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2019 Professional Cattlemen’s Bull & Female Sale – Cattle with Something EXTRA!s Bull & Female Sale – Cattle with Something EXTRA!
2019 Professional Cattlemen’
Bulls designated with the “Calving-ease Flag” are felt to
be Low-Risk Bulls for calving diffi culty and are suitable 1 ANIMAL NAME Ownership
Brand
for use on fi rst-calf females. Registration # Birth Date Tattoo
EPDs
1. Calving Ease Direct EPD – is expressed as a difference in CED BW WW YW Milk TM CEM SC REA %IMF FAT HPG ST MCW
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6
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percentage of unassisted births with a higher value indictat- 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 11 12 13 14
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ing greater calving ease in fi rst-calf heifers. It predicts the Act 205-Day Test 365-Day Yearling Indexes
average difference in ease which a sire’s calves will be born BW Wt Ratio ADG WDA Ratio Wt Ratio SC TI MI
when he is bred to fi rst-calf heifers. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Sire: SIRE • Comments
2. Birth weight EPD – predicts calf size and calving ease. Dam: DAM • Genetic Condition (if any)
MGS: MATERNAL GRANDSIRE
3. Weaning weight EPD – predicts preweaning growth poten-
tial. MGGS: MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
4. Yearling weight EPD – predicts overall growth potential and 10%, of all non-parent bulls in the entire breed. (A 10% for
post-weaning gain.
BW, however, means lowest, or lightest.)
5. Milk EPD – predicts the maternal contribution a bull passes 16. Actual birth weight within 24 hours of birth.
to his daughters for milk production and mothering ability.
17. Weaning weight adjusted to 205 days of age and for age of
6. Total maternal EPD – predicts the overall weaning weight of dam.
calves from daughters of a bull due to growth potential as
well as milk production and mothering ability. 18. Ranking of individual 205-day adjusted weaning weight in
relation to average adjusted weaning weight of weaning con-
7. Calving Ease Maternal – is expressed as a difference in per- temporary group of this calf. The contemporary group has
centage of unassisted births with a higher value indicating an average ratio of 100.
greater calving ease in fi rst-calf daughters. It predicts the
average ease with which a sire’s daughters will calve as 19. Average daily gain (pounds per day) during Hunt’s Brangus’
fi rst-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires. Performance Growth Test.

8. Scrotal circumference EPD – predicts testicle size. 20. Lifetime weight per day of age (actual weight divided by days
of age) at the end of Hunt’s Brangus’ performance growth
9. Ribeye area EPD – predicts muscling.
test.
10. Percent intramuscular fat EPD – predicts marbling and qual- 21. Ranking of individual WDA in relation to average WDA of the
ity grade.
entire test group, which has an average ratio of 100.
11. Fat EPD – predicts external fat thickness and yield grade.
22. Yearling weight adjusted to 365 days of age and for age of
12. Heifer Pregnancy – Measure of the probability that a cow dam.
will have a calf by 2 years old.
23. Ranking of individual adjusted 365-day yearling weight in
13. Stayability – Measure of the probability that a cow will still be relation to the average adjusted yearling weight of yearling
in the herd at 6 years old. contemporary group. The contemporary group has an aver-
age ratio of 100.
14. Mature Cow Weight – Prediction of the cow’s weight as a 5
year old. 24. Yearling scrotal circumference (testicle size measured in
centimeters) adjusted to 365 days of age.
15. To make it easier to evaluate EPDs, the percentile ranking
is shown below each individual EPD. This is a great way to 25. Terminal Index – A decision tool for selection of animals with
understand where the individual ranks in the breed for that long-term end-product improvement as the goal.
particular EPD. For example, where it shows “10%,” this 26. Maternal Index – A decision tool for selection of animals that
means that particular EPD value is in the highest, or TOP
will improve long-term reproductivity as the goal.

For your convenience,
non-parent breed average EPDs are on each page.

AVG CED BW WW YW Milk TM CEM SC REA %IMF FAT HPG ST MCW
EPDs 5.0 1.0 25 46 9 21 3.6 0.40 0.35 0.01 -0.041 1.64 0.86 -1.50
Hunt’s Brangus – 3