Reach the peak: Angus Forum's pen of three heifers goes to Summit Livestock
Matched against some of the biggest names in the Australian Angus breed, Hayden and Jasmine Green, Summit Livestock Partnership, Roslyn, have peaked at the World Angus Forum, exhibiting the champion pen of three heifers.
Watching the event ringside was a treat for Angus and beef cattle enthusiasts, as the measured and evaluations by the judges, US cattlemen, PJ Budler, Fort Worth, Texas and Professor Dan Shike, University of Illinois, and Tamworth's Roger Evans worked through 22 pens of heifers from industry-leading herds.
The Summit team was the winner of the younger age group, with KO Angus, Kangaloon, taking the reserve ribbon.
In the older division, the Halliday family's Ben Nevis stud was champion, while the Laurie family's Knowla Angus was the reserve pen.
The judging process involved objective and subjective assessment. Breedplan breeding data was evaluated earlier in the week, without looking at the physical animal, followed by inspection in the ring for each of the 22 pens.
Prof Shike said the champion group was "really strong, phenotypically tremendous volume and capacity", on a foundation of natural thickness and muscling.
He said the winners were a strong group with good foot quality and well-balanced.
"Our reserve was a close placing between the older heifers in the second place, and the young ones," he said.
"Those young heifers that were second in the young division were strong genetically, and one of the better data sets of any of the groups that came through.
"(They are) very uniform in their type, good foot quality, excellent balance, judging individuals in a group, in phenotype and data.
"We did the data first, so we weren't biased by their appearance. We put all of our scores independently on the data before we saw any of the cattle."
The heifers were Summit Moongara V10, sired by Brown Double Decker 0004, while Summit Federation V9 and Summit Esther V17 were sired by Woodhill Blueprint.
Summit Livestock peak at Angus Forum
Summit livestock showed the champion pen of three heifers at the World Angus Forum, Tamworth.
Jasmine Green was elated with the win. Last month, she and Hayden showed the best exhibit in the Limousin ring at the Sydney Royal show, then, making a breed quinella, they won the supreme exhibit at the 2025 Limousin National show and sale, held at Albury.
The Greens run a commercial herd of about 300 Angus breeders, 100 registered Limousins and about 150 registered Angus.
"We sell our Angus bulls locally and use them within our herd," she said.
She said the Tamworth section of the Angus forum was an opportunity to come and see the breed showcase.
"It's a really great concept," she said, commenting on the pen of three event.
Mr Green said that when the world forum was publicised, they wanted to participate in the event.
"We decided if we're going to participate, we should be part of everything.
"We put a pen in the Teys feedlot shootout, the heifers and a team for the pen of bulls competition.
"We just wanted to be part of everything the World Forum had to offer.
Mr Green said that while their feedlot team finished in the middle of the field, they were pleased with the result.
"We were happy with the performances of our steers," he said.
The exhibitors included: KO Angus, Highrent Angus, Coffin Creek Angus, Newlyn Park Angus, Nampara Angus, Ascot Angus, 3R Livestock, Gilmandyke Pastoral, Scarbah Angus, Summit Livestock, Heart Angus, Banquet Angus, Dalwhinnie Angus, Tattykeel Angus, Booroomooka Angus, Myers Angus, Knowla Angus, Barana Pastoral, Booragul Angus, Murdeduke Angus, Ben Nevis Angus and Texas Angus.
