The carcase, exhibited by Wallawong and David Schouten of Calala, Gravesend, was sired by Wallawong Uncovered, a bull that was purchased by Mr Schouten in 2012.

The purebred Murray Grey steer weighed in at 580kg full liveweight, and produced a 316kg carcase weight.

The carcase scored full points for fat specifications and 15mm on the rump and 11mm fat on the rib along with an excellent 100 square centimetre eve muscle area, marble score out of two, and four out of five points for fat distribution.

The carcase scored 90.32 points, to be awarded the Champion Unled Carcase accolade, Reserve Champion Overall Carcase and Jackpot winner.

Wallawong Murray Grey stud principal Lachlan James was delighted with another win with Wallawong genetics after recently winning the Grand Champion Carcase at the 2015 Sydney Royal Easter Show Purebred Steer and Carcase Competition.

“It’s another great result that really shows the consistency of our genetics and quality of animals that clients are producing,” Mr James said.

Three murray grey crossbred steers entered by Robin and Kyle Thomas also scored highly, winning second and Reserve Champion Carcase on 90.264 points, third place with 86.379 points and fourth place with 83.972 in classes of 25. Both the third and fourth place carcases were grandsons of  Wallawong Ripsnorter.

A steer by Wallawong Target and bred by Heath Birchall, of Duri, also placed second in the middle domestic steer class, weighing in at 416kg and with a 99 square centimetre eye muscle area.