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PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE WITH THE BULL DESCRIPTIONS
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From the AG-gene pool we use AG 03-0359 (click on the sire link above to see his photo) to establish enough milk and conformation in our herd. He displays consistently good conformation, has bred early-maturing heifers with enough milk. The dam HART 10-0176 is a MMJ 03-0164 (aka Dikgat) daughter. Her ICP of 483 days for 4 calves makes provision for twins, both of which she has reared. AFC is 24 months, wean index is 100/4 and RI is 105. She weaned at 53.2% of her body mass. We sold a very good son of hers, HART 12-0245 to HP Mouton.
HART 13-0252 is medium frame calving-ease bull. He can be used on both cows and heifers. His milk breeding value index of 106 is very good and his female progeny ought to have enough milk as well. His pre-weaning growth is moderate (95) while post-weaning growth ability is 102, ADG (114), feed conversion ratio (103) and Kleiber index (115). He displays very good muscling (eye-muscle surface 115) combined with early fat deposition (early fat deposition breeding value index of 138). This value is of great economic importance to our farming industry because it determines to a great extent body condition when the females are put to the bull.
He has excellent adaptability with a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 114. Farmers are aware that adaptability is non-negotiable. This is the top priority trait for extensive farming. Body length is a priority breeding goal in our herd and he is 19% longer than he is tall.
I have to communicate the following selection values to you in order to emphasize the economic merit of the bull – milk value 106, low maintenance value of 111, growth value of 125 and production value of 120.
HART 13-0252 will ensure the following in your herd:
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Calving ease with acceptable wean weight;
- Excellent heifers with good conformation and enough milk;
- Very good post-wean growth ability and heavy oxen;
- Low maintenance animals;
- Strong musculature combined with gaining condition early;
- Fertility with scrotum breeding value index of 123.
HART 13-0252 is an outstanding and safe bull and I highly recommend him. He brings everything to the herd that is of importance in cattle farming.
He is bred from HART 10-0272 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) that was sold to Harry Erasmus of Erasmus Bonsmaras. He is one of the few bulls that are outstanding on visual adaptability and on breeding values. He has bred excellent conformation bulls with good muscling, with high milk values, good growth ability and high ADG values. Have a good look at his other sons at the auction. The dam HART 11-0115 is a fine cow bred from the Germar and Zinabos lines. She has adapted perfectly to the Kalahari and weaned at 46.4% of her own mass.
HART 14-0150 is a medium-frame bull that can be used on cows and heifers. Just like his father, his breeding value indexes and visual adaptability are outstanding. Breeding value indexes for milk (114), pre- (98) and post-wean growth ability (102), ADG (107), Kleiber (115) and feed conversion ratio (102) are very good. Take special note of the well balanced breeding value indexes. There is nothing that is exceptionally high.
His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 114 and his veld feed conversion of 115 are excellent and point to an adapted and hardy bull that grows and performs on the veld.
Have a look at the combination breeding value indexes for musculature (eye-muscle surface 118) and early in condition (early fat deposition 137). In short – perfect balance between production and reproduction. He is a strong and well-muscled bull. He also displays a strong topline with good breadth, length and capacity.
I must also highlight the science behind the bull’s appearance and his genetic potential for breeding the way he looks and performs economically. Calving ease (95), calving growth (98), maintenance value (113) and selection values for growth value (114) and production value (111).
HART 14-0150 is phenotypically effective, is structurally correct and has very good breeding value indexes and selection values. The appearance and economic merit of the bull complement each other perfectly. My type of bull!
He is bred from AG 03-0359 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HART 10-0292. She is a splendid 9- point cow that performs excellently. Her AFC is 23 months, ICP of 388 days/5 calves, RI is 117 and she weaned at 52.8% of her body mass. Very effective and well adapted for the extensive Kalahari.
HART 13-0301 is a medium-frame, calving-ease bull that can be used on cows and heifers. He displays good breadth, capacity and body length with a strong topline. He is a typical early maturing bull with most breeding value indexes close to breed average. He comes from a bloodline that is specifically used for the improvement of milk in the herd and the breeding of fertile early mature heifers. For that reason he has a large scrotum breeding value index of 112.
As is typical for these early mature bulls he performs extremely well on the veld with a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 108. Adapted to the veld with good hump development, strong legs, good breadth over the hocks and good claws. He displays good muscling with a eye-muscle surface index of 104, early fat deposition (150) and low maintenance costs (113) on the veld. In short he is a low input-cost bull with sufficient growth, veld feed conversion, ADG and enough milk. Our country and farming community would benefit from such a bull. After 2016 we know exactly what animals survived the drought and continue to perform.
Bear the following in mind with regard to the bull – selection values for growth value and production value are 113 and 112 respectively. When all subvalues have been added up and the economic merit of the bull is determined, then HART 13-0301 must be high on your purchase list. He has the necessary appearance, genetic and economic merit; is well adapted and has low input costs.
He does more with less!
I recommend him especially for the areas where grazing is not readily available throughout the year.
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Sometimes there is a calf that catches your eye at a young age and then keeps your attention throughout its growth and development. HART 14-0318 is such a calf. Bred from HART 09-0055 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and the mainstay cow HART 06-0098 – she was bred from the age-old Bristow lines. Her AFC is 26 months, ICP of 340 days/8 calves and RI of 121. She weaned at 49.8% of her own mass.
She is a high performance cow and we sold 2 first-rate bulls of hers to Pieter von Welligh and Conrad Pieters.
HART 14-0318 is a 3,5 frame-type bull which I would at first only use on cows. His own birth weight is only 33 kg, but his breeding value for birth direct is about 2,5 kg heavier than breed average. The average birth weight of Bonsmara calves in the RSA and Namibia is 35 kg (SA Pedigree Annual Report 2016) and his calves ought to be 37,5 kg at birth. In all respects he is a bull that draws your attention. He displays good breadth, with good outer thighs, capacity, depth through the forequarter and outstanding muscling – both visually and with RTU (eye-muscle surface 150). Despite his excellent muscling he shows early fat deposition (104) and outstanding adaptability with Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 121.
He is 24% longer than tall, displays exceptional pre- and post-wean growth ability and is still only 105 on mature weight. Except for calving ease, on every breeding value index he is just above breed average or very close. His selection values for growth value and production value are 122 and 121 respectively.
He displays very good masculinity with a strong head, good eyebrows, nice darkening and a scrotum that hangs perfectly with, a scrotal circumference value index of 140.
HART 14-0318 is a stud potential bull and stud breeders must not take their eyes off him. Phenotypically effective, structurally correct, visually spot on, very good breeding value indexes and selection values, high in genetic and economic merit – that is the Bonsmara – “Proudly wearing the Yellow Jersey”.
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Very well-muscled medium-frame bull, bred from AG 01-0152 (click on the sire link above to see his photo) and HART 10-0140. She is an 8-point cow that performs very well in the Kalahari. Her AFC is 25 months, ICP of 369 days/5 calves with RI of 118. She weaned her calves at 52% of her body mass. Her performance data confirms that she is a very effective and adapted cow.
HART 13-0224 is a calving-ease bull that can be used on both cows and heifers. He displays excellent adaptability traits with a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 106. His growth ability on the veld is reflected by an excellent Kleiber index of 113. His ability to convert grass into meat is very good. He is always in condition and together with his smooth coat and shiny hair he looks picture-perfect. He has good breadth, depth and length with a strong topline. His eye-muscle surface (117) and early fat deposition (100) display the good combination of muscling and early condition gain.
His secondary masculinity traits are very well developed. His head is strong, good breadth between the eyes, strong eyebrows with very good darkening in the forequarter. He is a typical high libido bull that holds his head high. His scrotum hangs perfectly and his scrotal circumference breeding value index is 110.
Most of his breeding value indexes are close to breed average and that is how he must be utilized. His selection values for growth value and production value are 104 and 101 respectively. He is a safe bull that is phenotypically effective, structurally correct with very good conformation and muscling. I recommend him as an easy-to-manage bull that can be used on cows and heifers and can successfully be used in any production system.
HART 13-0224 will also do very well in any crossbreeding system. Especially where the cows are larger frame types with higher maintenance requirements. The Bonsmara breed’s growth and success are not built on the “flair” bulls but on these safe, easy-to-manage bulls that make a positive contribution everywhere.
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We have to present from time to time proven genetic material onto the market.
He is bred from HJS 03-0016 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) that has bred exceptionally well on our farm. The dam is HART 05-0044, which is an ELITE GOLD cow with impressive production and reproduction figures. She weaned 9 calves at 256 kg adjusted. She is a true bull-mother in this sense. We sold sons of her to Edward Hansen of EMOK Bonsmaras (top seller auction 2011), JC de Klerk, Stephan Botes and Bertus Olivier. I remember these bulls well – all of them high quality animals.
We have already recorded 95 calves from HART 11-0058 and there are still lots on the way. Hartebeestloop Bonsmara will also keep a semen specimen of the bull. Semen has already been collected.
He is extremely well adapted to extensive conditions with Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 113. He was one of the best growing bulls on the veld in his performance group.
The breeding value indexes of HART 11-0058 are excellent for pre-wean growth (113), milk (123), post-wean growth (124), ADG (124), Kleiber (122) and scrotum (120) – all this with a moderate mature weight value of 109. His selection values for growth value (140) and production value (132) show the genetic and economic merit of the bull. His calves weigh 37 kg on average.
The above-mentioned breeding value indexes describe the bull perfectly.
That is exactly how I have used the bull – correctively with regard to lower end breeding value indexes on yet nice and highly producing cows, whose progeny had to be bred “right”. My smaller and lighter type cows with little growth and low ADGs were all sent to him. Now and again you need such an “iron bull” that helps to sort out the progeny of your second and third team cows.
This bull is proven genetic material from the best lines on Hartebeestloop. The bull is relatively young and for at least for a few more years can still work actively in your herd.
Stud breeders must make every effort to have a good look at him. Capacity, overall muscling, depth throughout the forequarter, strong topline and very good legs are part of the deal. The bull has so many advantages that I cannot mention them all. Come and form your own opinion.
His father is HART 10-0272 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) that has bred exceptionally well on the farm. The dam is HART 12-0001 which is doing extremely well in the herd. Her AFC is 27 months, ICP is 338 days/4 calves and average wean index of 105/3 calves. She weaned at 62.2% of her own weight and that is an average adjusted weight of 264 kg for 3 calves. She is an example of a highly fertile, high reproduction ability and extremely effective cow.
HART 14-0153 is a medium frame, calving-ease bull that can be used on both cows and heifers. He displays good conformation with sufficient breadth, length, depth through the forequarter and capacity. His overall muscling is good, topline is strong and good hindquarter – he is loaded with meat. He is again one of those bulls that combines good muscling and early fat deposition exceptionally well.
His breeding value indexes are generally outstanding. He displays very good pre-wean (101) and post-wean growth (109), outstanding ADG (114) and an excellent milk value of 121. Well-muscled bulls with enough milk for the female progeny are not found in abundance! HART 14-0153 is just that type of bull. His adaptability traits are visually outstanding and his Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 121 and veld feed conversion of 120 confirm a well-adapted animal that performs exceptionally well on the veld.
This bull’s merit as beefer can only be appreciated if I present the following breeding value indexes and selection values: calf growth value (101), maintenance value (108), fertility value (107), growth value (108) and production value (110).
HART 14-0153 can be used successfully in any production system – he is a low-input-cost bull. There is lots of growth potential for calves and oxen, both in the feeding pen or on the veld; ADG and feed conversion are very good, there is more than enough milk for replacement heifers breeding together with very good conformation.
He is an outstanding bull which I can recommend with great confidence and peace of mind.
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He is bred from our top seller HART 10-0116 on the 2013 auction (click on the sire link above to view his photo). 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.
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He is an early mature, medium frame bull bred from HART 11-0186. Once again from our very popular HJS line. The dam is GJN 07-0080, an ELITE SILVER cow from Germar Bonsmaras of Gert Nel. She has excellent reproduction figures with AFC 25 months, ICP 382 days/8 calves, RI 115 and average wean index of 104/7 calves. She weaned on average at 251 kg/7 calves. She is still in the herd and continues to perform consistently well.
HART 14-0231 is a medium frame bull that can be used on cows and well-grown-out heifers. If you are not sure about your heifers, first use him only on cows and then come to a decision. He displays very good capacity, is broad, shows very good spring of rib, sufficient muscling, splendid depth throughout the forequarter and strong topline. Visually he is a masterpiece.
His breeding value indexes support this picture – enough milk (116), good pre-wean (113) and post-wean growth ability (116), ADG (122), and feed conversion ratio (123). If you visually assess his sex authenticity, capacity and breadth, and take note of his outstanding milk value and scrotal circumference value index of (113) – you ought to breed excellent conformation, fertile heifers with enough milk. Of course he should also breed very good bull calves!
He is definitely one of the bulls on auction that visually displays the best adaptability traits. His Hartebeestloop Performance Index of (101) and his veld feed conversion ratio value index of (124) show exactly what he is – a veld adapted, hardy bull with outstanding growth on the veld. His selection values of 121 for growth value and 118 for production value show this bull’s potential which he ought to pass on to his progeny.
Here is a great bull that will attract attention. With his very good breeding values, robust appearance and good hump development he exemplifies exactly what is required all over Southern Africa. If you are serious about improving your herd’s quality, HART 14-0231 is your answer!
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He is bred from HART 09-0329 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) which is now at Jörg Sigwart and Siegfried du Toit of Okamaja Bonsmaras. The dam BHE 02-0153 goes all the way back to AGJ8 and TBR 91-0704. She is a highly performing ELITE GOLD cow with AFC 29 months, ICP 377 days/10 calves, RI 113 and average wean index of 101/10 calves. She weaned at 51.8% of her own mass and that is on average 235 kg for 10 calves. There are cows and then there are cóws! HART 13-0225 comes from blue bloodlines on both sides. There is a saying in breeding:
“Pedigree is inherited, performance is earned”.
Have a good look at the performance of HART 13-0225. Breeding value indexes for pre-wean growth ability (132), milk value (98), post-wean growth ability (140), ADG (115) and scrotal circumference (106). Check the performance at selection values: growth value (133) and production value (126). Note the mature weight (109) and shoulder height (91) – he is not a large-frame animal. But look at the height:length ratio of 1:29 – he is 29% longer than tall. That is far above breed average.
HART 13-0225 is a medium frame bull that must be used on cows. He is well muscled, has nice length, good breadth, strong topline and depth through the forequarter. He is a stack of meat - loaded with meat in the loins, the slope of rump and also has good inner and outer thighs. His adaptability is outstanding – Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 115 and a veld feed conversion ratio of 104. He is an excellent growth bull and is very effective in converting grass into meat and weight. The bull’s good rump development is worth a special mention.
HART 13-0225 displays great masculinity with strong head and thick eyebrows, splendid darkening on the neck section and a scrotum that hangs symmetrically and perfectly. Sex authenticity is the best description for him.
HART 13-0225 is a special bull. Conformation, muscling, good growth, enough milk, adapted, hardy, sex authentic with above average breeding value indexes are his attributes. He is worth special attention.
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A broad, “dikgat”, medium frame bull with attractive pigmentation that will immediately draw your attention. He is bred from an 8-point young cow that is performing very well. AFC 29 months, ICP 349 days/3 calves and RI of 115. She weaned at 53.1% of her own mass – if these are not effective figures then I do not know what really is! The sire is HART 08-0082 that was the top seller at the 2012 auction. He breeds extremely well at EMOK Bonsmaras and his sons and progeny can be found all over Namibia.
HART 14-0272 is a calving-ease bull that can be used with confidence on heifers and cows. He is an early mature, safe bull with all the breeding value indexes which are close to breed average. This is the typical easy-to-manage bull to which we refer regularly – you can use him in any production system. He has sufficient muscling, good breadth and capacity with nice depth through the forequarter as well as a very good spring of rib. His topline is strong and the slope of rump and hindquarter are good. He is stacked with meat.
His adaptability traits are striking – shiny, smooth coat and hair, good hump development, splendid pigmentation with strong legs and claws. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 101 and his Kleiber (veld feed conversion) of 102 show that he performs above average on the veld.
His secondary masculinity traits are also very well developed – strong head with thick eyebrows, nice darkening and well-formed scrotum that hangs very well. HART 14-0272 looks very much like his sire that is known for breeding excellent, early mature and top conformation heifers. My recommendation is that you can put HART 14-0272 to good use in any production system but he ought to perform best by breeding high quality replacement heifers. We know that the years when every farmer bred his own replacement heifers, sold weaner calves and let oxen grow, are long gone. The clever farmer buys his replacement heifers from a fellow farmer who specializes in that. That is the segment of the beef cattle industry that experiences the fastest growth.
HART 14-0272 is the bull to concentrate on if you want to enter the growing heifer replacement market.
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We should not forget the LEGENDS of the beef industry. Hartebeestloop auction would not be the same if there were not an AG 98-0338 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) son or at least a few grandsons. HART 13-0354 is his last direct son on Hartebeestloop. Of course we have drawn off semen from AG 98-0338 and will be using it in the future. HART 13-0354’s dam is BHE 03-0070 from the Fortress Bonsmara stud. She is an excellent cow with AFC 29 months, ICP 420 days/8 calves and average wean index of 102/8 calves. She has enough milk and weaned 8 calves at an average of 265 kg. I need not say more about the sire AG 98-0338 – he and his progeny speak for themselves.
HART 13-0354 is a medium frame, solidly muscled bull that I would use only on cows. He displays excellent length and is 21% longer than tall. Despite the length he has a strong topline, good breadth, nice depth through the forequarter and sufficient capacity. AG 98-0338 bred at times a little “dry” but HART 13-0354 displays sufficient early fat deposition with the value of 98. He has outstanding pre-wean growth ability (131) (he weighs 298 kg at weaning) and post-wean growth ability (128) (he is the number one growth bull in his performance group) and good ADG (103). Despite the good growth figures he is at mature weight 108 and shoulder height only 95. Therefore a medium frame bull with all the advantages of good growth.
AG 98-0338 was known for his outstanding adaptability traits and HART 13-0354 is no different. From his good hump development to his long tail he is an example of a well-adapted animal. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index is 115, he retains his condition and has very good growth ability on the veld.
For the potential buyer the selection values are of great importance because they combine a lot of genetic and economic breeding value indexes into one value. His growth value is 128 and his production value 119 – it is difficult to find better growth and production values.
There is the saying “Can you have too much AG 98-0338 genetic material in your herd?” Yes, quite possibly. “Can you afford to have no AG 98-0338 genetic material?” No, definitely not.
This exceptional son of his deserves very special attention and mention.
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This bull is immediately going to attract your attention at the auction. HART 13-0212 is bred from AG 01-0152 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HART 10-0198. She was sold to Jungfrau Bonsmaras but because of the terrible drought in the west she was moved to rented pasture in the south. The drought had a tremendous effect on the production and reproduction figures of the national herds – but despite this the Bonsmara still came out top. Her AFC is 22 months, ICP 403 days for 4 calves with RI of 118. She weaned her 3 calves at 50.8% of her own mass – very good figures if you take the circumstances into account.
HART 13-0212 is a well muscled, medium frame bull that can easily be used on heifers and cows. He displays very good conformation, good capacity, breadth, length, depth through the forequarter and strong topline. The outer and inner thighs are loaded with meat and so are the loins and slope of rump. His carcass characteristics are very good – that is exactly what a beefer should look like! He displays outstanding length and is 23% longer than tall.
His breeding value indexes are good – light at birth (115), sufficient milk (95), good pre-wean (99) and post-wean growth ability (104), ADG (111) and feed conversion ratio (109). His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index is 103 and his Kleiber (veld feed conversion ratio) is 110. This is an adapted and hardy beefer that converts grass into meat and weight extremely well. It is cattle like these that in the long run produce successfully under extensive conditions. His selection values are a reflection of his looks – growth value (118) and production value (119).
He is very masculine with a strong head, nice darkening and good scrotal circumference breeding value index of 116. The scrotum is perfectly formed and hangs very well.
HART 13-0212 is one of the favourite bulls on auction. Stud breeders disregard him at their peril!
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Bull from guest seller: ERASMUS Bonsmaras
A well-muscled medium frame bull bred from HART 09-0326 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and ERH 10-0077. She goes all the way back to EMOK Bonsmaras’s HART 06-0074 whose progeny can be found all over Namibia. ERH 10-0077 is a top cow with AFC 30 months, ICP 404 days/3 calves and average wean index of 102/3 calves. She weaned at 51.7% of her body mass. What more can you ask for?
ERH 14-0061 is a calving-ease bull that can be used on cows and heifers. His conformation is outstanding, very good capacity, breadth, length, strong topline and good depth through the forequarter. He is loaded with meat all over – loins, slope of rump, thighs and hindquarter are very well filled. His breeding value indexes are all on - or close - to breed average and the bull will do well in any production system. Whether you produce weaner calves, rear oxen or want to breed replacement heifers - ERH 14-0061 is the bull that warrants serious consideration.
ERH 14-0061 displays excellent adaptability traits – splendid coat and shiny hair, nice hump development, long tail, clean underline with strong legs and claws. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 119 is also in the top of the group. If you are looking for a well-adapted and hardy bull that retains condition and constitution - and in addition grows very well on the veld - ERH 14-0061 must be at the top of your list.
He is a very masculine bull with a strong head and superior attitude. Head always held high and alert eyes! He also has a well-formed scrotum that hangs very nicely with a scrotal breeding value index of 113.
Also check the bull’s good selection values – growth value (109) and production value (104). If all economically important breeding value indexes are combined then he is a bull with high genetic and economic merit.
ERH 14-0061 is bred by an outstanding stud breeder. Edward Hansen’s cattle are renowned throughout Namibia and are doing well everywhere. You can’t go wrong with this bull and his breeding.
HART 13-0234’s sire is HART 09-0014 that was bred from the Frikkie Kruger bulls: WAT 04-0339 and WAT 02-0054. We used HART 09-0014 almost exclusively to mate with first-time heifers. The dam is AEJ 06-0123 from the NOSA bloodline and she is doing exceptionally well in the hot, dry Kalahari. AFC 23 months, ICP 358 days/9 calves, RI 120 and average wean index is 100/9 calves. With these type of cows you can farm successfully.
HART 13-0234 is a medium frame, early mature type bull that can very easily be used on heifers and cows. He is certainly one of the bulls that gains condition fastest and retains it best. His early fat deposition value is 128. He displays good conformation with sufficient muscling, nice capacity, good depth through the forequarter and strong topline. He is phenotypically effective and structurally correct. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index (109) and Kleiber ratio of 122 show his outstanding adaptability, hardiness and above-average growth ability on the veld. His entire appearance reflects his very good adaptability – from nice hump development, smooth coat and short, shiny hair to his strong legs.
His breeding value indexes show above-average pre-wean (102) and post-wean growth ability (102), very good ADG (116), good feed conversion ratio (106) and a medium frame mature weight of (96). Above-average good growth but not an elephant!
His selection values, which once again reflect genetic and economic merit, are excellent – growth value (126) and production value (117).
HART 13-0234 is a great bull for use in any production system. Calving-ease and easy to manage – on cows and heifers and he will breed good weaner calves and oxen. He brings everything that the Bonsmara is famous for to your herd. Have a good look at his heifers to keep. He will also do very well in any crossbreeding system – especially on the Simbra type cows which are already a 2-breed combination.
He is bred from HART 09-0014 from the Frikkie Kruger (Waterpaslaagte Bonsmaras) lines and HART 12-0116. She is an outstanding young cow from the AG 98-0338 line combined with Woestyn Bonsmaras. Overall muscling, appearance and meat comes from the father’s side while the adaptability and hardiness traits come from the motherlines. Her AFC is 25 months, ICP 405 days/3 calves, RI 115 and average wean index of 104/3 calves. She weaned at 63.6% of her own mass and that is 271 kg average for her calves. She is the ideal we strive for.
HART 14-0182 is a slightly later-mature bull but still within the medium frame range. I would recommend that he is first used on cows only. He has very good conformation, depth through the forequarter, very good muscling, capacity and a strong topline. He is packed with meat. His growth ability is excellent – pre-wean (109), post-wean (116), ADG (124) and feed conversion ratio (111). There is a difference between a growing bull and an effectively growing bull - HART 14-0182. His milk value of 109 is far above breed average and he will pass on the good milk value to his female progeny.
HART 14-0182 did extremely well during performance testing on the veld. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 108 and his Kleiber (veld feed conversion ratio) of 123 are absolutely outstanding. Remember he competed with a whole lot of other strong bulls on the veld!
He displays very good sex authenticity with strong and robust head and very good scrotal circumference (109). His scrotum is well-formed and hangs symmetrically and correctly.
HART 14-0182 is a bull with very good selection values – growth value (126) and production value (119). He is a top performer and ought to go to a stud herd where his good genetic material is multiplied and made available to the commercial market. He is going to improve and develop very nicely after the auction – remember to have a good look at him in a year’s time!
He is bred from HART 11-0186 and HMB 10-0140. She is a thoroughly adapted cow with AFC 29 months, ICP 402 days/4 calves, with RI of 109 and average wean index of 106/4 calves. She weaned at 57.5% of her own mass. Good reproducer and producer!
HART 14-0214 is a medium frame, early-mature bull with good conformation, sufficient muscling, strong topline, good capacity and nice depth through the forequarter. He also displays very good spring of rib. His slope of rump and loins are loaded with meat. The underline is nice and clean and the navel flap/sheath combination is also very good. He displays great adaptability traits – splendid smooth and shiny coat and hair, strong eyebrows, good hump development and strong legs with good claws. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 109 is also very good and he showed good growth on the veld. He retains his condition very well and ought to adapt easily wherever he goes.
He is a typical robust and sex authentic Hartebeestloop bull. Strong head, alert attitude, nice darkening and perfect scrotum position. His scrotal circumference value index of 124 together with an outstanding milk value of 122 will surely stand him in good stead for the breeding of early mature and highly fertile heifers with enough milk to wean heavy calves.
HART 14-0214 has good pre-wean and post-wean growth ability and will perform well in herds where growth is required. His growth value (116) and production value (113) are very good and prove his value for the farmer.
He is a great bull that can really be used in any production system.
If you lack adaptability, hardiness, fertility, milk and growth in your herd, make this bull the focus of your consideration.
A well-defined, strong muscled medium frame bull bred from HART 09-0014 and HART 11-0094. She was a refined cow but was injured when she got a wire into her stomach. We had to put her down.
HART 14-0204 can be used on cows and heifers. He is loaded with meat – displays very good muscling, breadth, capacity and strong topline. His forequarter is strikingly well developed with lots of depth and good muscling at the forearm. He is packed with meat in the loins, slope of rump and hindquarter areas. The inner and outer thighs are filled with meat. He will immediately attract your attention as the perfect example of an ideal beefer. HART 14-0204 displays outstanding constitution and is an extremely hardy bull that ought to adapt and perform easily anywhere.
HART 14-0204’s adaptability traits are very good. There is good hump development; a smooth, shiny coat with short glossy hair, strong legs and a nice, clean underline. He did well during the Hartebeestloop Veld Performance test with an index of 123. That is a reliable indication that he handles veld conditions very well, moves easily in the sand and obtains good growth figures on the veld. The adaptability and performance on the veld with minimum input are ever more important economic traits to which we have to give increasing attention to in the herd. Low-input-costs animals are part of the solution to the cost squeeze to which the farming community refers to so often. But then you have to obtain low-input-costs animals and farm with them.
He is a hardy and robust bull that is decidedly masculine. His head is strong, eyebrows are well developed and his scrotum is well-formed and hangs symmetrically. Scrotal circumference breeding value index is 105.
His breeding value indexes are all at breed average and I can recommend him for any herd and any production system. He displays high stud potential and it would be to the benefit of stud breeders to pay special attention to him.
The Bonsmara can gain from the strong traits of HART 14-0204.
Bull from guest seller: ERASMUS Bonsmaras
A calving-ease, medium frame bull bred by Edward Hansen of EMOK Bonsmaras. He can be used with confidence on cows and heifers. He is bred from HART 06-0074 and ERH 09-0013 – she is a top performer with AFC 27 months, ICP of 381 days/5 calves and RI of 114.
ERH 14-0063 can be used in any production system. There is sufficient pre-wean and post-wean growth ability to breed both good weaner calves and oxen. He is a mountain of meat and ought to pass on his good meat traits to his progeny. He displays the desired combination of early fat deposition (109) and good muscling (105) – early in condition on the veld and sufficient meat and weight for high production potential. The future seems to be to farm with low-input-costs animals that are also able to deliver above average returns.
ERH 14-0063 has good conformation, nice muscling with good length, breadth, depth capacity and strong topline. He is a picture-perfect reflection of a bull in good balance. He is phenotypically effective and structurally correct. His adaptability is very good – good hump, fine coat and hair, long tail, clean underline, strong legs and nice claws. Note also the thick skin folds in the neck section.
His breeding value indexes are all on or close to breed average. He is a safe bull and will not introduce any defects into your herd. Cows or heifers, weaner calves or oxen, pure Bonsmara replacement heifers or any crossbreeding system – don’t overlook ERH 14-0063!
Bull by guest seller: Hochfeldstreek Bonsmaras
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Bull by guest seller: Gocharus Bonsmaras
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A strong son of AG 03-0359 (click on the sire link above tov view his photo) and HART 10-0324.
She is a well reproducing cow in the herd with AFC 24 months, ICP 453 days/4 calves and RI 109. In the drought of 2015 she moved on one breeding season. She weaned her calves at 48% of her own mass. A very good and effective cow.
HART 14-0101 is a medium frame, calving-ease and easy-to-manage bull that can be used on cows and heifers and with success in any production system. He is low on birth direct (103), with good milk (107) and sufficient pre-wean (90) and post-wean growth ability (96), good ADG (104) and feed conversion ratio (105). If you add up all the relevant breeding value indexes HART 14-0101 ends up with a selection growth value of 106 and production value of 102. That is above average for the breed and exactly what the farmer needs to promote growth and production in his herd. His high milk and scrotal circumference breeding value indexes of 107 and 111 - together with his very good conformation - make him a great proposition for breeding early mature replacement heifers with more than enough milk for the calves.
HART 14-0101 displays outstanding adaptability and above average growth and performance on the veld. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index is 101 and his Kleiber (veld feed conversion ration) is 110. For the farmers who farm extensively and mostly only on natural pasture, he is the ideal bull. Add to that the fact that he has a low maintenance costs breeding value index of 113. What is the significance of the above? – Low-input-costs bull with above average adaptability and growth on the veld.
He is more of an early mature type bull with good muscling – visually and with RTU (eye-muscle surface 107), early fat deposition (155), good capacity and breadth, strong topline and very nice depth through the forequarter. Bonsmara Namibia’s motto for 2017 is: “Back to Basics” – and that is precisely what you get with HART 14-0101. Adapted, hardy, performs on the veld, early mature and breeding value indexes that suit the breed. Serious commercial farmers cannot afford to overlook him.
He is bred from ADV 06-0198 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) from the Stormfontein Bonsmara herd and VBB 08-0329. She is doing extremely well with AFC 23 months, ICP 355 days/7 calves, RI 122 and average wean index of 104/6 calves. Okombonde Bonsmara stud purchased a top son of hers HART 12-0319. VBB 08-0329 is a highly reproducing cow and the success of the farming industry is built on these quality cows with this type of reproduction figures.
HART 13-0324 is a larger frame type bull that must be used only on cows. He is weaned nicely heavy at 291 kg and his birth weight and wean weight reflect the excellent ADG (105), pre-wean (115) and post-wean growth ability (113) of the bull. Farmers must take note that this bull is higher on shoulder height and mature weight than the breed average and he must therefore also be used in accordance with his strong points. He is an outstanding growth bull, with high daily weight gain and very good muscling. He will do very well in any production system where good growth is the priority, such as with weaner calves or oxen.
Despite his frame type he did very well during the veld test with a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 101 and a veld feed conversion ratio of 103. There are also larger frame animals that are doing very well on the veld – such as HART 13-0324.
He displays very good conformation, strong muscling, nice breadth and depth and also good capacity. A typically well-filled bull loaded with meat everywhere. Don’t forget to take note of his good length and strong topline.
HART 13-0324 also displays very good adaptability with nice hump development, smooth and shiny coat and hair, strong legs and clean underline.
His selection values show his growth and production ability – growth value (116) and production value (110).
He is an outstanding bull if he is used correctly. The use of his good traits in a crossbreeding system is well worth considering.
He is a well-muscled son of HART 11-0216 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HMB 10-0002. Harry Erasmus of Erasmus Bonsmaras purchased the cow and calf and HART 14-0269 underwent his performance testing on Hartebeestloop.
HART 14-0269 is a well-muscled bull with good capacity, length, good breadth and depth through the forequarter. His topline is strong and the eye muscles extend well into the hump. He is loaded with meat – have a good look how well-filled the loins, slope of rump and inner and outer thighs are. There is width across the hocks with a long hindquarter muscle stretching far down. We want this extra width across the hocks with strong legs for muscle attachment – extra meat and weight.
He displays excellent adaptability traits – good hump development, smooth coat, shiny and short hair, long tail and strong legs with clean underline. You are going to notice the very good balance and mobility of the bull when we take him through the ring. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index is 109, which supports his performances on the veld very well.
His breeding value indexes are very good throughout – good pre-wean growth (118), milk value (109), post-wean growth ability (138) and ADG (109). His scrotal circumference value index is 119 and together with his good milk value of 109 he ought to breed early mature, highly fertile heifers with enough milk for their calves.
His selection values reflect his appearance and genetic and economic merit – growth value (128) and production value (125).
HART 14-0269 is a safe bull that ought to do very well in any production system. There is more than enough growth, milk, adaptability, hardiness and performance for any production system. He also displays good breeding potential and stud breeders should pay him special attention. He ought to breed the way he looks and performs!
A well-muscled, medium frame, calving-ease bull that can be used on heifers and cows. He comes from a family of calving-ease bulls and although he is broad and muscular, this will not have any effect on calving ease.
He is bred from HART 09-0073 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) that is currently at Hochfeldstreek Bonsmaras of Streicher and Hella Coetzee. The dam is HART 12-0132 and this is her first calf at 24 months. She is a very good mother with an average wean index of 105 for 3 calves and she weaned the 3 calves at 59.2% of her own body mass. That is 264 kg on average. An extremely effective cow and that is a heavy average wean mass for the hot and dry Kalahari.
HART 14-0128 displays good breadth, strong muscling, strong topline, good capacity with nice depth through the forequarter. His eye-muscle breeding value index of 120 also reflects his great muscling and the eye-muscles stretch nicely down into the hump. Despite the good muscling his early fat deposition is very good (124) – lots of meat and early in condition! His carcass traits are going to impress you – loins are loaded with meat, inner and outer thighs carry lots of meat and the hindquarter muscles stretch low down onto the hocks.
HART 14-0128 is an easy-to-manage bull that will do well in any production system. There is sufficient pre-wean growth (97), good post-wean growth (101), very good ADG (114) and outstanding feed conversion ratio (122). He is one of the bulls that performed best on the veld. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 114 - retention of condition and constitution on the veld - and his veld feed conversion ratio makes him the ideal bull for extensive conditions. For the farmer who depends solely on natural extensive pasture, HART 14-0128 is the most suitable bull. He is a low maintenance cost (111) bull with above average growth value (104) and production value (105).
If you are looking for calving ease, easy management, adaptability and hardiness on the veld with above average growth and production in your herd, HART 14-0128 is the answer to your search.
Bull by guest seller: Gocharus Bonsmaras
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He is a typical medium frame, well-muscled bull that is extremely well-adapted to extensive conditions. We see these type of bulls all over Namibia and they are constantly performing well. Farmers who use this type of bull in crossbreeding systems on larger frame types, later mature and high maintenance cost cows are won over to the Bonsmara forever. HART 14-0280 and other similar bulls simply reflect the workable and sustainable breeding policy of the Bonsmara. He is bred from HART 08-0082 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HART 12-0391. She comes from a highly fertile motherline and her AFC is 21 months, ICP 342 days/2 calves with RI of 131 and average wean index of 102/2 calves. She weaned at 57.6% of her body mass and that is 261 kg on average.
HART 14-0280 is a calving-ease and easy-to-manage bull that can be used on heifers and cows and with great success in any production system. He has adapted extremely well with a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 103 and a Kleiber (veld feed conversion) breeding value index of 104. Visually he displays great adaptability traits with good hump development, smooth coat, shiny and short hair, strong legs and good claws. He is an early mature type bull that gains condition very quickly, and retains both condition and constitution quite well on the veld.
HART 14-0280 displays good conformation, good breadth, nice capacity, depth through the forequarter, very good balance and a strong topline. He is loaded with meat and has that typical compact “meaty appearance” of the early mature animals.
He is a decidedly masculine bull with strong head, good development of the eyebrows, good width between the eyes, nice darkening and a scrotum that is well-formed and hangs nicely.
His breeding value indexes and selection values are mostly on or close to breed average.
HART 14-0280 is a safe bull, functionally effective, structurally correct and very well adapted. Farmers who would like to establish the good characteristics of the Bonsmara in their herds must not overlook this bull.
Very well-muscled medium frame bull bred from AG 03-0256 (click on the sire link above to see his photo) and BHE 04-0145. She comes from the Fortress Bonsmara line with outstanding reproduction and production figures: AFC 30 months, ICP 358 days/11 calves and RI of 116. She has 100% stud approval for all her calves on offer and is still in the herd. She is a cow with a top-of-the-range conformation with excellent performances.
HART 14-0104 displays outstanding conformation, great overall muscling, breadth, good length and strong topline. His eye-muscle surface index is 114. Take a good look at how solid the eye muscles are that run through to the hump section. His capacity is good and he displays strong legs with good width across the hocks. HART 14-0104 displays exceptional meat traits and he has that distinctive loaded-with-meat appearance. There is excellent adaptability with smooth coat, shiny and short hair, first-rate hump development and a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 105. His Kleiber index of 111 also shows his very good veld feed conversion and his good growth on the veld. In this case we combine outstanding conformation with excellent adaptability.
His breeding value indexes are also very good – slightly heavier on birth direct and prefarrably use him only on cows due to his strong muscling. He displays very good growth ability – pre-wean growth (108) and post-wean growth (102) with ADG of (101). His selection values for growth value and production value are 113 and 102 respectively.
His masculinity is clearly visible – strong head, with good development of the eyebrows, good width between the eyes, splendid darkening in the neck section with well-formed scrotum that hangs very well. He is an alert bull and ought to have very good libido.
HART 14-0104 displays great stud potential and deserves special attention. Certainly an impressive bull that will make a very good contribution to the Bonsmara breed and also to your herd. He is one of the favourites at the auction.
A larger frame type bull with very good muscling and growth ability. He is bred from LAR 06-0224 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) from UP George, and a highly reproductive cow, HART 07-0045. AFC 23 months, ICP 362 days for 8 calves, RI of 120 and average wean index of 103/7 calves. She is very effective and weaned at 45.9% of her body weight and that is 245 kg on average for 8 calves. She goes all the way back to Okamaja and Woestyn Bonsmaras.
HART 14-0046 is a very well-muscled bull with very outstanding growth ability. Have a good look at these good growth figures – pre-wean (121), post-wean (134), ADG (131) and feed conversion ratio (102). He has a good milk figure of 110 which he will pass on to his female progeny. His conformation is outstanding – good muscling with strong topline (eye-muscle surface of 153). There is good breadth, length, nice capacity and very good depth through the forequarter. The bull is loaded with meat and that is definitely his strong characteristic. Despite his framework, overall muscling and growth ability he is very well adapted with Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 110. His ability to convert pasture into meat and weight on the veld is excellent, with a veld feed conversion ratio of 117. His very good adaptability traits are worth special mention.
He displays very good masculinity with strong head, nice darkening through the forequarter and good scrotum that hangs well with a scrotal circumference value index of 106.
His selection values are among the best in the breed. Top genetic and economic merit, together with good conformation from blue-blood family lines on both sides – that is exactly what you get with HART 14-0046.
HART 14-0046 has impressed me from an early age and continues to do so. If you want to improve growth ability, milk, ADG, adaptability and fertility in your herd, you don’t have to look any further. I recommend him with the greatest confidence to any breeder and for any herd.
A very good son of HART 10-0272 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HART 11-0086. She is an 8-point cow with AFC 24 months, ICP 422 days/4 calves with RI of 114 and average wean index 101/4 calves. We sold an outstanding son of hers to Leeba Fouche and Ben van der Merwe of Leeben Farming.
HART 14-0103 is a medium frame bull with good muscling and nice conformation. I would at first use him only on cows and then decide whether to use him on heifers. He is picture-perfect with his head high, excellent depth through the forequarter, good capacity and strong topline. He has great growth ability – pre-wean (106), post-wean (117) and ADG (114). That is exactly what we are looking for in the beef cattle industry. His milk value of 115 is very good and his female progeny ought to wean heavy calves.
Pay special attention to his noteworthy adaptability traits – shiny coat and short hair, very good hump, thick hide with broad skin folds, black pigmentation and strong legs and claws. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 104 and his veld feed conversion ratio of 109 show his adaptability and his ability to grow- and perform - well on the veld. Some bulls perform well everywhere no matter for what economically important traits you test.
He is a extremely masculine, head-up and alert bull. His head is strong, eyebrows are well developed, nice darkening through the forequarter with well-formed scrotum that hangs well.
His selection values for growth value (123) and production value (118) demonstrate exactly his worth to his new owner.
HART 14-0103 can be of good use in any production system. There is more than enough growth for weaner calves and oxen production and more than enough milk for the breeding of good replacement heifers.
Serious farmers who would like to take a “big” step forward with their herds should earmark HART 14-0103.
A good son of AG 06-0411 and one of our top cows on Hartebeestloop, BHE 01-0144. Her AFC is 28 months, with ICP of 411 days/9 calves and RI of 108. Like most of the Fortress cows she has performed extremely well with us. She goes all the way back to NPT 91-0022 and AG D 0103.
HART 13-0051 is slightly larger than medium-frame bulls, but can still be used with confidence on cows and heifers. He displays very good balance and pay attention to the way the bull moves. There is good conformation, muscling, length, breadth and depth through the forequarter. He is structurally very correct and is loaded with very good meat. His adaptability traits are out of the top drawer – check his fine hump development, shiny, smooth coat and short hair, his strong legs and very good claws. His underline is great with a very nice sheath/navel flap combination. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 102 and his Kleiber index of 102 prove his good adaptability on the veld as well as good growth and weight gain under veld conditions.
He displays great masculinity with strong head, nice darkening and well-formed scrotum that hangs correctly. He presents a picture-perfect image of masculinity with his head held high and alert eyes.
His breeding value indexes are all on or close to breed average. He is a typical easy-to-manage bull that can be used with great success in any production system. He will definitely introduce some framework into your herd. Therefore if your cows are too small for your liking and your production is adversely affected by this, you can look to HART 13-0051 for a solution.
I would strongly recommend him for any crossbreeding system where the Bonsmara’s specific characteristics are required – calving ease, easy management, sufficient growth and weight gain, above average milk for his female progeny and performance under natural veld conditions.
Sometimes you are very lucky with the way the breeding decision between 2 bloodlines have worked out.
Then you still need a lot of luck for the progeny to do well in performance testing. If all the “luck” comes together, you have a winner bull- HART 13-0379 is such a bull.
He is bred from AG 03-0359 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HART 10-0151. She comes from one of our best bull-mother and fertility lines and goes all the way back to HART 06-0058 and BHE 03-0103 on father’s side and VBB 07-0302 ELITE SILVER and EI 00-0329 on mother’s side. HART 10-0151’s AFC is 28 months, ICP 384 days/5 calves with RI of 112 and average wean index of 101/4 calves. She weaned at 46.3% of her own weight and that is 235 kg on average for 4 calves.
We have used him in the herd to achieve the following breeding goals:
- To firmly ingrain conformation and calving ease
- Sufficient muscling (eye-muscle surface 124) combined with good early fat deposition (106)
- Sufficient pre-wean (101) and post-wean growth ability (108) with high ADG (110) and feed conversion ratio (102)
- Enough milk (120) with large scrotal circumference (107); and
- Good ability to effectively convert veld pasture into meat and weight with Kleiber index of 108.
His breeding value indexes are almost all moderately above breed average. The characteristics we consider to be of great economic value for the farmer are significantly better than breed average. His selection values for growth value and production value are both 122!
He displays all the traits listed above. Over and above that he is a lively head-up bull, robust with lots of masculinity. His head is strong and there is very nice darkening in the neck section and a large scrotum that hangs perfectly.
HART 13-0379 displays definite stud potential and that is why he was used as young bull in the Hartbeestloop herd. I would like him to go to a stud herd because he has much to contribute to the Bonsmara breed.
I am selling him with a heavy heart.
Excellently adapted medium frame bull bred from HART 10-0202 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and an ELITE GOLD cow NGO 02-0010. She is really the epitome of top reproduction and production ability. AFC 32 months, ICP 375 days/12 calves and RI 112. She has a stud approval percentage of 88% of all her calves on offer and she weaned her 12 calves at 241 kg on average. From her we sold 2 outstanding sons to Werner and Anita Schroër ( HART 08-0147) and JH Maritz ( HART 11-0170). The Bonsmara breed is built on these type of cows.
HART 14-0081 is a medium frame bull that can be used on heifers and cows. He is also an easy-to-manage bull that will perform in any production system. He has good conformation with good muscling, sufficient capacity and breadth with nice depth. The bull has overall great balance and watch him carefully as he moves through the ring. His breeding indexes are outstanding – low on birth (114), he weighed 35 kg at birth, very good pre-wean growth (104) – he weaned 278 kg, top post-wean growth (107), excellent ADG (120) and feed conversion ratio (120). Pay attention to his good milk value (107) and large scrotal circumference (112) – his female progeny will have more than enough milk for heavy weaner calves and also ought to be early mature and very fertile.
HART 14-0081 is very well adapted and his coat and hair stand out among all the bulls on auction. His Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 112 and Kleiber index (veld feed conversion ratio) of 108 show a well-adapted bull that grows and performs extremely well on the veld.
HART 14-0081’s contribution will be excellent if you require the following in your herd:
- Calving ease and easy management
- Adaptability and hardiness on the veld;
- Very good growth ability for heavy weaner calves and oxen; and
- Milk and fertility.
Farmers can use the bull to great benefit in any crossbreeding system under extensive conditions where the cows have a larger frame and where the Bos Indicus traits of the Bonsmara are required.
He is a well-muscled medium frame bull bred from HART 10-0251 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HART 11-0056. She was a top cow – full-score 9 points with AFC 24 months, ICP 345 days/3 calves, RI of 123 and she weaned at 48.8% of her body mass – that is 270 kg on average for her weaner calves. Unfortunately she was irremediably injured and we had to cull her.
HART 14-0014 can successfully be used in any production system. His breeding value index for pre-wean growth is 110 and therefore his calves ought to grow well and be weaned at heavy weight. He himself was weaned at 274 kg. His very good milk value of 107 he will pass on to his female progeny which again ought to have enough milk to wean heavy calves. His post-wean growth ability of 117 is outstanding and his oxen will grow properly. Pay special attention to his very good value for ADG (126) and feed conversion ratio (132). He is an ideal bull for breeding good weaner calves and oxen. His selection values are: growth value 117 and production value 114 - so all the building blocks are in place for a bull whose progeny ought to perform very well.
His conformation, muscling, length, breadth and depth through the forequarter are very nice. He displays a large eye-muscle surface of 128, with very strong topline and eye muscles that stretch right through to the hump section.
He is very well adapted to extensive conditions with good hump development, splendid coat and hair, fine pigmentation, long tail, clean underline with good legs and claws. He could have been stronger across the hocks.
HART 14-0014 displays good masculinity and strong secondary masculinity traits – bull with a strong head, nice darkening and a breeding value index for scrotal circumference of 101.
HART 14-0014’s great conformation, meat traits and breeding value indexes make him a suitable bull for any production system. Commercial farmers who are serious about taking a “great leap” forward should give him major consideration.
He introduces all the traits into your herd that make the Bonsmara the beef and farming cattle of your choice.
A fine, dark, medium frame bull bred from AG 06-0411 and an ELITE GOLD cow JMP 04-0139. Pay special attention to her outstanding performances: AFC 24 months, ICP 376 days/10 calves, RI 114, average wean index of 101/10 calves and she weaned at 46.8% of her body mass. From her we sold excellent bulls to Wouter van Amstel/Luhan Steyn and Johan Groenewaldt, and top stud heifers to Charlottenberg Bonsmaras, Nabibis Bonsmaras and Springputz Bonsmaras. Without a doubt a cow with excellent performances.
HART 13-0443 displays good conformation with sufficient muscling, strong topline, good breadth and sufficient capacity. There is good depth through the forequarter as well as strong legs and good claws. Have a good look at the nice width across the hocks. The farmers who rear oxen know very well that a strong framework with a broader bone structure is a must for good performance.
He is extremely well adapted with a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 118 – his own indexes in the group are ADG (120) and Kleiber (110). That translates into very good growth in the group and above average performance in the ability to convert veld pasture into meat and weight. His is exactly the type of animal with which we have to farm extensively with on the veld. His very good masculinity is striking with strong head, well-developed eyebrows, nice darkening and large scrotal circumference value index of 119, and the scrotum hangs very well.
His breeding value indexes are all on or close to breed average – he is a safe bull for heifers and cows and also for any production system.
His selection values underline his strong points – maintenance value is 111 – low-input-costs animals with performance on the veld, growth value 117 – sufficient growth ability and production value 106.
HART 13-0443 is definitely a bull that warrants consideration if you farm extensively without planted pasture and cheap mealies.
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A well-muscled medium frame bull with very good conformation that was bred from AG 01-0152 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) and HART 10-0164. She is an excellent cow with AFC 25 months, ICP 363 days/5 calves and an RI of 119. She is a topmost effective cow and weaned at 57% of her body mass. She was sold to Jungfrau Bonsmaras and suffered severely in the drought. They simply had no rain at all in the 2016 season. HART 13-0240 did his performance testing on Hartebeestloop.
He is an outstanding bull that can be used on heifers and cows. We have used him on heifers and experienced no problems despite his birth weight of 44 kg. HART 13-0240 displays very good breadth, capacity, strong topline and nice depth through the forequarter. He is loaded with meat behind the shoulder. His eye-muscle surface value index of 115 confirms his good muscling throughout and strong topline. Just look at him – he is a model of a well-meated bull. He is also extremely well adapted to extensive farming with Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 109 and Kleiber index of 101. From his well-developed eyebrows – right through – to his strong legs and claws he displays excellent adaptability traits.
His breeding value indexes are very good with above average good pre-wean growth (103), good milk figure (106), good post-wean growth (106), outstanding ADG (114) and first-rate feed conversion ratio (116). His selection values are as follows: growth value (114) and production value (107) – these values are so good they meet all our expectations. He is really a bull that will do very well in any production system.
Note also his very strong masculinity traits and his well-formed scrotum with breeding value index of 105.
HART 13-0240 is definitely an excellent bull and he displays good breed potential. He is one of the bulls on auction that offers great promise.
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Have a good look at this bull’s pedigree – on father’s side HART 09-0055 (click on the sire link above to view his photo) that comes from the AG 98-0338 line and a 2014 GOLD ELITE cow JMP 04-0139. HART 09-0055 was the top seller at the 2014 auction to Wouter van Amstel and Luhan Steyn. On mother’s side he comes from a Fourie Scheepers bull CEF 03-0322 from the RCO 98-0037 line. I have mentioned this already – the combination of AG 98-0338 and RCO 98-0037 has delivered very good results. His grandmother is NGO 00-0052 from Woestyn Bonsmaras that brought excellent adaptability and hardiness to our herd. His mother HART 07-0012 is a splendid, deep cow, ICP of 383 days for 8 calves with wean index of 101/8. We sold a top bull of hers to Edward Hansen of EMOK Bonsmaras. Edward only buys the best!
HART 13-0217 is a bull that is loaded with meat and outstanding performance throughout. Excellent breeding value indexes for pre- (118) and post-wean growth ability (113), first-rate ADG (106) and is one of the top growth bulls in his post-wean growth test. His adaptability traits are top of the range and he ends up with a Hartebeestloop Veld Performance Index of 123 – he is a conclusive example of an adapted animal that grows well on the veld. His body ratios are outstanding – he is 20% longer than tall. You will also notice the bull’s good balance when he moves.
His combination breeding value indexes for eye-muscle surface (121), marbling (133) and early fat deposition (103) are from the top drawer. Good strong muscling yet still retains the ability of early fat deposition – you cannot ask for more. Check his selection values for calf growth value (118), fertility (102), growth value (127) and production value (118). The above are all traits of cardinal importance for profitable farming.
HART 13-0217 brings good conformation, breadth, length, strong muscling, highly fertile, and excellent growth ability with high production value to your herd. Into the bargain – his adaptability, ability to retain condition on the veld, masculinity and libido are of the highest quality.
He is bred from HART 07-0087 and CEF 99-0086 from the Zinabos herd. I bought her as a young cow from Fourie Scheepers and she adapted and performed extremely well in the hot Kalahari. Her AFC is 31 months with ICP of 399 days/12 calves and RI 108. She weaned her 12 calves at 248 kg on average, which is really good for 12 calves. From her we sold top heifers and bulls to DI Boerdery, Nabas Farming, Theo Kinda and Tuauana Bonsmaras. She was a great asset to the Hartebeestloop herd and is certainly a good advertisement for the Zinabos Bonsmaras’s “Golden Oldies” purchases.
HART 12-0028 is a medium frame, calving-ease bull that can be used on heifers and cows.
He is also a typical easy-to-manage bull that can be used in any production system. There is good pre-wean growth (110) for heavy weaner calves, sufficient milk (103) for good replacement heifers with much milk for their calves, sufficient post-wean growth ability (103) with a good feed conversion ratio (101) to grow oxen fast and heavy. His conformation is good with good length, sufficient capacity, nice depth through the forequarter and is loaded with meat everywhere.
His breeding value indexes are well balanced throughout and there are no extreme values you have to worry about. He will breed the way he looks and according to his breeding value indexes.
HART 12-0028 is one of the older bulls on auction. He still has much to offer for many years and will make his contribution to any herd. Farmers who concentrate on effective crossbreeding would do well to consider him. He will reinforce strong traits such as conformation, calving ease, good growth ability, more than enough milk, adaptability and hardiness in the herds.
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