Final Tiger Ranch Holstein Genetic Dispersal - ALL OTHER GENETICS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED - ONLY THE FOLLOWING EMBRYO's REMAIN

1. Embryo's from our Elite Australian and Internationally bred cows. P.O.A.
   • 4 Tiger Ranch Shotime Genie VG89 X Calbrett HH Champion
   • 4 Tiger Ranch Mandel Anna VG86 X Robthom Integrity
   • 6 Tiger Ranch Raider Duchess VG89 X Comestar Lheros
   • 2 Tiger Ranch Fox Royal EX1E X Silky Cousteau
   • 2 Tiger Ranch Cubby Royal X Robthom Integrity
   • 2 Tiger Ranch Juror Anna 2nd X Comestar Lheros

Contact Neil on (03) 6492 3339

OR

E-Mail tigerranch@southcom.com.au * Neil Colbeck

We have for sale - P.O.A. - SOLD

• 28 mated rising two year old registered stud heifers - due from early February until April 2007. - SOLD
• 8 rising yearling registered stud heifers unmated (obviously) - SOLD
• 16 registered stud bulls aged from 10 months to 3 years (2) - SOLD

1. Embryo's from our Elite Australian and Internationally bred cows. P.O.A.
   • 4 Tiger Ranch Shotime Genie VG89 X Calbrett HH Champion
   • 4 Tiger Ranch Mandel Anna VG86 X Robthom Integrity
   • 6 Tiger Ranch Raider Duchess VG89 X Comestar Lheros
   • 2 Tiger Ranch Fox Royal EX1E X Silky Cousteau
   • 2 Tiger Ranch Cubby Royal X Robthom Integrity
   • 2 Tiger Ranch Juror Anna 2nd X Comestar Lheros

Contact Neil on (03) 6492 3339

OR

E-Mail tigerranch@southcom.com.au * Neil Colbeck

Tiger Ranch Bull and Heifer Clearance 2006 - SOLD

• Tiger Ranch Holsteins is offering for sale all breeding age Bulls and Heifers. Bulls are available individually - the heifers are available as a line. Tiger Ranch has 1 senior and 4 X 18 monthold working age stud Holstein Bulls of impeccable breeding for sale. Priced from $1,500.00 to $2,500.00 exc. gst Also to be made available are 28 heifers being mated now to calve next autumn (2007) between February and April 2007 as two and half year olds. The price for purchase for this outstanding line of heifer now is $2,000.00 ($56,000.00 total) exc. gst. They will not be offered at this price if retained until point of calving.

Tiger Ranch has a number of Spring 2005 heifers and bulls also available by private treaty. (SOLD) Please Contact Neil for further details 03 6492 3339

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• Neil Colbeck

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Tiger Ranch Starbuck Queen and Tiger Ranch Progress Royal

WELL THE BIG DAY HAS HAPPENED.

• Friday 19th November – 11.00 a.m. On Farm 116 Allisons Road, Lower Barrington

THANKYOU AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL PURCHASERS (Details to be added shortly).

1. HEAD WERE DISPERSED FOR $122,500, WITH A TOP PRICE OF $3,100. A SALE AVERAGE OF $2,076.

THE MILKING HERD OF 57 COWS GROSSED $118,400 TO AVERAGE $2,081.

TWO YEARLING BULLS GROSSED $4,100 TO AVERAGE $2,050.

IN WHAT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR CAROL AND MYSELF, STRONG BIDDING SAW A STRONG SALE AVERAGE ACHIEVED WITHOUT ANY RUNNAWAY TOP PRICES, SHOWING STRONG AND EVEN BIDDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OFFERING - FINISHING WITH A REWARDING RESULT COMBINED WITH A FEW HEALTHY REFRESHMENTS.

IT WAS OUR EXPECTATION THAT THE IMPORTED BLOODLINES WOULD ATTRACT VERY STRONG BIDDING, AND TWO OF THE TOP HALF DOZEN LOTS WERE INDEED THE "PENNY" OFFSPRING FROM CANADA BY PROGRESS AND MANAT. BUT IT WAS THE STRONG AND CONSISTENT BIDDING FOR THE MIGHTY "ROYALS" THAT WAS THE MOST REWARDING, VINDICATING THE YEARS OF BREEDING PHILOSOPHY AND SIRE CHOICES. WITH AGENT AND AUCTIONEER DESCRIBING THE COWS AS BELONGING TO PERHAPS THE BEST AND MOST CONSISTENT UDDERED HERD IN THE COUNTRY.

THANKYOU AGAIN TO ALL BUYERS AND SUPPORTERS, BRIAN LESLIE AND KAYDEN EDWARDS.

Junior Bulls For Sale. SOLD One of the last opportunities to purchase young sires from the heart of the Tiger Ranch Genetics. Contact Neil for further details. All bulls born August to October 2004. Click here to get the file.

• 2004 Drop Stud Bulls

Current Herd Classification 3 – Excellent, 42 Very Good, 25 Good Plus

• 42 VG = 5 X VG89, 9 X VG88, 13 X VG87, 11 X VG86, 4 X VG85
• 25 GP = 3 X GP84, 6 X GP83, 10 X GP82, 5 X GP81, 1 X GP80

This years completed (2003/04) herd averages

• 9058 litres 288 kg protein 363 kg fat in 333 days. All lactations.
• 300 - 305 day average 7773 litres 243 kg protein 308 kg fat in 285 days.

Herd average age – 4.6 Years. Currently producing an average of 35 litres/cow per day.

Three consecutive years 2001/02 - 2003/2004 recipient Weekly Times Award in National top 5% Dairy Farms for minimum Somatic Cell Count.

As you can see this new Website has rapidly gained in content and you can now view or print/download the sale catalogue from this location Please click on the catalogue or News folders to take you directly to the catalogue download. The site will expand in the future to include other Tiger Ranch endeavours, for example wine information.

• Milking Herd Dispersal 2004 * Click this Link to take you directly to the sale brochure.
• Map to Tiger Ranch * Click this Link to take you to a printable map.
• Brian Leslie's Say

Tiger Ranch Holstein Stud was founded in 1977 by my parents Brian and Fay Colbeck. From 1990 to 1994 it was run in partnership with Carol and myself and since 1994 by Carol and myself.

The major influence within the Tiger Ranch Herd is without doubt the cow family we refer to as the “Royals” all stemming from Tiger Ranch Legato Queen 2SBC. The Royals have an average classification score of VG87 - are in the top percentage of the herd for production - and have few peers for temperament. All animals in the herd to achieve type and production awards are from this cow family. The progeny of “Royal” bulls consistently out-perform progeny of many proven A.I. sires used within the herd as well as other maternal lines. In fact home bred bulls have given us our first Excellent cow, our first VG 1st lactation heifer, our first 1st lactation heifer to exceed 300kg butterfat and our first 3 year old second lactation heifer to exceed 400 kg butterfat. The “Royals” are a strong flush family averaging 11.5 viable embryo’s per flush.

Previous Sale Highlights

TIGER RANCH LINDY FOX VG88 [max] classified Excellent Max. 4 Yrs For Owners K. & K. & A. & N. Rattray Of Pyengana – Re-Sold to Kilderry Prison Farm for Dispersal Sale top of $4,000 Congratulations

TIGER RANCH TIGERCAT DOT purchased for under $1000 as a maiden Heifer recently classified EX1E on her 4th lactation for the Patullo Family of Walmar Farms – a very cheap Excellent cow with a lifetime in front of her.

TIGER RANCH RENEGADE COURTNEY VG87 purchased at our inaugural sale as a fresh heifer - On her fourth lactation topped the herd of Robin French and family with 12,196litres 468kg fat & 397kg protein. Unfortunately dry when the classifier attended recently is expected to classify significantly higher in Spring 2002. A Sam Heifer due in 2003 and a Fatal heifer newly born she is set to contribute further to the herds future. In 2004 over 161 days is averaging 46.9 litres per day.

TIGER RANCH CUBBY ROYAL VG 86 (Now VG89 4th lactation) 2nd Lactation peak at over 60 litres per day for Ken Jeffrey’s – Quoted as “The best Holstein he has ever milked after purchases from most of Tasmania’s leading studs”.

TIGER RANCH LIEUTENANT PENDULUM [from the imported ET cow Tiger Ranch Tesk Penny VG88] classified VG88 for Brian Geard at Barrington where he is herd sire, as did his full brother also at 4 years TIGER RANCH LIEUTENANT PENFOLD VG88 for Cameron and Denise Suna of Wilmot, who also have TIGER RANCH RAIDER FOX VG88 maximum score 3 years and TIGER RANCH STARBUCK ROYALTY 2nd ET VG85 2 years.

TIGER RANCH CHARLES COUNTESS VG86 2nd lactation, TIGER RANCH QUICK MELINDA VG87, AND TIGER RANCH GRAND PRINCESS VG88 all VG for Jared IRELAND. Tiger Ranch Grand Genie VG86 successfully flushed and implanted embryos, Tiger Ranch Andros Duchess from the 2003 sale was the top classified and producing heifer at the combined herds at George Wagners for Jared. In an extended lactation to align her with spring calving she produced 9,430 litres 376 fat 3.99% 328 protein 3.48% in 406 days (an average of 1.37 kilograms of milk solids per day). Now fresh on her second lactation and classified VG85 is continuing the good work.

TIGER RANCH RAIDER BEETS - the top priced and beautifully uddered 2 year old heifer at Mick Wootton's clearing sale in October 2004 - now at Ian Kings Holstein Stud is producing at the very top level amongst the heifers in Ian's herd.