MFC HIKARI 2 1218H ET has an elite phenotype! He is full-shouldered, thick-necked, deep-ribbed with lots of expansion, and big-footed. 1218H really stands out amongst other bulls in the pasture. His dam from the MFC program has some of the “who’s who” within the wagyu breed nestled in her pedigree. Her sire, TF148 ITOSHIGENAMI, continues to establish himself as a sire that will increase IMF without limiting growth. The popularity in the ITOSHIGENAMI line lives on in many sons and grandsons of TF148, including the most popular MAYURA ITOSHIGENAMI JNR. 1218H’s dam’s mother combines MFC YASUFUKU JR 7-12, a son of WORLD K’S YASUFUKU JR, a bull known to add fine IMF, and MFC MS ITOZURU DOI 8-1, a daughter of TF151 ITOZURU DOI himself, who is known to add growth and excellent carcass quality! 1218H’s sire, HIKARI 2, a WORLD K’S MICHIFUKU son out of a WORLD K’S OKAHANA dam, combines some of the best of WORLD K’S genetic!. There are very few of OKAHANA’S progeny registered within AWA herd books. HIKARI 2 himself currently only has 24 offspring registered within the AWA herd book. HIKARI 2’s full sister, MFC MS KATO 448B, was one of the top selling females in 2017 at the MFC dispersion sale. HIKARI 2’s and MS KATO’s full sibling was mistakenly castrated over 25 years ago and then finished out and harvested. The resulting superior carcass graded A5!