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.
Retties LAZY RASCAL
Aberdeen Angus
£ 20.00- Easy calving and easily fleshed
- Has been used very successfully on heifers calving at two years old and calves show tremendous promise
- He was Reserve Junior National Champion as a calf
Sondergard FRED (IMP)
Aberdeen Angus
£ 12.00- Easy calving sire ideal for cross breeding with tremendous growth; Top 10% of the breed for 200 day weight
- Fred has won many interbreed titles in Denmark and was the #1 ranked bull across all breeds in the test station for feed efficiency
- Daughters have loads of milk and excellent udders plus great feet
Standlynch ROCOCO
Aberdeen Angus
£ 8.00- First calves are showing great vigour
- Excellent EBV for calving ease
- Average gestation length is 280 days
Tubridmore PRIDE
Aberdeen Angus
£ 8.00- Proven easy calver
- Will shorten gestation length by 1.3 days
Sunshine ENOCH
Lowline
£ 8.00- British-bred Lowline sire with excellent temperament
- Use Lowline sires for reduced gestation and easy calving
- Low birth weight calves that grow quickly
Sunshine RUBBLE RC
Lowline
£ 8.00- Rubble's gestation length was 263 days, eight days less than the breed average of 271
- Rubble is a Red Carrier
- Use Lowline sires for reduced gestation and easy calving
Wheatlands VALIANT
English Longhorn
£ 9.00- The most recent Longhorn sire to the stud
- Sire is classified EX90; dam is EX93
- He has been used extensively across dairy herds with no calving problems
Venton GO NATIVE
Beef for the Dairy Herd Mix
£ 9.50- A mix of Borewell ELTON V161 (Aberdeen Angus) and Fabb 1 RORY (Polled Hereford)
- RORY is a Meadow Quality Superior Sire
- Both sires are proven easy calving and have good growth
