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.
Laxfield SILVERADO
Traditional Hereford
£ 10.00- Pure native-bred Hereford - his dam is a traditional Hereford cow and his sire, Laxfield Wilberforce, is one of the best bulls bred at Laxfield
- Silverado was judged Best Bull Calf in the National Hereford Virtual Show in 2021
- Silverado's Breedplan figures put him in the top 1% for low birth weight, the top 2% for calving ease direct and the top 10% for short gestation length
- He is maternal brother to Laxfield Silver 12th, whose embryos have been exported to American breeders
Dirnanean TYPHOON
Simmental
£ 8.00- Superb dairy cross option
- Short gestation
- Great carcase shape and weight
Piperhaywood BRUTUS (P)
Charolais
£ 12.00- Homozygous Polled sire, so progeny will also be polled
- Has been used extensively with minimal calving problems
Dysynni CAI 9th
Welsh Black
£ 8.00- Very easy calving
- Top 20% of the breed for 400 day weight
- Ideal sire of herd replacements with a Milk EBV in the Top 1% of the breed
Margarita SEBASTIAN
Traditional Hereford
£ 10.00- Sired by the record-priced Freetown Kendal who sold for 17,000gns in 1976
- Great temperament
- Semen is qualified for export
Margarita SENSATION
Traditional Hereford
£ 10.00- Sired by the record-priced Freetown Kendal who sold for 17,000gns in 1976
- Great temperament
- Semen is qualified for export
Moeskaer MAGNUM 1404
Hereford - Polled
£ 9.00- Easy calving Polled Hereford imported from Denmark
- Top 1% of the breed for 200 and 400 day weights
- Outstanding carcase quality
KLAAS ACT
British Blue/Limousin Mix
£ 9.50- A fertility mix of the Limousin Exmoor GALAXY and the British Blue Hawktree JUPITER
- Both sires have been widely used and are proven easy calving
- Both sires have qualified as Meadow Quality Superior Sires
