HARTEBEESTLOOP BONSMARAS: HART 14 - 0265 (LOT 8)

HART 14 – 0265
He is bred from our top seller HART 10-0116 on the 2013 auction. The bull is current at Jungfrau Bonsmara belonging to Neurath and Julie Botha. He is doing exceptionally well on their farm. The dam is AEJ 06-0163, the Bonsmara ELITE PLATINUM COW for 2016. Her AFC is 24 months, ICP is 360 days/9 calves, RI is 120 and average wean index 107/8 calves. She weaned at 48.7% of her own body mass and that is 275 kg for 8 calves. She is still in the herd and currently has a top calf at foot of HART 13-0114 (Dawie Moller, Komaweer Bonsmaras). The farmhands refer to her as the DIAMOND ELITE cow. Their justification is that she had already won the PLATINUM reward.

HART 14-0265 has the same stud qualities as his sire – superior attitude, holds head high, alert eyes and you are aware all the time that he belongs to a specific class of bull.

HART 14-0265 is a medium frame bull with very good muscling, good depth through the forequarter, capacity and length. His eye-muscle surface breeding value index is 115 and the height:length ratio is 1:23. From a visual persepctive he displays excellent muscling with a strong topline. His phenotype and appearance reflect his breeding value indexes. His pre-wean growth ability (114), milk (113), post-wean growth ability (116) and ADG (104) are a clear indication of the calibre of the bull. A strong growth bull with very good milk for his female progeny. He is the perfect example of adaptability – his Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index is 111. His pelvic index is 111 – we are talking here about enough milk and large pelvises for his female progeny.

His sex authenticity is obvious – he is masculine, robust, alert, darker in colour and has an excellent scrotum.

His selection values are first-rate – calf growth value (114), fertility value (125) – which come from the outstanding ELITE PLATINUM cow, growth value (108) and production value (115).

HART 14-0265 displays outstanding stud potential and stud breeders would do well to keep a close eye on him. Irrespective of how he was tested for performance – officially or on the veld with the Hartebeestloop system- he remains a top performer. I highly recommend him to any serious stud breeder.