FAREWELL PAPFH1144 – TRELINGA H212 (AI)

May 31, 2023

PAPFH1144 was purchased by Bar H Grazing from Trelinga’s David Peak as a twelve-month-old weaner bull at the end of 2013. He was purchased for his genetic makeup – a heavy maternal cow base being 40/1, over Haruki 2, over Kikuhana – all of that complemented by TF148 who consistently allows his females foundations to perform, the way they’re meant to.

A white sheet of paper with the word pedigree on it

Unfortunately, at the beginning of this year we lost PAPFH1144 at a young age due to snake bite, with only limited semen in the tank. This considered, we have had to significantly reduce his semen offerings. We are fortunate enough to have 103 direct and 44 indirect active breeders sired by H1144 and we will continue to offer sons and daughters of his and their progeny via private bull sales and our annual female auctions.

Below, we delve into the variety of qualities that H1144 has bought to the Bar H Herd.

A table showing direct progenies weight performance

A table showing the numbers of h1144 carcasses and h1144 daughters progenies carcasses

A table showing the number of girls in each group

What we recognise from this carcass data, is that he consistently picks up where the animals he’s joined to fall down. Which is evident in his cross bred vs. full blood data – this is exactly what we look for in a northern production focussed foundation bull among the Bar H Grazing herd – a bull with balance. His yield from live to carcass for his direct progeny is 56% for CB & PB, and 57% for FB. The data also reflects a preferred female status, with a good weaning weight and small mature cow weight.

An example of a recently killed terminal animal that we received valuable carcass feedback for is Q5100. Refer to the below pedigree and data to see the sort of joins that H1144 works in and how he complemented this cow and data set.

A white sheet of paper with a lot of numbers on it

PAPFH1144 continues to provide a strong foundation for cows in our herd, as a paddock bull he maintains a 79% conception rate among multi-sire groups. Among his semen collections he consistently maintained a 91% normal morphology – and since we have been testing the morphology in all our yearling bulls for the purposes of stud and seed stock breeding decisions, yearling bulls he’s sired continue to perform among these principles also.

We are grateful to have been home to such a personable bull – who has certainly made his mark on our herd. We will continue to use him in the BHG herd, and we are excited to see what more his progeny can do!

Farewell to the cheeky 1144.

A large black bull standing in a dry grass field

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