The Farmers Mart Feb/Mar 2014 - Issue 32 | Page 18

BREEDING

SEMEN FROM FIVE UK LIMOUSIN
BULLS EXPORTED TO AUSTRALIA
Order included UK’s highest priced bull sold at auction
Semenstore, the
e-commerce company, has
announced a significant
export of semen from
five UK Limousin bulls to
Australia.
The semen was sold to Tim
Keys for his Keystone Genetics
breeding business based in
North East Victoria.
Dolcorsllwyn Fabio
The order included the
UK’s highest priced bull sold
at auction, the £126,000
Dolcorsllwyn Fabio. Fabio,
a Fieldson Alfy son and out
of Dolcorsllwyn Alwen, was
purchased in February 2012
by Messrs Jenkinson for their
Whinfellpark herd at Clifton
Moor, Penrith for the UK allbreeds record price.

‘Semen and
genetics have
also been sold
to Scandinavia,
Switzerland,
Germany
and now this
latest order
to Australia’
Other bulls in the order
included the 38,000gns
Ampertaine Foreman, a
Wilodge Cerberus son, along
with the French-bred bulls
Bahut and Ulm. Semen
from these bulls is offered
by Joe Rafferty, JCG Bloom
& Son and Peadar Hughes
respectively. The Bahut semen
is the second consignment
from this bull to head to
Keystone Genetics.

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Ampertaine Foreman
Going with the order was
a quantity of semen from
Loosebeare Fantastic. Bred
by EW Quick & Son, Crediton,
Devon, this July 2010-born bull
is by the prolific 42,000gns
Wilodge Vantastic, out of
Loosebeare Sacha, and
carries a big Beef Value of
LM+55. Marketing this semen
are Messrs Ridley, Haltcliffe,
Hesket New Market, Wigton.
Keystone Genetics
specialises in heavily muscled,
high yielding Limousin
genetics that are derived from
a strong network of partners
established in both the UK
and Europe. Imported sires
to Australia are required to
encompass breeding, proven
performance and strong
maternal lines.
Commenting, Tim Keys
said: “We have end users in
Australia who are looking to
develop more heavily muscled
style cattle. There are polled
and black breeders who also
recognise the need to put
muscle into their cattle. Other
than type, the two key drivers
that influence the success of
bulls we import are docility
and calving ease with maternal
ability being an advantage.
We are delighted with the
choice of Limousin bulls and
type that we can find through
the Semenstore site.”
GROWING
INTERNATIONAL
DEMAND FOR UK
LIMOUSIN GENETICS
British Limousin Cattle
Society Chief Executive,
Iain Kerr, welcomed the
latest export to Australia and
commented on the growing

international demand and trade
for UK Limousin genetics: “In
recent months, we have seen
high-profile sales of animals to
Holland and Denmark.
“Semen and genetics have
also been sold to Scandinavia,
Switzerland, Germany and now
this latest order to Australia.
There is a steady and growing
recognition internationally of
the quality and performance
of pedigree British Limousin
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