The 2016 Cathcart Bull Breeders Sale is on 23 September, and here is the Duncraggan line-up: three red, polled bulls, all Phase A and B recorded with S.A. Studbook and carrying current Logix Breeding Values from August 2016.
With the 2016 Cathcart Bull Breeders Sale approaching on 23 September 2016, we present a summary of the bulls on offer from Duncraggan Beef Shorthorns.
As usual, all the bulls have been Phase A and B performance recorded with S. A. Studbook and they also have current Logix Breeding Values from August 2016.
The Spring 2013 bulls have been Falkirk Certified in their contemporary group, the Autumn 2014 bull was the sole bull retained after weaning and therefore has no other contemporaries!
Reference Sire: JSF Gauge 137W
We imported our first tranche of semen in 2012 and he was used heavily in the 2012 Spring and 2013 Autumn breeding seasons:
He was selected due to his excellent BW and CE EPD’s, in a moderate frame. The solid red colour was an added bonus!
His figures have improved since we first used him and in the ASA August/Spring 2016 Trait Leaders list he now ranks in the Top 10 on seven traits, five of those in the Top 5 in the breed!
We feel that the combination of calving ease (Direct and Maternal), Ribeye area, Marbling and Fat thickness EPD’s is hard to beat!
See the full list in the link below:
Duncraggan Uncle Ted 210
Red, polled. Falkirk Certified. A bull with good length and long hindquarter muscling. Used as our heifer bull in Spring 2015 and as a pick-up over all our Autumn 2016 calving cows and the heifers.
Out of one of our Tukulu Duchess family cows, D. Duchess 063. A consistent producer of outstanding progeny, all her calves to date have been retained in the herd!
Her 2015 bull calf, D. Warwick 319, by D. Smashing Stuff 103, has just completed a Phase C test with a Silver Merit.
He is just on 3 years of age now.
Duncraggan Utterly Amazing 223
Red, polled. Falkirk Certified. He is a solid, cherry-red bull with a well-rounded hindquarter. Slick coated. One of the most virile bulls we have produced in the last few years, his poll was bald during the breeding season! He was used on all the white cows, and the roan cows with white calves, during our Spring 2015 joining.
He is out of a Carnarvon Augusta family cow by Wauldby 0407. She has produced a number of good progeny, her 2015 bull calf, D. Willy Wonker 337, by D. Smashing Stuff 103, also receiving a Silver Merit award in the recently completed Phase C test.
He is just on 3 years of age now.
Duncraggan Voodoo 248
Red, polled. He is another solid red, and a standout son of D. Seraphina 082, the top producing Spry’s All Gold D052 daughter from the Tukulu Seraphina cow family. Slightly more frame than the two bulls above.
His maternal brother by D. Ronin 073, top selling bull at our 2012 Annual Bull Sale to Barry Stretton, Brosterlea, was purchased by Duncan Currie, Lindisfarne, on the 2015 Cathcart Sale
He was not Falkirk Indexed as he was the only bull in his contemporary group.
He is just on 2 ½ years of age now.
Please feel free to give Allistair a call to talk through any of the bulls before the sale.