Brangus
Paddock Bulls for Sale
Brangus History
The Duarran Brangus stud was formed in the early nineties, when we moved the Duarran Brahman Stud into the Red Angus/Brangus breeding program.
Our Brahman herd was based on Lancefield, Tartrus, Garglen and Alma bloodlines and combined with the Red Angus genetics that were sourced in Canada in 1989.
Our first outing to the Rockhampton February All Breeds Sale was in 1993 and we successfully offered and sold four red Brangus bulls.
Our first Red Angus/Brangus Sale on property at Duarran, Roma, was September 1997 where we offered 72 lots – becoming well established on the bull selling calendar.
Our last on property sale was held in 2017.
The Brangus cow herd encompasses 200 Red and 80 Black Breeders and are now run on our Toogoolawah property, The Bell.
They originated from our properties at Mitchell, St George and Roma. We have sold the Mitchell and St George land as well as some of Roma, where we have retained 5000 acres.
This western country is a great test for their constitution and survival qualities as they have experienced a great mixture of seasons.
Our Brangus cows have stood that test and have developed into very productive females producing a calf every year.
The Duarran bulls are noted for their length and thickness and this bears out when they are scanned with excellent eye muscle areas.
Duarran sires are being successfully used in many stud and commercial herds in areas including Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Western Australia.
At Beef 2006 a home bred bull Duarran Yalebone - sired by a home bred bull Duarran Fantastic, won Grand Champion Brangus bull and was later sold to the Hicks family for their Billabong Droughtmaster herd for an Australian record price o f $45,000.
At Beef 2009 another home bred bull Duarran Bambrick, by Duarran Zeuss, won the Senior and Grand Champion ship. An exceptionally long, well muscled bull, Bambrick was retained in the herd.
One of his sons, Duarran Gisborne was Senior & Grand Champion at Brisbane Royal Show 2013. That same year Duarran Horatio by Duarran Zorro, won Reserve Junior bull and went on to produce beautiful calves at home.
In 2009 the Galloways invited four leading Red Brangus Studs to join them in a sale at Gracemere, to help promote this emerging and wonderful breed.
The five foundation studs were Duarran, Redline, Tanny Foil, Duff and Hanavale – all of whom have used Duarran blood. Hence the Classic Red Brangus Sale
was established.
Much emphasis is placed on sire power
so we continually purchase new bloodlines.
Successful sires have included genetics from Doonside – red and black, Bonox and Charlevue – black, Tanny Foil, Duff, Jateebee, Redline, Chadwick Downs and Inavale.
2012 saw a strong pair of red bulls on the show circuit along with a handy black bull. Duarran Edgerton by Duarran Zeuss and Duarran Flinders by Duarran Beresford did us proud.
Edgerton won Grand Champion at the strong pre Beef 12/World Brangus Congress Wandoan Feature Show, followed closely by Flinders.
Our black bull Duarran Frankston by Doonside Spin Doctor also winning his classes and later selling for $15,000 to Don and Kay Gordon.
Edge water went on to take out the Grand Champion in Brisbane 2012. He sold at the Duarran sale to Duff Brangus for $16,000, and has gone on to produce many prizewinners, including Senior and Grand Champion Brangus cow for the Duff family at Brisbane in 2015.
Brisbane Show 2014 was a most successful year for Duarran.
Duarran Haystack by Doonside Summer Wages was impressive as a young bull and won Junior and Grand Champion Brangus, later selling for $22,000 to Semex Alliance. His semen is exporting to the US, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa. After Semex finished collecting, they sold the bull and Haystack now is in use at Jateebee Brangus at Theodore in Central Queensland.
Another Summer Wages son, Duarran Havelock won Senior and Grand Champion and is now a sire at Duarran (after taking out Senior and Grand Champion Brangus Bull at Beef 20 15 in Rockhampton.)
Also at Beef 2015 the Reserve Senior bull ribbon was awarded to Duarran Genoa by Duarran Bicheno, a long bull with great carcase merit.
He is in use at Duarran and has already produced a broad ribbon winner himself. Duarran Laredo was Junior Champion bull in Brisbane 2016. A half share in Laredo was sold to Hewitt Cattle Australia so he spends time between both places.
Another notable sire at Duarran is Duarran Jarman by Doonside Spin Doctor. After winning Reserve Senior Champion in Brisbane in 2015/16, he is now producing impressive calves at home.
We continue to participate in the 100 day and 70 day feedlot trials run by the RNA at Grassdale Feedlot each year, and are proven up in the top end of the beef industry.
Since the inception of the competition our steers have been placed 1st to 6th in the weight gain competition and won the taste test in 2008. Steers have gained up to 3.2kg /day for 100 days in these trials, including 2017.
In 2017, our 20th Duarran Brangus Sale
was held at Duarran. This was our last on property sale as we moved more towards private sales.
In January 2019 we sold Duarran and moved ourselves to a small block north east of Roma. The cattle here run at Cooroora, 17 kms from Roma, and not far from where we are living.
Ian spends his time between Roma and Toogoolawah overseeing the cattle program. His passion for the beef industry continues.
In the Galloway family’s 91st year showing cattle at the Ekka in Brisbane, Duarran Brangus continued to be competitive, winning Reserve Senior Champion Brangus bull with Duarran Nockatunga, and Senior Champion with Duarran Mombassa.
Duarran Mombassa is now at work in the herd at Toogoolawah.