Speckle Park

A beef breed of medium size, the speckle park cattle breed is relatively new to Ireland. The breed is very feed efficient and has high quality carcasses. Their coat colour has three variations, the classic (black on the sides but white along the back and belly), the leopard (spotted black and white on all the body) the pointed white (pigmented skin with black ears, nose, feet, hooves and around the eyes).

Speckle Park cattle originated from Canada between 1950 and 1960. They are naturally polled and have a reputation of producing carcasses that are high in meat yield with marbling but with no thick layer of outer fat cover. The meat is known to be tender and very tasty while their carcasses have won many of the beef quality awards in America. Speckle Park dams have good maternal traits via high milk yields and good udder and teat shape. Fertility is also good with cows going into calf easily. Calving ease and vigorous calves are attributed to the breed. The cattle are docile and easily managed. Speckle Park cattle were introduced to Ireland in April 2007 as embryos and the first Speckle Park calf was born in February 2008.  This calf was the first Speckle Park born outside America.

Advantage of Speckle Park

• Easy calving and good maternal traits
• Good fertility
• Excellent in feed efficiency
• Produce carcasses of high quality, with marbling but no outer fat layers
• Polled cattle
• Docile and easily managed