Riverslea Purebred and Stud Santa Gertrudis bulls and females
are offered for sale privately and at selected sales.
"As seed stock producers we are committed to breeding commercially relevant bulls that will produce progeny that meet the specifications that improve the bottom line."
Our Stud Cattle are Independently Classified to meet the 'Minimum Standards of Excellence'.
Our Santa Gertrudis Bulls can help add flexibility to your herd -Turn off vealers, steers or bullocks. Receive a premium for the female portion or keep them in your herd as breeders - pure or crossbred. Riverslea has the Best Beef Buy Back program. We pay premiums for Riverslea Blood cattle inducted into our feedlot. For more info check out our feedlot page - prices are published there and updated regularly.
Riverslea - Grand Champion Santa Gertrudis Exhibits in 2009, 2010, 2011 at National Beef; 2008, 2009, 2010 Royal Melbourne Show; & 2008, 2009, 2010 (2011 no show) Great Northern Show.
Riverslea Digger (poll) = Muscle + Early Maturing + Excellent Conformation + Outstanding Temperament. Supreme SG Exhibit Royal Melbourne Show (2009 & 2010), Champion Junior Bull National Beef (2009). By Diamond H General
GeneSTAR MVP testing April 2011 - Top 1% Tenderness, Top 50% Feed Efficiency, Top 50% Marbling.
His first calves are on the ground now - we are VERY impressed!
AI straws available FOR SALE from this bull.
Diamond H Mindreader (poll)
In line with our commercial relevance we are using first season sire - Diamond H Mindreader (poll) by the top bull Diamond H Ironbar. This bull is an absolute power of muscle with high fertility traits and a large EMA.
1st Calves hitting the ground now - ease of calving out of heifers. They have the "WOW" factor.
Warenda Sahara (poll) (AI)
Warenda Sahara (poll) is Australia's top priced Santa Gertrudis bull.
Used in our AI program. Sahara is based at the Yulgilbar Stud NSW.
Riverslea Dynamite
An exciting young sire - used in our stud for his superb temperament, breed character, muscle and softness and outcross genetics.
His progeny are exceptional.
Balgree Maximus (poll)
A bull with breed character, muscle, early maturing patterns and temperament. By the tremendous bull Aberdeen Mandela (poll). The first sons of this bull at Riverslea (out of heifers) have just been weaned.
Maximus is based at the Monkira Stud NSW
Kuloomba 129 (AI)
This dark colored stud bull is consistently producing exceptionally well muscled, early maturing calves. The calves carry the strong Kuloomba weight for age trait. Sire of the Champion Junior Bull at National Beef 2010 - Riverslea Deputy.
A selection of his sons are available for sale now.
By Waco Inventor
Dangarfield Quarterback (poll)
A young bull from a strong genetic line at the Dangarfield stud. Soft, muscle and plenty of power. We rate this bull very highly.
Used in our AI program. Quarterback is based at the Queensland Dangarfield Stud.
Kuloomba 141 (poll) [AI]
JR, as he is known at the stud, is a beautiful bodied, polled bull with heaps of breed character. Many of his progeny are in our top 10% and make the 'show team'. A selection of his sons are for sale now. His weaner progeny have the highest ADG at our stud.
Sire of the Supreme Santa Gertrudis Exhibit (Riverslea Eclipse) at National Beef 2011.
3 sons averaged $5900 at our inaugural sale. 1 daughter sold for $3000.
AI straws are available. This bull is deceased.
By Waco Nightcap
Seagrove Vineto (poll)
A moderate framed bull that is all style with a lot of class. Even, neat, well muscled and terrific disposition. Total outcross genetics - from the beautiful Seagrove Stud - Merricks, Vic.
Only purchased recently he has been given a large draft of heifers to back up.
Feed efficiency underpins much of the success of any commercial operation. Thus we select for cattle with excellent feed efficiency and weight gains. At the end of the day – good feed efficiency is more dollars in your pocket.
We back the Santa Gertrudis Breed. We back our Bulls. We pay premiums for Santa Gertrudis and Santa Gertrudis cross cattle inducted into our feed lot to produce the very BEST BEEF.
Contact Us to find out more about our BEST BEEF BUY BACK program.
The importance of quality cannot be stressed enough. We pride ourselves on running a herd of absolute top quality females. Our foundation females have been sourced from around Australia.
Bloodlines in our Sires, Cow Herd and Calves includes;-
Riverslea, Aberdeen, Alcar, Avalon, Balgree, Benetook, Canowindra, Cumberland, Dangarfield, Diamond H, Doondi, Dresmaine, Dundee, Eurella, Forest Park, Georgina Downs, Gillespie, Goolagong, Gyranda, Hazelwood, Kendara, Kelly Wallah, Keystone, KM, Kuloomba, Marylands, Nungaroi, Pinaroo, Quandilla, Red Rock, Rockingham, Robenlea, Seagrove, Strathmore, Sujo, Swan Hill, Tara, The Reefs, Valley View, Waco, Walmona, Warenda, Wonga, Woodstock, Yarrawonga, Yulgilbar, …
Santa Gertrudis cows are renowned for their maternal instinct - here one cow in the dry dam bed is 'baby-sitting' no less than 14 calves while the other cows have headed off to graze in the cool of the morning.
Please visit our cattle for sale page and watch this site for regular updates …