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
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.
Cloughhead DESTROYER
Limousin
£ 7.00- Better than breed average for gestation length and calving ease
- High value calves
Churchlands Estate 1 BATAVIA
Hereford - Polled
£ 5.00- Hereford Bull of the Year 2007
- A big smooth bull with great power and muscle content with excellent locomotion
- Recommended for use on cows
ILLIMANI
Salers
£ 8.00- Salers are well known for their short gestation
- Around 10 days earlier than other Continentals
- Very easy calving breed
Cockerington HERDSMAN
Charolais
£ 7.00- Homozygous Polled sire, so progeny will also be polled
- Calving Ease EBV well above breed average
- Progeny are the later maturing type
Goodyhills EMPEROR
British Blue
£ 7.00- A breed leader for growth rates
- Proven easy calver
- A financial winner across the industry, with benefits for farmer, grower, processor and retailer
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
Fabb 1 RORY
Hereford - Polled
£ 8.00- Meadow Quality Superior Sire
- Average gestation length is 275 days
- Selected especially for crossing in the dairy herd
SPL Yojimbo MR SHOU 05
Wagyu
£ 12.00- Predominant bloodline is Tajima
- High marbling will be expected in progeny
- Low birth weights make Mr SHOU an ideal cross on any breed
