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         THERE IS A DIFFERENCE WITH CATTLE PURCHASED FROMHERE IS A DIFFERENCE WITH CATTLE PURCHASED FROM
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          ✓ The cattle will be cataloged according to the sale order.  ✓ Calving-ease bulls will be identifi ed and recommended for use on
                                                                     heifers. Nearly two-thirds of the bulls are calving ease.
          ✓ You can evaluate selections with complete meaningful ratios for
             weaning, gain, yearling and scrotal performance.     ✓ You can put together uniform groups of half- and three-quarter
                                                                     brothers. Uniformity is a bred-in trait with these cattle.
          ✓ You have the most updated EPD information available for birth,
             weaning, combined maternal traits, yearling weights, scrotal size   ✓ Your purchases will represent over 70 years of selection for cattle
             and carcass traits.                                     that calve easily, milk and grow. Many of the cattle will have from
                                                                     six to 10 generations of FAR breeding.
          ✓ Bulls will be evaluated fro carcass merit by ultrasound.
                                                                  ✓ Your bulls will be unconditionally guaranteed for injury through
          ✓ You purchases will not have been exposed to other cattle in stock-  breeding season. A replacement will be made available or credit in
             yard facilities – they are born, tested and sold at the ranch. These   forthcoming sales for those bulls which fail to breed, as indicated in
             are all FAR-bred and raised cattle.
                                                                     the terms and conditions.
          ✓ Your purchases will have been developed on a feed test ration   ✓ Free delivery will be offered on bulls selling to North Dakota and
             designed for optimum roughage utilization, genetic expression and   adjacent states. Your purchases will be delivered directly to your
             soundness. They are naturally thick and heavy muscled.
                                                                     ranch facilities. Reasonable costs on delivery elsewhere will offered
          ✓ You can obtain cattle from a cowherd that is successfully AI-bred   as well.
             for a 60-day calving period and noted for calving ease.
                                                                  ✓ Feeding arrangements will be available on the bulls at a charge of
          ✓ your bulls will have been screened for fertility soundness and testi-  $3 per day.
             cle measured – you cannot risk anything else.
                                                                  ✓ Your purchases will be affordable. This volume of quality cattle
          ✓ You can fi nd bulls not only ideal for fi rst-calf heifers, but also good   selling will sell in everyone’s price range. You’ll get the most for
             enough and big enough you’ll want to use them on your cows as   your dollar.
             well. Many January and February yearlings.
                                                                  ✓ Volume discounts available.

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                             GLOSSARY & EPD EXPLANATIONSLOSSARY & EPD EXPLANATIONS
        PERFORMANCE DATA                                       MATERNAL MILK EPD (MILK)
            All of the EPDs, birth weights, 205-day weights, ratios and carcass infor-  Is a predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as
            mation in this catalog are offi cial data processed by the American Angus   expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In
            Association and Red Angus Association of America. The information   other words, it is that part of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk
            was the most current information available prior to printing the catalog.   and mothering ability. Breed average is +25.
            Supplemental information will be available sale day.
                                                               CARCASS WEIGHT EPD (CW)
        EXPECTED PROGENY DIFFERENCES                               Expressed in pounds is a predictor of the differences in hot carcass
            EPDs are the prediction of how progeny from each animal is expected   weight of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Breed
            to perform relative to the progeny of other animals in the Angus breed.   average is +42.
            As data continues to accumulate, accuracy levels rise and EPDs will shift
            accordingly.                                       MARBLING EPD (MARB)
                                                                   Expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling score of a
        CALVING EASE DIRECT (CED)                                  sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Breed average is
            Is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births with a   +0.56
            higher value indicating greater calving ease in fi rst-calf heifers. It predicts
            the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born   RIBEYE AREA EPD (RE)
            when he is bred to fi rst-calf heifers. Breed average is +6.  Expressed in square inches, is a predictor of the difference in ribeye area
                                                                   of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Breed average is
        BIRTH WEIGHT EPD (BW)                                      +0.57.
            Expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit birth
            weight to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Breed average is   BEEF VALUE ($B)
            +1.2.                                                  An index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average
                                                                   difference in future progeny performance for post-weaning and carcass
        WEANING WEIGHT EPD (WW)                                    value compared to progeny of other sires. Breed average is +130.
            Expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning
            growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Breed average is   SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE (SC)
            +57.                                                   Scrotal measurements in centimeters will be cataloged on all bulls
                                                                   selling. A measurement of 33 centimeters is considered acceptable for
        YEARLING WEIGHT EPD (YW)                                   yearling bulls. The larger the measurement is a good indication of semen
            Expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling   volume one can expect from each bull. Scrotal circumference in catalog
            growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Breed average is   is adjusted to 365 days of age for yearling bulls. Older bulls are actuals.
            +100.
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