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5L ADVANTAGE 3267-221Y ................................... 1450210 STEADFAST BOAZ T71 ........................................ 1158668
HB GM CED BW WW YW MK ME HPG CEM ST MB YG CW REA Fat HB GM CED BW WW YW MK ME HPG CEM ST MB YG CW REA Fat
159 51 11 -0.8 75 108 11 -10 9 8 12 0.40 0.07 15 -0.10 0.00 177 48 15 -3.1 57 90 25 -1 8 6 17 0.15 0.15 10 -0.25 0.03

HRR EXPRESS 5142 ........................................... 3491493 BIRNIE EXPRESS 353A ........................................ 1613128
HB GM CED BW WW YW MK ME HPG CEM ST MB YG CW REA Fat HB GM CED BW WW YW MK ME HPG CEM ST MB YG CW REA Fat
222 46 15 -3.1 56 82 31 4 11 10 22 0.32 0.17 21 -0.25 0.02 199 42 14 -1.5 49 70 21 -5 10 7 22 0.14 0.25 28 -0.30 0.03

GLACIER LOGAN 210 ............................................372629
HB GM CED BW WW YW MK ME HPG CEM ST MB YG CW REA Fat
180 47 11 -2.5 43 61 25 2 11 8 18 0.69 0.08 6 -0.36 -0.01

Red Angus Guide to EPDs

HB ...... HerdBuilder Index – Need bulls for developing a profi table cowherd and CEM .... Calving Ease Maternal – Another number to pay attention to if you are
maximizing the value of marketed progeny? Select a bull with a high HB value. retaining heifers. Selecting bulls with a high CEM will increase the probability of those
GM ...... GridMaster Index – If you market all of your calf crop and want to increase daughters calving unassisted.
the value of that calf crop, select a bull with a high GM value to maximize your profi t. STAY.... Stayability – The most important trait if your goal is developing cows that
CED ..... Calving Ease Direct – Breeding Heifers? Select bulls with a high CED to stay productive, thus increasing your profi tability. Bulls that have a high Stay EPD are
increase the probability that the heifers will calve unassisted. expected to sire daughters that remain productive in the herd until at least 6 years of
BW...... Birth Weight – Predicts differences in birth weight. BW is included in the CED age.
EPD, so simplify your decisions by selecting bulls based on CED instead of BW. MARB .. Marbling Score – Select bulls with high MARB EPD to increase the number of
WW ..... Weaning Weight and YW ....Yearling Weight – Predicts differences in weight progeny that grade Choice or Prime.
at weaning and yearling. While selection based on these growth measures can YG ...... Yield Grade – Marketing calves on a grid? Placing selection pressure on YG
increase your payweight, be cautious as to what the bull’s other EPDs are. EPD will decrease the number of YG discounts on grid-marketed progeny.
Milk .... Milk – Predicts differences in weaning weight of daughter’s progeny due to CW...... Carcasss Weight – Selecting bulls with a high CW EPD will increase the weight
milk production. of the hanging carcass, which directly impacts revenue.
ME ...... Maintenance Energy – Selecting bulls with a lower ME EPD will decrease the REA ..... Rib Eye Area – Need to add muscle? Select bulls with a high REA EPD to
amount of feed his daughters will require to maintain body weight. increase rib eye area, which favorably increases Yield Grade.
HPG..... Heifer Pregnancy – Retaining heifers? Select bulls with a high HPG to FAT ..... Backfat – Need to reduce waste in carcasses? Select bulls with a low FAT EPD
increase the percentage of exposures that result in a calving observation. to reduce backfat, which favorably increases Yield Grade.

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