Beef Shorthorn

Chapelton Beef Shorthorns are bred to work in real suckler systems. Our cattle are selected for fertility, calving ease, temperament, structure, longevity and the ability to perform efficiently on forage.

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We run around 80 pedigree Beef Shorthorn cows and use Chapelton Shorthorn bulls are used across our own commercial cows. Their commercial progeny are monitored from birth through to breeding or slaughter, giving us practical feedback and data that directly informs our pedigree breeding decisions.

We performance record our Shorthorns on the Breedplan system as well as through our own recording system. We now calculate our own EBVs for important traits that are not included in the Breedplan analysis.

If you would like to view the Shorthorn bulls we have that are ready to work, or would like us to guide you through our sale group and to discuss how a Chapelton Shorthorn bull could help your herd, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our commercial cows are also on show to customers who wish to see how our Shorthorn genetics perform in practice.

Shorthorn

Current Stock Bulls

Upsall

Sovereign of Upsall

Sovereign was purchased at Stirling in February 2024 in partnership with the Mayfield herd.

Nomad

Chapelton Nomad

Nomad is a home-bred bull by Fergus of Upsall and combines the best of our traditional selection with our performance analysis and focus on profitability.

More details can be found here.

Mayfield Powerplay

Powerplay is a strong outcross to our breeding program who we hope will reinforce the characteristics we are trying to promote in the herd.

More details and a video can be found here.