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2023 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 difficulty and Lot ANIMAL NAME Ownership
Brand
are suitable for use on first-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
3
4
2
14
1
11
10
13
12
9
6
5
8
7
in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Indexes
365-Day Yearling
indictating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It Act 205-Day Wt SC Adj. REA Adj. IMF Adj. Fat TI FI
BW
Wt
predicts the average difference in ease which a sire’s 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers. PATERNAL GRANDSIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE • Comments
SIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM • Genetic Condition
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
2. Birth weight EPD – predicts calf size and calving ease. PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM (if any)
MATERNAL GRANDSIRE MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
DAM MATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
3. Weaning weight EPD – predicts preweaning growth MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
potential.
4. Yearling weight EPD – predicts overall growth potential
and post-weaning gain.
14. Mature Cow Weight – Prediction of the cow’s weight as
5. Milk EPD – predicts the maternal contribution a bull a 5 year old.
passes to his daughters for milk production and 15. To make it easier to evaluate EPDs, the percentile
mothering ability.
ranking is shown below each individual EPD. This is a
6. Total maternal EPD – predicts the overall weaning great way to understand where the individual ranks in
weight of calves from daughters of a bull due to growth the breed for that particular EPD. For example, where
potential as well as milk production and mothering it shows “10%,” this means that particular EPD value
ability. is in the highest, or TOP 10%, of all non-parent bulls
in the entire breed. (A 10% for BW, however, means
7. Calving Ease Maternal – is expressed as a difference lowest, or lightest.)
in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value
indicating greater calving ease in first-calf daughters. It 16. Actual birth weight within 24 hours of birth.
predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters 17. Weaning weight adjusted to 205 days of age and for
will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to age of dam.
daughters of other sires.
18. Yearling weight adjusted to 365 days of age and for age
8. Scrotal circumference EPD – predicts testicle size.
of dam.
9. Ribeye area EPD – predicts muscling.
19. Yearling scrotal circumference (testicle size measured
10. Percent intramuscular fat EPD – predicts marbling and in centimeters) adjusted to 365 days of age.
quality grade.
20. Adjusted Ribeye Area Ultrasound Scan
11. Fat EPD – predicts external fat thickness and yield 21. Adjusted IMF% Ultrasound Scan
grade.
22. Adjusted Backfat Ultrasound Scan
12. Heifer Pregnancy – Measure of the probability that a
cow will have a calf by 2 years old. 24. Terminal Index – A decision tool for selection of animals
with long-term end-product improvement as the goal.
13. Stayability – Measure of the probability that a cow will
still be in the herd at 6 years old. 25. Fertility Index – A decision tool for selection of animals
that will improve long-term reproductivity as the goal.

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 4.01 0.73 23.7 46.1 8.3 20.3 3.4 0.56 0.24 0.08 0.004 3.3 0.9 -1.22 2.14 2.26
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