Dundee

Stud Principles: Duncan & Kym McMaster

Stud Location: Whetstone East

Inglewood, QLD

Phone: 07 4652 1617

Email: mcmaster@activ8.net.au

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Dundee Stud was established 22 years ago basically with Pampoola cows purchased from Kym McMaster’s grandfather Felix Schmidt, her Uncle, Noel Schmidt and her parents Lester and Barbara Schmidt who then had a share of the ‘Yarrandoo Stud’. Noel Schmidt also lent them a top Bull, Pampoola 82H, who was by King Ranch D9.
From this great start and further use of Pampoola bloodlines and King Ranch sire 199N, bought at the King Ranch Dispersal Sale, Duncan and Kym have produced a top line of females.

In 1996 they purchased Rosevale T329 a heavily muscled, long framed, polled bull who had an incredible impact on their Stud. Rosevale T329 consistently produced well-muscled, early maturing bulls that have great growth for age and plenty of fertility. Their next Sire Pampoola Nato was purchased in 2000, from the Pampoola Stud. He added frame and smoothness to the Dundee cattle while retaining the polled gene and tidy sheaths. In 2005 Kendara Uni was purchased, he was selected for his growth and weight for age, his excellent temperament, his tight sheath and his soft tropical coat.

In 2008 Dundee Ulysses a polled son of Nato was retained for stud duties. His tremendous Breedplan figures and eye muscle area combined with tremendous fleshing and a great temperament determined his use in the stud.

For the past 20 years the Stud has shown and has had increasing success, winning Champion Interbreed ribbons at many Darling Downs Shows and Champions at the Toowoomba Royal.

At the 2008 Toowoomba Royal Feature Show ‘Dundee Tapestry’ won Supreme Champion Female and ‘Dundee Ulysses’ won the Reserve Champion Bull.

They have had tremendous success with our commercial cattle as well, winning the ‘Replacement Heifer’ class at the Inglewood Show for four consecutive years before retiring gracefully, and their Santa/Angus cross weaners have made sale yard records many times.

In 2009 a Dundee steer came second in the Inglewood Show Hoof and Hook Competition and won the Hoof section.

The Bull Sales have been excellent with an average of $4000 over the last eight years. In 2004 a grandson of Rosevale T329 and a son of Nato sold to the AA Company for $19000.

Dundee’s commercial clients are keen to put muscle and weight for age improvements into their herd and repeat buyers have been impressed by the fertility of the bulls, their temperament and their doing ability.

Dundee Ulysses

Retained in the stud

Crossing the river

All Dundee Bulls, including the Show Bulls, are prepared on oats and summer forage and not grain. The McMasters have made a real effort to select for easy doing cattle that have good feet and high fertility, three things that can be affected by too much grain.

Sire: Kendara Uni

The McMaster Family

Sire: Pampoola Nato

Sire: Rosevale T329