A 1,356-kilogram Angus bull has won the title of heaviest bull on the grounds at this year's Ekka in Brisbane. But he is not the biggest ever.
)A beefy bull named Buster has beat the snow to arrive in Brisbane at the Ekka to weigh in at a whopping 1,356kg. It's the heaviest bull recorded at the Ekka since 2017, but doesn't top the massive 1.
5-tonne bull Monk from 2011's show.Buster competes in the stud cattle competition on Friday and will be on display in the cattle shed to the public until Sunday.An Angus bull weighing as much as a medium car has become one of the main attractions at one of Australia's largest agricultural shows. Buster took out the title of Heaviest Bull at the Royal Queensland Show in Brisbane this week after winning the same gong at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Weighing in at 1,356 kilograms, Buster is heavier than some species of rhinoceros and was the heaviest bull recorded at Ekka in more than a decade.Supplied: Austin ScrivenerPreparing an animal Buster's size for shows can be demanding work, but it is also a labour of love for 25-year-old Emily Scrivener who refers to him as her "baby"."He lives in a pretty nice rye grass paddock at home. He hasn't seen as much grain as you probably think he would have seen."Supplied: Megan ScrivenerTransporting Buster is always a logistical challenge and wild weather over the weekend in northern NSW meant he almost missed the show. Buster endured a steady 10-hour, 600km trip from his Yarrowitch home, east of Walcha, through snow to Brisbane over the weekend for the weigh-in. "I think if we had have left home any later we potentially would have been stopped," Ms Scrivener said. "Sleet started just out of Uralla and pretty much the whole way through Armidale, Guyra, Glen Innes it was pretty interesting driving in the snow."Supplied: Emily ScrivenerWhen Buster eventually arrived in Brisbane, attendees were lining up for photos with the big bull who had gained 100 kilograms since the Sydney show in April. "I was quite surprised … because he's really just been getting enough grain, we thought, to maintain his weight between shows," Ms Scrivener said.Buster has put on 100 kilograms since this photo at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in April."He is a big puppy dog. You can lay on him, cuddle him, do everything and he's more than happy to just sit there," she said.There has not been a weight near Buster's at the Ekka since 2017 when a Devon bull from Coonabarabran named Krypton recorded 1,334kg. "At the time I was told he was the heaviest bull that had ever been shown at Ekka," owner Victor Edwards said. Devon bull Vix Krypton K157 was the heaviest bull at the 2017 Ekka weighing in at 1,334kg at just 35 months old.Mr Edwards recalled Krypton, judged the Reserve Senior Grand Champion Devon that year, being weighed more than once. "He weighed 1,350kg and they decided they might need to check the scales, questioning whether their reading was right," he said "While he was off the scales he went to the loo a couple of times. He weighed 1,334kg the next time after getting rid of a bit of waste."But it turns out neither Krypton or Buster were the heaviest bull ever weighed in the 149-year history of Ekka. RNA beef committee chair and Charolais breeder Gary Noller said there was another bull that sprang to mind. "We did have a Charolais bull come in around 25 years ago that topped the scales around about the same weight," he said.In 2011 the NSW stud Pine Creek Angus exhibited a 1.5-tonne Angus bull named Monk in the stud competition at the Ekka. Pine Creek Angus's bull Monk weighed in at the 2011 Ekka at a whopping 1.5 tonnes and a hip height of 1.5 metres.Speaking to the ABC today, its owner Greg Fuller thought Monk was even heavier, up around the 1,535-1,555kg mark. As for Buster, Emily Scrivener has high hopes for him at the Ekka — his last show before he returns to the paddock to breed. "He's my baby and I'm hoping he does well. I would love to be able to bring home a broad ribbon with him," she said. "The plan is to collect from him and use him as a sire in our own herd and potentially look at selling some semen in the future."
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