Ervie Herefords
Cow Family History

Tribe 1 Families

  • Beauty. Brockloch Beauty 17th purchased from Willie Barclay, East Brockloch, Ayrshire in 1994. This family produced our £4500 sale-topping bull in 2015. Solid cattle.
  • Countess. This family purchased from Marcus Lury, Oakleaf Herefords in Somerset in 1994. Good family tracing back to Hermitage & Merryhill Herefords in the 1970’s.
  • Crocus. Roundshaw Crocus 151 purchased from Ben Welsh in 2010.  The line goes back to the famous Haven Crocus family through Kilphin and Bowmont herds
  • Barbara. Barncleugh Barbara 5th purchased at Edinburgh in 1977 from Kenneth Kelly. This important family also descended from Haven family.
  • Carol Lily. Onguten Carol Lily 39th bought at their herd dispersal in 1997 and has provided us with a top family line since. Full of quality. Bulls sold twice to £4000 in 2014 and anther at £4000 again in 2017.
  • Barda. Brockloch Barda 14th, another hardy family purchased from Willie Barclay, East Brockloch, Ayrshire in 1994.
  • L1 Achievement K flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Fort Keoch station dam and a Holden sire in 2008.
  • L1 Achievement I flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Cooper dam and a Holden sire in 2008.
  • L1 Achievement N flush. Result of an embryo flush from Beran Bros. in Kansas using a Holden dam and a Holden sire in 2015. Service sires RL1 Achiever 151966N & RL1 Achiever 151973N are from the same flush.
  • L1 Achievement G flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Holden dam and a Holden sire in 2008. Bulls sold to £5800 in 2011.
  • Dowager. Another good Haven family that came to us with the purchase of Dieulacresse Dowager 3rd in 2007. Top bull sales are £4000 in 2014 and again in 2017.

Tribe 2 Families

  • Lisette. Findowrie Lisette 5th was a heifer full of Haven bloodlines purchased in Edinburgh 1972 and she established one of the strongest and best families in our herd. This family produced our top two sale prices at £7000 & £8200 in 2018 and our sale-topper this year of £3700 with another at £3200.
  • Laura. Weswood Laura 390th was a tremendous daughter of Ervie King Kong we purchased from Clive Davies in 2003. This has become a tremendously important family to us and produced our £7200 sale-topper in 2016. Other top bulls have gone to £5500 in 2011 and our second top 2020 price £3600.
  • Gypsy. Dovemount Gypsy B22, another Ervie King Kong daughter was purchased in 2006 from George Thorley. The family line goes right back to Marlow breeding and has become a particularly important family to us. Bulls have sold to £4500 in 2019 and £3500 in 2020.
  • L1 Achievement M flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Holden dam and a Cooper sire in 2015.
  • Model. Sherlowe Model 270th was purchased at the herd dispersal in 1986. Daughter of Wabash Imager 22F and full of good breeding, she has provided us with a very important family.
  • L1 Achievement D flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Beran Bros dam and a Holden sire in 2005.

Tribe 3 Families

  • Pansy. Border Pansy K44 was purchased from the Border Herefords herd of Stan & Hellen Quan in 1994 and is definitely well established in the Ervie herd now. The family goes way back to the Marlow herd. Top bulls have sold to £4000 in 2011.
  • Narcissi. Studdolph Narcissi J19 was purchased at Hereford from Messrs Thorne in 1975. Easy-fleshing and great milkers, they have been one of our main families over the years.
  • L1 Achievement A flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Holden dam and a Holden sire in 2005. Our first embryo flush from Jack Holden and what a line of females it has become. Our bull sale topper in 2013 from this family made £4600 and we had one this year at £3500.
  • Noreen. Kilphin Noreen J1 was the last heifer from the herd of Tom & Billy Nelson, and we bought her from them in 1994. Good hardy types. Bulls have sold to £4500 in 2013.
  • Plum. This family stems from the purchase of Free Town Plum 76th, an excellent daughter of Free Town Foremost, in 1993.
  • Oystergirl. Sherlowe Oystergirl 66thth was purchased at their herd dispersal in 1986. Another great breeding family. Bulls have sold to £5000 in 2011 and our sale topper in 2014 at £4500.
  • Pansy. This was our first Pansy line and stems from the purchase of Havenfield Pansy 19th in 1977. This was a big cow when small cattle were all the rage and is a family I value highly. Lots 65 & 68 are both from this family.

Tribe 4 Families

  • Peach. Harrold Peach 16th was purchased in Edinburgh from Messrs Tusting Partners, Bedford in 1972 and has gone on to become our best known and most numerous family. This female line is so strong and has produced foundation females for many herds. Bulls sold to £4000 in 2011 and £4800 in 2016.
  • L1 Achievement F flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Holden dam and a Holden sire in 2009. Bulls sold to £5200 in 2011.
  • Roulette. The purchase of Border Roulette B37, sired by Ervie Classic U150, from Stan & Hellen Quan in 2006 was the source of this good family line.
  • L1 Achievement H flush. Result of an embryo flush from a Holden dam and a Cooper sire in 2009. Lot 107 is from this flush, which also produced two especially important herd sires in Ervie L1 Achiever 91149H and Ervie L1 Achiever 91151H. These bulls had huge influence in establishing the strength of     breeding we have in the herd today.

Tribe 5 Families

  • Tribute. This is a great family in our herd and is established from the purchase of Brockloch Tribute 11th in 1994 from Willie Barclay, East Brockloch, Ayrshire. Top bull sales have been our 2019 bull sale topper at £7000 and another at £3000.
  • Sunset. Venture Sunset 456 was purchased in Denmark in 2002 from Axel Johansen. The result of an embryo imported from the US, this was our first taste of Line One breeding and is a hardy and reliable family. We used 2 good stock sires from this dam.
  • Unitarian. Aultoun Unitarian 46th was purchased from Graham Stratford, Hampshire, in 1995 and has established a beautiful and productive line of females in our herd. Our 2017 bull sale topper at £6200 was from this family.
  • L1 Achievement E flush. Result of an embryo flush from Beran Bros., Kansas in 2008 using a Cooper dam and a Holden sire.
  • Topsy. From the Wenlock T family and stems from the purchase of a big Bell L 1087 Domino 46R daughter, Wenlock Tabletta in 1993.
  • Trudy. Roundshaw Trudy 148, sired by Ervie Classic Lad B620 was purchased from Ben Welsh, Ayrshire in 2010 and has established a good type of cow in our herd.
  • Snowdrop. Aultoun Snowdrop 12th was purchased from Graham Stratford in 1994 and the family has stood the test of time with us, producing many good females.
  • Satina. Venture Satina was purchased from Axel Johansen, Denmark in 2003 and the family has produced many good cattle for us since then. US genetics.