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
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
Dirnanean TYPHOON
Simmental
£ 8.00- Superb dairy cross option
- Short gestation
- Great carcase shape and weight
Margarita SEBASTIAN
Hereford - Horned
£ 10.00- Sired by the record-priced Freetown Kendal who sold for 17,000gns in 1976
- Great temperament
- Semen is qualified for export
NORDOUEST
Limousin
£ 10.00- Proven easy calving in suckler herds
- Full brother to Objat bought direct from the ABL Testing Centre in France
- Carries the F49L profit gene
Roundhill PHILIPS PP
Limousin
£ 8.00- Super quality Homozygous Polled bull
- He is long, exceptionally well muscled, with a great top and back end
- Excellent docility, and Legs & Feet
Piperhaywood BRUTUS (P)
Charolais
£ 9.00- Homozygous Polled sire, so progeny will also be polled
- Has been used extensively with minimal calving problems
Margarita SENSATION
Hereford - Horned
£ 10.00- Sired by the record-priced Freetown Kendal who sold for 17,000gns in 1976
- Great temperament
- Semen is qualified for export
SAUVIGNON
Limousin
£ 8.00- Well proven French import
- Has been extensively used across several dairy herds with no calving problems and superb growth rates
- Overall Male Champion at the 2007 SIMA/SIMAGENA Show in Paris
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
