SIMANGUS SELECTION TOOLS
Expected Progeny Differences (EPD): EPD are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. In using EPD, the difference between two sires’ EPD represents the unit difference expected in the performance of their progeny. For example, if sires A and B have EPD 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 EPD is knowing what units they are expressed in. For example, if the above case referred to weaning weight EPD, 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 EPD rank him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPD and $ indexes visit www. simmental.org. Listed below are the units ASA EPD are expressed in:
Yellow - This bull’s actual birth weight and calving ease, along with genetic predictions, shows promise as a sleep all night heifer bull specialist. Green - This bull should sire high performing cattle in growth and efficiency. Expect calves of these bulls to smash the scales at weaning, in the feedyard, and on the rail. Red - This bull should sire cattle that do extremely well on carcass grids, breed leading carcass weight, marbling and ribeye area. Pink - This bull should sire females that have the functional traits to make a maternal momma cow. Expect adequate calving ease, heifer pregnancy, and milk while still having those non-measurable traits that allow cows to stay in the herd. $ Indexes: Though EPD 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 wellconceived, rigorous mathematical computation, $ indexes blend 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. Terminal Index (TI): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario. (See below for more details.) Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight. Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight. Yield Grade (YG): Yield grade score.
Purple - This bull has the above breed average for what I call the eye test on phenotype. Orange - This bull has a balance of traits to breed accordingly in various scenarios. To earn this Hornung Livestock logo, we believe this bull is a herd bull prospect that has balanced trait selection to perform in any area of the beef industry to sire cattle that perform from “Conception To Carcass." These are the bulls that we strive to breed! Top Dollar Angus Logo - This bull’s offspring qualify for the Top Dollar Angus program, connecting TDA feeder calves with their ever-growing network of feeding partners! EPD 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 EPD, 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 EPD and $ indexes visit www.simmental.org.
***Special Note: Due to not having Foot or PAP EPDs for genetic predictors, we did not include any Grey Foot Improver or Blue Low PAP Logos on any of the SimAngus bulls. ***
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SAVR MR KINDRED N556
Maternal EPDs Management EPDs
Birth Date: 02-06-2025 Bull 4537229 1/2 Simmental Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled Tattoo: N556
GB FIREBALL 672
KBHR CIMARRON F151
Sire
Dam
K A KINDRED 4291522
BRIDLE BIT MISS L350 4211409
K A MISS HIGH WEIGH 862
BRIDLE BIT MISS J176
Production EPDs
Act. BW 97 Adj. WW 710
CED +16.7
BW WW YW ADG
DOC
CEM Milk
-2.4
+75.5
+122
+0.29 +14.4
+7.9
+28.1 20%
15% 20%
30%
$Indexes
YG
MMW MARB
BF
CW
RIB
API
TI
Carcass EPDs
-0.13
+69 25%
+0.91
-0.049
+50.7
+0.57
+170.8
+97.6
4%
35% 20%
10% 10%
Special Designations
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