Beef

Trait Selection

Black Magic is high fertility pooled semen. It is a new three way Angus mix with an exciting new name.  INCREASED FERTILITY CALVING EASE CARCASS VALUE Semex researchers have developed this pooled semen product combining three high fertility sires into one powerful "cocktail". Each "cocktail" is a high fertility package that provides proven genetics to [...]

Semex follows thorough protocol to produce only the highest quality semen through its Gold Standard production. All of the WestGen / Semex bulls have been selected for good scrotal development and we put an emphasis on ensuring only the best semen is released to the field for service.

CE is Calving Ease and BW is Birth Weight. These are two traits that are measured when a calf is born in a beef operations. BW is measured at birth and generally lower birth weight sires are easier calving but this is not always the case. This is where calving ease comes in. Some calves [...]

The Repromix product is excellent to increase conception rates in dairies. All three bulls in the “cocktail” have similar traits to allow breeders to increase fertility without sacrificing the breeding direction of their program.

The Beef Yield sires have been specifically selected to fit into dairy calf feeding market. These bulls MUST be low birth weight and have traits that will excel for the producers feeding them after birth.

Polled cattle are cattle that are born without horns but when a bull is polled and bred to a horned female the resulting calves will be a mix of both polled and horned progeny. Homozygous Polled cattle are also polled but when a bull is homozygous polled and bred to a horned female all resulting [...]

We have divided the bulls into three distinct groups which will produce very different calves. Once you have determined what type of calf you are looking to produce simply select a bull from the category that will fit your market.

All of the bull selected for this program rank exceptionally well for low birth weight within the breed they represent. While the environment and the female being bred contribute to the size of the calf, every effort has been made to ensure low birth weight sires are selected for this program.

With recent advancements in calf care, feeding, breeding, the wide use of sexed semen, many dairies have an overflowing pen of replacement heifers.