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.
Twyning Ash BLUE ENERGY 4
British Blue Mix
£ 9.00- Twyning Ash Kingfisher, Twyning Ash Magic and Twyning Ash Oskar
- Three widely used bulls
- All three bulls known for easy calving and good growth
Piperhaywood BRUTUS (P)
Charolais
£ 8.50- Homozygous Polled sire, so progeny will also be polled
- Has been used extensively with minimal calving problems
Grahams PONCHO
Limousin
£ 7.50- Better than breed average for birth weight and calving ease
- Sold for 20,000gns in 2003; half brother held the world record price of 50,000gns
Trelawny ICARUS
English Longhorn
£ 8.50- Progeny have enjoyed considerable success in the show ring
- Icarus was shown himself with great success in 2016
- Several sons have been sold to other breeders
Fabb 1 RORY
Hereford - Polled
£ 8.50- 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
Stonmour THUNDER CLOUD
Beef Shorthorn
£ 7.50- Proven over and over again
- Great cross for dairy or commercial beef
- Shape, shape and more shape!
