welcome to davelle south devonsUpdated 16/05/2012 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. Davelle Awesome Reg D8 Semen has now been exported to South Africa. Calves in New Zealand will soon hit the ground. We still have some semen for sale within Australia. BC Progress 315U Sons Sell Progress sons have sold to Rick and Sue McDoual NSW (Davelle Progress BlackJet G36) and Shaun and Sharee Hamson NSW (Davelle Progress BlackAdder G38). There is only 1 other black son, an ET calf from Lincoln Rose 14 a great calf, if you have any interest please contact us, you can buy now and get him when you're ready. More Progress calves are due in July. Our other US import MJB United 333U bulls are progressing well and well worth your inspection, they are soft!! Total outcross genetics. Bulls for Sale See our Cattle for Sale section for all details and photos of out "G" bulls. Photos were taken on the 24th March 2012. We have only kept 10 bulls this year, 2 already sold! All bulls come from our top family lines and are by top local and overseas sires. Son's by Davelle Awesome Reg D8 x 2, Davelle A54 Dylan D51 x 3, Davelle Eskson Isaac x 1, BC Progress 315U x 2 black and MJB United 333U x 2. If you have any interest please contact us to secure a sire to suit your needs. Lincoln Rose 14 Embryos have now calved!! We have - 6 x Lincoln Poll Rampage T16 (5 heifers and 1 bull) 2 x BC Progress 315U (1 heifer and 1 bull) 3 x Paltarra Ubquiet (1 heifer and 2 bulls) All calves are polled! So there are many "Rose Buds" running around. South Devon Beef We have started supplying our South Devon's to Richard Gunner Fine Meats. South Devon beef will grace the tables of the prestigious Magill Estate restuarant in Adelaide. The South Devon is well known for it’s quite temperment and growth rates with an outstanding ability to grow lean meat with unsurpased taste and tenderness. We need more breeders, both pure and british based crosses to supply this market. If you would like to discuss how to get into South Devon cattle and supply this market, please contact us. *Stop Press* - 3 Pure Bred South Devons (2 heifers and 1 steer) delivered on the 25th March average $1,495!! 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. |