Beef for the Beef herd
This selection of bulls is aimed at suckler herd owners and managers who are looking to use AI sires, with the benefits that brings with herd health and improved performance. The majority of the bulls are full pedigree and so are also suitable for purebred use.
Kildowney CROONER
Gelbvieh
£ 10.00- Red Homozygous polled Gelbvieh
- Calving Ease and vitality specialist in top 10% of breed for low birth weight; great for use on heifers
- Consistently adds his distinctive tight, powerful mark to his offspring producing cattle with great eye appeal
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
Dirnanean JUSTICE
Luing
£ 15.00- A medium framed, deep bodied Luing bull who excels in correctness of stature
- Use to improve feet and legs, udder and teat traits and to produce daughters with added robustness and volume of body without too much stature
- Suitable for use on heifers and to add maternal traits to a breeding programme
- Steers easily finished on forage
Sunshine ENOCH
Lowline
£ 7.50- 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
£ 7.50- 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
£ 8.50- 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
Torr Down HERMES P 3
South Devon
£ 15.00- Heterozygous Polled sire
- Twice Breed Champion at the Royal Melbourne Show
- EBV for Calving Ease puts him in the Top 5%of the breed
