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Pictured at 3.5 years


Superstar is an outstanding bull that has proven himself as a sire of thick, fast-growing bulls that are ideally suited to today’s market requirements and females that will continue to be profitable in the future. Superstar is a gestation length, growth rate and retail beef yield trait leader with EBVs that are only getting better as more progeny are recorded. Superstar has generated world-wide interest and semen sales.

Export qualified semen currently available in Australia and Canada.
Contact Us for more information.
2010 AUTUMN NEW ZEALAND GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS
  Calv.
Ease
Direct
(%)		 Calv.
Ease
Dtrs
(%)		 Gest.
Len.
(days)		 Birth
Wt.
(kg)		 200
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 400
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 600
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 Mat.
Cow
Wt.
(kg)		 Milk
(kg)		 Maternal
Value
(kg)		 Scrotal
Size
(cm)		 Days
to
Calv.		 Carcase
Wt.
(kg)		 Eye
Muscle
Area
(sq.cm)		 Rib
Fat
(mm)		 Rump
Fat
(mm)		 Retail
Beef
Yield
(%)		 IMF
%
EBV
+4.3
+2.1
-0.9
+4.3
+47
+67
+90
+70
+8
+16
+1.5
+2.3
+70
+3.7
-1.3
-2.2
+2.7
-0.7
Acc
69%
52%
90%
96%
93%
93%
93%
80%
74%
78%
87%
41%
80%
62%
66%
72%
63%
59%
NZ SELECTION INDEX VALUES
Market Target Index Value Breed
Average
Hereford Prime / Maternal ($) +$ 70 +$ 44
Export / Maternal ($)
 +$ 74 +$ 40
Dairy / Maternal ($)
 +$ 69 +$ 31
AUSTRALIAN SELECTION INDEX VALUES
Market Target Index
Value		 Breed
Average
Supermarket
 +$ 89 +$ 57
Grass Fed Steer +$ 77 +$ 51
Grain Fed Steer +$ 80 +$ 56
EU +$ 106 +$ 65


Yardstick is a promising young stud sire.

Export semen is currently being collected.

2010 AUTUMN NEW ZEALAND GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS
  Gest.
Len.
(days)		 Birth
Wt.
(kg)		 200
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 400
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 600
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 Mat.
Cow
Wt.
(kg)		 Milk
(kg)		 Scrotal
Size
(cm)		 Carcase
Wt.
(kg)
EBV
+0.8
+5.6
+38
+54
+76
+66
+11
+1.5
+51
Acc
72%
70%
65%
64%
62%
53%
52%
51%
51%
SELECTION INDEX VALUES
Market Target Index Value Breed Average
Hereford Prime / Maternal ($)
+$ 49
+$ 44
Export / Maternal ($)
+$ 48
+$ 40
Dairy / Maternal ($)
+$ 15
+$ 31




Pictured at 21 months

Volume is a RU 20X Boulder 57G son out of Walpole Phillis.  Boulder is sired by Keynote, one of the most influential sires of the breed world-wide.

We have a limited amount of semen available for sale in New Zealand.

 
2010 AUTUMN NEW ZEALAND GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS
  Calv.
Ease
Direct
(%)		 Gest.
Len.
(days)		 Birth
Wt.
(kg)		 200
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 400
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 600
Day
Wt.
(kg)		 Mat.
Cow
Wt.
(kg)		 Milk
(kg)		 Maternal
Value
(kg)		 Scrotal
Size
(cm)		 Carcase
Wt.
(kg)		 Eye
Muscle
Area
(sq.cm)		 Rib
Fat
(mm)		 Rump
Fat
(mm)		 Retail
Beef
Yield
(%)
EBV
+1.8
-2.1
+5.0
+36
+63
+91
+88
+13
+15
+2.1
+60
+4.1
-0.3
-1.1
+1.6
Acc
42%
75%
84%
80%
80%
77%
62%
72%
73%
77%
61%
45%
46%
49%
42%
SELECTION INDEX VALUES
Market Target Index Value Breed Average
Hereford Prime / Maternal ($) +$ 65 +$ 44
Export / Maternal ($) +$ 64 +$ 40
Dairy / Maternal ($) +$ 44 +$ 31


Alistair & Jim

JA & AR McWilliam,   Te Taumata,   150 Te Kopi Road,   RD4,   Masterton 5884   Email: studstock@tetaumata.co.nz