First British Blue Sires Qualify for Superior Carcase Sire Scheme

30th September 2013

The first British Blue Sires, to qualify for the Society’s new Superior Carcase Sire Scheme, are to be offered for sale.

Two white bulls, from the renowned Chatham Herd of Jack, Anne and David Morrison, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland will travel across the water to Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on Saturday 12th October.

The first, lot 21, Chatham Horace, a Paulern Verdi son, boasts superior figures, with a 400-day growth of +27, which is in the top 15% of the breed and a Carcase Profitability Index of +26, in the top 1% of the breed – he is in the top 10% of the breed for Retail Beef Yield and Eye Muscle Area.

Chatham Horace

Lot 22, Chatham Harry, another Verdi son, has a 400-day growth of + 35, which is in the top 1% of the breed with a Carcase Profitability Index of +30, which is at the very top of the breed and he is in the top 25% for Retail Beef Yield and Eye Muscle Area.

Chatham Harry

These two bulls offer a chance to purchase a sire of high genetic merit, which will help to provide meaningful financial benefit to their purchaser, who will be eligible to claim £5.00 per calf on the progeny of the bull – confined to a maximum of 50 calves, sired by natural service, during a claim period of up to 4 years (3 crops of calves) from the purchase date of the bull.

Claims can only be made within 6 months of the calf’s birth and is confined to the original purchaser. Claims to be submitted by the owner of the bull and must be supported by an official list obtained by the owner from BCMS (GB) or from APHIS (NI), confirming the calf’s sire identity officially, along with official confirmation that the bull was present, on the farm, at the time of conception of the calves.