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Bulls designated with the “Calving-ease Flag” are felt to be
Low-Risk Bulls for calving diffi culty and are suitable for use on ANIMAL NAME Ownership
fi rst-calf females. LOT Brand
Registration # Birth Date Tattoo
EPDs
CED BW WW YW Milk TM CEM SC REA %IMF Fat
1. Calving Ease Direct EPD – is expressed as a difference in percentage 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
of unassisted births with a higher value indictating greater calving 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
ease in fi rst-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease Act 205-Day Test 365-Day Yearling
which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to fi rst-calf heifers. BW Wt Ratio ADG WDA Ratio Wt Ratio FS SC
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
2. Birth weight EPD – predicts calf size and calving ease. Curve Bender Index Carcass Ultrasound Scans
Condition Base Price REA Ratio %IMF Ratio Fat Ratio
3. Weaning weight EPD – predicts preweaning growth potential. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
4. Yearling weight EPD – predicts overall growth potential and post- Sire: SIRE
weaning gain. DAM: DAM
Comments
5. Milk EPD – predicts the maternal contribution a bull passes to his MGS: MATERNAL GRANDSIRE
daughters for milk production and mothering ability. MGGS: MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE

6. Total maternal EPD – predicts the overall weaning weight of calves GGGS: MAT. GREAT, GREAT GRANDSIRE
from daughters of a bull due to growth potential as well as milk pro-
duction and mothering ability.

7. Calving Ease Maternal – is expressed as a difference in percentage of
unassisted births with a higher value indicating greater calving ease 22. Yearling scrotal circumference (testicle size measured in centimeters)
in fi rst-calf daughters. It predicts the average ease with which a sire’s adjusted to 365-days of age.
daughters will calve as fi rst-calf heifers when compared to daughters 23. Genetic Condition
of other sires.
24. Base Price
8. Scrotal circumference EPD – predicts testicle size.
25. Ultrasound measurement of rib eye area, which is indicative of mus-
9. Ribeye area EPD – predicts muscling.
cling and positively correlated with retail beef .
10. Percent intramuscular fat EPD – predicts marbling and quality grade. 26. Ranking of individual adjusted 365-day rib eye area in relation to the
11. Fat EPD – predicts external fat thickness and yield grade. average adjusted rib eye area of the yearling contemporary group.
The contemporary group has an average ratio of 100.
12. To make it easier to evaluate EPDs, the percentile ranking is shown
below each individual EPD. This is a great way to understand where 27. Ultrasound measurement of percent intramuscular fat or marbling in
the individual ranks in the breed for that particular EPD. For example, the ribeye muscle which is a predictor of quality grade.
where it shows “10%,” this means that particular EPD value is in the 28. Ranking of individual adjusted 365-day percent intramuscular fat in
highest, or TOP 10%, of all non-parent bulls in the entire breed. (A relation to the average adjusted percent intramuscular fat of the year-
10% for BW, however, means lowest, or lightest.) ling contemporary group. The contemporary group has an average
13. Actual birth weight within 24 hours of birth. ratio of 100.

14. Weaning weight adjusted to 205 days of age and for age of dam. 29. Ultrasound measurement of fat thickness at the 12th rib, which is a
good indicator of yield grade.
15. Ranking of individual 205-day adjusted weaning weight in relation to
average adjusted weaning weight of weaning contemporary group of 30. Ranking of individual adjusted fat thickness at the 12th rib in relation
this calf. The contemporary group has an average ratio of 100. to the average adjusted fat thickness at the 12th rib of the yearling
contemporary group. The contemporary group has an average ratio
16. Average daily gain (pounds per day) during Hunt’s Brangus’ Perfor- of 100.
mance Growth Test.
17. Lifetime weight per day of age (actual weight divided by days of age)
at the end of Hunt’s Brangus’ performance growth test. NOTE: All ultrasound scans (25-30 and 38-40) are adjusted to 365 days
of age.
18. Ranking of individual WDA in relation to average WDA of the entire
test group, which has an average ratio of 100.

19. Yearling weight adjusted to 365 days of age and for age of dam.
20. Ranking of individual adjusted 365-day yearling weight in relation
to the average adjusted yearling weight of yearling contemporary For your convenience,
group. The contemporary group has an average ratio of 100. non-parent breed average EPDs are on each page.
21. Yearling frame score adjusted to 365-days of age. CED BW WW YW MILK TM CEM SC REA FT %IMF
EPDS 3.9 1.0 25.3 48.2 9 21.6 4.2 0.48 0.35 -0.040 0.03

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