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BRED HEIFERS
BRED HEIFERS
107 DDGR SAVANAH 213C 108 DDGR BELLE 219C
Red • Purebred 94% • Polled • Heifer Black • Purebred 94% • Polled • Heifer
BD: 4/17/15 BW: 78 Adj. WW: 623 Adj. YW: 819 BD: 4/19/15 BW: 82 Adj. WW: 621 Adj. YW: 872
RID R COLLATERAL 2R BNC CADILLAC JACK T717
DDGR HOME RUN 35W THUL X159
DDGR COOKIE 62R THUL P403
JDPD ASTRO 407S ELK CK RIMFIRE 173S
DDGR GOLDEN TICKET 79Z DDGR HONEYSUCKLE 96U
DDGR NAOMI 34P DDGR KRYSTAL 110N
TM
CED
CW
FT
FPI
FPI
FT
CED BW WW YW M BW WW YW M TM CEM YG CEM YG CW REA MB REA MB FT FPI CED BW WW YW M BW WW YW M TM CEM YG CEM YG CW REA MB REA MB FT FPI
CED
CW
TM
11 0 59 74 28 57 8 -0.32 18 0.19 -0.23 -0.06 55.2 9 1.5 70 86 24 59 12 -0.43 26 0.64 -0.06 -0.06 63.58
This Home Run daughter is a moderate birthweight female with excellent calving ease The 96U dam has a lifetime nursing ratio of 102 and did a great job with this female. She
EPDs. The Conquest bull’s calving ease will add to that and the bull calf she is carrying is bred for a Balancer calf by the exciting new Aviator Angus sire. Due March 7 with a
could be a nice heifer bull. Due March 7. bull calf.
109 DDGR GRACE 342C
Black • Purebred 94% • Polled • Heifer
BD: 4/24/15 BW: 90 Adj. WW: 767 Adj. YW: 1020
JKGF FUTURE INVESTMENT X037
JKGF FUTURE INVSTMNT A121ET
JKGF BLARA ET
RLFG RANGE LINE COCOA
DDGR ONYX 154X
Thank you ... DDGR CHOCOLATE CHIP 182R
TM
CED BW WW YW M BW WW YW M
CED TM CEM YG CEM YG CW REA MB REA MB FT FPI
FPI
FT
CW
for attending our sale this year and 5 4.5 97 131 32 80 9 -0.44 44 0.53 -0.18 -0.07 65.97
A high-performing female that should give growth and frame to her progeny. She is car-
for all the previous years of support! rying an AI heifer due March 8 to Musgrave Aviator.
EPD DEFINITIONS
Listed below are the defi nitions of American Gelbvieh Association EPDs and Carcass weight (CW): Differences in pounds of hot carcass weight, adjusted to
the units in which they are published. The EPDs with an asterisk (*) next to the an industry standard age endpoint.
name are available to members only.
Ribeye area (REA): Differences in ribeye area in inches between the 12th and
MATERNAL TRAITS 13th rib. Greater ribeye areas are preferable.
Calving ease direct (CE): Percent of unassisted births of a bull’s calves when
he is used on heifers. A higher number is favorable, meaning better calving Marbling (MB): Predicts the differences in the degree of marbling within the
ease. This EPD can be vital to a rancher looking to decrease the amount of ribeye as expressed in marbling score units. Greater marbling numbers are
calves pulled in his herd. preferable and are an indicator of higher carcass quality grades.
Fat (FT): Differences for fat thickness, in inches, for a carcass over the 12th
Milk (Milk): The genetic ability of a sire’s daughters to produce milk expressed
in pounds of weaning weight. rib, smaller numbers of fat thickness are preferable as excess fat can be
detrimental to yield grade.
Calving ease maternal (CEM): Represented as percent of unassisted births in
a sire’s fi rst-calving daughters. A higher number represents more favorable WHAT IS AN INDEX?
calving ease. This EPD is important to a rancher’s bottom line because it Indexes are tools that allow you to select for several EPDs at once, making
predicts which animals produce daughters with a genetic pre-disposition to selections more effi cient than selecting on one trait at a time. Indexes weigh
calve unassisted as heifers. traits based on their importance to a producer’s bottom line by using a trait’s
economic and genetic value. Indexes are a good way to put selection emphasis
GROWTH TRAITS on traits that are economically relevant.
Birth weight (BW): Predicts the difference, in pounds, for birth weight of the calf.
Total maternal (TM): An index that combines growth and milk information
Weaning weight (WW): Predicts the difference, in pounds, for weaning weight as a prediction of the weaning weight performance of calves from a sire’s
(adjusted to age of dam and a standard 205 days of age). This is an indicator daughters. As an index, this value is not reported with an accompanying
of growth from birth to weaning. accuracy. A greater TM value means a mother that returns comparatively
higher weaning weights on her calves. TM Index = MK EPD + ½ WW EPD.
Yearling weight (YW): Predicts the expected difference, in pounds, for yearling
weight (adjusted to a standard 365 days of age). This is an indicator of growth Feeder profi t index (FPI): An economic selection index designed to aid
from birth to yearling. producers in selecting sires whose progeny will perform in the feedlot and are
CARCASS TRAITS sold on grade and yield. Well ranking sires for FPI have higher marbling and
carcass weight than their contemporaries.
Yield grade (YG): Differences in yield grade score, which is a predictor of
percent retail product. Smaller values suggest that progeny will have a better As a terminal index, little emphasis is put on maternal traits such as stayability
lean to fat ratio. and calving ease.
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