Te Mania Untold U893 was identified as a sire candidate by Will Wilding from Te Mania New Zealand for his standout combination of body condition, marbling and structural EBVs:
- IMF +6.2 (top 2%)
- Claw Set +0.46, Foot Angle +0.62 (top 2%), Leg Angle +0.64 (top 1%)
- Mature Cow Body Condition +0.46 (top 12%)
- Days to Calving -9.4 (top 2%)
- $A $288 (top 2%) and $A-L $455 (top 3%)
- 200d growth 59 (top 19%) and 400d growth 101 (top 31%)
Untold is working as a progeny test sire at The Knewleave Partnership, a Team Te Mania herd. Following an inspection there, he was sent to the collection centre for conventional straws destined for NZ and the US, where Te Mania New Zealand plans to produce embryos.
Fiona Conroy and Cam Nicholson of Knewleave now have 48 naturally conceived Untold calves on the ground, soon to be commercially registered.
With his target of 2,000+ straws collected across three collections, Untold headed back to work at Knewleave this week. A bull that’s earning his keep on both sides of the Tasman and beyond.
