EXPECTED PROGENY DIFFERENCES
CE CALVING EASE percent of unassisted births from two-year old heifers Example: For a CE EPD of 15, one would expect 10% more unassisted births than for a bull with an EPD of 5 BW BIRTH WEIGHT pounds of birth weight
WW WEANING WEIGHT pounds of weaning weight due to growth YW YEARLING WEIGHT pounds of yearling weight due to growth MCE MATERNAL CE percent of unassisted births from calving daughters MM MATERNAL MILK pounds of weaning weight due to dam’s milk MW MATERNAL WW pounds of weaning weight due to dam’s milk and growth CW CARCASS WEIGHT pounds of carcass weight YG YIELD GRADE tenths of a yield grade MB MARBLING percent of marbling score or %IMF BF BACK FAT OR RIB FAT inches of carcass back fat thickness REA RIBEYE AREA square inches of ribeye API ALL PURPOSE INDEX dollar per cow exposed under an all-purpose-sire scenario TI TERMINAL INDEX
dollar per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario GENOMIC ENHANCED EPDS Bulls with the ASA DNA logo have been DNA tested and have Genomic Enhanced EPDs for increased accuracy.
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