Sires

Sonny was the stud sire for the Roke family, Otiranui stud, New Zealand.He appealed to us as a bull suitable for Australian markets. We imported his semen and licenced it with the CSA.

Sonny is a polled bull with length and softness and a magnificent temperament. He combines growth, muscling and fattening ability better than most Charolais, making him an ideal bull for Australian conditions.

Semen is available from United Cattle Breeders, Allora, Qld.

Barclay is all you could ask for in a polled bull. He combines growth, length and muscling with an abilty to finish easily. With over 260 calves born he has proved to have excellent calving ease and all his calves are polled.

Dane is a high performing son of Violet Hills Alexander. He is a trait leader for 200/400/600 day weights and is in the top 5% for Domestic and Export Indicies. He has excellent hoof structure. He is very well muscled and has an excellent constitution.

Violet Hills Flambeau (VHV F39E) is by Pinay out of a very good old Rex cow. He was the outstanding bull in our F drop.He has a moderate maturity pattern and tremendous muscling and excellent feet and legs. We regard him as an outstanding stud sire prospect.

Violet Hills Gaelic Warrior(P) is by Violet Hills Ellis out of an outstanding Pouriwai Sonny cow, Violet Hills Briana. He is a very easy calving, easy doing bull with tremendous muscling.

Violet Hills Hilston (P) is by Pinay from another outstanding Pouriwai Sonny cow, Violet Hills Bronwen.A very structurally correct bull with very balanced EBV,s. He will be used over heifers and first calf cows because of his calving ease.

He is a trait leader for birth weight and his Domestic Index puts him in the top 1% of the breed for the 2012 drop

Jay is a polled bull with balanced EBV’s and a magnificent temperament which he passes on to his progeny. His calves are born easily (Birth weight and calving ease in the top 15%), grow quickly, show good muscling and finish easily. Jay has excellent feet, legs and overall structure.

Jacquard is a very easy calving (top 5%) polled bull whose calves are “standouts” from the day they are born. Jacquard has excellent structure, conformation, temperament and a Domestic Index in the top 5% of the breed. He is a lovely, early maturing bull whose progeny are well suited to the domestic grass fed calf production systems.

Jolly Joker is an extremely well structured and well balanced bull with excellent feet and legs. He is long and deep with above average muscling and fattening ability. He is homozygous for the polled gene. Calving ease and fertility are well above average and his temperament is outstanding. He weighed 1130kg as a 3 year old.

His Domestic Index puts him in the top 1% of the breed for the 2013 drop.