For Sale – Elm Hollow’s Niamh, AHCA # 68816

A shorter gentle heifer with excellent genetics and all the snuggles.

Born on March 17, 2024, to one of our beautiful legacy cows, CCZ Bristol, this little heifer promises to be a gentle snuggler like her mother. Temperament is so important when dealing with these cattle and Niamh (pronounced Neeve) was our very last calf of the season.

She is turning out to be short just like her mother, who is our shortest cow. Niamh needed Bristol to stay with her when halter training began because it wasn’t quite time for her to be weaned. Bristol happily took on the role of nanny cow to the whole class.

Niamh’s genetic background is excellent!

Niamh has a boyfriend!

As with many of our calves, just as children make friends at school, our calves bond with other calves.  Niamh has become almost inseparable with an adorable little black steer named Nehemiah.  It is hard to catch them in the pasture when the other one isn’t right beside them.

Halter training is easier if there are two people leading these calves side by side because they do not want to be apart. Elm Hollow’s Nehemiah is close in age to Niamh, so they have been close since birth. They have the same sire. He is available as Naimh’s companion for the discounted price of $2000. A good investment for keeping a heifer happy! The pair will give you the two traditional Highland colors.

What good is a steer?  First, to keep another calf company, which is more important than you might think.  It reduces stress immensely when a calf goes to a new home if they have a friend beside them.  Conversely, stress is increased if a calf is separated from their best friend and moved to a strange palace all at the same time.

Second, if you have a 4H member in your family, it is always fun to have a Highland as your project calf!

Third, steers are useful as companions to any of your other cattle as needed.  We currently have two steers that we keep around as companions and protectors for calves, or immature heifers, or even our bull when needed.

And finally, (we only whisper this) when your freezer is empty, a steer will pretty nearly fill it up.  Highland beef is very healthy.  Read the studies and you’ll see why Queen Elizabeth always took her own beef with her on trips.

What next?

For these last calves, we decided to try a new approach.  They will be posted here on our website where they will remain on the for-sale page for at least two weeks with the price that I believe they should sell for.  If they are not purchased during the time they are listed, we will go ahead and do our regular online email-based auction.

If you are interested in Niamh, please email me at nancy@elmhollowfarm.com.

Niamh is available for $9,000. Niamh and Nehemiah are available as a pair for $11,000.

Update: Niamh and Nehemiah sold for $11,000.