welcome to davelle south devonsUpdated 16/01/2012
Welcome to our website.
Our site will be our bill board, displaying our sale animals and items of interest.
Davelle South Devons - breeding for modern red and now black beef cattle, to suit the needs of beef producers.
Davelle Balanced Breeding Targeting - Fertility, 400 day growth, EMA and IMF EBV's and Efficencey while increasing polling.
Put this together with the attributes of the South Devon and sound type, Davelle has a good package. Bulls, females and semen for sale.
Visitors and inspection always welcome.
Bulls for Sale
We are selling Davelle Alpha Beau E17, we have used him within our herd with calves on the ground. We have one other rising 2 year old bull for sale Davelle Alpha Rusty who we showed in 2011 with great success and had planned to keep him, our plans have changed. We invite your inspection.
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2011 Royal Adelaide Show Carcase Competition
Davelle Awesome - Champion Export Carcase. Grand Champion Carcase 2011
What a terrific result for the breed and Davelle.
Awesome, born 26th July 2010 weighed 625kg live, then 375kg carcase. He had an Eye Muscle Area of 110cm2 with Rump and Rib Fats of 11/8. Scoring an outstanding 88.619 points, blitzing the 186 entries.
Another Davelle bred steer came Reserve Champion Export Carcase.
Our breeding objectives are shining through.
BC Progress 315U and MJB United 333U - Calves at Davelle
We now have 10 Progress and 8 United calves.
Progress calves have shorter a gestation period and below average birth weight with great stretch and strong toplines. 8 are black and 2 red. We've had 6 heifers (5 black) and 4 bulls (3 black).
United calves are red, have an average birth weight and have great muscle and stretch. 4 Bulls, 2 females and a set of twins (male and female).
We look forward to their development. If you are looking for outcross genetics then we strongly recommend using these bulls
Semen now available from these 2 bulls.
Bendigo National Beef May 2011
We had a great time at National Beef. There was 22 South Devons entered from 6 breeders, a great showing of South Devons, the largest for many years.
Highlights for us included -
Davelle Awesome Reg D8 - Supreme South Devon Exhibit
Davelle Reward Penny D13 - Grand Champion Female
Breeders Group
See photos above of Reg Grand Champion Male - 1,175 kg, 135cm2 EMA and 6mm Rib and Rump fats.
Steer Sales
Dublin 21st March 2011
We sold 3 steers (F03, F04 & F28) averaging 443.33kg liveweight, returning an average of $1,059.35 ($2.39/kg). These were just 12 months old sired by Davelle Hector Ultimate (2) and Alpha W38 (1) showing Davelle's "weight for age" advantage.
Dublin 18th April 2011
We sold a further 2 steers (F40 & F45) averaging 505kg live weight, returning an average of $1,161.50 ($2.30/kg). These were just under 12 months old and sired by Alpha W38. Once again "weight for age".
Please Note - All prices quoted exclude GST | 
