MCFADZEAN CATTLE COMPANY YEARLING BULLS

Breeding Programme

The McFadzean Cattle Company has define 3 signature breeds for the progressive cattle producer.

After seeing the lift in performance that our clients have achieved with one cross, we are confident that the Meat Maker and Super Angus genetics will lift their daughters performance and take the productivity in their hers to a new level.

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McFadzean Meat Maker

McFadzean Meat Makers will have substantial effect on calf size growth and muscling. Offspring from these bulls will match up with calves that the McFadzean family have sold for 45 years, topping weaner fairs and often achieving the top weaner price in New Zealand.

DNA over a number of years has enabled Johnie to identify bulls that have varying degrees of Angus and Simmental. McFadzean Meat Maker bulls that have a greater percentage of Simmental (1/4 or more) will be identified as McFadzean Meat Makers. When selecting our sale bulls, colour is not a deciding factor we select on type, constitution, and temperament.

 

McFadzean Super Angus

Glenbrae herd has a significant predominance of Angus. McFadzean Meat Maker bulls that are predominantly Angus (7/8 or more) will be identified as McFadzean Super Angus. The Super Angus cattle are producing outstanding results in typical hill country situations with extreme seasonal conditions.

Super Angus are essentially early maturing Angus cattle with extra growth, stronger muscling, and producing higher yielding carcasses. They have all attributes of top Angus bulls.

The females bred  from Super Angus bulls are lifting cattle performance to a new level of hill country cattle while maintaining constitution and docility in cows.

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McFadzean Cruizy Calve

We have along with other farmers have had great difficulty in procuring Angus bulls with calving ease without forsaking growth rate and confirmation. 

Traditionally many breeders put a LBW bull over their yearlings, with the offspring sold as heifer mating bull. We have all experienced and know cases where the following calving has been extremely problematic. To this end with further hill country expansion, we were needing to purchase more cows. We decided to attempt to establish an easy calving herd.

We purchased 20 females from Meadowslea stud identified for calving ease and confirmation. We then went on to Northland to Puketi Stud where Craig and Don Davie-Martin have been breeding LBW easy calving bulls for 20 odd years who have established one of the top easy calve herd in the country. Craig told us that it took Don and himself several years to put together an acceptable herd purchasing small numbers of females from varying sources. He did not want to see us going through the same process and offered us pick for pick through all his elite cows and heifers.

We calved 100 females last year and now have increased to 135 this year. The progeny has genuine low birth weight, short gestation easy calving bulls with good growth rates.

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