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DIKOFF’S 3D CATTLE CO. • JUSTIN DIKOFF • BRADEN GREFE, HERDSMANTTLE CO. • JUSTIN DIKOFF • BRADEN GREFE, HERDSMAN
DIKOFF’S 3D CA
605-290-0635 • 507-236-8824 • jdikoff@dvauction.comf@dvauction.com
605-290-0635 • 507-236-8824 • jdikof
OPEN HEIFER
19 19 JND 166 ELEANOR 718E
BIRTH DATE
CATEGORY:
REG. #
WW:
92
2/23/17 3782745 100% 1A BW: 771
SIX MILE GAME FACE 164Y VGW GAME PLAN 816
TWG TOMMY JACK 166A | RED SIX MILE LAKOTO 35W
DAMAR PASSION X166 RED FINE LINE MULBERRY 26P
| DFRA JOPLIN 501L
MESSMER JERICHO W041 BECKTON JULIAN GG B571
DAMAR ELEANOR’S ECHO Z271 | MESSMER PANDORA M186
BECKTON LANCER F442 T
SRN ELEANOR 4302 | LCHMN ELEANOR J1266
HB GM CED BW WW YW M ME HPG CEM ST MARB YG CW REA FAT
107 48 5 -1.2 61 91 19 0 10 3 12 0.21 0.00 22 0.29 0.02
41% 76% 50% 56% 40% 50% 71% 46% 82% 80% 23% 91% 45% 48% 23% 81%
Lot 19 If you are on the hunt for a new donor cow, you don’t have to look any further. Her donor dam was
one of the lead donor cows for Damar Farms. Her dam is the dam to legendary bulls like LMAN
King Rob and LMAN None Better. That’s on the bottom side, now let’s talk about the top side of
the pedigree – TWG Tommy Jack 166A. His sire was a $65,000 past high-seller for Six Mile Red
Angus. The dam to Tommy Jack was a Triple Crown winner in Texas for the Glascock family win-
ning Grand Champion at Ft. Worth, San Antonio and Huston Junior Shows. Tommy Jack won Ft.
TWG Tommy Jack 166A Worth himself in 2015. He is as impressive of an individual as you could write about or talk about.
His availability has been rare so here is a fantastic chance to get in on the ground fl oor of one big
time herd building female.

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
daughters calving unassisted.
GM ...... GridMaster Index – If you market all of your calf crop and want to increase 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 stay
productive, thus increasing your profi tability. Bulls with a high Stay EPD are expected
CED ..... Calving Ease Direct – Breeding Heifers? Select bulls with a high CED to to sire daughters that remain productive in the herd until at least 6 years of age.
increase the probability that the heifers will calve unassisted.
MARB .. Marbling Score – Select bulls with high MARB EPD to increase the number of
BW...... Birth Weight – Predicts differences in birth weight. BW is included in the CED progeny that grade Choice or Prime.
EPD, so simplify your decisions by selecting bulls based on CED instead of BW.
YG ...... Yield Grade – Marketing calves on a grid? Placing selection pressure on YG
WW ..... Weaning Weight and YW ....Y earling Weight – Predicts differences in weight EPD will decrease the number of YG discounts on grid-marketed progeny.
at weaning and yearling. While selection based on these growth measures can
increase your payweight, be cautious what the bull’s other EPDs are. CW...... Carcasss Weight – Selecting bulls with a high CW EPD will increase the weight
of the hanging carcass, which directly impacts revenue.
Milk .... Milk – Predicts differences in weaning weight of daughter’s progeny due to
milk production. REA ..... Rib Eye Area – Need to add muscle? Select bulls with a high REA EPD to
increase rib eye area, which favorably increases Yield Grade.
ME ...... Maintenance Energy – Selecting bulls with a lower ME EPD will decrease the
amount of feed his daughters will require to maintain body weight. FAT ..... Backfat – Need to reduce waste in carcasses? Select bulls with a low FAT EPD
to reduce backfat, which favorably increases Yield Grade.
HPG..... Heifer Pregnancy – Retaining heifers? Select bulls with a high HPG to increase
the percentage of exposures that result in a calving observation.
For more information on EPDs, visit redangus.org.

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