Coota Park Blue-E Breeding Principles

• The Blue-E is an open composite - hence will continue to incorporate Angus and Shorthorn genetics

"Grassfed * Performance Recorded * Fertility Tested * Efficiency Tested"

• All  cattle performance recorded 

• Blue-E cattle have EBV’s provided by Angus Society’s Multi-Breed Register

• All sale bulls efficiency tested 

• Bulls fertility tested and sold with a guarantee

• Heifers joined at 14 mths calved at 2 yrs 

• No foot trimming

• 60 days joining to all females

• All females pregnancy tested and empties sold

• Single sire joining for sire evaluation

• Strong selection for muscularity both visually and EMA

• We direct to multi-trait selection

• We have a strict selection regime that is creating practical cattle that will suit as many environments as possible and direct to as many markets as possible

• We put emphasis on:

• FEED EFFICIENCY
• FERTILITY
• MARBLING           
• MUSCLING
• STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESS