Beef Shorthorn

We have around 75 pedigree Beef Shorthorn cows which we manage according to our business-wide breeding philosophy.

Our own Shorthorn bulls are used across our commercial cows to breed replacements and produce prime stock for slaughter. We monitor our cross-bred cows’ performance closely. This data informs breeding decisions in our pedigree herd.

We performance record our Shorthorns on the Breedplan system as well as through our own recording system.

We have tested the calving ease of our Beef Shorthorn heifers by calving them at two since the mid-70s. Importantly, only animals that meet this challenge are able to join the herd.

We regularly have bulls available that are ready to work. If you would like to view these, or to see the commercial system which drives our genetic selection, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Beef Shorthorns, Commercial, Bulls

Current Stock Bulls

Chapelton Nomad

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

More details can be found here.

Mayfield Power Play

Power Play is a Hill Haven Fire Storm son out of Waukaru 15H Melita Rose.  He is a strong outcross to our breeding program who we hope will reinforce the characteristics we are trying to promote in the herd.  His surrogate dam was an Angus cross cow born at Chapelton.

More details can be found here.

Chapelton Picasso

Picasso was retained due to performance of related animals in the Chapelton herd.  He first ran with cows in Summer 2021 and combines excellent calving and milk figures with moderate mature cow weight.

More details can be found here.