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2021 Professional Cattlemen’s Bull & Female Sale – Cattle with Something EXTRA!
Bulls designated with the “Calving-ease Flag” are felt to
be Low-Risk Bulls for calving diffi culty and are suitable Lot ANIMAL NAME Ownership
Brand
for use on fi rst-calf females. Registration # Birth Date: Tattoo:
EPDs
1. Calving Ease Direct EPD – is expressed as a difference CED BW WW YW Milk TM CEM SC REA %IMF FAT HPG ST MCW
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in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 11 12 13 14
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indictating greater calving ease in fi rst-calf heifers. It Act 205-Day 365-Day Yearling Indexes
predicts the average difference in ease which a sire’s calves BW Wt Wt SC Adj. REA Adj. IMF Adj. Fat TI FI
will be born when he is bred to fi rst-calf heifers. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
PATERNAL GRANDSIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE • Comments
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
2. Birth weight EPD – predicts calf size and calving ease. SIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE • Genetic Condition
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM (if any)
MATERNAL GRANDSIRE
3. Weaning weight EPD – predicts preweaning growth DAM MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
potential. MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
4. Yearling weight EPD – predicts overall growth potential and
post-weaning gain.
5. Milk EPD – predicts the maternal contribution a bull passes 15. To make it easier to evaluate EPDs, the percentile ranking
to his daughters for milk production and mothering ability. is shown below each individual EPD. This is a great way to
understand where the individual ranks in the breed for that
6. Total maternal EPD – predicts the overall weaning weight of particular EPD. For example, where it shows “10%,” this
calves from daughters of a bull due to growth potential as means that particular EPD value is in the highest, or TOP
well as milk production and mothering ability. 10%, of all non-parent bulls in the entire breed. (A 10% for
BW, however, means lowest, or lightest.)
7. Calving Ease Maternal – is expressed as a difference
in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value 16. Actual birth weight within 24 hours of birth.
indicating greater calving ease in fi rst-calf daughters. It
predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters will 17. Weaning weight adjusted to 205 days of age and for age of
calve as fi rst-calf heifers when compared to daughters of dam.
other sires.
18. Yearling weight adjusted to 365 days of age and for age of
8. Scrotal circumference EPD – predicts testicle size. dam.
9. Ribeye area EPD – predicts muscling. 19. Yearling scrotal circumference (testicle size measured in
centimeters) adjusted to 365 days of age.
10. Percent intramuscular fat EPD – predicts marbling and
quality grade. 20. Adjusted Ribeye Area Ultrasound Scan

11. Fat EPD – predicts external fat thickness and yield grade. 21. Adjusted IMF% Ultrasound Scan

12. Heifer Pregnancy – Measure of the probability that a cow 22. Adjusted Backfat Ultrasound Scan
will have a calf by 2 years old.
24. Terminal Index – A decision tool for selection of animals with
13. Stayability – Measure of the probability that a cow will still be long-term end-product improvement as the goal.
in the herd at 6 years old.
25. Fertility Index – A decision tool for selection of animals that
14. Mature Cow Weight – Prediction of the cow’s weight as a 5 will improve long-term reproductivity as the goal.
year old.

For your convenience,
non-parent breed average EPDs are on each page.

AVG CED BW WW YW Milk TM CEM SC REA %IMF FAT HPG ST MCW TI FI
EPDs 5.0 0.9 25 46 9 21 3.6 0.48 0.34 0.06 -0.040 1.60 0.91 -2.69 2.1 0.6
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