LIVING UP TO HIS NAME
October 2018 was a monumental month for 7HO11351 Seagull-Bay SUPERSIRE (EX-90-GM). In less than 2,500 days, and at the age of seven years and 10 months, SUPERSIRE became the eleventh Select Sires bull to sell one million units of semen. Joining him in this coveted club are previous millionaire sires 7HO11314 MOGUL, 7HO9222 SHOT, 7HO8081 PLANET, 7HO8165 MILLION, 7HO7466 MOSCOW, 7HO6417 O MAN, 7HO5708 BLITZ, 7HO4213 INTEGRITY, 7HO3707 MATHIE*CV and 7HO1236 MANDINGO. Bred by Seagull-Bay Holsteins in American Falls, Idaho, SUPERSIRE hails from a beautiful maternal line as a direct descendent of the famed Ammon-Peachey Shauna-ET (EX-92-EX-MS-GMD-DOM).
“SUPERSIRE’s dam, Shauna, was the best PLANET daughter I have ever seen. The Holstein breed is very fortunate that she was bred to 7HO10524 ROBUST and produced such an influential sire in SUPERSIRE,” says Mark Kerndt, sire analyst. 4 u
A standout from the start TM After historical popularity as a Super Sampler , SUPERSIRE made his debut to the daughter-proven lineup as the breed’s No. 1 GTPI® sire in April of 2015. This was the start of his reign as the breed-leader for four consecutive genetic evaluations. The following four evaluations, he continued to show his genetic strength, maintaining top-10 status and siring pure customer satisfaction from coast-to-coast and around the globe. At the time of his graduation to daughter-proven status, his strengths extended beyond GTPI rankings. He also ranked No. 1 on Select Sires’ listings for Milk, Fat, Protein and Net Merit Dollars. “At the 2015 Select Sires National Sales Conference bull parade, SUPERSIRE entered the ring and I said ‘this bull sires money, he should have a dollar sign branded on his hip.’ And today, I am even more confident in his value,” says Kerndt. A continuing impact from the maternal line Today, SUPERSIRE has more than 33,000 daughters in his evaluation and he continues to be competitive with even the youngest generation of
