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Kincardine Rainstorme R25
(Eligible for Export to Australia)
Purchased for $81,000 in May 2022. A beautifully balanced, very sound young sire with ideal figures for New Zealand hill country. Thick and very well muscled, he has a terrific back end, walks very well and has a beautifully quiet disposition. He excels in the key maternal and fertility traits of calving ease (both direct and maternal), short gestation, low birthweight, and moderate mature cow weight. He also has strong growth and outstanding EBVs for eye muscle area and fats, which were supported by equally strong raw data. We are hugely excited to have secured this bull, and plan to open him up to the wider industry, so are offering semen for sale this year.
Mark Ferguson (NextGen Agri) and John McKone (PGGW Genetics) give their thoughts on the tremendously exciting sire!
Turihaua Crump E5
(Eligible for Export to Australia)
Recognised as one of NZ's most influential and long-lasting senior sires, he is still going strong at 13 years of age. Traditional NZ Angus hill country type with proven industry-leading fertility, Crump has sired over 400 outstanding progeny which are always highly sought after. His sons and grandsons have sold at top prices for studs across NZ, including grandson Meadowslea Mountain Man R705 sold for $92,500, the highest price 2-year-old bull sold in NZ in 2022. His daughters are the top breeding females in the Meadowslea herd, and are proving exceptionally fertile and productive in our hill country. This results in him now being a breed trait-leader for short days to calving at -10 days. He has been used with great results in over 25 Angus studs, both here in NZ as well as Australia. Two sons feature in this sale; Meadowslea K811 and N166, as well as 4 grandsons; Meadowslea K703, Meadowslea Q347, Turiroa Panther, and Rangatira Rebel.
Meadowslea R818
On account of Jade Park Angus, Australia
Qualified for export to Australia
R818 was sold at lot 4 in our 2022 bull sale to Jade Park Angus in Australia for $23,500. The bull himself remains domiciled in NZ at Meadowslea and the semen rights are shared equally between Meadowslea Angus and Jade Park Angus.
R818 was a standout right from the start and we consider him to be possibly the best Meat Machine son we have ever bred. We selected him to use as a yearling with his exceptional calving ease, short gestation, and moderate birth weight making him an ideal choice for mating a top selection of stud yearling heifers. He has a powerful maternal pedigree with his grandam’s sire the well known Meadowslea F540 and his great maternal grandam one of our greatest ever breeding cows C1047, who is the dam of F801 one of the donor cows in this embryo sale and a cow who shows up in many of our leading pedigrees. R818 has inherited the exceptional depth of body and massive hindquarter of his sire who passes on wonderful easy-doing and early maturing attributes to all his progeny. Meat Machine is now a trait leader for Calving Ease and is also a semen sire in this catalogue. R818 is a very exciting prospect and we eagerly await the first of his progeny arriving this spring.
Meadowslea R646
Qualified for export to Australia
We retained R646 as our first-choice keeper in 2022. He had been the stand-out yearling in the spring of 2021 with his exceptional width across the top and powerful hindquarter making him a clear choice to use as a yearling over a top selection of adult cows. His pedigree also attracted us: with no Meadowslea F540 nor Turihaua Crump blood he offers outcross bloodlines with a powerful pedigree. His sire Meadowslea M429 was sold to Red Oak stud at $18,000 and is sired by the $100,000 Rangatira 13-38. M429 is out of one of our greatest ever cows G922, who is also the dam of Meadowslea N166 who sired NZ’s highest price bull in 2022. G922 is a donor cow in this Embryo sale. R646 also has a strong maternal pedigree, with his dam M542 going back to Braveheart of Stern, and his maternal grandam H205 a great productive 10-year-old cow with very strong EMA and fats, who was sold in our 2022 Female Sale to Mt Albert Angus.
R646 has an impressive data set with calving ease, strong growth and a moderate mature cow weight. His fertility traits are impressive with short days to calving and a scrotal size EBV ranking in the top 5% for the breed. He scanned well with strong EMA inherited from both sides of his pedigree. His terrific easy-doing fats rank in the top 5% for the breed. All this performance combines to generate a self-replacing index in the top 20% for the breed.
Meadowslea "Meat Machine" G914
It is obvious why we named this fellow “Meat Machine” with his exceptional muscle pattern and his incredible easy doing attributes. He has now bred close to 200 progeny in 6 herds in NZ. He is having a huge impact on the Meadowslea herd and fast becoming an all-time favourite sire. He leaves terrific thickness and depth with his signature powerful hindquarter evident on all his offspring. The easy-doing ability that we value so strongly in the hill-country is evident in his exceptional rib and rump fat EBVs which are almost off the scale for the Angus breed. He is a trait leader for calving ease direct at +10.8, and his very short gestation and low birthweight rank in the top 10% for the breed. His progeny all exhibit the early-maturing, moderate, efficient frame size that perform so well for us. We believe he is the true Angus hill-country type and this is accurately reflected in him being ranked in the top 10% of the breed for self-replacing index. He features in the pedigrees of many of the top animals we have bred recently at Meadowslea. He also as 2 top sons on offer in this sale, Meadowslea K703, and Meadowslea R818.
Meadowslea K703
This son of Meat Machine G914 is out of a top Turihaua Crump cow sold in the 2022 Female Sale to Picton Park Angus for $5000, so is he is bred to be thick as a brick. As we would expect with these bloodlines he has very strong maternal and fertility traits with calving ease and short gestation, while his low birthweight ranks in the top 10% for the breed. His fertility traits are also very strong with good scrotal size and the important short days-to-calving figure of -7.6 days ranking him in the top 5% for the breed in NZ. His rib and rump fat EBVs are off the scale giving his progeny the early maturing, easy-doing ability we love in the harder hill-country. Over 100 scanned progeny have all measured with so much muscle, his EMA has jumped from +2 to +7.4 ranking him in the top 10% for the breed. His self-replacing index of +$140 recognizes the importance of these strong maternal and fertility traits, combined with his efficient moderate cow size and exceptional easy-doing attributes. K703 is consistently breeding above himself and his sons have featured very strongly in our recent bull sales with exceptional structural assessment scores.
Meadowslea M564
Retained in the stud in 2018, M564 is a son of F540 and out of our record-breaking cow G1000, who was sold to Australia in our 2021 Female Sale for $16,000 and features as an ET donor in this catalogue. She was sired by the high-performing Glanworth 08-16, and she scanned with the biggest EMA of her year group. We selected M564 to use as a yearling after he had scanned with the biggest EMA ever recorded in the stud. He is passing this trait on to all his progeny so consistently that his own EMA has now gone out to +8.6, ranking him in the top 5% for the breed in NZ. He has short gestation with moderate birthweight and very strong fertility traits of good scrotal size and short days-to-calving in the top 10% for the breed. A moderate-framed, easy-doing type reflected by his rib and rump figures featuring in the top 2% for the breed. With good IMF as well, he has a terrific spread of figures for hill-country resulting in strong index figures. Very limited semen available.
Rangatira 16209
We purchased this bull at the Rangatira sale in 2018 for $12,000. His sire Rangatira Commodore also sired the top price Rangatira bull in their 2019 sale, sold to Umbrella Range Angus for $70,000. We selected 16209 for his superb structural soundness, immaculate feet, and quality throughout. He is certainly passing these traits on to his progeny and his first crop of sons were a real feature of the 2021 drafting, with the top priced bull Q347 sold at $32,000 and Q178 being the top retained stud sire for 2021 - both these bulls feature in this semen catalogue. Rangatira 16-209 offers good calving ease with moderate birthweight and frame-size. He leaves very good scrotal size with strong rib and rump fats and superb structural soundness. All his progeny exhibit terrific depth of body and powerful hindquarters.
Meadowslea N166
Sire of NZ's top price R2yr bull in 2022 - Meadowslea R705
Eligible for Export to Australia
We retained N166 in 2019 and rate him as possibly the best Turihaua Crump son ever! He is out of a top-performing Glanworth 08-16 cow (G922) who was sold in our 2021 Female Sale to Australia for $9,300 and features as an ET donor in this catalogue. She also bred our top price bull in 2018; M429, sold to Red Oak Stud for $18,000. The first progeny from mating N166 as a 2-year-old were the outstanding feature of our 2022 bull sale catalogue, with lot 24, Meadowslea Mountain Man R705, selling for the highest price for any 2-year-old bull in NZ in 2022 at $92,500. N166 is a very powerful bull with tremendous head and jaw with a top pedigree behind him. He has superb balance and outlook and is very sound footed.
Meadowslea Q178
Qualified for export to Australia, USA, Canada
This is the bull we retained in the stud in 2021. He had been a standout from weaning and we rated him as the best yearling we had ever bred when we selected him to mate a selection of top heifers. In the 2021 mating he was used heavily – firstly out with a selection of top heifers for a cycle and then 2 full cycles with adult cows. He maintained his condition exceptionally well and settled all in-calf. Q178 is very strong in all the maternal and fertility traits with good calving ease, short gestation, and moderate birthweight. He has short days to calving, terrific scrotal size as well as strong rib and rump fats all in the top 20% for the breed. He exhibits superb breed quality and structural soundness with exceptional depth of body and hindquarter. His semen has sold to some of the leading studs in NZ as well as being exported to the US. Q178 is also the sire of embryos offered in this sale.
Meadowslea Q347
Qualified for export to Australia, USA, Canada
(On account of Glen R Angus)
This was our top selling bull in the 2021 Bull Sale, bought by Glen R Angus for $32,000. An outstanding son of Rangatira 16-209 who scored with perfect 5’s for his structural assessment on the Beef-Class scoring system. Superbly sound and out of a top-performing Turihaua Crump daughter who scanned with the highest marbling score of her year. Q347 himself scanned with the 4th best IMF% of all 190 bulls on hand in 2020, and he is also strong in the fertility traits with his scrotal size, short days to calving, rib fat, and rump fat all in the top 20% for the breed. Thick, deep, and square with an outstanding hindquarter and exhibiting real quality throughout. Semen has been recently exported to the USA.
Rangatira Rebel 19798
Purchased at the final Rangatira bull sale in June 2021 for $35,000, this bull has an outstanding pedigree. Sire Turiroa Maverick has bred incredibly well at Rangatira and was himself a son of our very own Turihaua Crump. His dam 15-134 has bred exceptionally well too, with her first bull calf (also by Maverick) selling at lot 3 in the 2020 Rangatira bull sale for $35,000, and her third calf selling in the Rangatira yearling bull dispersal sale in March 2021 to Hallmark Angus. We selected 19-798 for his exceptional depth of body, easy fleshing, and moderate frame. He exhibits all the strength and soundness the Rangatira herd was known for, and with such a proven pedigree he is a very exciting prospect.
Timperlea Quain 763
We purchased this son of Taimate Lazarus as a yearling at the Timperlea yearling sale in 2020. He has exceptional figures for heifer mating with calving ease, low birthweight, and short days to calving all in the top10% for the breed. He has strong muscle and the easy fleshing we like to see on our Angus cattle, and this is reflected in his EBVs, with both his EMA and fats ranking him in the top 20% for the breed. His impressive carcase data shows good IMF as well. All this performance, combined with an exceptional moderate cow weight, comes together to generate a very strong Self Replacing Index that is in the top 1% of the breed. We have the first of his yearlings on the ground and they look to be deep-bodied, easy-fleshing types with the same strong hindquarters as their sire.
Meadowslea P565
This was our top retained stud sire in 2020. He was a standout as a calf and with his exceptional depth and thickness he was our first choice to mate over stud heifers as a yearling. P565 has a top pedigree, being a son of the widely used Taimate Lazarus. His dam is one of our top old 10-year-old cows, G943, who was sold in our 2021 female sale to Piko-Burn Angus for $5,100. She was sired by Glanworth 08-16 who is also the sire of donor cows in this embryo sale. P565 has great fertility figures with good calving ease and moderate birthweight, while his scrotal size is ranked in the top 2% for the breed. He has strong muscle and a good IMF scan. The first of his progeny from mating as a yearling were outstanding including lot 1 in our 2022 Bull Sale sold to Red Oak stud for $19,000. This year’s crop of his yearling sons look very promising all showing the exceptional depth and thickness he is passing on to all his progeny.
Meadowslea P700
Retained in the stud in 2020 as a heifer mating option, this son of L226 has very strong fertility traits with calving ease, short gestation, and low birthweight all near the top 20% for the breed. His other important indicators of fertility - short days to calving, scrotal size and rib and rump fats - are all ranked in the top 10% for the breed. His dam is an exceptionally moderate framed 10-year-old cow who was sold at a leading price in our 2022 Female Sale to Albert Hill Angus for $3,900. She has bred very well for us and is also the mother of one of our 2022 keeper bulls R650. Her moderate frame size and efficient performance has been inherited by P700 giving him a strong Self Replacing Index in the top 25% of the breed in NZ. This bull ticks a lot of boxes for breeding efficient fertile females in hill-country and he is a great heifer mating option too. His moderate frame and mature cow weight, coupled with exceptional scrotal size, short days to calving, and very strong easy-doing fats, mean his daughters will hit puberty early, calve early, and rebreed early every year.
Turiroa Panther 18P241
We purchased this bull for $17,500 at the record-breaking Turiroa bull sale in 2020. We have named him Turiroa Panther because we were so attracted to his fluid movement and beautiful balance. He has the tremendous depth of body, strong deep hindquarter, and easy doing attributes that we value so highly in the hill country. His pedigree is rock solid being by the $40,000 Goldwyn Napoleon who has bred so strongly in studs right throughout NZ. His dam is by our own Turihaua Crump and is in the ET programme at Turiroa. She is herself a flush sister to Turiroa Maverick, who was purchased by Rangatira Angus and has bred many of their top bulls, including Rangatira 19-798 who also has semen offered in this sale. The grandam is another top breeding donor cow who produced the stud sires Turiroa Blackheart and Turiroa Breaker. Panther has a good balance of figures across the page which backs up his very strong eye appeal. The first of his progeny are now yearlings and have the same depth, thickness, and balance of their sire and are showing exciting potential.
Glanworth 0816
Eligible for Export to Australia
We purchased this bull in 2010 after he had been used as a yearling at Glanworth Stud. 08-16 has proved to be hugely influential in our herd and he has added tremendous fertility and maternal traits, with his daughters proving to be some of the best females we have ever bred at Meadowslea. This was certainly clear in our 2021 female sale where the first of his daughters to be sold as 10-year-olds were in strong demand, selling up to the NZ record of $16,000. Three of these exceptional daughters are on offer as embryo donors in this sale. Glanworth 08-16 shows up in the pedigree of many of the best cattle we have bred in recent times, and they are the true Angus moderate-framed, easy doing-type that thrives in the hill-country. We recommend this bull to anyone looking to build a strong female base and he is ideal for mating heifers and keeping the progeny to suit a hill country breeding programme.
Woodbank 7017
This bull was purchased at the Woodbank sale in 2018 for the top price of $32,000. He was selected for his exceptional depth and thickness and easy-doing ability. A strong pedigree goes back to Braveheart of Stern on the top line, and on the bottom line a good Turihaua cow purchased at the special Turihaua Centennial Female Sale. He has tremendous spring of rib, great depth of flank, and a powerful hindquarter. He has a nice balance of figures for mating heifers in hill country with calving ease, short gestation, and moderate birthweight followed by very good growth but still with a moderate cow weight. His key fertility traits of strong scrotal size and short days to calving rank in the top 10% for the breed, as do his rib and rump fats, ensuring easy doing progeny. The first of his sons sold in our 2022 bull sale and were well sought after selling to a top of $18,000.
Meadowslea K811
Retained in the stud in 2016, K811 is a Turihaua Crump son, out of a cow by our great old herd sire Meadowslea 70 (who is the grandsire of F540). A deep, thick, easy-doing bull with strong rib and rump fat EBVs. As with all the Crump sons he has inherited the important fertility trait of short days to calving with -6.3 days ranking him in the top 10% for the breed. He exhibits many of the traits his sire is recognised for including the very strong coat, deep body and flank as well as a top hindquarter. His first crop of sons in the 2019 bull sale sold very strongly to $17,000. In the 2021 bull sale he had an exceptional son at lot 1 in the catalogue with a wonderful coat and tremendous depth of body, selling to $15,000.
