Jockey - Facts and figures

Beef Value: LM 31

Calving Value: LM0C

His figures and our experience mark him out as an extreme bull for growth (Trait leader) and Muscle (top 1%) combined with a breed average Calving Index.

JOCKEY PROGENY

Auction sales

Below is a chronological list of some of the bulls that have hit the headlines at Society Sales over the past few years (click on links for images):

NEUTRON
- 14,000gns
DYFRI OMAR
- 8,000gns
DYFRI ORATOR
- 5,500gns Jun. Ch. Carlisle
DYFRI PASCAL
- 9,500gns
DYFRI RIO GRANDE
- 11,000gns
DYFRI REMBRANDT
- 10,500gns
SARKLEY RAGTIME
- 20,000gns
DYFRI SUPERIOR
- 10,000gns
DYFRI SUNDANCE
- 8,500gns
WOODHOUSE SMART
- 11,000gns
DYFRI TANNER
- 16,000gns
HEATHMOUNT TROJAN
- 10,800gns
DYFRI USANT
- 8,500gns Res. Sen. Ch. Carlisle
DYFRI UNION
- 10,000gns

Jockey has sired an UK record 10 bulls to sell for £10,000 or more, with well over 100 sons from the Dyfri Herd averaging £5,000.

Private sales

Many of the best Jockey sons have been sold privately, particularly during the Foot and Mouth restrictions on Auctions in 2001. It has always been our policy to keep the value of private sales private! There have been a few great bulls that also left the farm before we got a chance to get a camera on them.

Females

Very few females have been sold out of the first three crops. Therefore the first three crops of heifers have been retained to join the herd. They have proved to be outstanding in every respect. Each one has outperformed her mother in terms of looks, figures and milking ability.

Since we have been absent from the showring since 1999, no Jockey females had been shown until the Royal Welsh Show of 2003, where we showed two in calf heifers:-

DYFRI REQUIEM

DYFRI SUSANNA

Semen is available at home and for export.

For Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland please contact Bill Armstrong in County Fermanagh. Tel. 02867 721281

For mainland Britain and export please contact us for more information.