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Genetic investment pays off as Southern Qld heifers top at $1900

Julie and Jeremy Shaw with their son Leo at today’s Roma Sale. Photo: Brad Neven

A LARGE run of Angus heifers auctioned at the Roma Saleyards this morning has defied the declining cattle market, averaging $1518/head and topping at $1900.

The Shaw family, from Injune-based JS Grazing, hold an annual weaner sale at the Roma Saleyards to auction off their entire turnoff of Angus heifers – which have been drumming up interest over the past decade.

The 230 heifers sold this year were broken up into seven pens, six of them born between August and September last year and one from…

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