Forbes Advocate, Page: 10
Thursday, 04 February 2010
How quickly things change.
This record-breaking beast was the toast of the region on
Tuesday but his moment in the spotlight will be brief, courtesy of
Australia's insatiable appetite for a good slab of beef.
The purebred Angus bullock spent yesterday on a truck bound for
the abattoir at Singleton.
At a scale-shattering 1255 kilograms, the bullock could become
the key ingredient in as many as 10,000 hamburgers.
The massive bullock's auction on Tuesday smashed records.
"It is possibly the largest purebred Angus bullock ever sold in
Australia," selling agent Ashley Clark said.
"It's bloody huge, if you get a bullock to 700kg you're doing
pretty well, but this is just way beyond that."
The bullock's sale for 142 cents a kilo along with other various
donations raised just under $3000 for Camp Quality The bullock
belonged to George and Melinda King from Coombing Park near
Carcoar.
Mr King said the animal, fed only on grass, had ballooned in size
after rain towards the end of last year.
"We knew it was a big steer but didn't realise he would grow so
much when he started to get good feed," he said.
"He's a monster, we've never even been close to having one even
two thirds the size of him." The Kings donated the animal for
auction as part of their long-running support for Camp
Quality.
Ben Emms, the Emms, Mooney and Co director who snapped the bullock
up, revealed some sobering news about its fate.
"I'm gunna send him to the works and get him processed," he
said.
"That's probably not a great outcome for the bullock but I really
only bought it because it helps out Camp Quality"
