SERVICES

OSullivans offer a wealth of experience in the seedstock industry; our family has been breeding seedstock for several generations. We have been breeding black polled Limousins for 30+ years and have been leaders in the innovation of docility improvement.

In our breeding program we have set high goals:

• High docility (good temperament) - means easy to handle calves that settle quickly and ultimately do better. 
• Structural soundness (longevity) - for bulls that service more cows for more seasons and cows that actively produce for longer.
• Fertility - higher fertility bulls get more cows in calf sooner and produce daughters that reach puberty earlier and cycle quicker after calving.
• Weight for age with calving ease - means live calves that grow quickly and weigh heavier at market time.
• Muscle and high dressing percentage - means sought after calves at premium prices.
• The ability to finish quickly - means cattle that can take full advantage of seasonal flushes or perform better in the feedlot.
• Well suspended udders with good teat size - means sound udders that last longer and teats that calves can easily suckle.

We believe these traits result in easy care cattle which are functional and practical and drive profit in a beef enterprise!

OSullivans aim to breed seedstock that produce a quality profitable article for the progressive breed producer.

We offer our clients a variety of services. Animal husbandry advice, Breeding advice , Genetic improvement.

Backgrounders, feedloters and processors wanting to access cattle with OSullivans genetics.

GUARANTEE

• OSullivans stand behind their product 100%. Our clients use our genetics with the peace of mind that we are only a phone call away should it be required
• All our cattle carry the OSullivans client satisfaction guarantee. If you have a problem we will do our best to fix it, we are only a phone call away.

ABOUT US

OSullivans Black Limousin stud was formed in 2007, based entirely on Kensal bloodlines. It is owned and operated by Mick and Sandy OSullivan and family. Our Stud is located at “Gunnadoo” Lower Mt. Walker in the Bremer Valley, about 1 hr west of Brisbane, Qld.

Sandy was raised on her family's successful Hereford stud "Glenellerslie" in the Snowy Mountains region near Adelong, NSW. Sandy became a teacher before flying with Qantas both internationally and domestically and since resigning from Qantas has gone back to teaching and running the farm. 

Mick was born into seedstock breeding, with generations of the OSullivans running successful studs from horses, dairy cattle and beef cattle. Mick was brought up on his parent's stud “Navleigh”, at East Greenmount, on the Darling Downs, Qld; where Illawarra dairy cattle and Poll Hereford cattle along with Thoroughbred and Stock horses were bred and raised. After working at the family farm Mick took on the Stud manager role at the renowned “Moorlands” Hereford and Poll Hereford studs, in Jan 1992 he started the role of manager of “Kensal Green” and the “Kensal” Limousin stud at Albury, NSW. The end of 1997 saw the late Clive Brothers sell “Kensal Green” and the cattle but not before offering Mick a substantial bonus of picking 25 females of choice, semen and the “Kensal” name. It was with this great start that Mick built the “Kensal” stud into the most renowned Black Limousin stud in Australia, breaking records at the dispersal sale in Oct 2007.

In Dec 2007 we moved into “Gunnadoo” as a base for OSullivans Black Limousin we had bought 8 daughters and 30 embryos out of the best cows from the top cow families of the Kensal herd. We continue to improve our breeding herd through embryo transfer and natural breeding. We now run approximately 70 breeding females including both Limousin and our Bremer Black composites.