REFERENCE SIRES - 2021 BULL SALE
16 SONS SELL
Sire: G A R PROPHET
Maternal Grandsire: STYLES UPGRADE J59
Beast Mode is the rising king of calving ease and very fast growth, whilst maintaining a moderate frame. At weaning and beyond it is quite noticeable the weight difference he offers.
Beast Mode currently sits in the top 14% for calving ease and 27% for birth weight, with outstanding growth in the top 1% (200 & 400 DW) and top 2% (600 DW). He offers carcase weight (top 12%) with above average IMF (top 23%).
11 SONS SELL
Sire: SYDGEN EXCEED 3223
Maternal Grandsire: SYDGEN LIBERTY GA 8627
Enhance offers calving ease, fast growth and carcase in a slightly larger frame.
His birth weight is currently in the top 27%, with impressive growth figures in the top 3% (200 DW) and top 4% (400 and 600 DW).
He offers carcase weight (top 8%) and EMA (top 11%), combined with above average IMF (top 23%).
11 SONS SELL
Sire: KC HAAS GPS
Maternal Grandsire: BUSHS GRAND DESIGN
In 2015 we bought a quarter share in K2, who sold for $45,000. His sons have featured in our sale over the past few years.
To date there are almost 1400 progeny recorded by K2, as well as semen exported overseas. Through this amount of progeny analysed, his EBV accuracies are high.
K2 is currently in the top 15% for calving ease, top 4% for gestation length, top 9% for 400DW, top 6% for 600DW, top 2% for scrotal, and top 4% for Feed Efficiency.
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 17 years of age, and 25 other sons have sold into seedstock herds.
9 SONS SELL
Sire: ARDROSSAN EQUATOR A241
Maternal Grandsire: TUWHARETOA REGENT D145
K112 was purchased by JK Cattle Co at the SGA bull sale in 2016 for $17,000. He has bred very well for Justin & Kate, and his sons have sold well in the sale over the past few years.
They were looking for a bull that would cover off on as many characteristics as possible, with a few non-negotiables like fertility, scrotal size and muscle expression with softness, and found that in K112.
K112 certainly has a lot of presence at every angle, and he's a bull that improves every cow he’s joined to. K112 has fantastic foot structure, and is very quiet like a lot of A241 progeny.
The cowline of this bull has a number of cows that are exceptionally well proven for longevity.
K112 offers strong growth and muscle expression with softness. He is currently in the top 4% for carcase weight and top 10% for EMA and rump fat.
5 SONS SELL
Sire: G A R MOMENTUM
Maternal Grandsire: CONNEALY IN SURE 8524
Drive offers low birth weight (top 15%), combined with growth and carcase.
He's in the top 1% for EMA, top 11% for IMF, and top 13% for retail beef yield.
3 SONS SELL
Sire: TUWHARETOA REGENT D145
Maternal Grandsire: HA PROGRAM 5652
Hinman’s sons have sold well over many years, and feature again this year. He has a beautiful slick skin type, is very structurally correct, quiet, with moderate birth and his progeny grow quickly.
He now has over 200 progeny recorded. His IMF is in the top 1% of the Angus breed, and his carcase weight is in the top 4%.
A few years ago Hinman was entered into Cohort 7 of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program. His progeny from this program have had data recorded since birth, and have added increased accuracy right across his EBVs.
Hinman is currently in the top 25% for both calving ease and birth weight, and is in the top 21-31% for 200, 400 and 600 Day Weights.
Hinman continues to reside in a commercial operation for John and Guy Campbell around the Condamine and Glenmorgan districts, and at nine years old has been proving himself for longevity.
His mother D80 had nine calves and an average calving interval of 367 days, and she also produced a top calf every time. She always calved in the first 1-2 weeks of our calving period since her first as a two year old.
3 SONS SELL
Sire: MCC DAYBREAK
Maternal Grandsire: G A R NEW DESIGN 5050
Scale House offers extremely high growth and carcase.
He's currently in the top 1% for all $Indexes, 200, 400, 600 Day Weights, EMA, Retail Beef Yield, and top 2% for Carcase Weight.
3 SONS SELL
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 currently in the top 1% for calving ease and fat, top 2% for scrotal and gestation length, and top 4% for birth weight, with over 4500 progeny analysed.
He comes highly recommended for producers searching for heifer bulls and/or those targeting organic and grassfed markets.
2 SONS SELL
Sire: G A R INGENUITY
Maternal Grandsire: CONNEALY ONWARD
Index offers calving ease (top 28%), below average birth weight and good growth (top 23% for 200DW, top 16% for 400DW).
His EMA is in the top 1%, and retail beef yield is in the top 3%.
2 SONS SELL
Sire: V A R DISCOVERY 2240
Maternal Grandsire: SOUTHERN NEW DESIGN 94027
Bourbon offers short gestation length (top 7%) and days to calving (top 10%). He is a low birth weight bull (top 21%), and combines this with high growth – top 11% for 200DW, top 3% for 400DW, top 14% for 600DW, with scrotal in the top 5%.
He is in the top 9% or better for all $Indexes.
