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Crossbreeding with Gelbvieh

28th September 2023
I have been breeding Gelbvieh for over 30 years and selling bulls into the commercial market. The feedback has been excellent with bulls going across all breeds of cattle. The calves are either sold at weaning or grown to reach feedlot weights or finished for slaughter. The females have been kept f ... read more

Ekka 2023

30th August 2023
Ekka 2023 was a great outing for the Midas Stud -- with the problems encountered this year I am indebted to Brian Kaddatz fortaking control and showing my cattle at the Gympie show and then The Ekka.  The Gympie Show the cattle were shown in the European Class -- Midas had good success with Mi ... read more

2022 EKKA

12th August 2022
What a great showing of Gelbvieh cattle at the EKKA this year -- 23 nominated and 21 arriving. Midas had a stellar show with 2 entries in the 16-20mth heifer class -- 1 entry in the 20-30mth cow -- 2 entries in the senior bull group. Midas Emm R31 performed well in the 16-20mth class coming second ... read more

BULLS FOR SALE 2021

17th August 2021
Sorry I haven't been updating my files of late as I have been very busy in the practice with no letup in sight -- just letting people know that I have bulls for sale coming up 2 year old and maybe some heifers as well -- please contact on 0429073758 ... read more

2018 Show Season

28th May 2018
Well 2018 has come around very fast again -- this year we started our show season at Proston in March. We were proud of our team as it was the first outing for a few and they performed well -- the notable results were Reserve Senior Euro Bull with Midas Laramie L045 and the Reserve Senior Euro cow w ... read more

Ekka 2017

15th August 2017
Well the EKKA has been and gone for another year with Midas performing very well in all classes entered. Midas Sheraton M24 was in the female class 12-15 months and came second then progressed to Reserve Champion Junior heifer. Midas Elsa came second in her class 16-20 months. Midas Laramie took ... read more

2017 Show Season

6th August 2017
Yes once again Gelbvieh has indulged in showing off their cattle at the local shows and are now on their way to the EKKA. 2017 has been a mixed year in the showring with some successes. The season started at Proston with Midas Elsa M09 winning her class 12-15 mths and then Midas Tanya L35 beat ... read more

BULLS FOR SALE 2016

11th July 2016
Please see our SALES section for more details ... read more

Show Season Again 2016

21st March 2016

Beef/15 Rockhampton

27th May 2015
What a great showing of Gelbvieh cattle at Rocky this year. Midas was right in the mix with good results in all classes entered. Midas Windlass K9 came 3rd in her class to a couple of fine heifers. Midas Opal  K3 and Midas Windlass K4 shared the spoils in the 12-15 month female class with K3 pr ... read more

News 2015

24th April 2015
It has been a while since Midas has been in the show ring. As Beef 2015 is on we decided to recommence again after taking a year off due to the very severe drought of 2014. Our first show was at Proston where they all behaved themselves with the highlight being Midas Lorna J72 taking Reserve Junior ... read more

EKKA 2013

12th August 2013
The Ekka has come around again and Midas Gelbvieh was at the forefront again winning both female sections with Midas Windlass H009 taking first place in the 12-16 months class. Midas Windlass G005 added the 20-42 months class to her long list of wins and then was awarded the Champion Gelbvieh cow wi ... read more

Shows 2013

31st July 2013
2013 has been a slow year for Midas with 4 shows being attended until the EKKA in August. We have performed really well after a slow start as the weather was very wet making it difficult for the cattle. The first show was Murgon in March and the team performed well with each one gaining a place or i ... read more

Ekka 2021

18th August 2012
Midas Gelbvieh has had a great time at the Ekka in 2012 taking 3 broad ribbons with all three animals shown -- first it was Midas Windlass G005 who won her class 16-20 months and then was crowned the Junior Heifer Champion. Then it was Midas Opal F045 in the 20-24 month class with 2 week old calf M ... read more

Show Season 2011

1st January 2011
2011 show season started very slowly after all the rain and it was difficult to present cattle at their best soon after the floods however we started our year at Proston and came away with Junior Champion European bull with Midas E078 and then Junior Champion F emale with URDiamond Fancy owned in co ... read more

Ekka 2010

11th August 2010
Midas had another successful year at the Ekka taking out the heifer 12-16 months class with Midas Opal E009 and then the cow over 20 months with Ebony Lodge Sheraton D11 purchased in partnership with Julie Gould and Glenn Perrett at last years National Sale.Sheraton took the Grand champion cow with ... read more

Field Day 2010

23rd July 2010
60 people attended Midas Gelbvieh's successful field day with speakers Christian Duff from SBTS and John Bertram from the DPI both talking on crossbreeding and bull selection. ... read more

Biggenden Show 2010

16th May 2010
Midas Opal E009 – Junior Interbreed Champion heifer Midas D19 – Reserve Junior Interbreed Champion Bull Midas D-Bolt – Senior and Grand Champion Interbreed Bull, Supreme Exhibit of Show – 2nd year running for Midas Gelbvieh (Midas Cossack was supreme last year). ... read more

Gympie Show 2010

15th May 2010
Midas D11 – Reserve Champion Bull Ebony Lodge Sheraton D11 – Champion Cow and 2nd in Interbreed Junior Heifer section ... read more

Kingaroy Show 2010

2nd May 2010
Midas Windlass D018 - Junior Champion European Heifer Midas Opal E009 - Reserve Junior European heifer Midas Electric E021 - Reserve Junior European Bull Midas D-Bolt – Senior and Grand champion Euro Bull and 5th in interbreed championship ... read more

Sydney Royal Show 2010

4th April 2010
Midas Wynn D051 – Reserve Junior Champion Midas D-Bolt – Reserve Senior Bull ... read more

Murgon and Nanango Show 2010

20th March 2010
A Gelbvieh Feature show was held at the Murgon Show the 20th March 2010 – Midas had a great day taking the ultimate with Grand Champion bull and then the interbreed champion bull with Midas Electric – other success for the day were Midas Opal E009 winning her class 9-12 months ... read more

Show Results 2009

1st November 2009
2009 was an exceptional year for Midas Gelbvieh in the show ring. The year started with Midas Collosus having his first outing since being out with the cows last spring at Sydney Royal. He took the Senior and Grand champion Gelbvieh and culminated the show with being awarded the INTERBREED CHAMPION ... read more

Show Results 2008

1st November 2008
2008 saw Midas Gelbvieh exhibiting in the local shows as well as shows in NSW with Midas Calista taking the championship at Glen Innes and again Reserve Junior Champion at Sydney. Midas Collossus faired well at Sydney winning his class 12-15 months and then coming 3rd in the interbreed at Warialda a ... read more

Show Results 2007

1st November 2007
In 2007 Midas Brutus won the Champion Gelbvieh Bull at the Toowoomba Royal Show and has just won the Champion European Bull and Midas Miss Wind the Champion European Cow at the Emerald show. Since the success at Emerald, Midas Opal Z011 took out the champion cow at the EKKA with Midas Brutus taking ... read more