We have home bred and Scottish bulls that you can use over your Highland females to improve various characteristics in your fold. We carefully select these animals based on structure, fleshing and Highland character, as well as making sure their pedigrees are unique and therefore useful to the majority of breeders in Australia, and overseas. Prices range from $110.00 – $280.00 per dose.
The only other cost is getting the straws transported to you. Shipping can be easily arranged via courier to your nearest artificial breeding centre or vet, or if your AI technician was going past our storage centre in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, they are welcome to drop in to pick up the straws.
AI is a great to improve your next generation of females by selecting a bull that appropriately matches your females strengths and weaknesses (see ‘Use of AI’ article). In fact, you can choose a different bull for each female, depending on what you want to improve in each of them.
LSR Orion (US 56,136)
(Available in Australia – November 2024)
Heifer-sexed semen
(limited numbers imported, so pre-order to lock in your straws)
(What is Heifer-Sexed Semen)
Conventional Semen
Fleshing, feet and temperament
Orion will also improve volume, udders and Highland character in his calves.
You might be attracted to this bull’s colour and the idea of buying straws that offer heifer calves preferentially, but he is offers much more than this. Excellent feed conversion, leg structure and pelvic set-up are a bonus. He has the style of a show champion (although has not been shown) and the muscle expression of a beef producing bull.
Nano Dubh of Bairnsley AI (8,606)
(Available in Australia)
Scale, style and correctness.
Will improve volume, width and Highland character in his calves.
Nano is a bull who will produce females with maternal characteristics (structural soundness, heart room, width through the pelvis and good udders), but doesn’t give up any size or fleshing for this. We are proud to be offering this bull as an AI sire, in conjunction with his current owner, Jeff Sheather of Coomooroo Highlands.
Calum Seoladair Dubh 2nd of Killochries
(UK GRA010077)
(Available in Australia)
Thickness, muscle expression and very traditional pedigree.
Structurally impeccable & great Highland heads (head shape, hair and horns)
Calum exudes carcass qualities and correctness and style. His calves are thick and have strong toplines. They are very true to type and Calum significantly improves hair, shortens heads and consistently lifts his heifers’ horns.
Lord Montagu of Old Greenlaw
(UK BE055400002)
(Available in Australia)
Old, Scottish bloodlines, unique to Australia.
Bred for longevity as well as size and muscle expression.
A remarkable pedigree for a docile bull with considerable size and muscling. This is a very traditional Scottish type bull.
Samhach Buidhe of Bairnsley AI
(AU 6,262) (USA 49,802)
(OUT OF STOCK)
(Available in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, South Africa, Russia, and some others)
Frame, Structure, Docility
First Australian Highland to be registered in the USA.
This is a very balanced and square bull who stands with a post at each corner every time in the paddock and allows access to the single most successful AI sire line introduced to Australia – Rushmore Bracken (UK 7,582).
Brogach 4th of Craigowmill
(UK BRC040406)
(OUT OF STOCK)
(Available in Australia)
Totally unique, Scottish pedigree.
Improves feet, muscling and Highland character in his calves.
This exciting new bull has sired several calves for us in 2009 & 2010 and we are more than impressed with them. He has some modern Scottish genetics but still produces very traditional calves. Brogach is from a line of very functional Highlands, being from one of the largest folds in Scotland, where they breed for functional cattle with beefing attributes. Notably he improves feet and muscling over the plates as prominently as any sire we have used.
Uallach Dubh 6th of Pollok
(UK NEP080335)
(OUT OF STOCK)
(Available in Australia)
Big, black and dopey quiet.
Improves Feet, Frame Temperament
This bull has been imported for his frame and feet. He has a very quiet disposition and a lovely short Highland head.
He calves have great temperaments, as well as inheriting his size and traditional horn shape.