BIRTHWEIGHTS 2025 – CAN YOU COMPETE WITH US?

One of our key breeding principles is to keep calf birth weights below 45 kilograms for heifers and 55 kilograms for bulls, prioritising easy calving. The 2025 calving season has ended, and we are pleased to report that we have successfully maintained this standard once again this year.

For almost forty years, our herd management has prioritized keeping birth weights low, which has helped reduce costs, labor, and stress. We’ve also maintained a closed breeding program for more than 25 years, preventing the introduction of animals with high birth weights into our genetics. Bulls with low birth indices are selected for insemination, so low birth weight traits have been established over multiple generations. Despite this focus, our animals still reach final weights that are on par with others, proving that lower birth weights do not necessarily mean reduced final weights.

This principle likewise extends to temperament, where we have consistently adhered to a rigorous selection standard. If an animal shows any sign of unacceptable temperament, it is slaughtered and excluded from both our breeding programs and those of others. These two factors have made our jobs as breeders and part-time farmers much easier.

Below are the birthweights recorded this year, along with the calculated averages: Some of them are for sale here.

The corresponding version for 2024 is provided below.