09/11/2025
💥The wait is over, LOVESTORY is now available from your Semex rep💥
Anahita x Destination Love VG86 2yr x Sidekick Lucille EX91-2E x FGS Lucy VG86 16* x 8 more gens VG/EX through the Lautella branch of the Laurie Shieks
🔵3720 GPA LPI
🔵18 Conf
🔵927 kg Milk
🔵16 Feet and Legs
🔵14 Mammary system
🔵A2A2
Lovestory's family started at our farm with the purchase of his great granddam Freurehaven FGS Lucy, sired by Snowman. While visiting the Freurehaven herd I remember being thoroughly impressed by Lucy's dam Shottle Lautella VG89 3yr and her dam Bolton Lautella EX92 as well as a Superstition from the same family. They were very powerful, strong built cows with big wide muzzles and flaring nostrils, all 3 were peas in a pod. A couple years later we had the chance to purchase Lucy and at the time she was the milkiest cow we had ever milked and her milk came from her extreme power. Lucy was as good of a brood cow as she was a milk cow, ending her career with 7EX, 8VG and 2GP daughters. Looking back and knowing what we now know, the matings from there that lead to Lovestory are all very logical matings that complemented each generation. As mentioned, Lucy was a very strong cow who milked like crazy but was not the highest fat % cow, if there was one place I would have changed her I would have liked to smooth her fore attachment. The cross to Sidekick which resulted in Lucille improved both of these things while he admittedly pulled milk back a little bit. Lucille is now pregnant with her 5th calf and is a moderate stature with a massive spring to her rib and has a welded on udder. Next we went back with a shot of milk and crossed her with Destination which resulted in her daughter Love, and son Liberty who is at Blondin Sires. We have gone back to using Destination again, crossed with Sidekick daughters or his maternal line, I think it is a tremendous cross! He breeds ALOT of milk and near perfect legs so consistently, it is impressive! Love is very similar to Lucille in that she is also moderate stature with a beautiful angle to her rib with a great spring, but she doesn't have quite the same width. What really stands out to me on Love is her tremendous udder (88MS) and feet and legs. She is not a show cow, but more of a moderate stature refined milk cow, with great legs and udder. Next, Anahita brings in another shot of power and strength, which cross well with the refined bone of Destination daughters and their milk volume. It is still too early to know for sure but it looks to me that Anahita x Destination is going to be a super cross on many farms.
Due to Lovestory's family line and sire I do not envision that in general he will sire high style show calves, but time will tell. I expect to see more well balanced, fancy barn cows who get the job done. With the combination of 0 stature, 5 chest width, 7W and 1W front and rear teat placement, and 8L teat length Lovestory possesses alot of the traits breeders are looking for.
Really high type balanced bulls is what we aim to breed and we are very proud of Lovestory as our confidence in him is very high! The Laurie Shiek family is timeless and keeps coming back again and again ever since I was a little boy. It is incredible really, a real testament to the tremendous breeding of the Comtois family!
