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5 Registered Polled Hereford Yearling Bulls — Hereford Yearling Bulls for Sale

Five registered polled bulls, homegrown, 15 to 18 months old and 800 to 1,000 pounds. Moderate framed, medium flesh, guaranteed fertile with a 35 cm scrotal measurement behind each one. These are Hereford yearling bulls for sale in any number — one head or all five — and they are ready to go now. Buying at this age is how a cowman gets the most working years out of a bull without paying two-year-old money for him.

Specification	Detail
Listing	5 Reg. Hereford Bulls
Breed	Hereford
Sex / class	Yearling bulls
Head for sale	5
Registered	Yes — American Hereford Association, papers transfer at purchase
Origin	Homegrown — raised on the place
Age	15 to 18 months
Estimated weight	800 to 1,000 lbs
Birth weight	80 lbs
Scrotal circumference	35 cm
Frame	Moderate
Condition	Medium flesh
Horn status	Polled
Color	Red with white face, brisket, underline and tail switch
Fertility	Guaranteed fertile
Vaccinations	7-way clostridial, dewormed
Pasture / feed	Pasture and grain
Sold as	Any number — one head to all five
Availability	Available now
Delivery	Nationwide, insured livestock haulers
Price	Contact for current pricing

Five polled yearlings off one program

These five were born and raised here, not bought in and turned over. That matters more on young bulls than on finished ones: a yearling’s whole record — birth weight, vaccination dates, how he was developed — either exists in one place or it does not exist at all. Here it does.

All five carry polled Hereford genetics, which suits a buyer with tight working pens, a shared trailer or a herd he is trying to take hornless. They are medium flesh off pasture and grain, which is the right condition for their age — a yearling pushed hard on feed looks impressive in a photo and falls apart the first summer he goes to work.

Registration and pedigree

All five carry American Hereford Association papers that transfer at purchase. Ask for registration numbers by tag and we will send pedigrees, sires and dams so you can check them against your own females before committing. These registered Hereford bulls come with complete records rather than a reconstructed history.

Scrotal, birth weight and fertility

• Scrotal circumference: 35 cm — a yearling is generally expected to make 30 to 32 cm to pass a breeding soundness exam, so this is comfortably above the bar
• Fertility: Guaranteed fertile
• Birth weight: 80 lbs — read the section on cows below before you buy
• Weight now: 800 to 1,000 lbs at 15 to 18 months · Frame: moderate
• EPDs: Birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, milk and calving ease come on each bull’s papers
• Trich testing: Required by many states for bulls crossing state lines

Scrotal circumference is worth more attention than most buyers give it. It tracks with a bull’s own fertility and with how early his daughters reach puberty, so a 35 cm yearling is putting something into your replacement heifers as well as into this year’s calf crop.

Why buy a yearling instead of a two-year-old

Money and years. A yearling costs less than a finished bull of the same quality, and you get an extra season or two out of him at the back end. Hereford breeding bulls for sale at 15 to 18 months are also easier to introduce — a young bull settles into an established herd with less fighting than a mature one dropped in cold.

The trade-off is workload. Do not ask a yearling to do a mature bull’s job. Give him fewer cows, easier country and a look at him every few days through his first breeding season, and he will pay you back for five or six years.

The cows these bulls suit

An 80-pound birth weight is on the heavy side. These are not heifer bulls, and anyone who tells you a yearling with an 80-pound birth weight is safe over first-calf heifers is selling, not advising. Put them on mature cows.

Turn one out on black cows and the Hereford cross Angus calf that follows is the black baldy the sale barn pays up for — hybrid vigor, pounds at weaning and replacement females that stay in the herd. On straightbred Hereford females you get papered calves with polled Hereford genetics behind them, since polled is a dominant trait and passes to the calf crop.

Bull power at this age runs roughly one cow per month of age. Figure 15 to 18 cows apiece over a 60 to 90 day season, fewer on rough or brushy country. Five head will bull a 75 to 90 cow operation.

Vaccination and what comes with each bull

• Vaccinations: 7-way clostridial and dewormed — dates available by tag number
• Fertility: Guaranteed fertile, 35 cm scrotal on record
• Papers: American Hereford Association registration transfers with each bull
• Records: Recorded birth weight, EPDs, sire and dam by tag
• Before shipping: Health certificate, brand inspection and entry permits arranged
• Worth asking: Trich status and the date of the last breeding soundness exam

Hereford yearling bulls for sale: pricing and delivery

Contact us for pricing. On registered Hereford bulls the number moves with how many head you take, so tell us the count and what your cows look like. A deposit holds a bull or the group while hauling is arranged, and these are available now rather than on a delivery date months out.

We ship nationwide with insured livestock haulers. Health certificates, brand inspection where required and state entry permits are handled before the trailer loads, and freight is quoted separately by the mile and the load. One bull travelling alone costs more per mile than several sharing a load, so it is worth asking about the whole group before you settle on one.

Frequently asked questions

How many cows can a 15-month bull cover? Around 15 to 18 over a 60 to 90 day season, and give him the easier pastures. Overloading a yearling is the fastest way to ruin one and to end up with a strung-out calving season next spring.

Can I use these on heifers? No. The 80-pound birth weight is too heavy for first-calf heifers. If that is the job you are hiring for, tell us and we will point you at bulls with birth weights in the low 60s to 70s instead.

Are they homozygous polled? That takes a DNA test — ask us whether one has been run. Polled is dominant either way, so they will throw polled calves over horned females; the test tells you whether it is all of them or roughly half.

Will they be big enough to work this season? Yearling Hereford bull weight is the wrong thing to fixate on by itself, but at 800 to 1,000 pounds with a 35 cm scrotal, yes — within the cow numbers above. Keep them growing through their first season rather than expecting them to hold weight while they work.

Five polled, papered, homegrown yearlings, guaranteed fertile and ready to load. Tell us how many you need and what kind of females they are going on, and we will send pedigrees, birth weights and a freight quote on these Hereford yearling bulls for sale.