Open Market Bull Calf
Open market bull calf
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What are we looking for?
We are often asked “What is CRV’s selection criteria, what bulls are you looking for?” or “What is your BW cut off for bulls?” This is very difficult to answer as there are many parts to the equation.
Particularly with our interest in progeny from international products/outcross polled genetics that are lower indexing but still very much of value for us to consider. Indexes (NZMI and BW) give us an initial indication of desirable cows and bull calves.
We are interested in Friesian, Crossbred and Jersey bull calves.
- Bull calves need to be sired by a CRV local or global sire
- Bull calves resulting from females within the top cow families within your herd
- Dams should sit within the top quartile of the herd for production and index
Once I have offered a bull calf, what happens next?
Once we receive your offered bull calf information, we have a turnaround time of 3-5 working days to let you know if your bull has or has not made the next stage of selection.
If a bull is requested for genotyping, then a DNA request will be sent out via email, with instructions of how to take a DNA sample and where to send the sample for genotyping steps to begin.