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Pathfinder Identifies Performance Each spring, the Association’s Pathfinder Report identifies individual females in the breed who excel in early puberty, early breeding and calving, and producing quality calves on time, year over year. A female must have a minimum of three calves before being considered for Pathfinder. The report also compiles a list of sires who have produced at least five daughters meeting the To qualify, a female must have produced a calf within the past 18 months and it must have been reported through AHIR®. The cow must also meet the following criteria: • Produce her first calf by 2 years and 181 days of age. • Calve her first calf within 30 days of the herd’s average age for first calving. • Determined separately for each herd from all first calf heifers reported in the herd. • Maintain a regular calving interval. • Her first three calves must post a minimum aver - age progeny weaning weight ratio of 105. Pathfinder qualifications in a year. What Makes a Pathfinder Cow?
OR she must reach an average progeny weaning weight of 105, later in life. A minimum of five calves in single-sex contempo - rary group is required each year to calculate the average. Calves must be sired by a Registered Angus bull. Gleonda In Focus X003 - Pathfinder Sire
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What Makes a Pathfinder Sire? Bulls must have sired at least five Pathfinder daughters to be included in the report.
Expected Progeny Difference (EPD), is the prediction of how future progeny of each animal are expected to perform relative to the progeny of other animals listed in the database. EPDs are expressed in units of measure for the trait, plus or minus. Interim EPDs may appear on young animals when their performance has yet to be incorporated into the American Angus Association National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) procedures. This EPD will be preceded by an “I”, and may or may not include the animal’s own performance record for a particular trait, depending on its availability, appropriate contemporary grouping, or data edits needed for NCE.
GROWTH Calving Ease Direct (CED) , is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers. Birth Weight EPD (BW) , expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Weaning Weight EPD (WW) , expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Yearling Weight EPD (YW) , expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Residual Average Daily Gain (RADG) , expressed in pounds per day, is a predictor of a sire’s genetic ability for postweaning gain in future progeny compared to that of other sires, given a constant amount of feed consumed. MATERNAL Maternal Milk EPD (Milk) , is a predictor of a sire’s ge- netic 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. CARCASS The genetic evaluation produces a single set of EPDs for carcass weight, marbling score, Ribeye area and fat thickness. The units of measure are in carcass trait format and analyzed on an age-constant basis. Carcass Weight EPD (CW) , expressed in pounds is a predictor of the differences in hot carcass weight of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Marbling EPD (Marb) , expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling score of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Ribeye Area EPD (RE) , expressed in square inches, is a predictor of the difference in ribeye area of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.
Fat Thickness EPD (Fat) , expressed in inches, is a pre- dictor of the differences in external fat thickness at the 12th rib (as measured between the 12th and 13th ribs) of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. MEASUREMENTS Adj. %IMF: The percent intramuscular fat (marbling) adjusted to 365 days of age. Heritability for marbling is in the moderate range. %IMF Ratio: The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its marbling scan within its contemporary group. Adj. Yrlg. Ribeye Area: Each animal’s ribeye area mea- sured in square inches and adjusted to one year of age. REA Ratio: The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its adjusted ribeye area. Adj. Rib Fat: This is the off-test backfat measured in inches adjusted to 365 days of age. Rib Fat Ratio: The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its backfat scan within its contemporary group. Adj. Rump Fat: This is the off-test rump fat measured in inches adjusted to 365 days of age. Rump Fat Ratio: The percent above or below average (100= average) a bull or female is for its rump fat scan within its contemporary group. WEIGHTS BW (Birth Weight): The actual weight in pounds at birth. BWR (Birth Weight Ratio): The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its actual birth weight. Adj. WW (Adj. Weaning Weight): The weight in pounds at weaning adjusted to 205 days of age. WWR (Weaning Weight Ratio): The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its adjusted weaning weight. Adj. YW (Adj. Yearling Weight): The weight in pounds adjusted to 365 days of age. YWR (Yearling Weight Ratio): The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its adjusted yearling weight.
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