Simmental
Optimise your herd with the ultimate terminal sire.
Established in 1988, and boasting an emphasis on growth and carcass yield while maintaining positive calving ease, the Waikite Simmental are the ultimate terminal sire with emphasis on growth and carcass yield while maintaining positive calving ease.
Waikite bloodlines lead the Simmental breed in New Zealand. They are used widely by other stud breeders for growth and carcass yield and infuse high-performing genetics through their progeny.
FEATURES
Proven track record as the best performing terminal sire
Calving ease – Waikite cows are selected to rear a live calf unassisted as first calf heifers and then only those progenies greater than herd average are kept as replacements
Exceptionally quiet with a big emphasis on selection for temperament
Ultrasound and CT scanned at 400 days for rib fat, rump fat, EMA ribeye and IMF% ensuring the stud continually perform above breed average in these carcass traits
All sires annually measured phenotypically using the Beef Class Structural Assessment