Toy Boy
TOY Boy Brahmans breed well structured, fertile Brahmans, with docile temperaments.
Established in 1993 and run by Troy Lindsay and his family, Toy Boy is located at Bellmere, near Caboolture, on 530 acres.
“Our cattle are bred on the coast and able to adapt to any climate and conditions,” Troy said.
“Our focus is more on quality not quantity and we only offer for sale a small selection of our best bulls each year. Our bulls are ideally suited to stud and commercial herds.”
New genetics have been introduced through artificial breeding and purchasing bulls from Rockhampton Brahman Week and other top studs in Australia.
“We retain our females for stud use and add further depth and quality to our bloodlines by buying a small selection of elite females each year,” Troy said.
Toy Boy has seven bulls entered at Gold City by three sires - PBF Nelson Manso, Lancefield A Brenton Manso and Glengarry Alcatraz.
“A successful sale for us would mean a full clearance of our bulls and repeat buyers who have purchased our bulls before returning to buy more,” Troy said.
Glenborough
LANCE and Karen Pope have been running Glenborough Brahman Stud, 25km north of Townsville, for 17 years.
The property runs about 400 head of cattle, which are made up of both commercial and stud animals.
“We have 10 quality grey Brahman bulls to be offered at the Gold City sale,” Karen said. “All the young bulls are sired by FBC Roper Manso.”
The Gleborough breeding program aims to produce sound beefy bulls that are early maturing.
“We hope all the bulls presented sell well and go on to produce quality progeny,” Karen said.
Somerview
SOMERVIEW Brahmans has been owned and operated by Brian and Glenda Kirkwood for 30 years who have supported Gold City since the sale’s inception.
Located 100km north east of Charters Towers, Somerview will offer five red Brahman bulls at the sale.
“They’ve had the usual sale preparation,” Brian said.
“Despite the tough times, they’ve prepared well. I think they’re good hardy bulls.
“I’m hopefully of getting 100 per cent clearance. I think there is a certain degree of optimism amongst northern producers.”
Times have been tough in the north for everyone with Brian believing conditions have never been worse.
“I’ve been in the cattle business all my life and it’s the worst I’ve seen it,” he said. “However, the feedback we’re getting is that people are looking to replace bulls. The Brahman breed is proving ideal in these prolonged dry times.”
