Netherton BLACK LIGHTNING
Aberdeen Angus
£ 8.00- Meadow Quality Superior Sire
- EBV's suggest easy calving and shortened gestation length
- Superior growth and carcase traits
- Top 1% of the breed for Terminal and Self Replacing indexes
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.
TOM PP
Limousin
£ 10.00- Homozygous Polled bull bred in Germany
- Has been used without problem on dairy cows
Netherton FAMOUS
Aberdeen Angus
£ 7.00- EBV for Gestation Length is in the Top 5% of the breed
- Pedigree stacked with proven easy calving and fleshing maternal genetics
- From one of the most famous and influential families not only at Netherton but the breed
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
Stonebyres HARTLEY
British Blue
£ 7.00- Growth, mobility and muscle
- Excellent EBV for calving ease
- Top priced bull at Carlisle in January 2014
Twyning Ash OSKAR
British Blue
£ 8.00- 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
- Meadow Quality Superior Sire
