SKYMERE sire line
Eleenmere 15 Eleenmere 32 (1/2 sib Mating) Eleenmere 85
Eleenmere 487 (1/2 sib Mating) Homeplace Eileenmere 62 Tar Eileenmere 15 Skyland Turk (CMS)
Eleenmere 1073 (1/2 sib Mating) Eileenmere 500
Ideal 2916 Skymere of 2058
Eileenmere L 250 Skylandmere 2058 (CMS #5) Ideal 2916 Skymere
Skylandmere 2058
Skylandmere Turk: (pictured at right) Qualified as a Certified Meat Sire. His dam was a full sister to Skylandmere 2058
Emulation Sire Line: Skylandmere 2058 was bred in the Percy Powers herd (TX) and his sire was linebred to Eileenmere 85. The Eileenmere line as noted for great females. “Sky” as he was known in the ABS catalog, was only the seventh bull to qualify as a Certified Meat Sire through Performance Registry Int’l. “He was heavily muscled and as long as a freight train,” recalled Richard McClung . (You can hear Richard discussing him on his 2022 “Brands and Barbed Wire” podcast episode.) “Sky” became an early member of the ABS Beef A.I. sire program, and Martin Jorgensen bought an interest in him in 1963. Martin was committed to improving his herd and bred every cow he owned to him for two straight years. As a result, Skylandmere 2058 built a strong set of productive cows for the Jorgensen family. According to Dr. Bob de Baca, Skylandmere’s calves in the early, formal progeny tests were 54 lbs. heavier at weaning and gained 46 more lbs. in the feedlot — compared to the progeny of the other 90 bulls in the test. In an official AAA carcass test (1968), his 12 steers posted an average 13.33 sq. in. of Ribeye, graded what would be CAB (today), had 62.2% dressing percentage & averaged 0.48” of fat at the 12th rib, and did that at 16.5 months of age. In AHIR, today, his daughters post a combined Weaning Weight ratio of 101. We have been impressed by Ideal 2916 Skymere of 2058. Phenotypically, he is extremely masculine, long-made, clean fronted, a strong top-line, plenty of forerib shelf, and a deep hindquarter. His first calf crop at Jorgensen Land & Cattle have been unassisted and we are going to use him heavily again this year. Genetic Contributions: Fertility, Length, Productive Daughters, Muscle, and Carcass Quality.
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