However now Queenslander is the name of a new breed of cattle knocked together by a group of northern cattle men using red brahman and droughtmaster genetics.

The droughtmaster itself is composite from bos indicus and bos Taurus.

So the breed will be predominantly bos indicus and ideally suited the northern Australian conditions.

For the record a typical Queenslander bull is red in colour, polled, pink pigmented nose, displays bos indicus content, clean sheath, short hair, quiet temperament and displays thickness, muscle plus structural correctness.

No doubt some intrepid soul will bring breeding cattle south accompanied some great marketing claims.

For the record the first bos indicus cattle to head to the north, zebus, came from a Melbourne zoo herd and they were the forebears of other similar cattle that revolutionised northern breeding programs.

The move of the curfew on store cattle forwarded to Barnawartha from 9am to an earlier 6pm made the phone ring.

The belief around the traps is that the move was made by a group of agents in attempt to make working hours and time management easier.

It is a given the stock agents work hours well outside the norm in good and bad weather.

We live in highly competitive world with near-instant communications, so it follows that if producers are unhappy with the move, business will be taken elsewhere.

The first stop would be to sell on-line where auction plus numbers are burgeoning.

Maybe some agents see this is the way ahead where cattle are assessed in normal working hours and delivery can be arranged at an appropriate time.

Watch this space as no one is right or wrong, but the market does invariably send the best signals.