Lincoln Reds


The Lincoln Red is one of the most underrated breeds in the country. Extremely adaptable, easily managed and naturally polled, it crosses well with any of the continental breeds but especially with the British Blue.

Here at Hemingby, the Lincoln herd is run very commercially, with the Spring calving herd running out all winter on sandland and calving themselves there, with a Dutch barn for shelter. They winter on silage , straw and some sugar beet. The Autumn calving herd are brought in early November, and winter on silage alone. From 1954 - 2009, the herd has won 54 Supreme, 34 Male and 63 Female Championships at Summer Shows, Royal Smithfield & Bull Fairs

St Fort Essex , taken at the end of the 2007 summer show season in the Home grass field at Brook House. He has been sold at 6 years old to another Lincoln Red herd for further use, after 4 very successful years at Hemingby. Essex has very good Signet figures with an EBV rating of 37 being in the breed's top 10%. 10 sons of his have now been registered and sold for breeding , with EBVs(estimated breeding values) ranging from 31-50 ,50 being the highest figure ever recorded in the herd. They have been sold into Leics, Lincs, Suffolk, Yorks, and Essex itself. We were able to take Essex down to UK Sires centre at Dartington , Devon , where he has completed his initial tests, and has produced 3100 straws of excellent quality semen . Semen has been sent to Australia and New Zealand and South Africa, with enquiries from Brazil, Canada, USA and Russia. Semen is also now available for sale in the UK. The 18 grade A embryos have been sold to New Zealand.
A very successful embryo flush was held in January 2009 , involving 2 cows and one heifer, and using semen from Anwick Chancellor and St Fort Essex . 18 grade A and 12 grade B embryos were obtained . The grade A embryos have arrived safely in New Zealand , where they are being used to increase the herd of Mike Steiner , a real enthusiast for the breed , who also farms extensively in deer on North Island . Ten recipients have been pregnancy tested in calf for September 2010 , and we await these calves with interest

Lincoln Red beef, ready for the freezer is now available. Mixed quarters, each of which should contain around 18 joints + steak, fillet, stew and mince, approx 140lbs in weight. Smaller amounts can be arranged. Current price: 310p per pound.

Once you've tried it, you will never want anything else !

Our new Junior Stock bull , Walmer Legend, Champion Bull at the 2010 March Lincoln Red Bull Sale , and purchased for a new breed record price of 10,000gns . He is out of the famous show cow Walmer Lobelia F.2 and by Beverley Henchman, breeding very well in the Walmer herd. As can be seen, he is a long, clean fleshed, ex. conformation modern bull, and we await his progeny next Spring with anticipation .

Our Senior Stock Bull, Donington Kavannah , purchased at the 2009 Lincoln Red March sale for 3000gns ( his full brother made the same price at the 2010 sale ). He is an out cross for the Hemingby herd and is full of the Donington herd's renowned fleshing on both sides of his pedigree.

Hemingby Walter, a son of Anwick Chancellor, and Champion Bull at the 2005 March Bull Sale was bought back in March 2009 for showing round the Summer Shows. He is pictured at the Lincolnshire show, where he was Supreme Champion, the first ever won by the Hemingby Herd in 55 years of trying!

Hemingby Dennis, a tall, dark red, clean fleshed son of Market Stainton Goodman, sold for 2700gns at the 2010 March sale.

Hemingby Dragoon lot 15 at the sale , is a very good shaped and clean fleshed son of Hemingby Baker , who has an EBV of 45 (top 2% ) . He was placed Junior and Reserve Male Champion, and made a herd record price of 3600 gns to the Woodfords from Melton Mowbray.

Hemingby Cupid , a son of Market Stainton Goodman , won the steer class and was Reserve Breed Champion at the Royal Smithfield show in early December 2008 . He was also in the last 5 for the prestigious King's Cup , for the best Bred and Fed animal , being the only pure bred left in the ring.

NEWS REPORTS

The Lincoln Red Society Spring sale held at Newark Livestock centre on Saturday 20th March 2010 , was a tremendous event with a record bull price of 10,000gns ,and a record gross turnover of over 130,000 gns . The 15 bulls sold , the most since 1982 ,averaged 3180 gns , with the 73 females sold , averaging 1779 gns . Despite signing a cheque for £10,500 , we did manage to come home with a surplus of £2800 from the 2 bulls , and 4 heifers sold , with the furthest travelling heifer sold to the Vale of Glamorgan , after being bulled by Legend , during the Summer .

The Lincoln Red Cattle Society were very honoured to be asked to provide the beef for the 25th anniversary luncheon of the Guild of Food Writers, held in the Georgian Restaurant at Harrods last January. 4 full sets of ribs were provided by Julian and Hazel Hammond of Sunnyside Meats, and were cooked to perfection by the head chef at Harrods . All the writers were full of praise for the eating quality of the beef , with many wanting to source it regularly

COMING EVENTS

We will be attending the National Beef event at Hexham Mart on Thursday 27th May 2010 , with a purebred yearling heifer entered in the show classes , and 2 Lincoln Red crosses on the society stand . We also look forward to seeing friends old and new round the summer shows , starting with Woodhall Spa on Sunday 23rd May