Ervie Advance 111334
Ervie Spring Bull Sale 2013 £4000
Use of Ervie Hereford Sire:
Beef
Cows
Heifers
Genetic make-up of cowherd:
Scotch Blue-grey
some AAX
Replacements source:
Homebred
(Beef Herds)
Size of herd
90
% Served by Hereford Sire
75%
Other breeds of bull used:
Whitbred Shorthorn
Other farm enterprises:
Blackface & Mules
Suffolk terminal sire
Female offspring
Sold as bulling heifers or stores.
Male Offspring
Sold as stores - bullocks 2 year old
Jim and daughter Carol with some of their spring sale heifers walking away from the feed rings in the background.
Photo by Carol McKenna June 2014
Reasons for buying Hereford bull(s) from Ervie:
Ervie natural rearing policy.
Ervie herd health status.
Local.
How do you select your Hereford bull:
Length & clean shape with good backend.
Good walkers.
Have the calves from your Hereford bull met with your expectations: Yes
The Hereford breed has improved from what it was.
Bearing in mind that we select our own sires firstly on natural yearling growth, suggest traits important to you that we should consider when making our herd replacement selections.:
Hard feet and easy calving.
Are you familiar with the background to our Line One Hereford genetics:Yes
Do you agree that a Line-bred bull can maximise performance in a cross-breeding herd situation
Yes calves are definitely bigger and heavier at 2 years than in the past.
Have you anything to say as an endorsement for the bulls you’ve had from us?:
Easy calving
No problems