BEEF WEEK 2026 East Gippsland Newspapers 8 Thursday, January 29, 2026 There’s money in weight at Nunniong What you see is what you get at Nunniong Herefords, bulls in their working clothes ready to work. All 35 sale bulls will be lined up on display for Beef Week on Friday, January 30, at Nunniong Hereford stud in Ensay, in readiness for sale day on March 11. The $56,000 horned sire, Lotus Reflect, has five sons in the catalogue, the bull Bluey bought in half shares with Angus Vever, Jindalee Herefords of Inverell. Supple Snoopy, Karoonda Zappy and Sugarloaf Quandong have also sired half a dozen or so sons each. "On sale day Lotus Reflect just stood out to me," Mr Commins said, of buying the sire in 2022. "He has perfect skin and structure, just everything was right about him. "He even had good figures and a good size about him, something I'm trying to keep in my Herefords. "There's money in weight, they make more money in the meatworks with more weight." 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