Beef for Dairy Sires
The beef sires featured in this section have been selected as suitable for use in dairy herds, where calving ease and gestation length are the prime considerations. The majority of the sires listed are pedigree and are also suitable for purebred use or in suckler herds.
Heronbrook POSEIDON
English Longhorn
£ 9.00- Proven easy calver; calves are up and sucking straight away
- Poseidon has proven fertility and good conception rates
- Junior Champion at the 2018 Northern Longhorn Society Spring Sale
Idloes Lewis-BENJI
Welsh Black
£ 8.00- 'Mr Easy Calving' Welsh Black
- Lively calves with a will to live
- Polled
SPL Yojimbo MR SHOU 05
Wagyu
£ 12.00- Predominant bloodline is Tajima
- High marbling will be expected in progeny
- Low birth weights make Mr SHOU an ideal cross on any breed
Trewint HENRY
South Devon
£ 8.00- Breed leader for calving ease
- Great maternal traits
- Superb cross for commercial beef herds
Cockerington HERDSMAN (P)
Charolais
£ 8.00- Homozygous Polled sire, so progeny will also be polled
- Calving Ease EBV well above breed average
- Progeny are the later maturing type
Ding Valley SPARTACUS P
British Blue
£ 8.00- New Heterozygous Polled British Blue sire
- Early calves have been born without assistance
- Should make an excellent cross on dairy cows
