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2024 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
5
12 13 14
1
2
9
10
11
6
7
8
in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
indictating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It Actual 365-Day Yearling Indexes Service Method
TI
FI
predicts the average difference in ease which a sire’s BW SC 18 TI% 20 FI% NS or AI
21
17
16
19
22
calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers. PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE • Comments
PATERNAL GRANDSIRE • Genetic Condition
2. Birth weight EPD – predicts calf size and calving ease. SIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM (if any)
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
3. Weaning weight EPD – predicts preweaning growth PATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
potential. MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
MATERNAL GRANDSIRE
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
4. Yearling weight EPD – predicts overall growth potential DAM MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
and post-weaning gain. MATERNAL GREAT GRANDSIRE
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDDAM
5. Milk EPD – predicts the maternal contribution a bull 14. Mature Cow Weight – Prediction of the cow’s weight as
passes to his daughters for milk production and a 5 year old.
mothering ability.
15. To make it easier to evaluate EPDs, the percentile
6. Total maternal EPD – predicts the overall weaning ranking is shown below each individual EPD. This is a
weight of calves from daughters of a bull due to growth great way to understand where the individual ranks in
potential as well as milk production and mothering the breed for that particular EPD. For example, where
ability. it shows “10%,” this means that particular EPD value
7. Calving Ease Maternal – is expressed as a difference is in the highest, or TOP 10%, of all non-parent bulls
in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value in the entire breed. (A 10% for BW, however, means
indicating greater calving ease in first-calf daughters. It lowest, or lightest.)
predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters 16. Actual birth weight within 24 hours of birth.
will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to
daughters of other sires. 17. Yearling scrotal circumference (testicle size measured
in centimeters) adjusted to 365 days of age.
8. Scrotal circumference EPD – predicts testicle size.
18. Terminal Index – A decision tool for selection of animals
9. Ribeye area EPD – predicts muscling. with long-term end-product improvement as the goal.

10. Percent intramuscular fat EPD – predicts marbling and 19. Terminal Index Percentile Ranking
quality grade.
20. Fertility Index – A decision tool for selection of animals
11. Fat EPD – predicts external fat thickness and yield that will improve long-term reproductivity as the goal.
grade.
21. Fertility Index Percentile Ranking
12. Heifer Pregnancy – Measure of the probability that a
cow will have a calf by 2 years old. 22. Artificial Insemination or Natural Service – Indicates
the manner in which this animal was conceived.
13. Stayability – Measure of the probability that a cow will
still be in the herd at 6 years 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 4.90 0.55 21.9 42.5 8.5 19.5 3.6 0.53 0.20 0.07 0.005 3.2 1.4 -1.84 1.93 3.44
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