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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 6
to 10 generations of FAR breeding.
✓ Bulls will be evaluated for 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 CARCASS WEIGHT EPD (CW)
All of the EPDs, birth weights, 205-day weights, ratios and carcass information Expressed in pounds, is a predictor of the differences in hot carcass weight of a
in this catalog are offi cial data processed by the American Angus Association sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Breed average is +46.
and Red Angus Association of America. The information was the most current MARBLING EPD (MARB)
information available prior to printing the catalog. Supplemental information will
be available sale day. Expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling score of a sire’s
progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Breed average is +0.56
EXPECTED PROGENY DIFFERENCES
EPDs are the prediction of how progeny from each animal is expected to perform RIBEYE AREA EPD (RE)
relative to the progeny of other animals in the Angus breed. As data continues to Expressed in square inches, is a predictor of the difference in ribeye area of a
accumulate, accuracy levels rise and EPDs will shift accordingly. sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Breed average is +0.60.
CALVING EASE DIRECT (CED) BEEF VALUE ($B)
Is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births with a higher An index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference
value indicating greater calving ease in fi rst-calf heifers. It predicts the average in future progeny performance for post-weaning and carcass value compared to
difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to fi rst- progeny of other sires. Breed average is +135.
calf heifers. Breed average is +6.
COMBINED VALUE ($C)
BIRTH WEIGHT EPD (BW) An index expressed in dollars per head, which includes all traits that make up
Expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to both Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) and Beef Value ($B) with the objective
his progeny compared to that of other sires. Breed average is +1.2. that commercial producers will replace 20% of their breeding females per year
WEANING WEIGHT EPD (WW) with replacement heifers retained within their own herd. Breed average is +236.
Expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE (SC)
to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Breed average is +59. Scrotal measurements in centimeters will be cataloged on all bulls selling. A
YEARLING WEIGHT EPD (YW) measurement of 33 centimeters is considered acceptable for yearling bulls. The
Expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth larger the measurement is a good indication of semen volume one can expect
to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Breed average is +106. from each bull. Scrotal circumference in catalog is adjusted to 365 days of age
for yearling bulls. Older bulls are actuals.
MATERNAL MILK EPD (MILK)
Is a predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed
in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words, it is that
part of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability. Breed
average is +26.
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