How (and when) to use the QR codes • The codes will not be activated until the videos of the sale animals have been posted, which will be mid- January – hopefully shortly after the catalog arrives in your mail box. • Once the videos are done, the QR code in each lot space of this catalog will take you directly to the video of the corresponding lot. Closer to sale date, animals that are out of the sale will have their video removed. Instructions: Most smart phones come with built-in QR code-reading capability.
1. Open the camera on your smart phone.
2. Point your camera at the QR code in the catalog and then tap on the small yellow tab that appears.
3. The video of the bull will now play.
Open your camera
The camera finds the QR code
Hoover Angus Lot 1
Then push the yellow dvauction.com
EPD and $Value Example: This example involves BW EPD, but the same concept applies to all EPDs and $Values. If Bull A has a BW of +3.0 and Bull B has a BW of +1.0, and these sires were randomly mated to a comparable set of females and the calves were exposed to the same environment, you could expect Bull A’s progeny to have an average of 2 pounds more birth weight than Bull B (3.0 minus 1.0 = 2 pound difference in birth weight). As with any EPD or $Value, BW EPD has meaning when used in comparing the relative merit or ranking of two individuals. Due to the vast amount of environmental impact on animal performance, EPDs are not designed to predict actual birth weights, but rather a comparison between two animals, as described above.
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