Monday, March 12, 2018

Next sale. Next level.

The JAD Speckle Park breeding program is going from strength to strength, as we build on our base of top quality foundation females, and edge closer each year to our stud’s breeding objective.

There will be two opportunities to secure JAD genetics in 2025:

  1. 7th JAD Speckle Park Bull + Female Sale – Friday, 4 April, 2025. On-property at Yeoval, Central West NSW. Offering 50 registered Speckle Park bulls, 35 PTIC registered heifers, 25 PTIC F1 commercial Speckle Park heifers (in pens of 5 and 10), and exclusive embryo and semen packages.
  2. 2nd JAD Speckle Park and Angus QLD Bull Sale – Friday, 22 August 2025. This sale will once again be held at Rolleston Livestock & Grain, Dip Road, Rolleston, Central QLD. Offering 60 Speckle Park and Angus bulls.

The JAD program has become known among commercially-focussed operators as a “go-to” stud for quality, functional Speckle Park and Angus cattle. Our biggest advertisement is the high percentage of repeat clientele to JAD. The JAD Speckle Park program is one of the largest in the world, with more 2023-drop cattle registered by JAD than any other Speckle Park seedstock program globally. The cream has to fight its way to the top at JAD, ensuring the cattle that make our sale teams are among the best that the Speckle Park breed has to offer.

We invest heavily in breed-leading genetics, and utilise AI/ET to grow our program with the best genetics we can find to reflect our breeding objectives. All animals are performance-recorded from birth, and are independently assessed for structure and temperament by renowned beef consultant, Dick Whale, Independent Breeding & Marketing Services (IBMS), Wangaratta VIC. Our breeding philosophy is the same, across both the Speckle Park and Angus breeds.

JAD Speckle Park was the first Speckle Park stud to achieve the maximum five-star Breedplan Completeness of Performance Rating – having held this rating since our 2017-drops – meaning we put in the hard yards to ensure the most accurate data is contributed to Breedplan towards the formulation of Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs). JAD always has and always will have a commercial focus in all that we do.

We measure often and cull heavily, to give our clients confidence in their relationship with us. We’re here for the long term and stand behind our animals. Our obligation as responsible seedstock producers is to ensure value from your investment. With longevity and fertility as our cornerstone breeding objectives, foundations are laid well in advance of your investment. We look forward to working with our clients in a long-term relationship. 

  • Cattle bred and raised under commercial conditions, in large contemporary groups
  • All bulls and purebred heifers independently structurally assessed – no-one is smarter than all of us
  • Records taken and supplied to Breedplan for: Gestation Length, Calving Ease, Birthweight, 200-day Weight (x2), 400-day Weight (x2), 600-day Weight, Mature Cow Weight, Scrotal Size, P8 Fat, Rib Fat, Eye Muscle Area, and IMF%. We measure and submit this data to give you confidence in the accuracy of our animals’ EBVs. You can’t manage what you don’t measure!
  • Unique and exclusive genetics from Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Main sires of our 2025 Speckle Park sale offering are: JAD Quistacat Q48, Maungahina Promise, Maungahina Northern Star, Maungahina Lawrin, Maungahina Legacy, Maungahina Nikko, and Minnamurra Montezuma M25. Learn more about our Angus program here
  • Heifers are offered pregnancy-tested-in-calf (PTIC)
  • All bulls and purebred heifers vaccinated for tick fever (Trivalent 3 germ). Bulls offered at the JAD Queensland Bull Sale vaccinated for three-day sickness also
  • No sale credits utilised at JAD, ensuring every prospective purchaser is on a level bidding field
  • All animals covered by our comprehensive JAD Guarantee.

If you would like to receive a copy of our upcoming sale catalogue in the mail, please contact us.

Read our latest 24-page JADinsights Newsletter, which includes case studies from commercial producers using Speckle Park in their operations.

We always welcome visitors to tour our herd and talk Speckle Park. If you would like to arrange a tour, or just for a chat, call Justin at (0427) 012 284, or Amy at (0427) 464 333.

Autumn Sale Selling Agent:
Bowyer & Livermore, Bathurst
Nick Fogarty: (0409) 070 225
Todd Clements: (0429) 070 225
Justin Guy: (0421) 467 520

Autumn Sale Guest Auctioneer:
Brian Leslie, Dairy Livestock Services: (0418) 365 934

Spring Queensland Bull Sale Selling Agents:
Nutrien Stud Stock (Rockhampton)
Mark Scown: (0438) 878 718
Dane Pearce: (0439) 917 428

What do we measure?

Traits Measured for BREEDPLAN (from both bulls and females)DNA Tests 
Gestation Length Geneseek Genomic Profiler (GGP) 100K
Birthweight and Calving Difficulty ScoresParent Verification (PV)
200-day weight (2 weights submitted)Poll
400-day weights (2 weights submitted)Coat colour
600-day weight (on animals old enough prior to sale)Myostatin. Read more here
Docility Score (temperament independently assessed by Dick Whale, IBMS)Pestivirus (PI)
Mature Cow Weight on purebred damsQ-select (Leptin, PMCH, IGF2, CRH). Read more here
Scrotal Size 
Eye Muscle Area (EMA) scan 
Rib and Rump (P8) Fat Depth scans 
Intramuscular Fat (IMF) scan 
Structural Soundness Scores (independently assessed by Dick Whale, IBMS) 

“Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change.” ~ Jim Rohn ~

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