Beef for the Dairy herd
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.
Champagne Crake BARON
Aberdeen Angus
£ 7.00- Pure Native Aberdeen Angus
- Excellent EBVs for Calving Ease and Gestation Length
KLAAS ACT
British Blue Mix
£ 8.50- 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 are Meadow Quality Superior Sires
Torr Down MARVEL 3 PP
South Devon
£ 20.00- Homozygous Polled sire
- Bred in Australia; progeny in several countries including the UK
- Calves average 40kg at birth; all born unassisted
Bagnell JAVELIN
Devon
£ 7.00- Bagnell JAVELIN is classified VG89
- Fantastic calves that grow quickly
- Breed average for calving ease
REACH FOR THE STARS
Beef for the Dairy Herd Mix
£ 8.50- A mix of Gear BLUE MOON (Aberdeen Angus), Hawktree JUPITER (British Blue) and Exmoor GALAXY (Limousin)
- All three sires qualified as Meadow Quality Superior Sires
- All three are proven easy calving and have good growth
Bluecedar PREMIER PP
Limousin
£ 7.00- Homozygous Polled sire, so his progeny will also be polled
- Selected for calving ease and short gestation
- Semen from his easy calving Polled sire Greensons Howlett has been in demand around the world
Heronbrook POSEIDON
English Longhorn
£ 8.00- Proven easy calver; calves are up and sucking straight away
- Poseidon has proven fertility and good conception rates
- Junior Champion at the 2018 Northern Longhorn Society Spring Sale
Gear Ben MACDHUI
Aberdeen Angus
£ 8.00- Meadow Quality Superior Sire
- Proven easy calver in dairy herds
- Average gestation length is 278 days
