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REFERENCE SIRE REFERENCE SIRE

ASCOT HALLMARK H147 (IMP AUS) No. AUQQFH147 BEN NEVIS METAMORPHIC M51(AI) (IMP AUS) No. AUNBNM51
Born: 10/08/16
Born: 05/08/12

SIRE DAM SIRE DAM
TE MANIA TE MANIA BERKLEY B1(AI) (IMP AUS) MILLAH MURRAH MILLAH MURRAH DIGBY D108 PV TE MANIA BARTEL B219 (IMP AUS) BEN NEVIS JEAN BEN NEVIS ERITREA E6(AI)
EMPEROR E343(AI) BRENDA F123 AYRVALE BARTEL K80
E7 (IMP AUS) (ET)
(IMP AUS) TE MANIA LOWAN Z74(AI)(ET) MILLAH MURRAH BRENDA D113 PV EAGLEHAWK JEDDA B32 BEN NEVIS JEAN H215

Comments: 2nd crop of Hallmarks and twice as many as last year. This Comments: Finally, after all these years of waiting to get saleable progeny
bull is a breeding freak, I don’t think I have ever seen a sire stamp his we have Metamorphic sons for sale after having used two in our mating
mark on progeny as this guy does. After his first group of seven sons programme. His first crop of yearling bulls proved very popular as they
sold to be our top selling bulls last year, we have exposed him to a wider were snapped up for their early maturity patterns especially in regard to
Selection Index Values group of females both here and at Glencorran over the next season. His Selection Index Values their carcase attributes.
Market Target Index Value Breed Average females are simply magnificent, high performance cattle and as Millah Market Target Index Value Breed Average Earlier this year the Ben Nevis Stud in NSW dispersed three years of age
Self Replacing Index +$127 +$100 Murrah stated perhaps his greatest legacy will be in the females he leaves. Self Replacing Index +$144 +$100 group cows in order to get through their extensive drought which had
AngusPure Index +$183 +$104 His dam Brenda F123 fits our criteria for superior females perfectly as AngusPure Index +$208 +$104 plagued them for a few years. Metamorphics mother sold for $38,000
we strive to add only the best cow families in the Angus breed. The hit and his grandmother sold for an Australasian record price for a mature
rate with sons and daughters being retained or sold is as high as I have cow of $82,000. Both these cows were highly sought after and will I hope
ever seen in a lifetime of breeding cattle. He has 15 sons in the sale this extend our quest to identify superior cow families and add them to the
A+ year, all through the catalogue. A+ Merchiston herd.
His progeny are mid framed cattle with huge performance and early
maturing carcase data. We have managed to retain six for this sale after
selling many as yearlings.

MAY 2021 TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation EBVs for 2019 born calves MAY 2021 TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation EBVs for 2019 born calves
Calv. Calv. Eye Calv. Calv. Eye
Ease Ease Gest. 200 Day 400 Day 600 Day Mat. Scrotal Carcase Muscle Rump Ease Ease Gest. 200 Day 400 Day 600 Day Mat. Scrotal Carcase Muscle Rump
Direct Dtrs Len. Birth Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. Cow Wt. Milk Size Days to Wt. Area Rib Fat Fat RBY IMF Direct Dtrs Len. Birth Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. Cow Wt. Milk Size Days to Wt. Area Rib Fat Fat RBY IMF
(%) (%) (days) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (cm) Calv. (kg) (sq.cm) (mm) (mm) (%) (%) (%) (%) (days) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (cm) Calv. (kg) (sq.cm) (mm) (mm) (%) (%)
EBV -3.1 +2.6 -5.3 +7.5 +60 +110 +157 +142 +17 +3.3 -8.3 +80 -1.2 +0.9 +1.0 -1.2 +2.2 EBV +2.2 +6.2 +1.5 +5.0 +64 +115 +148 +126 +21 +2.5 -6.2 +89 +4.8 -1.9 -2.0 +0.2 +2.5
ACC 84% 69% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 96% 95% 97% 71% 94% 93% 93% 92% 91% 91% ACC 67% 51% 96% 97% 95% 95% 94% 83% 72% 93% 57% 80% 82% 83% 82% 78% 80%
Breed Avg. EBVs for 2019 Born Calves Breed Avg. EBVs for 2019 Born Calves
EBV +1.8 +2.1 -4.4 +4.2 +46 +84 +110 +95 +16 +1.9 -4.2 +61 +5.4 +0.1 -0.2 +0.4 +1.8 EBV +1.8 +2.1 -4.4 +4.2 +46 +84 +110 +95 +16 +1.9 -4.2 +61 +5.4 +0.1 -0.2 +0.4 +1.8
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