Reference Sires

An Outstanding Sire indexing in the Top 1% of the Breed for the Longfed/CAAB Index. This bull is already a 2010 Trait Leader for Calving Ease Direct, Carcase Weight and EMA. His marbling EBV places him in the top 1% of the breed also. Look out for his sons at this years sale, there are six sons available, all tested free of NH.

A Bald Blair bred son of Te Mania Ulong indexing in the top 1% of the Breed for the Longfed/CAAB Index. This bull is a 2010 Trait Leader for Gestation Length, 200D, 400D and 600D Weights. His marbling EBV puts him in the top 10% of the Breed. His sons as a group, scanned the highest for IMF of all there contemporaries, including the Genesis sons, in the Bald Blair herd this year. We have collected 300 straws of semen out of his son NBB D34 who was used in the stud in the 2009 Breeding season, and is being offered for sale this year, see Lot 6. In addition we have commenced flushing A16 daughters in the 2009 Breeding Season. There are a total of 6 sons making up this years sale draft.

Another high Longfed/CAAB Indexing bull, that is a 2010 Trait Leader for Gestation Length, 200D, 400D, 600D Growth Milk, DTC, Carcase Wt and EMA. He has 4 sons in this years Catalogue.

Introduced into the herd as an Outcross Pedigree to Future Direction and USA 036 this high indexing is a 2010 Trait Leader 200D, 400D, 600D Growth, Milk, Scrotal, DTC and Carcase Weight EBV's. 338 is a well proven sire over 2200 Progeny analysed in the 2010 breed plan run. His son, NBB D84, Lot 5 in this years catalogue was used as a cover sire in the 2009 Stud Breeding program.

Used in 11 herds around Australia as part of the Young Sire Proving Scheme, Z58 is still breeding in the Bald Blair herd. He has 8 sons on offer in this years sale Catalogue. His son NBB D112 (see Lot 7) was used in the 2009 Stud Breeding program. This bull is a 2010 Trait Leader for Calving Ease Direct and Gestation Length. We have retained a Z58 son NBB C126, from the 2007 draft of bulls, this young bull is still currently being proven with the first of his sons on the ground last year.

This bull, a 1407 son was purchased from the Narrangullen Dispersal Sale in 2006. He has proven himself as 2010 Trait Leader for Calving Ease Direct, Birthweight and 200D Growth. In addition has an IMF in the top 10% of the breed. There are 5 NAR Z567 sons rising two years, plus 2 yearling bulls in this years catalogue. He is a proven calving ease sire.

Introduced as an outcross pedigree to Future Direction, Ambush 28 is a 2010 Trait Leader for Calving Ease Daughters, Gestation Length, 200D, 400D, 600D Growth, Carcase Wt and EMA EBV's.

Introduced into the herd as an Outcross Pedigree to Future Direction and USA 036 this bull is a 2010 Trait Leader for 200D, 400D, 600D Growth, DTC and Carcase Wt EBV's. There are 6 sons in this years catalogue.

NBB B35 was used in the 2007 breeding season and then subsequently sold in the 2008 sale. He has 2 sons in this years catalogue.

NBB W79 was used in the 2006 and 2007 breeding seasons, and was then used in the commercial herd for another two years. He has 1 son in this years catalogue.

458N was recently introduced into the Bald Blair Herd as an outcross to Future Direction, and a proven New Design 1407 son. There are only yearling bulls on offer by this sire, but more will be available in future years. 458N is proving to be an exciting addition to our program being a 2010 Trait Leader for 200D, 400D, 600D Growth and Carcase Wt EBV's.

K205 has been introduced as another Outcross sire to Future Direction and USA 036. He is already a Trait Leader for Gestation Length, 200D and 400D Growth EBV's. There are only Yearling sons on offer for this sire this year.