Billabong Brahman Stud.
Billabong Welcomes Mt Callan Quarterback
Introducing the 1st of our 2 new Brahman stud sires:
Mt Callan Quarterback was purchased from Brahman week for $28,000. We were excited to take him home from such a lovely run of bulls. He'll join his new girls in the next few weeks and can't wait to see his progeny.
BRAHMAN WEEK SALE!!
This year Billabong will be taking a draft of 12 young sires to Brahman Week. Selling first up day 3, October 4th, Lots 671-682. All bulls are JBAS 7 WA Eligible
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LOT 671
Leading the run, Arcadia is a large framed bull with a lot of bone and a faultless temperament.
LOT 672
Yosemite is a lovely natured young sire with a lot of bone and style. His dam Jessica has had 5 calves to date and due to calve again.
LOT 674
La Trobe is the youngest bull in our draft. At just 19 mths he has a lot of beef and bone with a tidy sheath and a lot of sire appeal. His dam, Sadie, has produced 6 calves in 6 year
LOT 681
San Pedro is a young bull who carries a lot of beef whilst still being a soft bull. Sabina is dam to 4 calves in 4 years.
Billabong Stud is a family operation run by John and Catherine Hicks, Ray and Moya Hicks and family, based at "Billabong" near Moura in Central Queensland, Australia. The property of Billabong has been home for the Hicks family for over 50 years, we run Droughtmaster and Brahman herds on Billabong, and on Mt. Aldis and on Sandra Downs at Bauhinia Downs.
The Droughtmaster Foundation stud of Alanray was started by LG Hicks and sons and began with a draft of heifers purchased from Monty Atkinson of Mungalla Stud Ingham and Glen Ruth Stud, Mt Garnet; heifers were also purchased from Jarvis Collins of Wandilla Stud, Marlborough. Following these purchases numbers were built up using Wairuna Red Brahman Bulls and Stud shorthorn cows using the Droughtmaster appendix registering D System.
When the family partnership was dissolved Billabong Droughtmaster Stud was formed from a selection of the Alanray Stud Cows. While selecting for structural soundness, quiet temperament, short coats for tick resistance and fertility our herd was ever on the increase to a point when we were travelling to sales at Clermont, Longreach, Charters Towers, Roma, Springsure, and Rockhampton every year selling bulls.
The first Brahman bull used at Alanray/Billabong was by Wairuna Tom and he was mated to red Shorthorn Cows from Natal Downs in 1959/1960. Some early sires were used from Avondale and Mimosa. About the same time a draft of both red and grey cows were purchased from Ossie Clark, Allawah, Banana. Females also came from Banyak Suka, Tartrus and Cherokee Studs.
Until a few years ago we continued to run both red and grey Brahman herds but then sold our entire herd of grey cows to a single breeder and have concentrated on our red herd since.
We sell our Brahman bulls through the annual Brahman Week sale in Rockhampton Brahman Sale in October/November every year. Throughout the year we have both stud and commercial bulls and females for sale.
We select our Brahmans for their structural soundness, quiet temperament, and fertility.
At Billabong our motto has always been Excellence and Satisfaction.
