Reference sires

To look at him now he certainly has a lot of presence at every angle. He’s a bull that improves every cow he’s joined to and we feel his daughters will certainly be a platform for our breeding herd in years to come. K112 has fantastic feet structure with little to no claw curl in all four feet and plenty of heel. He steps correctly and is very quiet like a lot of A241 progeny.

The cowline of this bull has a number of cows that are well proven for longevity. His mother has since been sold to Merribrook Angus, Vic. She shows a lot of capacity, and for Glenoch she had five calves for an average calving interval (ACI) of 371 days.

More impressive is the longevity of the three cows behind her. B133 is still active in the Glenoch herd, having had 11 calves for a 373 ACI. Her sire was a Glenoch bred bull whose sons sold very well, and he goes back to one of the great ones, L38, who Dunoon Angus later purchased and flushed from.

The dam of B133, Q17, also produced 11 calves for a 376 ACI and she was also the mother to V13 and W51, whose sons sold very well. Both these cows were purchased by Burenda Angus and Barr G Angus.

The dam of Q17 is F4, who was born in 1986 and was one of the earlier cows remembered by Justin. For Glenoch she had 10 calves, an ACI of 370 days and was later purchased and flushed by DSK Angus. Interestingly, of the 10 calves she had for Glenoch, nine of them were females, seven of which were later sold as breeding cows to seedstock herds Willalooka, Bunya Creek, Valorbrook and Diamond Ridge.

K112’s sire and maternal grandsire need no introduction, having had 7625 and 7120 progeny analysed through Breedplan. It’s his cowline that makes K112 that bit more special, with so many cows that are not only proven for fertility but that have bred on to produce great ones. Like most bulls, there is generally a compromise as his birth weight is quite high, but it’s hard to fault him elsewhere.