| Lowline and lowline cross cattle are making their mark
in carcase completions. Winning Royal Melbourne, Royal Brisbane and
National Beef proving their quality in all aspects of beef
production. The trends that seem to be emerging from these carcase
competitions, is that not only are lowlines doing very overall, they
seem to nearly always be winning or placing in the eating quality
sections. Isn't that what we all want?
You might not get as much beef from Lowlines compared to other breeds
but Lowlines are proving they have a higher yield - meaning they produce
a higher percentage of beef because they have a lot less bone
which is just adds to the weight of other steers. When we process an
animal we pay pre kilo on the carcase weight including all the bones.
At most Royal shows all the bulls are scanned for fat and for their
EMA which is eye muscle area or the area of their eye fillet. The
eye muscle is one of the largest muscles of a carcass. It lies on
each side of the backbone and runs the full length of the back.
The area of the eye muscle has a strong correlation to the total amount
of muscle in a carcass. Above is a picture of Lilliput Lord
Alkaloid who was Senior Champion Bull at Royal Melbourne Show 2007
& 2008. In 2007 he weighed 455kg and had an EMA of 91sq cm
whilst the senior Champion Angus bull weighed 1192kg which is nearly
three times Alkaloid's weight but his EMA was only 134sq cm. When we
translate these EMA's to per 100kg of body weight, Alkaloid's was 20sq
cms per 100kg nearly double that of the Angus which was 11.24sq cms per
100kg. That is a lot more eye fillet per 100kg.
At lilliput we sell our steers to customers that want to finish a
steer for their own freezer as well to other breeders who are on selling
the meat.
We are also selling lowline meat in bulk packs of a
half or quarter of a steer cut up to our customers specifications.
There is nothing better than knowing where your meat is coming from
and how it is looked after. Raised on grass and producing tasty, tender
and juicy, aged, cryovaced beef in small healthier potions that is just
the right size for your freezer.
If we can't help you with your purchase we can arrange
other breeders to be of assistance.
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