Commercial Focus
DSK Commercial Operation is run in conjunction with the studs with the majority of females being used as embryo transfer recipients. A lot of females from our stud herds are also used as recipes and then bred to either Angus or Charolais bulls to maintain our Charolais/Angus cross genetics. Only 80 bulls are kept each year from a stud herd of 400 Angus and Charolais combined stud females as well as implanting over 100 embryos per year. Our entire cow herd numbers 550 adult breeders with the retention of 30 commercial or crossbred females as well 60 Angus and Charolais stud females. The rest of the steer and heifer progeny are grown out to reach 450 kg liveweight on grass where available before being opportunity grain fed for an average of 90 days where they have reached a liveweight of 600 kg at milk tooth. 
These steers and heifers are then trucked to the Tamworth Cargill facility where the steers average 325 kg or 54% and the heifers average 290 kg or 52% of a liveweight of 550 kg. The difference between the purebred Charolais and Angus or crossbreed carcase yield’s are minor and the results show that choosing long bodied animals with adequate muscling on a wide and deep frame equates to dollars in your pocket independent of breed statistics. Right across the breeds and into our commercial female herd, our emphasis is on strength, capacity, structure & maternal traits and we believe we have the right ingredients in our cow herd to breed great sires for the future. It is the cows that have to do the work in the paddock and the genetic maternal influence of the sire is a major factor in our sire selection.
Recent DSK Hoof and Hook Results
  • Grand Champion Pen of 3 Steers on Hook Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2008. (Charolais X Angus steers by Gunnadoo Xception out of DSK 465T Stallone S9 Angus cows)
  • Overall Grand Champion Pen of 3 Steers Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2008. (CharolaisX Angus steers as above) 25 points ahead of the next pen (Hoof and Hook)
  • Brisbane Royal Carcase Comp 2008, Yearling Pure Charolais steer by DSK WW Aussie Gold - 2nd in class on hook and Virtual Taste Test Winner.
  • Grand Champion Pen of 3 Steers on Hoof Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2009. (3/4 Charolais and one purebred Charolais steer by Gunnadoo Xception & Moongool Yokel)
  • Grand Champion Pen of 3 Steers on Hook Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2009. (for the 2nd year in a row). (2 by 3/4 Charolais steers and one purebred Charolais steer as above)
  • Overall Grand Champion Pen of 3 Steers Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2009. 27.5 points ahead of the next pen (Hoof and Hook)
  • Sydney Royal 2009, 10-month old Pure Charolais Steer by Mac 2244, 1st in class on hoof, 1st in class on hook and 2nd in the Virtual Taste Test.
  • Rockhampton Beef ‘09 National Beef Carcase Competition, 1st in (out of 55 pens in this class) Export Grain Fed 300-420 kgs carcase weight; Total score for pen of 3 carcase’s, 221.97 including 10 bonus points (only 3 teams in the competition received this) (Purebred Charolais steers pen of 3 by Gunnadoo Xception & Moongool Yokel)
  • Orange National Field Days Pasture and Grain Fed Trials 2009; 1st in Pen of Carcases 361 - 440 kgs carcase weight; 1st in Calculated Yield of Saleable Meat; Overall Winner in Class 2 on Pasture and Grain. ( By Gunnadoo Xception & DSK WW Zanzibar)
  • Orange National Field Days Pasture and Grain Fed Trial 2009; 2nd in Feedlot weight gain in class 2 with a pen of 3 pure bred Angus steers by DSK 465T Accelerator A21)
  • Reserve Champion Pen of 3 Steers on Hoof Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2010. (Charolais X Angus steers by Gunnadoo Xception & DSK WW Aussie Gold)
  • Reserve Champion Pen of 3 Steers on Hook Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2010 (Charolais X Angus steers by DSK WW Zanzibar plus one purebred Charolais steer by Gunnadoo Xception)
  • 1st on hoof Sydney Royal show 2011 ( Charolais )
  • Dubbo Beef Spectacular 2012 Pen of 3 - Champion Hoof & Hook, Reserve Champion Hoof & Hook, Overall Champions, 1st, 2nd & 3rd highest carcase pen scores. (Pure Charolais pen of steers, Charolais X Angus pen of steers, Pure Charolais pen of heifers)
  • 2013 Sydney Royal Easter Show Purebred Steer on Hoof & Hook, Heavy Weight & Grand Champion steer on Hook & Gold Medal winner, DSK Charolais 51G. Middleweight Champion steer on Hoof & Reserve Middleweigt Champion Carcase, DSK Charolais 50G.
  • 2015 Sydney Royal Easter Show Purebred Steer, Grand Champion steer on Hook & Gold Medal Winner, DSK Angus steer.
  • 2019 Sydney Royal Easter Show Purebred steer, Winners of 3 taste test classes on the hook along with Grand Champion taste test carcase and Reserve Champion Lightweight steer on the hoof with a son of Young Dale Xcaliber.
  • 2020 Brisbane Royal Show. Champion MSA and taste steer with an 11 month old son of Texas Earnan L612 and a marble score of 8.
  • 2024 Sydney Royal Easter Show Purebred steer, MSA quality award class winner and 5th highest overall carcase score across the competition with a 10 month old son of DSK Pine Drive P106.
  • 2025 Beef Spectacular Feedlot Trial, out of 113 teams and 510 head, the DSK Angus team were 5th overall on Carcase Points and the 3rd highest MSA score and 4th highest carcase score with homebred genetics. DSK averaged well above the trial average for Daily Weight Gain, Dressing % carcase, Lean Meat Yield, MSA marbling score, MSA Index and Team Profit.
Proof of our Commercial Focus
Profit = Maximum Return - Minimum Input
Profit comes from not having the most muscle or the most marbling, but from having just the right amount of muscle on a long, wide, high yielding frame that fattens easily without getting over-fat and for meat quality’s sake shows a moderate amount of marbling content.

All these steers have been bred at home and apart from the Orange Pasture and Feedlot trial steers, were fed at home using our own mix on a short to medium grain feeding time. It should be noted that these steers were all milk tooth cattle and mostly purebred Charolais that still showed adequate marbling scores. All carcases were high yielding with good fat cover and MSA grading specs. We regularly feed steers bred at home or sourced from breeders using our sire genetics and having killed many hundreds of young cattle over just the last few years for Coles, Cargill & Bindaree. Over 98% of our young cattle hit the top grid making maximum profits with minimal feed input costs.