Glen Innes High School took home the broad ribbon in both the led steer and carcase competitions - with the same animal - during the 30th anniversary of the Northern Schools Prime Steer Show, held recently at Glen Innes.
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There were 150 students from 16 institutions handling 64 steers and heifers and they travelled from Maclean and Port Macquarie to Tenterfield, including Maclean, west to Bingera, Manilla and Tamworth.
The Speckle over Speckle/Angus steer that caught judge Shad Bailey's eye was bred by the Winter family, Furracabad.
Glen Innes agricultural teachers Jodie Lamph and Scott Miller said this animal expressed double muscling through the Myostatin gene and it was a credit to the students and Riverina stock feeds how they achieved good and even fat cover, first winning the middleweight class at 482kg before going on to claim grand champion.
Killed at Bindaree Beef, Inverell the winning carcase recorded 90 out of 100 MSA points with 64 per cent yield and a significant 113 square centimetre eye muscle area.
Champion lightweight steer went to a Droughtmaster prepared and led by students from Maclean High School while Inverell High topped the carcase scores with their Murray Grey cross, scoring 81/100 with an EMA of 73sqcm.
Heavy weight champion steer on the hoof was awarded to a Limousin from Uralla High and the winning carcase was from an Angus cross bred and shown by Tenterfield High, scoring 87/100 points with an EMA of 88sqcm.
Tim Light, Armidale, coached the junior judging while Amy Whitechurch from Inverell decided champion junior paraders.
