REFERENCE SIRES 2018
Sire: KC HAAS GPS
Maternal Grandsire: BUSHS GRAND DESIGN
In 2015 we bought a quarter share in K2, who sold for $45,000. Our sale this year represents the first opportunity to purchase sons we have bred, and there are 51 of them up for grabs!
To date there are over 800 progeny recorded by K2, as well as semen exported overseas. Through this amount of progeny analysed to increase his EBV accuracies he is now a trait leader for calving ease direct, gestation length, 400 and 600 day weights, scrotal size and carcase weight.
From observing and measuring the K2 progeny we have, there is no denying his EBV credentials. K2 is a large framed bull with plenty of length, his calves are born early with ease and they grow quickly. He is certainly the type of bull well suited to feedlot markets. Of the K2 sons on offer this year there are a number similar to his type, but there are also a number of more moderate framed types.
It’s very rare to find a bull with this much growth who equally excels for calving ease, but what interested us most was his mother. Undeniably one of the best cows out of the Texas Angus stud herd, she has 118 progeny grossing over $650,000, is still active at 14 years of age, and 25 other sons have sold into
seedstock herds.
51 SONS
LOTS: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 61, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 92
Sire: TUWHARETOA REGENT D145
Maternal Grandsire: HA PROGRAM 5652
Hinman is very structurally correct, quiet, with moderate birth and his progeny grow quickly. He now has over 180 progeny recorded, and through scan results his IMF EBV is well in the top 1% for the Angus breed.
His sons sold well last year and they are sure to impress again this year. He has a beautiful slick skin type, very correct feet and is very quiet, with calving ease, very high marbling and progeny are quick to grow.
A couple of years ago we entered Hinman into Cohort 7 of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program. His progeny were recorded and weighed at birth and have now been weaned, adding increased accuracy to his gestation length, birth weight and 200 DW EBVs. As a result, his calving ease data has improved and his growth data has maintained to where he is now in the top 35% for calving ease, top 30% for birth weight and top 5% for 200 DW.
He is also now a trait leader for carcase weight, and as further carcase data comes in he will no doubt be a trait leader for marbling. Hinman continues to reside in a commercial operation for John and Guy Campbell around the Condamine and Glenmorgan districts, and at six years old is proving himself for longevity.
His mother D80, has been a great cow to us, not only has she proven herself for fertility with 9 calves and an average calving interval of 367 days, but she also produces a top calf every time. She has always calved in the first 1-2 weeks of our calving period since her first as a two year old.
7 SONS
LOTS: 14, 17, 23, 53, 63, 87, 99
Sire: CONNEALY IMPRESSION
Maternal Grandsire: S A V FINAL ANSWER 0035
Innovation offers types with big eye muscle and big butts, with fast growth in a moderate frame.
Innovation is described by US ranchers as a cowman’s bull, very correct feet, quiet and is a trait leader for 200 day weight, scrotal size and EMA.
We will have more calves on the ground this spring by this bull, and are planning to use him again in our upcoming A.I. season.
Innovation is one of those bulls that excels for all the desirable phenotypical characteristics.
4 SONS
LOTS: 6, 8, 12, 58
Sire: SCHURRTOP REALITY X723
Maternal Grandsire: TE MANIA ULONG U41 (AI) (ET)
They don’t come much more easy doing than the NZ sire Reality. He is a traditional Angus type stacked with calving ease, fertility and carcase in a moderate frame size. Reality is in the top 10% for eight EBV traits, with almost 4500 progeny analysed through Breedplan.
He comes highly recommended for producers searching for heifer bulls and/or those targeting organic and grassfed markets.
2 SONS
LOTS: 19, 24
Sire: LT DRIVEN 9087
Maternal Grandsire: BOOROOMOOKA UNDERTAKEN Y145
Another Driven son out of D59 who had 5 calves for 353 days. His grandmother Z130 was one of our better producing cows, and we used a number of sons. She has awesome fertility data with 10 calves and 363 day ACI.
4 SONS
LOTS: 21, 59, 65, 97
Sire: LT DRIVEN 9087
Maternal Grandsire: HA PROGRAM 5652 (ET)
Another Driven son who sold for $14,000 to AJM Pastoral, Richmond. K270 is out of the mother of Glenoch Hinman H221. D80 has been a fantastic producer, having had 9 calves for 367 day ACI. She has a son in the sale at lot 35 and sold at our female sale this year for $6500 to Bulliac Angus, not bad for a 10 year old cow.
4 SONS
LOTS: 25, 57, 64, 91
Sire: TUWHARETOA REGENT D145 (AI) (ET)
Maternal Grandsire: GLENOCH ZAMBANI Z163 (AI)
K303 has a fantastic blend of traits, his sons have done well and he sold for $11,000 to Paul Berthelsen of Mundubbera. He is out of a great old cow that is still here, having had 10 calves for a 360 day ACI. She has son in the sale at lot 31 and has also produced another son that sold for $10,000.
3 SONS
LOTS: 54, 55, 56
Sire: TE MANIA INFINITY 04 379 AB
Maternal Grandsire: ARDROSSAN DIRECTION W109 (AI) (ET)
Glenoch First Base F111 is a bull we used as a yearling and then sold at auction to Bullamon Plains, Thallon. We chose to go back to F111 for his calving ease, fertility, EMA and marbling data. F111 sons sold very well in 2014, he has very good feet, is now eight years old and still going strong. He’s represented by two sons and two grandsons.
2 SONS
LOTS: 20, 60
Sire: GLENOCH HINMAN H221 (AI)
Maternal Grandsire: GLENOCH ZAMBANI Z163 (AI)
K325 is typical, stylish son by Hinman that sold for $8000 to Bullamon Plains, Thallon. There are some great old cows behind this bull. His mother B133 is still here having had 10 calves and 367 ACI. A grandson in the 2016 sale made $17,000. Interestingly, as a showcase of longevity, the mother of B133, Q17 was born in 1995, her mother F4 was born in 1986 and the cow behind her, A9 was born in 1981.
1 SON
LOT: 51
Sire: TE MANIA AMBASSADOR A134
Maternal Grandsire: YTHANBRAE HENRY VIII U8
In our 2013 sale there were quite a few sons by Tuwharetoa D143 and they sold well. D143 is a full brother to Tuwharetoa Regent D145, but a completely different type. D143 is moderate framed with a big EMA, high marbling and extra softness, ideally suited to easier to finish markets.
8 SONS
LOTS: 1, 11, 16, 18, 52, 88, 90, 93
Sire: LAWSONS HENRY VIII D1054 (AI) (ET)
Maternal Grandsire: TE MANIA MODEST M126+92
Our Farm J244 is a genuine calving ease bull, with 82 progeny recorded. He is moderate-framed with low mature cow weight, big scrotal, extra fat, high marbling and ideally suited to those wanting easy to finish, low maintenance type cattle. Bred in Australia, this bull now resides at Brown Mountain Angus on the south coast of NSW.
5 SONS
LOTS: 22, 26, 48, 62, 96
Sire: LT DRIVEN 9087
Maternal Grandsire: ARDROSSAN DIRECTION W109 (AI) (ET)
At our 2016 bull sale we offered a number of sons by LT Driven and they sold very well. The Driven sons were thick, deep and moderate framed with that easy finish look to them. The LT herd are renown for high fertility and longevity. K312 sold for $9500 to Don and Cathy Bates, Winnathoola Pastoral Co of Wallumbilla, and his maternal background is proven for longevity and high fertility. His mother B75 had 8 calves for a 364 ACI, and her mother Z52 had 9 calves for a 374 ACI. Z52 is out of V56 who we flushed a couple of times and has 29 progeny. She was later sold to Bunya Creek Angus, Bell.
5 SONS
LOTS: 13, 47, 80, 98, 100
