'Beef' Producers
The Manchee family believe in the cattle industry and are passionate about breeding genetics, but a better carcase is our ultimate goal. Every animal and carcase has been assessed and all animals are sire and dam verified. It is the belief that we are ‘Beef’ producers that gives rise to our dedication that is synonymous with Manchee Ag.
Benchmarking
Manchee Ag is committed to benchmarking their cattle against other industry leaders. We have continually chosen to enter the industry leading competitions over the last 20 years, continually monitored each animal we breed and rank that performance against that of our whole herd. If they are not up to standard, they are out.
Selection Indexes
It is the combination of practical breeding principles including fertility, calving ease, weight for age and carcase quality that sets Yamburgan apart when it comes to our strength in all selection indexes. Each year we have over 80% repeat clients at the annual MA Beef Bull Sale.
Manchee Agriculture – Family owned & operated
Manchee Agriculture is owned and operated by the Manchee family and is based on the Namoi River with the beautiful Nandewar Ranges as a back drop. Our families have been producing beef since the 1880’s and stud cattle since 1947.
Yamburgan Shorthorns was established in 1947 by John’s grandfather, John Stewart Manchee. Yamburgan has 800 stud and commercial breeders. Durham Tropicals were the brain child of John and Liz’s and has developed in to an integral part of the business. Durham Tropicals are a stabilised composite, consisting of roughly 50% each of Shorthorn and Santa Gertrudis genetics.
Countries Using MA Genetics
Carcase & Feedlot Awards
Cow herd size
Property Size (acres)
Our latest news…
Consistent Carcase Results at Beef Australia 2018
Manchee Agriculture performed extremely well in the ANZ National Beef Carcass Competition at Beef 2018, claiming 4 places from 3 classes in the prestigious competition. The competition attracted 1077 head making it the largest in Australia. 2nd Place in Class 5:…
Read MoreShorthorns average over 62 on MSA Index
Great to hear from Sam Inglis, SA, recently with some terrific MSA results. Over 400 steers have been sold to Teys Australia with an average MSA result indexing above 62. The steers topped at 400kg carcase weight having milk and two teeth.
Read MoreRoma sale success for Verniew
GRAZIERS Christine and Kylie Douglas took a risk and it paid off. The mother and daughter duo sold their weaner steers at the Roma store sale on Tuesday, and daughter Kylie said they were extremely satisfied with the outcome. “We…
Read More2016 Record Breaking Sale
By Graham Winnell Bull buyers today showed tremendous confidence in the Yamburgan Shorthorn program, with a total clearance of the 100 Shorthorn sires offered, a top of $38,000 twice and a new Shorthorn breed record priced average of $10,930, to…
Read MoreCounsell family success
Congratulations to Scott Counsell & family who had fantastic commercial success at the 2016 Barcaldine Show winning a swag of trophies including; Champion single milk tooth steer (3/4 Shorthorn X Droughtmaster). Champion single 2 tooth steer (3/4 Shorthorn X Droughtmaster).…
Read MoreWatch the MA BEEF Story
Watch our story & breeding philosophy here at MA BEEF. The video has been in production for the last 8 months with the aim of showing all season differences and cattle in all phases of production. The video was produced…
Read MoreSA Shorthorn Success
A line of 70 378 kg Patanga Shorthorn steers sold at the Mt Gambier, SA, store sale, Yamburgan and South Bundara blood, to return to a top of $1497.53 per head. Sold through Miller Whan and John agent, Mike Newton,…
Read MoreThousand Guinea product success
Thank you to Dennis, Chis, Brendan & Scott from JBS Australia for allowing Shorthorn Beef the opportunity to sample the newly established Thousand Guineas branded product in two of Brisbane’s top restaurants, Regatta & The Norman Hotel. Both Regatta’s Executive…
Read More2016 Res Champion RNA Paddock to Plate pen
The 2016 RNA Paddock to Plate competition saw 770 head or 110 pens entered in the richest feedlot and carcase competition in the country, offering $45,000 in prize money. Reserve Champion pen was won by Manchee Ag with a pen of…
Read MoreNew MA Beef video – coming soon
Jamie Condon, JAC Productions, has done an amazing job in the production of the new MA Beef video to be released in the coming week.
Read MoreClients Say
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“Our breeding program has now become a closed Yamburgan blood herd. John is a cattleman first and he breeds seedstock directly suitable for our commercial production requirements.”
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The Yamburgan cattle have served us well for the last 65 years”.
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“We are very pleased with the type of cattle we are producing. They are productive, feminine females that are producing steers that are performing well both for us on grass and in feedlots. “