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03 226 6713 Westwood Shorthorns
and Coloured Sheep
westwood.farm@xtra.co.nz
A Family Farm run by three siblings.
Anita Erskine is the owner of the
Westwood Shorthorn Stud Cattle
and Coloured Sheep. Her two
brothers, Quinton & Eric own the
Commercial Purebred Shorthorn
Cattle and White Sheep.
Effective/Grass = 365ha (901
acres), Rough grazing and
scrub = 90ha (222 acres) giving
us a Total of 455ha (1123 acres)
Flat to easy rolling, with
the odd steeper parts.
60-year average at Westwood
Farm is 1237.2mm (49.49
inches), wettest year in the
last 60 years was 2002 with
1560mm (62.4 inches) and
driest year in the last 60 years
was 1974 with 857mm (34.28
inches).
Romney white sheep: 2700 in
lamb ewes, 740 ewe hoggets
and 30 rams. Coloured Sheep:
55 in lamb ewes (both Romney
& Corriedale), 15 ewe hoggets
and 2 rams. Commercial
Purebred Shorthorns include
83 in calf cows & heifers,
Approximately 80 R1 Bull,
Steers and Heifers. Westwood
Stud Shorthorns include
45 in calf cows & heifers,
Approximately 40 R1 bulls,
steers and heifers. There are
also three breeding bulls.
How and when you sell your bulls: Past Sires: Sires for 2020:
Bulls are sold by Private Treaty usually Corsock Carnival Hinewaka Bal 30-16
in May / June each year on farm as R2 Paintearth Rama (Can) Westwood Sir Duke 71-18
bulls. Occasionally we sell yearling bulls Westwood Sir Skip
in October/November. Hinewaka Lad
Hinewaka Gold
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