Australia’s best cattle, producers and youth talent gear up for iconic Melbourne Royal Show

The best of Australia’s beef cattle - from Shorthorns to Speckle Parks - will grace Melbourne Showgrounds from Thursday 3 October to Sunday 6 October in the 2024 Melbourne Royal Beef Cattle Competition. Bringing a dose of the primary production to the city, this spirited event steeped in over 150 years of tradition will see exhibitors benchmark the quality of their livestock over four days of competition and a focus on youth in agriculture, to help raise stars of the next generation.

Melbourne Royal is currently welcoming entries for Victoria’s most prestigious cattle competition. The competition includes 18 different Breeds from Australian Lowlines through to Belted Galloway cattle ranging from 9 months old through to the Supreme Champion of each breed.

For those on a quest for prizes, preparation is vital and starts early with strict feeding regimes. And with hard work comes glory as seen by last year’s major winners in the Melbourne Royal’s milestones 175th anniversary Show, both interstate competitors: South Australia’s Woonalle Simmentals who took out the titles for Supreme Breeders Group, Supreme Senior Champion Female, and Supreme Beef Breed Exhibit, and the Freckington family of Hollywood Angus from Peak Hill in New South Wales who won the Senior Champion Breed Bull with Hollywood Smokin’ S57.