{"id":270218,"date":"2020-08-05T21:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T11:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=270218"},"modified":"2020-10-09T00:16:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T14:16:23","slug":"maxi-success-for-local-family-at-ekka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/08\/05\/maxi-success-for-local-family-at-ekka\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxi Success For Local Family At Ekka"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_270232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270232\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-270232\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200805maxi1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-270232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen-Daview Limousins won the\u00a0Grand Champion Led Steer Carcase award at the Ekka with &#8216;Jen-Daview Maxi&#8217;<br \/>(Photo: Jen-Daview Limousins)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 5, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jen-Daview Limousins, from Kingaroy, has taken home the prestigious Grand Champion Led Steer Carcase award at the 2020 Royal Queensland Show.<\/p>\n<p>South Burnett entries starred in the modified Ekka competition, securing six Champion or Reserve Champion ribbons.<\/p>\n<p>The Evans family&#8217;s\u00a0winning Limousin took out the Heavy Weight category after winning his class.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the steer took out the Led Steer competitions at the Proston, Bell and Murgon shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Evans family has been entering the Ekka Led Steer competition since 2009 but this is the first time they have secured the Grand Champion title.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Their 11-month-old steer weighed 480kg and produced a 300.6kg carcase with 62.2 per cent meat yield and maximum marbling.<\/p>\n<p>In May,\u00a0RNA officials announced the Led Steer competition would still be run despite the official cancellation of the Ekka, but in a different format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Entries would be judged only on the hook, not on hoof.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Evans told <strong>southburnett.com.au<\/strong>\u00a0she was so happy the competitions had still gone ahead, even in a modified form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has given us something to look forward to, to work for,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Judging was carried out by Aus-Meat chiller assessors on Wednesday following transportation of the cattle to Nolan Meats at Gympie earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Reserve Champion and Champion carcasses will be auctioned <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocklive.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live online<\/a><\/strong> on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/05\/11\/new-direction-for-ekka-led-steers\/\">New Direction For Ekka Led Steers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>South Burnett entries to achieve success in the carcase competition were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grand Champion and Champion Heavy Weight<\/strong> &#8211; Jen-Daview Limousins, Kingaroy (Limousin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reserve Champion Light Weight<\/strong> &#8211; MK Cattle, Murgon (Limousin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Champion Medium Weight<\/strong> &#8211; Sean Wicks, Kingaroy (Limousin\/Murray Grey cross)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reserve Champion Medium Weight <\/strong>&#8211; MK Cattle, Murgon (Limousin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Junior Champion Heifer <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Claire Goodie, Murgon (Limousin cross)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Limousins and Limousin-crosses did very well across all classes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_254358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254358\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-254358\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200307proston04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200307proston04.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200307proston04-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-254358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Jen-Daview Maxi&#8217; won the Led Steer competition at this year&#8217;s Proston Show &#8230; the Ekka Grand Champion is pictured with Brent Evans, from Jen-Daview Limousins, then-South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell and Hivesville resident Barbara Hockey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Evans family have their fingers crossed for more success this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Son Corey is competing in the ALPA Queensland Young Auctioneers Competition on Thursday,\u00a0representing Kingaroy-based Aussie Land and Livestock.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of 10 finalists who will be taking part in the competition\u00a0at Silverdale Saleyards at Silverdale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other finalists are:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Morgan Harris &#8211; TopX, Gracemere<\/li>\n<li>Brodie Hurley &#8211; Nutrien Ag Solutions, Injune<\/li>\n<li>Brady Jackson &#8211; Elders, Roma<\/li>\n<li>Simon Kinbacher &#8211; Elders, Rockhampton<\/li>\n<li>Jake Robinson &#8211; Nutrien Ag Solutions, Roma<\/li>\n<li>Justin Rohde &#8211; Nutrien Ag Solutions, Rockhampton<\/li>\n<li>Cody Trost &#8211; Grant Daniel &amp; Long, Blackall<\/li>\n<li>Connor Veraart &#8211; Bartholomew &amp; Co Auctioneers, Boonah<\/li>\n<li>Wyatt Wrigley &#8211; Eastern Rural, Dalby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The competition will be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au\/special-features\/young-auctioneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">livestreamed<\/a><\/strong> from 1:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>Silverdale Saleyards is also hosting the 2020 Ekka Prime Beef competition on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><b>[UPDATED]<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen-Daview Limousins, from Kingaroy, has taken home the prestigious Grand Champion Led Steer Carcase award at the 2020 Royal Queensland Show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":270232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maxi Success For Local Family At Ekka - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jen-Daview Limousins, from Kingaroy, has taken home the prestigious Grand Champion Led Steer Carcase award at the 2020 Royal Queensland Show.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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