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.
Standlynch ROCOCO
Aberdeen Angus
£ 7.50- First calves are showing great vigour
- Excellent EBV for calving ease
- Average gestation length is 280 days
SAUVIGNON
Limousin
£ 7.50- 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
TOM PP
Limousin
£ 10.00- Homozygous Polled bull bred in Germany
- Has been used without problem on dairy cows
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
Twyning Ash OSKAR
British Blue
£ 8.50- 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
