Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

We now have several EX classified bulls, my question to you all is what price should they sell for or would the price not be affected?
For what it's worth i would put a price of around £2000 or more having seen most of them.

I don't think the price should be affected when you see the animal in the flesh, but it should make selection a lot quicker and easier as well as improving sire selection based upon on progeny. It will be interesting to see what the forthcoming sale season is like - provided people sell their EX bulls, of course!

Hmmm I'm not sure. It isn't entirely how good the bull looks that matters to me, although I would agree that an ugly bull is more likely to produce ugly calves but it would be of greater interest to me to hear that a bull had a Dam, sisters and hopefully even daughters that had been classified as Excellent.

When classification is used for commercial dairy cattle, the catalogues provided to choose a bull don't usually mention how a bull has been classified but how his female relatives have classified, including of course udder, which I believe is much more important as it is his female relatives we are trying to breed.

Stephanie

Off the subject but I may well be buying a new bull this year or next, and it'll be a good one. But I nothing about Linear Classification. How / where do you find out what it means? i.e. the full details. I don;t want to be just told he's good! I want to know the process to see if it applies to my requirements.

Hi Clive, phone the office and ask for a linear leaflet, that should help you understand it a little more.

Cheers Mark, will do.

First EX bull to come on the open market.
Rattycombe Arnold EX90, red bull, non-short, for sale in Cornwall £1500. See sales list.
This lady is selling her herd of reds, she has some very high classified heifers (1st calvers) VG85 out of a possible max score of 89.