Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis Stud

07/09/2026

Whilst we’re in full swing preparing for the 2026 Heartland Santa Gertrudis Breeders Group Sale at Roma this Wednesday, we’ve also been adding to our sire battery!

On Friday, we purchased Lot 3 at the Yulgilbar Santa Gertrudis Sale for $14,000, followed by the $47,500 top-priced Lot 4 at Cree Santa Gertrudis today.

This was our first purchase from Cree after inspecting the sale draft following the Callide Dawson Carcase Competition presentation dinner, where we were fortunate to win both the pen of three and single grain-fed steer carcase classes.

Due to our Heartland Sale commitments, Lincoln McKinlay from Linc’D Pty Ltd operated on our behalf at Cree today.

We appreciated both bulls for their natural spine, strength of rib and capacity, muscle expression, structure and sirey presence. Both also have homozygous polled heads, great skin and the dark colour we’re looking for.

As cattle producers, we’re also in the people business. We highly regard the integrity of Sean and Jo McGuigan and the Yugilbar team, the care they put into their cattle and the strict selection pressure applied across both programs.

We’re looking forward to seeing what these two young sires can add to our herd.

Can’t wait to see everyone at the Heartland Sale in Roma on Wednesday!

PJH Livestock & Property Santa Gertrudis Australia Santa Gertrudis Connected

02/09/2026

The proof's in the pen! Our stud Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis backed up again at Callide Dawson, with five placings across 860+ entries and 2nd overall for liveweight gain. Quality genetics, quality eating.

If you're not running Santas, you're missing out. Get your Santa bull from Heartland Santa Gertrudis Breeders Group . 🐂🏆

01/09/2026

10/07/2026

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🎉𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 🎉

Santa Gertrudis and Santa-cross cattle featured prominently throughout the 2026 Callide Dawson Beef Carcase Competition, with exhibitors achieving success across both grass-fed and grain-fed classes and collecting several major awards presented in Biloela tonight.

The results reinforce the reputation of Santa Gertrudis and Santa-influenced cattle for delivering outstanding carcase performance, feed efficiency and market compliance, qualities that continue to fuel their increasing demand across the Australian beef industry.

Leading the way was Dodson Ag, with a Santa-Angus x animal bred and prepared by Alex Dodson of Moura winning the Champion Grass-Fed Steer Carcase award on 150.78 points.

Dodson Ag also demonstrated strong consistency in Class 1 – Single Grass-Fed Steer, with their animals placing both first and second.

The success of Santa genetics continued in the grass-fed section, with Dan and Kasey Phillips, Murgona, Taroom, taking out Champion Grass-Fed Heifer Carcase, while the Howard family, of Burleigh Estates, Biloela was awarded Reserve Champion Grass-Fed Steer Carcase and later recognised with the Most Suitable Carcase award.

Across the individual classes, Santa Gertrudis and Santa-influenced cattle recorded the following results:
💥Class 1 – Single Grass-Fed Steer
1st: Dodson Ag (Santa Angus cross)
2nd: Dodson Ag
💥Class 2 – Pen of Three Grass-Fed Steers
3rd: Burleigh Estates
💥Class 4 – Single Export Heifer
1st: Murgona
💥Class 5 – Pen of Grain-Fed Steers
2nd: Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis, Andrew and Angela Doering, Tansey
💥Class 6 – Single Grain-Fed Steer
4th: Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis
💥Class 7 – Pen of Grain-Fed Trade Steers
1st: Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis
4th: Gyranda, Peter and Nikki Mahony, Theodore
💥Class 8 – Single Grain-Fed Trade Steer
1st: Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis
3rd: Bellbird Pastoral Company, (Santa x) Kay Bochman and Robyn Sawtell, Nanango
💥Class 9 – Pen of Grain-Fed Trade Heifers
1st: Bellbird Pastoral Company
💥Class 10 – Single Grain-Fed Trade Heifer
3rd: Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis
5th: Bellbird Pastoral Company

Feedlot performance results further highlighted the commercial strength of Santa genetics.

In the Best Liveweight Gain in Feedlot – Trade Steer Class, Spring Creek Santa Gertrudis posted second with animals recording an average daily gain of 2.67kg, while Gyranda came in third with 2.61kg ADG.

In the Trade Heifer section, Bellbird Pastoral Company placed third with an ADG of 2.52kg.

Congratulations to all Santa Gertrudis exhibitors for investing in the improvement of their animals’ performance in this highly respected competition.

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Queensland Country Life