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Stephenson’s brought three outstanding sons of Buck Naked to the Fall Classic. Tomba was our pick as well as the choice of many others as evidenced by the many breeders and show pig producers that bid on him and the $9500 it took to won him.
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Tomba has a heavy, extra long skeleton that is loaded with muscle. An erect eared, long necked, long level rumped boar with high tail setting; Tomba is very flexible and super sound. Along with his littermate and half brothers at Duncan,
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Tomba exhibited excellent muscle shape and dimension down his long level top; tremendous flare to his rump with a huge dimple above his tail and a deep, extra thick ham with excellent muscle definition through the center and stifle regions.
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Add to this the superior style and balance of Tomba and you can understand why SGI and many other are excited about his potential to make better Hampshire.
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Tomba is backed by outstanding carcass attributes and good maternal production on both sides of his pedigree. Tomba’s sire, Buck Naked, had individual performance figures of 163 days, 0.33 BF and 7.77 LEA. The average performance on 164 head (boars and gilts) sired by Buck Naked is 161 days, 0.61 backfat and 6.30 LEA. His 11 daughters in the Stephenson’s herd that have farrowed litters have a 102.49 average maternal index.
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Tomba’s paternal and maternal grandsire, Raw Muscle 84-2, had individual performance of 133 days to 230, 0.32 BF and 9.02 LEA. Tomba’s dam has an average of 9.0 pigs weaned per litter for three parities.
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Whether you are a Purebred Hampshire breeder, a show pig producer or commercial producer desiring to produce fast growing, tough made terminal lines that excel in muscle and leanness; Tomba is definitely one you need to sample.
