Dalrymple Blondes

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A Little About the Breed

Origin

The Blonde d'Aquitaine breed (commonly called Blondes) originated in the south-west area of France. The modern Blonde d'Aquitaine is a combination of three strains of cattle - The Quercy, Garonnaise & Blond des Pyrenees. The French used them for their meat & milk, and as draught animals which explains their muscle development, hardiness & docile temperment. The breed began in Australia in 1972, when semen was imported from france & Great Britain. In 1983, one well known British breeder migrated to Australia & brought with 30 of her  top females from the "Constatinia" herd. Progeny from this herd were introduced into Australian herds.

Breed Characteristics

Blonde d'Aquitaines are generally light in colour, ranging from white to wheat, through to light red, they have good temperments, length & mobility, and the ability to forage in all types of terrain. The breed has broad withers & rumps, muscular forequarters & loins, deep round chests & ribs, and strong flat bone structure. Both horned & polled animals occur.

Blonde d'Aquitaines are naturally lean, with fine-textured meat, and have excelent feed-conversion ratios. Due to their bone structure & natural leaness, Blondes produce a high yeild, low-waste carcase.

The Blonde sire is known for producing small slender calves which grow rapidly once born. The resultant calves perform well both in the baby beef market as well as the store/feeder market. The Blonde cross calves perform exceptionally well in the feedlot. Some feedlotters claim Blonde cross calves seem to "explode" when placed on the feedlot. With the breed's known high feed efficiency as proven by the Vasse Feed Trials in WA, feedlotters are getting more growth and using less grain to finish a Blonde sired animal.

When combining easy calving, rapid growth, feed efficiency and high yielding carcasses, Blondes are the secret for success.