HIKOKURA

The Hikokura maternal family is one of much importance in the Wagyu breed.

This family originates from the Ezokintou Cow of the Takeda herd. From this foundation female come both historic Bulls as well as some of the most productive female producers in the breed,

The Hikokura genetics should play a  very important part in any serious breeding operation. 

Meet some of our exciting Hikokura Donors.

SYNERGY ITOMICHI HIKO 42D #FB27231

42D is yet another young Cow that will play a major role in our donor herd for years to come.

Sire Stack

TF 36 Itomichi ½  X  Shigeshigetani  X  TF151 Itozuru doi  X  TF148 Itoshigenami  X Itomichi

 X  EZOKINTOU ( Hikokura Maternal )

This female encompasses the best of the breed and stacks 151 and 148 in her pedigree however she herself is clean of any recessive carrier traits.

SCD   VV

Tenderness  7

COI   3.13%

STUD HIKO 417 Reg #FB24517

417 is a special Cow in the Wagyu breed. She comes from a much sought after branch of the Hikokura's. She has had multiple sisters sell as sale toppers. Most notable would be Hikokura 15 who sold as the Synergy sale top at $56,000 recently.

This rare Cow also stacks both TF151 Itozuru doi and TF148 Itoshigenami in her pedigree , however unlike both of those Bulls she is not an F11 carrier. She is free of any recessive F11 traits.

 417 is a rare Hikokura that carry's the best of all going forward and comes from the sought after side of the Hikokuras that are sought after by the major breeders of the best seed stock in the country and they often pay a premium to acquire these genetics when they are made available.

417 progeny will benefit your program tremendously.

Sire Stack

Shigeshigetani  X  TF151 Itozuru Doi  X  TF148 Itoshigenami  X  Itomichi  

X  Ezokintou ( Hikokura Maternal )

SCD   VA

Tenderness  4

COI%  2.15

STUD MS TAKAKURA 53F Reg #FB37234

A daughter out of the above 417 Cow , sired by Takazakura.

She carries all the acolades of her famous Dam , but finishes her sire stack with The World K sire. This provides her with two of the World K Greats on top of two of the Best Bulls Mr Takeda ever created.

This young Cow will be a star and a key genetic provider to both our program and many large breeders around the country. Her incredibly low COI will make her genetics high sought after as she will be compatible with any direction a breeder chooses to go.

Sire Stack

Takazakura  X TF151 Itozuru doi  X TF 148 Itoshigenami  X  Ezokintou ( Hikokura maternal )

SCD  VA

Tenderness   7

COI%    1.56

FAC HARUKI 101  Reg #FB19119

101 is a unique Hikokura, as she comes by way of Ms Sigenami who was and still is a featured donor in the Synergy Wagyu program.

101’s maternal family comes by way of an embryo imported from Australia. She in fact comes from a dam who had a full sister ranked very high on the Australian EBV rankings.

She has her first fullblood steers headed into processing for us shortly and we are excited to see what quality this family will bring.

She carry’s a seriously long and deep sire stack on top of her Hikokura maternal lineage.

Sire Stack

Haruki 2 X  TF148 Itoshigenami  X  TF151 Itozuru Doi  X  Michifuku  X  TF38 Itohana 2  X  TF40 Terutani  X  Itomichi  X  Hikokura

Both TF 151 and TF148 stacked in succession here and tied into an established high EBV producing family.