What the DATA tells you
2026 Averages for YEARLING bulls: ADG: 2.84 LBS WDA: 3.03 LBS
BW • Animal’s weight at birth WDA • Weight per day of age WW • Animal’s weight at weaning WR • Weaning Ratio in contemporary group YW • Adjusted Yearling Weight to 365 days adjusted and ratioed by breed computation. 1/9/26 WT • Actual Weight measure on that day. YR • Yearling Ratio in contemporary group ADG • Average Daily Gain on test from weaning to 1/9/26 Sale WT • Projected weight on sale day Act. SC • Scrotal circumference expressed in centimeters.
$Value Index ($Value) • A $Value is an economic selection index allowing for directional change in multiple traits at once pertaining to a specific breeding objective. $M • Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M), an index, expressed in dollars per head, predicts profitability differences from conception to weaning with the underlying breeding objective assuming that individuals retain their own replacement females within herd and sell the rest of the cull female and all male progeny as feeder calves. The model assumes commercial producers will replace 25% of their breeding females in the first generation and 20% of their breeding females in each subsequent generation. Traits included are as follows: calving ease direct, calving ease maternal, weaning weight, milk, heifer pregnancy, docility, mature cow weight, claw set and foot angle. $W • Weaned Calf Value ($W), an index, expressed in dollars per head, to predict profitability differences in progeny due to genetics from birth to weaning. The underlying objective being producers will retain 20% of the female progeny as replacements and sell the rest of the cull females and their male counterparts as feeder calves. Traits included are as follows (in no particular order): birth weight, weaning weight, milk, and mature cow weight. Claw • Claw Set EPD (Claw), is expressed in units of claw-set score, with a lower EPD being more favorable indicating a sire will produce progeny with more ideal claw set. The ideal claw set is toes that are symmetrical, even and appropriately spaced. Angle • Foot Angle EPD (Angle), is expressed in units of foot-angle score, with a lower EPD being more favorable indicating a sire will produce progeny with more ideal foot angle. The ideal is a 45-degree angle at the pastern joint with appropriate toe length and heel depth. Angus GS/HD50K • These genomic tests give Angus breeders and their customers tools designed to guide whole-herd selection, mating management and breed-improvement decisions, as well as denoting the value of seedstock cattle.
Pine Coulee Deep Canyon M529 • Lot 1
PINE COULEE DEEP CANYON M529 BD: 05/24/24 Reg #:21339026
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Freeze Brand: V146M
ELLINGSON RIDER PRIDE 7282 #EA BELLS GIRL 7617
ELLINGSON BADLANDS 0285
$M $W 62 69 Claw Angle 0.5 0.43 Dam’s WR Dam’s YR 1/108 /
LT DEEP CANYON 2040 20478857
LT CONVERSE 8011
#LT LADY NUGGET 0154
LT LADY NUGGET 7092 RITO 707 OF IDEAL 3407 7075 S A V BLACKCAP MAY 4136 #SINCLAIR EMULATION XXP SINCLAIR DONNA 3S18 B105
#S A V RENOWN 3439 J C DONNA 6520 9018 18619180 J C DONNA 9018 3S18
BW WW WR 10/07/25 WT 1/9/26 WT YR WDA ADG Sale WT SC 80 538 ET 1210 1370 ET 2.33 3.01 1493 283
CED BW WW YW HP
MILK MARB REA
EPDs
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-0.1
59 111
10.8
35
0.48 0.57
YW • 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. HP • Heifer Pregnancy (HP), is a selection tool to increase the probability or chance of a sire’s daughters becoming pregnant as first-calf heifers during a normal breeding season. A higher EPD is the more favorable direction and the EPD is reported in percentage units. Milk • Maternal Milk EPD (Milk), is a predictor of a sire’s genetic 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. Marb • 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. REA • 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.
EPDs • An EPD is the prediction of how future progeny are expected to perform relative to progeny of other animals within the same 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. CED • 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. BW • 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. WW • 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.
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