Benelkay Santas - Santa Gertrudis

03/04/2026

Happy Easter

01/01/2026

Happy New Year 🍾🎉

21/12/2025

Wishing our Clients, Agents, Family and Friends a wonderful festive break. Thank you all for your support and we will see you all in the New Year.

17/12/2025

Yesterday’s drive around some of the U Heifers to check in on them.

10/11/2025

A great read about our breed highlighting their strong key points.

Commercial beef producers are turning to the inherent profitable traits of Santa Gertrudis cattle, with demand for bulls pushing along record clearance rates and industry leading average prices...Read More

16/10/2025

Waco Valentino V180 (PP) was purchased at the annual Waco sale and arrived here a few weeks ago. At 23 months his stats were 892 kg 11/7 P8/Rib 143cm EMA 42 cm SS 85% Moph. Excited to see how his progeny turn out.

04/10/2025

We are excited with our purchase of Annabranch Venice V132 (P) who arrived here a few weeks ago. Venice at 24 months weighed 826kg, 136 EMA, 16/12 P8/Rib, 6.1 IMF, 41 SCR and a 94% Morphology.

29/09/2025

Always a pleasure to receive a photo from clients but this one was special with Benelkay Taylor Made T026 (PS) included in the wedding photos. Or was it photo bombing?

16/09/2025

The resilience and market appeal of Australian cattle breeds, with Santa Gertrudis continuing to be a standout - have never been clearer than in the data coming out of the 2024–25 financial year, writes Hugh Courts.

READ ARTICLE: https://tinyurl.com/6tfnuc28

Santa Gertrudis Australia

10/09/2025

A few images from a recent trip out west to visit family, friends, clients and buy bulls. Thankyou to those who kindly hosted us.

23/08/2025

Thank you to all who supported our sale on Thursday. Clients, Agents, Family, and Friends. Thank you to Mullaley Pre School for catering on the day. We appreciate the support and effort in muddy, wet conditions.

21/08/2025

Results from yesterday’s sale — a huge thank you to the buyers and underbidders. Your support means the world to us. We’re so fortunate to be able to do what we love. 🐮❤️

The Benelkay Santas - Santa Gertrudis stud sold 32 bulls under the hammer from 35 offered at an average of $11,125, up $1675 on the average their annual sale posted last year.

Another bull sold immediately after the sale.

While NSW buyers were again out in force at the on-property sale at Mullaley, NSW, it was Queensland stud breeder Craig Hindle, Bullamakinka Santa Gertrudis Drillham, bidding on the phone via Field Director Russell Yeates, who paid the top money of $30,000 for lot 8, Benelkay Ultrabox U016 (PP).

The homozygous poll sire by Burramurra Boss 152 (PP) out of a Bullamakinka Dreamtime daughter, came with a full panel of performance figures and strong breed character.

The second top money was paid by another Santa Gertrudis stud breeder from Drillham, Cyril Gauld, of Moongana Santa Gertrudis stud who invested $26,000 in lot 2, Benelkay U2 U002 (PP), also another Burramurra Boss son out of a poll Benelkay cow.

The volume buyer was JR & SK Cattle Co, Longreach who assembled 6 head at an average of $7500, paying to a top of $11,000.

Repeat clients and buyers of last year’s Benelkay top price lot, Ken and Alex Sorenson, Landsborough Santa Gertrudis stud, Winton came back to claim three new sires at an average of $12,330, paying to a top of $16,000 for lot 11, Benelkay Unique U052 (PP), a Benelkay Sniper S266 (P) son with Yarrawonga blood in his sire line.

Bam Pastoral, Cunnamulla, Qld secured two lots at an average of $10,000, while Sheales Pastoral Co, Winton, Qld was a shade below at a $9000 average across two quality lots acquired.

Energetic bidding from NSW buyers built strong momentum from the opening call, with Nyngan producers MW & K Carter paying $19,000, the sale’s third top outlay, for lot 4, Benelkay Underline U022 (PS), a Yarrawonga Quicksilver Q680 (P) son.

Agent: Elders Stud Stock NSW with Scott Cooper, Gunnedah at the rostrum.

Pictured with the top price animal is Scott Cooper, Elders, with happy vendors Andrew and Jules Orman and Santa Gertrudis Field Director Russell Yeates, who facilitated the bidding on behalf of successful buyer, Craig Hindle.
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