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.
Foggie DEMETRIUS
Aberdeen Angus
£ 8.00- Proven easy calving and he has been used on heifers with no problems
- Half brother out of the same dam sold for 8,500gns in Stirling.
- Top 1% of the breed for Gestation Length and Milk
Tonley RANALD
Charolais
£ 8.50- Calves born easily from Holstein cows with good growth rates
- Sold for a five figure sum at Stirling in May 2022
- Breed Champion and Male Interbreed Champion at the Royal Norfolk Show, Male Champion & Reserve Breed Champion at Stirling Show and Male Champion at Westmorland Show 2022
Twyning Ash OSKAR
British Blue
£ 9.00- Meadow Quality Superior Sire
- Calves are fetching between £400-£500 at Sedgemoor market under 6 weeks old
- Blue roan calves born easily with average gestation length of 272 days
- Very high semen fertility
Morpheus KNOXVILLE
Aberdeen Angus
£ 9.00- Well above breed average for Calving Ease and Gestation Length EBVs
- Son of the exciting Morpheus Aprilrain
- Maternal brother to the renowned Morpheus Kodiak
KARLOS PP
Limousin
£ 8.00- Homozygous Polled sire, so his progeny will also be polled
- Has been used very successfully on dairy cows with no calving problems
- Calves are easy to sell
Laxfield SILVERADO
Hereford - Horned
£ 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
McInnes MRMOTIVATOR
Limousin
£ 8.00- Good EBV scores for 200 and 400 day weights
- Valuable carcase traits