Whether managing a purebred or commercial crossbred cattle enterprise anywhere in Australia, the Santa Gertrudis breed is proving to have the main credentials that underpin the key beef profit-drivers:

• Robustness – mature bulls can weigh 900 kilograms or more and cows 630-725kg
• Adaptability – suitable for many climatic and environmental conditions
• Hardiness – good foragers, robust calves and longevity
• Low production intensity – easy calving, high weaning rates and bloat resistant
• Good mothering – above average milk production and nurturing cows
• Marketability on grain or grass – excellent carcase weight gains of 1-1.5kg/day (or more) and quick feedlot gains
• High carcase cuts – high meat yields; and
• Poll genes – easy maintenance.