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The breeding program at Mount Linton, including 890 calving females in 2010, specialises in maternal performance while improving growth and carcass traits.
Industry Proven Performance
As at August 2010:
- 94% and 92% of 2009 born females and males are above the breed average for Self-Replacing Index, respectively.
- 88% and 86% of females and males born in 2009 are above the breed average for Calving-Ease Index, respectively.
Buying a Mount Linton Bull
Choose from over 300 bulls
- Bulls are for sale by private treaty
- Transport of bulls is compliments of Mount Linton
- The fertility and structural soundness of bulls is guaranteed for three years
- Uncompromising approach to breed soundness, temperament and fertility
- TB status C10
- Tested for BVD, EBL, semen quality
- Bulls are certified by an Angus assessor for structural and fertility soundness
The Herd
Performance recording the Angus herd at Mount Linton began back in 1991 when females were purchased for the purpose of breeding bulls to service the Station's large commercial herd (1300 cows). The herd is based on Te Mania bloodlines, which have laid a strong foundation for the direction the breeding program today. In 2005 Mount Linton crossed to Australia in search of semen and embryos that would continue to lift the genetics of the herd. At that time there were few, if any sired in NZ that would have lifted the performance of the herd and since then an AI program to specifically selected females occure annually.
In the past year a higher proportion of Mount Linton bred bulls have been used as sires to capture the advantage of being bred in our environment and the Station is looking forward with considerable anticipation to the 2010 calf drop.
Don't Just Take Our Word For it ...
Robert Grant, Grant Farming Partnership runs 900 beef cows at Gore.
"We've been buying Mount Linton bulls for 8 years to mate with yearling heifers. Last year out of 150 heifers, 97% were incalf in 2 cycles. These achieved a 93% calving (no. of calves weaned / heifers to bull). Mount Linton bulls have good temperament, good growth rates and their progeny kill out well."
Andy Taylor milks 1,600 cows at Dipton.
"We've been buying Mount Linton Bulls for 6 years now. Mount Linton bulls are extremely quiet to handle which is important to us. Another major advantage is that the bulls are easy calved. Most importantly we have a ready market for good quality calves. We sell 4 day old calves as well as 100kg calves at 90 days and we've got people lining up for them.
Mount Linton genetics offer us performance we can count on."
Contact: Ceri Lewis
M: 021 678 809
T: 03 225 4687
E: clewis@mountlinton.co.nz
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