awards on the Far Northern Queensland show circuit over the past three years, including Supreme Champion Beef exhibit Cairns show 2010 and Grand Champion bull at the Atherton and Malanda Shows in 2011. Their Senepol genetics are being used from Cooktown to Rockhampton and as far west as Julia Creek. more...

Senepols pass tender test

By Melissa Martin, Wednesday, 31 August, 2011
In terms of drought, 2009 is a year many Queenslanders won’t forget in a hurry. For Central Queensland beef producers Geoff and Alison Maynard of 5 Star Senepols, Mt Eugene, Jambin, it couldn’t have been a more challenging time for their cattle as the long dry stretched on and saw them only measure 20mm of summer rainfall for February/March. But out of the challenging conditions a selection of their cattle that was only yearlings in 2009 has returned some remarkable results in what is thought to be the first objective research into tenderness of the Senepol breed in Australia....

Mr Maynard said they were “surprised and delighted” to find the Senepol-sired steers had produced meat of very acceptable tenderness according to international standards for Warner Bratzler shear force. more...

Breeding fertile, tropically adapted, well muscled cattle that produce tender beef