Ox producers compete
The winners of this year's Slaughter Ox Competition that is hosted by Agra Auctions was recently announced at an event held in Windhoek.
The competition forms part of the initiative to provide ox producers with a platform to compete in an organised competition, similar to the Agra Weaner competition.
Theuns Johnston was awarded as the national winner for the Slaughter Ox Competition and Achim Helm won second place.
Agra Auctions hosted four Slaughter Ox Competitions during the year where a total of 155 oxen were judged at an average slaughter weight of 252kg, compared to 120 oxen judged at an average weight of 240 kg in 2016.
To participate in the competition, each producer entered two animals to be judged on the hoof, and slaughtered. For the on-the-hoof category, key aspects for judging criteria comprised of cattle age, fat, masculinity, temperament and good farming practises such as branding and dehorning which constituted 40% of the total points. While for the carcass category, the cattle competed on the quality of meat, which constituted 60% of total points.
The judging at all the competitions was done by Tiaan Steenkamp (Agra) and Petrus Maritz, head of the Meat Board's classification services for the on-the-hoof category, while Petrus Maritz from the Meat Board judged the carcasses after slaughter.
The main sponsor for this year's competition was Old Mutual with a sponsorship amount of more than N$110 000. Other sponsors include Feedmaster, Beefcor and Esterhuizen Transport. All sponsorships were used for rewarding various category winners at the awards ceremony.
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The competition forms part of the initiative to provide ox producers with a platform to compete in an organised competition, similar to the Agra Weaner competition.
Theuns Johnston was awarded as the national winner for the Slaughter Ox Competition and Achim Helm won second place.
Agra Auctions hosted four Slaughter Ox Competitions during the year where a total of 155 oxen were judged at an average slaughter weight of 252kg, compared to 120 oxen judged at an average weight of 240 kg in 2016.
To participate in the competition, each producer entered two animals to be judged on the hoof, and slaughtered. For the on-the-hoof category, key aspects for judging criteria comprised of cattle age, fat, masculinity, temperament and good farming practises such as branding and dehorning which constituted 40% of the total points. While for the carcass category, the cattle competed on the quality of meat, which constituted 60% of total points.
The judging at all the competitions was done by Tiaan Steenkamp (Agra) and Petrus Maritz, head of the Meat Board's classification services for the on-the-hoof category, while Petrus Maritz from the Meat Board judged the carcasses after slaughter.
The main sponsor for this year's competition was Old Mutual with a sponsorship amount of more than N$110 000. Other sponsors include Feedmaster, Beefcor and Esterhuizen Transport. All sponsorships were used for rewarding various category winners at the awards ceremony.
STAFF REPORTER
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