Awards & Media
With limited opportunities due to drought and property relocation, our F1 progeny have already acquitted themselves very well amongst industry leading peers.
2017
We entered several pens of steers in the RNA ‘Paddock to Palate’ Feedlot Competition. This event is the largest and richest competition of its kind in Australia. The results were very impressive in the Weight Gain section.
- Export 100 day Best Weight Gain Pen of 6 Steers. Atkinson Pastoral Co, our Crown A Cattle finished 1st, 2nd and 4th in a field of 63 pens.
- The Average Daily Weight Gain of the winning 6 steers was 3.117 kg.
- Trade Steer 70 Day Weight gain section. Atkinson Pastoral Co, our Crown A Cattle exhibited the Highest Individual Weight Gain Steer with a 3.94 kg ADG.
- Our pen of 6 steers finished 5th in a field of 48 pens in the 70 Day section
2018
We again exhibited a pen of steers in this prestigious event, the RNA ‘Paddock to Palate’ competition. Results in the Weight gain section were:
- Export 100 Day Best Weight gain Pen of 6 Steers
- Atkinson Pastoral Co. Our Crown A Cattle finished 4th in a field of 49 Pens.
- Our steers finished 1st and 2nd in the Individual Weight Gain Section with ADG of 3.4464 kg and 3.4456 kg respectively.