Barrington beef judged to be among Australia’s top one percent

BARRINGTON beef farmer Allan Waldon, received top placings in Wingham Beef Week for four unled steers.

The week-long program focused on the beef cattle industry and was held at the Wingham Showgrounds between 12-16 May – before the town was flooded.

“This year we had a record number of entries,” Vice President Mat Knox told News Of The Area.

“Over 150 head of cattle were entered in the unled competition, doubling the number of entries from last year.”

A former butcher turned beef farmer, Allan received top prizes for his steers in the unled lightweight carcase competitions.

His efforts were recognised at the awards dinner, which over 120 producers attended.

Across the four steers he entered, Allan won Champion unled lightweight carcase with a square meater steer and a score of 91.05; Reserve Champion unled lightweight carcase, and an Angus cross steer in the next weight class, which had a marble score of 820 – the highest across the competition.

“My focus is producing top of the range for the local market while using regenerative farming practices, reduced use of chemical sprays and raising cattle on grass pastures,” Allan told News Of The Area.

“Gloucester has always been recognised as a good beef production area, and Wingham Beef Week shows this.

“The scores for these steers put them, for meat quality, in the top one percent of quality beef in Australia.”

By Joshua GILBERT