About Us

Wakefield Charolais is a family operation run by Greg and Jenny Frizell ably assisted by their two daughters Lucy and Claire. 

"Wakefield" is a highly developed property sown to a mixture of cocksfoot, fescues, ryegrasses, prairie grass and clovers fertilised regularly and runs approximately 400 breeding cows. It has a four-kilometre frontage to the Oaky river, a renowned platypus and brown trout stream.

The cattle are predominantly Charolais or Charolais cross (Shorthorn or Angus) to produce purebred or composite Charolais bulls, replacement heifers and steers/heifers aimed at the EU or feedlot markets. In 2009/10 the emphasis will be on AI programs in our Charolais herd as we have reached our goal of 200 registered Charolais females and no longer require large scale embryo transfer programs. This year our recipients have been used to enlarge our Angus herd with the purchase of a range of Angus embryos.  We have become members of the Angus Society during 2009 with a view to providing multibreed EBVs on our composite bulls and providing a small number of purebred Angus bulls.

Another nearby property "Chandler" purchased in 2000, comprising 850 acres is being developed and at this stage is running our dry stock and fattening steers and heifers as this works well with our pasture improvement program. We think that our own emphasis on commercial cattle production and producing profitable cattle is what has made Wakefield bulls so popular wherever they have been used.

Since first infusing Charolais in 1970 we have maintained pure Charolais grandparent lines to fuel our composite program with introductions along the way most notably purchasing stud females from Ballengara stud in1986. Since then these lines have been maintained with frequent AI introductions.

Since 2000 we have decided to enlarge our purebred Charolais herd and become members of the Charolais society so that we can supply EBVs and extended pedigree information to our clients. With a combination of reinstating stud females with the society, upgrading to purebred some of our best existing lines, introduction of embryos and purchasing selected females, we have a wide range of genetics and can supply bulls to cover all markets, bulls for calving ease, bulls for growth, carcase, tenderness gene, marbling and maternal traits.