SOUTH DEVON YEARLING CROSS SALESposted by: Lindy - south Devon, 7th Dec, 2011 12:03pm John & Cathy Nolan topped the Haast Cattle Sale on 17/11/11 with their South Devon Cross Yearling Steers at $1,180. read moreLATEST NEWSLETTERposted by: Lindy - South Devon, 22nd Aug, 2011 2:33pm The July 2011 Newsletter is available on line - click on Newsletter in the left hand column. read moreSOUTH DEVON 2012 WALL CALENDARSposted by: lindy - south devon, 4th Oct, 2011 11:26am A3 Wall Calendars with images of South Devon animals around the world for every month. A4 calendar page for every calendar month. read moreSOUTH DEVONS - THE BEST MEAT IN NZ!posted by: james Donaldson, 7th Jun, 2011 9:53am
Phil Hoskin from the well known Coombe Park stud took out the supreme steak of origin prize at Beef Expo this year. Phil took away $6500 in prizes with his South Devon cross entry - winning both the overall competition plus the best of the crossbred section.
20 finalists, carved down from nearly 400, were tasted by a panel of judges at the grand final during the Beef Expo in Feilding.
The judging panel comprised Commonwealth Gold Medallist Alison Shanks, All Black Legend Richard Loe, food writer and television personality Julie Biuso, radio host Jamie Mackay and top chef, Graham Hawkes.
Each sirloin steak was assessed on aroma, juiciness, tenderness, texture and taste.
Phil is fanatical about South Devons, having spent a lifetime, showing, selling and promoting the breed and was rightly delighted with his win. He has now conclusively shown what South Devon breeders have always known - they are a very high quality meat breed and the best in NZ!

Phil Hoskin, the 2011 Steak of Origin Grand Champion.

The Steak of Origin judges.
From left to right: Alison Shanks, Julie Biuso, Jamie Mackay, Richard Loe, Graham Hawkes.
2011 BEEF EXPO SOUTH DEVON SALEposted by: Megan - South Devon, 25th May, 2011 4:41pm
The 2011 Beef Expo South Devon sale was an improvement on the 2010 sale, with seven bulls selling and the average lifting by almost $1,000.
Although three bulls were passed in, the total gross was up by $15,000 to $38,800 and the average reached $5543.
The top priced bull was the Reserve Champion Manuiti Regent bred by the Deighton family in the Kauwhatau Valley, Mangaweka which sold for $9800 to the Karamu South Devon stud of Jeff and Christine Brownlie of Wairoa.
The Champion bull was Burtergill Romany 901 bred by the van Asch family in Blenheim. Romany also reached $9,000, purchased by Dene Wason from the Snowview South Devons of Sheffield.
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