Page 5 - Riverton Yearling sale

• TB - Herd status C10
• BVD – All bulls have been blood tested BVD antigen
negative and have been vaccinated with Hibrabovis. To
maintain each bull’s BVD vaccination status, all bulls will
require an annual Hibrabovis booster each September.
• IBR - all bulls are vaccinated for IBR (with Hibrabovis).
• 10-in-1 - all bulls have received a 10-in-1 vaccination
Ezicalve - A program to cover clostridial diseases. The bulls have also been
vaccinated for Leptospirosis. Annual boosters are
of performance! recommended.

Health and Safety:
• Take care crossing the road.
Ezicalve bulls provide the opportunity to add value at
each stage of the dairy-beef production chain - from the • All electric fences are on.
dairy farm, to the calf-rearer, to the grower, to the eating • Treat the bulls quietly and with attention.
experience provided by our beef. Our Ezicalve genetics aim • Children are welcome, but please be responsible for
to provide the calving ease of Jerseys, the growth rates and them.
carcase yields that enables profitable finishing before 18 • If it is wet, be careful not to slip and fall.
months and beef quality that wins NZ’s ‘Steak of Origin”. • Ask any of our team for assistance if required.
Ezicalve have invested in leading science, technology and
progressive relationships to ensure that this is a reality!
Semen Rights:
Farm and Herd Management: M&C Cranstone Ltd retains the semen rights to all male
Our fully performance recorded 650 cow Hereford herd animals with the Riverton prefix. Transferred registered bulls
must perform in an intensive operation alongside a large may have semen collected for the owner’s use. This semen
breeding ewe flock All heifers are calved as 2 year-olds and cannot be sold, transferred or given away. A registered bull
must rear a good calf every year to stay in the herd. may have up to five owners at one time. If the owner/s wish
All females including our first calving heifers now calve to collect and sell semen, they can purchase the semen
on our hill country, with our flats used for growing bulls rights in a separate contract with the bull’s breeders, M&C
and finishing stock. The ability to do this is a testament to Cranstone Ltd.
our focus on important traits such as calving ease, quiet
temperament and robust constitution. All calves are still Carcase Performance Recording
weighed and tagged at birth, with cattle managed behind The majority of the yearling sale bulls have been ultra-sound
electric fences. We enjoy pushing the boundaries, whether carcase scanned and have carcase EBVs. Due to the timing
it is with our farm management or our stud’s breeding of this, these are unable to be published in this catalogue,
objectives. however, all are available on request prior to sale day and
Riverton Herefords Is one of only four NZ Hereford can be viewed in our online catalogue.
Association “Herds of Excellence”.
www.herefords.co.nz
Health Protocol: On-line Catalogue and Information
Riverton Ezicalve Herefords implements an ‘industry Full performance and pedigree information for all Riverton
best-practice’, whole farm, animal health program. This cattle can be accessed online at www.herefords.co.nz, EBV
is recommended and documented by the Wanganui Vet enquires, searching with the Riverton prefix.
Services. For sale bulls, this includes:

Riverton Herefords is a closed beef
breeding herd.

We have purchased no breeding or
trading stock for over 8 years.

No bulls have been leased and any
Please clean your boots backup loan bulls have been sent direct

before coming to the sale. to slaughter.

No to Mycoplasma bovis! Sire bulls only purchased from Closed
Beef breeding herds