Duarran Brangus History

(Red & Black)

The Brangus stud was formed in the early nineties, when we moved the Duarran Brahman Stud into the Brangus breeding program. Our Brahman herd was based on Lancefield, Tartrus, Garglen and Alma bloodlines and combined with the Red Angus genetics.

Our first outing to the Rockhampton all Breeds Sale was in 1993, when we successfully offered and sold 4 red Brangus bulls.

Our first Red Angus/Brangus Sale on property at Duarran, Roma, was September 1997 where we offered 72 lots - 12 years later the sale is well established on the bull selling calendar.

The Brangus Cow herd encompasses 600 Red Cows and 120 Black Breeders and are mainly run on our Mitchell properties. This western country is a great test for their constitution and survival qualities as they have experienced drought for the 6 years prior to 08. Our Brangus Cows have stood that test and have developed into very productive females producing a calf every year.

The Duarran Bulls are noted for their length and thickness and this bears out when they are scanned with excellent scans of 125 - 135sq/cm of eye muscle area.

Duarran Sires are being successfully used in many stud & commercial herds in areas including Qld, NSW, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

At Beef 2006 a home bred bull Duarran Yalebone- sired by a home bred bull Duarran Fantastic, won Grand Champion Brangus bull and was later sold to the Hicks family for their Billabong Droughtmaster herd for an Australian record price of $45,000

At Beef 2009 another home bred bull Duarran Bambrick, by DuarranZeuss, won Senior & Grand Champion. An exceptionally long, well muscled bull, Bambrick may be retained in the herd.

Much emphasis is placed on SIRE POWER so we have purchased several new bloodlines over the last couple of years.

These have included Doonside Benny, Kandoona Roc, Valley View 378, Chadwick Downs Red Fusion, and Doonside Spin Doctor.