Highland Bull Semen on SALE! $15 per straw for most bulls!
Thorbardin Ranch offers a wide selection of some of the best highland genetics in America.These are the genetics that the Ranch used to create the finest herd of highland cattle in North America.Many of these bulls were Grand Champions at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado.
Minimum Order is 10 straws of semen.
Semen Shipping is $125 unless the semen is picked up at the ranch in Laramie.This includes the return shipping of the nitrogen shipper to us.Free Shipping on Semen Orders above $2500.
Dirigo Florent (ET)
Dirigo Florent (ET): DOB: 03/19/1996
Registration: 29,602 Color: Dark Brindle
Birth Weight: Unknown, excellent calving ease
Mature Weight: 1650 lbs.
Ben Eniglair of Scone Palace
Dirigo Florent (ET)
Owl Rock Imber
Florent was one of our top bulls used in natural service and in AI work both within the Highland breed and in Thorbardin's composite breeding program. Florent has produced a number of show winners at the National Western Stock Show, the largest Highland breed show in the country. A partial list of winners is TBR Loman, Champion Intermediate Bull Calf; TBR London, Reserve Champion Junior Bull Calf; TBR Heather, Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Heifer.
Florent is one of our top structurally correct bulls and most of his offspring carry this trait.
Florent, like Dirigo Forceful has shown to produce a number of high quality carcasses. His full flush sister, Dirigo Frederique (ET) is our best highland cow in the herd. He is also a top calving ease bull.
Price $25/straw Price is $15/straw
Dirigo Forceful (ET)
Dirigo Forceful (ET): DOB: 3/19/1996
Registration: 29,105 Color: Brindle
Birth Weight: 60 lbs, excellent calving ease
Mature Weight: 1500 lbs.
Ben Eniglair of Scone Palace (GB)
Dirigo Forceful (ET)
Mayfield Heather
Forceful's sire, Ben Eniglair of Scone Palace, was one of the top Highland bulls imported from Scotland and in the country for many years produced heifers and bulls with outstanding conformation and disposition.
Forceful has produced show winning bulls such as TBR Koch and TBR Mordecai (AI), both long bulls with above average growth and show winning conformation.
Forceful is one of our top carcass bulls, producing a large number of high choice and prime carcasses. Thorbardin has in the past years used a large amount of his semen on both the Highland and the commercial herd for both calving ease and carcass quality.
Price $40/straw Price $15/straw
Dirigo Forceful (ET)
EZ Acre Kyle
EZ Acre Kyle: DOB: 04/18/1991
Registration: 22,471 Color: Dun
Birth Weight: Unknown
Mature Weight: 2200 lbs.
Alasdiar Og 2nd of Dirtane
EZ Acre Kyle
WN Victoria McClelland
Kyle has many unique qualities that have lent himself to our breeding program. Besides producing show-winning cattle, he has proven himself as a bull that truly improves the Highland breed. His offspring show significant growth rates over most bulls. His females are the largest bloodlines in our herd today. The average mature cow is approximately 1200 lbs. Kyle himself was the 1993 Grand Champion Pen Bull at the National Western Stock Show. He has also produced Grand Champion Cow/Calf (cow side), and a Grand Champion Bull at the Wyoming State Fair to name only a few. His females' udders have been very tight with small teats which are outstanding.
His carcass traits are extremely positive. He produces some of the largest ribeye areas of any of our bulls, low back fat and marbling that is high select to low choice. His carcasses are ideal for today's health conscious consumer.
Prices $30/straw Price is $15/straw
TBR Koch
TBR Koch: DOB: 5/06/2000
Registration: 35,693 Color: Brindle
Birth Weight: 72 lbs.
Mature Weight: 1900 lbs.
Dirigo Forceful (ET)
TBR Koch
The Cape's Mariane 2nd
TBR Koch was the 2004 Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the National Western Stock Show. He is a very long bull with perfect conformation. His disposition is such that a four-year-old child can ride on his back.
His ultrasound data taken at the NWSS in 2004 showed a ribeye of 16.6 square inches, backfat of 0.23 inches and intramuscular fat (marbling) of 3.45%.
His first two DNA certified offspring each had the highest growth rate for heifers and bulls in our herd.
Prices $35/straw Price is $15/straw
TBR Koch
TBR Konner
TBRKonner
TBR Konner: DOB: 05/10/2000
Registration: 35,694 Color: Light Yellow/White
Birth Weight: 76 lbs
2003 NWSS Weight: 1564 lbs.
EZ Acres Kyle
TBR Konner
Valhalla's Goldilock
This is one of the most impressive bulls that Thorbardin has produced. He is a large heavy muscled bull. His color is borderline white/light yellow. He has a superb show record. He was Grand Champion Bull at Wyoming State Fair in 2001. He was also Reserve Grand Champion Bull at Wyoming State Fair in 2000. He was Champion Intermediate Bull at National Western Stock Show in 2002. He finished third in his class for Senior Bulls at National Western Stock Show in 2003.
Konner is a champion himself and both his sire and dam have been champions at various levels as well. EZ Acres Kyle was the 1993 Grand Champion Pen Bull at NWSS. Goldilock was shown at various shows in Washington with an outstanding record.
Konner has two extremely distinct traits that set him apart from most Highland bulls. He had the largest scrotum of all the bulls tested at the 2003 NWSS measuring 41.5 cm. He also had a REA of 16.3 square inches. He is also one of the mellowest bulls that Thorbardin has ever produced.
Prices $35/straw Price $15/straw
TBR Gandolf
Thorbardin's Gandolf: DOB: 3/6/1997
Registration: 30,569 Color: Brindle
Birth Weight: 66 lbs
Mature Weight: 1900 lbs.
GOF Chieftain 17C
Thorbardin's Gandolf
Cape St. Mary's Melinda
Gandolf was the top herd Highland sire for Thorbardin Ranch for many years. He is the complete package; conformation, growth, udders, disposition and even carcass quality. His ultrasound data taken in 2000 showed a REA of 17.5, BF of 0.35 and %IMF of 3.67 which is outstanding for a mature bull. His calves have an average birth weight of 69 lbs. He is a calving ease bull. His offspring are consistent winners in the show circuit, winning the highest awards with tremendous positive reviews.
He has a strong maternal side with his dam winning the Produce of Dam award at the 2001 National Western Stock Show. Gandolf himself won the Get-of-Sire at the 2005 NWSS.
Price $40/straw Price $15/straw
Thorbardin's Gandolf
TBR Jed
Thorbardin's Jed: DOB: 05/05/1999
Registration: 22,471 Color: Brindle
Birth Weight: 73 lbs.
Current Weight: 1700 lbs.
Dirigo Dionysus (ET)
Thorbardin's Jed
HI Oscar Alana
Thorbardin's Jed was the 2002 National Western Stock Show Grand Champion Bull. This bull exhibits the complete package of structure, mobility, and above average ultrasound data. His ultrasound data at NWSS measured a 16.5 inch ribeye. This is an easy maintenance bull, he was with over 200 cows during breeding season prior to Stock Show. There have been few champion bulls that can work a large herd of cows and four months later be a grand champion bull. He was also the Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the Wyoming State Fair as a yearling.
Prices $35/straw Price $15/straw
Thorbardin's Jed
Scott of Craycombe
This is imported semen from England. Scott was a deep red bull, that produced outstanding calves. Probably one of the top bulls in the Highland breed. He has been known to produce on occasion parti colored animals.
Scott of Craycombe has sired numerous champion animals at all levels within the Highland breed, outstanding growth characteristics and perfect udders on the animals that we had.
Thorbardin Ranch only has 13 straws of this magnificient bull.
Price is $850/straw FIRM!
Ben Eniglar of Scone Palace
This is an old Sottish bull imported to the states in 1982. He is believed to be one of the finest bulls of all time both on muscling and on comformation in the highland breed. Thorbardin Ranch built much of its herds genetics on this outstanding bull through its embryo program. We have continued to used his embryo daughters in our commercial program successfullying crossing them with top end Angus bulls for some of our best cows.
Thorbardin Ranch has 50 straws that it has collected over the years.
