Blonde bulls are best used as a terminal sires over British and British cross cows. The Blonde sire will produce the muscle and rapid growth with the British bred dam supplying the additional fat cover and milk. This combination will produce well-muscled rapidly growing calves that attract premium prices at the saleyards or when sold over the hook.

BEEF producers breeding straight bred Angus or Murray Grey are well advised to use Blonde bulls over their beef herd and will retain their black or grey coloured calves. Crossing with a Blonde bull will result in higher weaning weights, more muscle and better conformation in the cross bred calves.

Blonde bulls do not colour mark their calves so a Blonde bull mated to Angus cows will produce 100% black calves. All calves will also be 100% polled because breeds like Angus are homozygous polled meaning all calves will be born without horns.

Easy Calving - Calves are born long, slender and fine boned, allowing for an easy delivery. Calves muscle up at around two weeks of age. Selected Blonde bulls can safely used to calf down heifers. Birth weights ave. 35-40 kg

Rapid Growth - Blonde cross calves will grow rapidly on mothers who can supply what is needed for a calf to grow. Our clients have reported increased yeaning weights ranging from 20 to 50kgs per calf. Common weaning weights range from 350 to 520kg.

Feed Efficiency - Blondes can also improve profitability through feed efficiency. At the 2001 Vasse feed efficiency trial in Western Australia, the Blonde breed was 1^st for feed conversion consuming only 5.1 kg of feed for each kg of weight gain. Many breeds needed 6 to 7 kg of ration to put on a kg of weight.

High Carcass Yield - Blondes typically yield 65%+ of saleable meat from a carcase because of their high meat to bone ratios and minimal fat. There are also a better proportion of higher valued cuts.

Temperament - Blondes are very docile cattle, and are quite easy to handle. This feature flows on into both the feedlot and grass finishing situations where quiet cattle which take to feed more quickly are needed to reduce costs and finishing time.

Premium Prices - Many feedlotters and butchers will pay premium prices for Blonde cross cattle. They recognise the facts of rapid growth, high feed efficiency and high carcass yield and are prepared to pay for this improved product.

More meat and a better bottom line can be achieved by mating your cows to well-muscled Blonde bulls. Increase your profits now and consider a Blonde bull. You will never look back.

Blondes dominated the recently held carcass competition at Perth Royal Show 2001 taking out 4 of the 10 carcase broad ribbons. Blonde sired carcasses won: Champion and Reserve Champion Lightweight Carcases, Reserve Champion Extra Heavyweight Carcase and Reserve Grand Champion Carcase.

Peter and Joy Beacham herd consists of Angus/Friesian and Simmental/Friesian cross cows. These first cross renown baby beef producers, have traditionally been mated to Hereford bulls and Murray Grey bulls.

Denzil Huxtable runs a herd of 150 predominantly Murray Grey females. He has used a variety of sire breeds previously but switched to a Blonde dAquitaine three years ago.