Sitz Element 10088: Paintrock Element 321-3 was out of our 2023 sale. This bull is a calving-ease deluxe sire that consistently stamps his calves with a long, stylish, and balanced look — all while maintaining power throughout. If you’re focused on building a fancy, dependable set of females, look no further. If you’re looking to build a solid female group, this is the sire to look to. Each year his females are some of the prettiest and best built females around.
SimAngus Bulls Sell In The Following Lots: 45 - 58 and 139 - 152 Quick Reference to ASA EPDs and $ Indexes
Son of SITZ Element 10088: Paintrock Element 321-3 BD: 01/29/2023 I AAA#: 20760332 I ANGUS I REFERENCE SIRE
Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs): EPDs are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. In using EPDs, the difference between two sires’ EPDs represents the unit difference expected in the performance of their progeny. For example, if sires A and B have EPDs of +10 and –5, a 15-unit difference would be expected in their progeny (moving from -5 to +10 yields 15 units). Key to using EPDs is knowing what units they are expressed in. For example, if the above case referred to weaning weight EPDs, A would be expected to sire 15-pounds more weaning weight than B. If calving ease were the trait, A would be expected to sire 15-percent more unassisted births in first-calf heifers; in other words, if B sired 30 assists in a group of 100 heifers, we’d expect A to require 15 assists. A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s EPDs rank him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes visit www.simmental.org. Listed below are the units ASA EPDs are expressed in:
Poss Element 215 4M Blackbirtd 2004 Wulffs Ext 6106
Sitz Florabelle Fanny 022 4M Element 405
Sitz Element 10088
Sitz Florabelle Fanny 2683 MCATL By-Product 269-1394 MRCC Blackbird Lass 9340 991 PRA 878 8205 Forever of Paintrock 2894
Forever of Paintrock 429-7 Hartz Quality Product 42 Forever of Paintrock 429-2
CED
BW 0.6
WW 61
YW 113
MILK
PAP 34
Act BW Adj WW
All-Purpose Index (API): Dollars per cow exposed under an all-purpose-sire scenario. (See below for more details.) Back Fat (BF): Inches of backfat. Birth Weight (BW): Pounds of birth weight. Calving Ease (CE): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers. Carcass Weight (CW): Pounds of carcass weight. Maternal Calving Ease (MCE): Percent of unassisted births in first-calving daughters. Milk (MLK): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk. Marbling (MRB): Marbling score. Maternal Weaning Weight (MWW): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk and growth. Ribeye Area (REA): Square inches of ribeye. Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF): Pounds of force required to shear a steak. Stayability (STAY): Percent of daughters remaining in the cowherd at 6 years of age. Terminal Index (TI): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario. (See below for more details.)
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781
4
20
AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION “HYBRID” SIMANGUS EPD AVERAGES CE BW WW YW MILK API TI 12.7 .10 76.90 119.4 23.6 135.98 81.89
SITZ ELEMENT 10088
AAR Really Windy 1205: The Really Windy calves are a solid, consistent group — packed with growth, length, and stretch. Most importantly, they’re easy doing cattle that combine real power with extra eye appeal. These bulls are extremely athletic and prolific, ready to cover plenty of country and get your cows bred.
Grandson of AAR Really Windy 1205: PRA Windy 118 BD: 01/28/2021 I AAA#: 20209197 I ANGUS I REFERENCE SIRE
A A R Windy Ridge 362 A A R Lady Kelton 2170 Paintrock Trapper PRA Hero X 378 Barstow Cash PRA Erica Tradition 9288 Koupal Juneau 797 PRA 6595 Erica 5111
PRA Trapper Hero 7217 A A R Really Windy 1205
Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight. Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight. Yield Grade (YG): Yield grade score.
PRA 1205 Windy 923
PRA Erica Cash 9382 PRA Cash 5133
$ Indexes: Though EPDs allow for the comparison of genetic levels for many economically important traits, they only provide a piece of the economic puzzle. That’s where $ indexes come in. Through well conceived, rigorous mathematical computation, $ indexes blend EPDs and economics to estimate an animal’s overall impact on your bottom line. The same technology that led to the dramatic progress in swine, poultry and dairy genetics over the last several decades was used to develop the following $ indexes: All-Purpose Index (API): Evaluates sires for use on the entire cow herd (bred to both Angus first-calf heifers and mature cows) with the portion of their daughters required to maintain herd size retained and the remaining heifers and steers put on feed and sold grade and yield. Terminal Index (TI): Evaluates sire for use on mature Angus cows with all offspring put on feed and sold grade and yield. Using API and TI: First, determine which index to use; if you’re keeping replacements use API, if not, TI. Then, just as with EPDs, zero in on the unit difference between bulls. (As described above, index units are in dollars per cow exposed.) The difference can be used to determine how much a bull is worth compared to another. Or, put another way, how much you can pay for one bull compared to another. For example, when buying an all-purpose-type sire, you can quickly figure a bull scoring +100 for API is worth an extra $6,000 over a +50 bull if both are exposed to 30 cows over 4 years ($50 diff. x 30 hd. x 4 yr. = $6,000). A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s index value ranks him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes visit www.simmental.org.
PRA Erica Juneau 2115
CED
BW 0.1
WW 62
YW 114
MILK
PAP 39
Act BW Adj WW
72
730
9
26
AAR REALLY WINDY 1205 The Foundation Behind the Program...
Son of TFS Black Powder 6609D: Paintrock Powder G212K BD: 1/27/22 I ASA#: 4107945 I Sim Angus I Reference Sire
Remington On Target 2S BAR 15 Miss Knight 78E-51G S A V Pioneer 7301 TFS Mood Shadow 8615U
Remington Lock N Load 54U
TFS Black Powder 6609D TFS Black Moon 0210
Pride of Paintrock 242-1
Lady of Paintrock 474-6
Emulous of Paintrock 939
Commercial Angus Cow
CE BW 9.5 1.4
WW
YW
MILK
API
TI
PAP 43
Act BW Act WW
78
730
71.8 113.3 15
102.1 70.6
* 3/8 Sim, 5/8 Angus Our Black Powder son that we raised and used heavily last year is one of the best SimAngus calves that we have had hit the ground. This sire got hurt and was out for his first breeding season. However, we kept him around knowing he was that good. This is our first set of calves out of this sire and as a whole we think they have the simmental power and match that with the Angus features of being stretchy and good footed cattle.
TFS Black Powder 6609D
Lady of Paintrock 552-4
Patty of Paintrock 93-9
Paint Rock Angus Annual Production Sale
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Raising Altitude Proven Angus Seedstock Since 1946
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