The Hatsuhi maternal line has proven to be one of the elite Westholme maternal lines. Hatsuhi is widethly regarded as the best Kedaka/Tottori cow to have been exported from Japan. Hatsuhi has produced such top sires as Westholme Haramichi Tsuru, who has impressive Indexes of $228 SRI/ $219 FTI/ 188 F1TI!! This family combines elite growth EBVs with staggering marbling and carcass traits. Other succesful sires from this maternal line include the legendary growth sire Kitahatsuhi 97/1, Peppermill Grove D139, Longford F E0241, and Goorambat Doublesixty K473.
The Hatsuhi maternal line represents a unique outcross source of high growth and high marbling
100% Fullblood Wagyu. Their proven growth potential can be found in the top 1% growth EBVs of Kitahatsuhi 97/1, Longford F E 0241, and Westholme Hiramichi Tsuru.
In the Westholme program Hiramichi Tsuru has risen to the top as an all-round super sire with elite
growth, carcass weight, and huge marbling. The ability to succeed in the commercial large scale production system of AACo speaks volumes of the potential this family holds. On Breedplan Hiramichi Tsuru holds impressive figures of +40 C Wt, +1.3 MS, and indexes of $227 SRI/ $217 FTI/ $186 F1-TI. According to data published in the 2018 Wagyu Fullblood Sale catalog from Salisbury Wagyu Kitahatsuhi 97/1 progeny had higher ADG than TF Kikuhana, Haruki 2, Kenahanafuji, Itomichi 1/2, Terutani 40/1, and Itohana 2. All while still maintaining higher marble score than all of these bulls except 40/1. Also published in the catalog is data from Sanjolincey Wagyu on Peppermill Grove D139. According to their data on 4 carcasses, he had a better marble score than other growth sires TF 147, TF 151, and 001!
The demand for premier Hatsuhi genetics is high and only scratching the surface of their real value. In the November 2018 Premium Wagyu Sale ten straws of Westholme Hiramichi Tsuru sold for $1,000 AUD per straw! The same sale saw Tyddewi N3709, a son of our Westholme K5236 (a Hiramichi Tsuru daughter) sell for $48,000 AUD!! In the 2019 Elite Wagyu sale a Mayura Itoshigenami JNR daughter of K5236 sold for $30,000. This high Kedaka/Tottori line is one of the most in demand maternal lines in the Wagyu breed today.
Having produced well known sires Kitahatsuhi 97/1, Peppermill Grove D139, Longford F E0241,
and Westholme Hiramichi Tsuru there is a track record for success with this family. Having said that, elite pedigreed females from this family are far and few between and thus extremely valuable. This is the best Kedaka/Tottori maternal line and is poised to show their genetic superiority for years to come. We are excited to be working with females from this family sired by elite Westholme bulls Hirashigetayasu 001, Hiramichi Tsuru, and B0039.
