“Wakefield bulls will get the job done anywhere. My Wakefield bulls run in the Sandhills. They do not fall apart and their feet stay good.Wakefield bulls have good disposition. All 5 of my Wakefield bulls will eat cake out of your hand. My Wakefield sired steers weighed 815 lbs. on December 18th and brought $3.70/lb. They flat grow.” — Clinton Dunn, Nebraska Charolais index: TSI:
Terminal Sire Index (TSI) — The AICA Terminal Sire Index is a formal method of
combing Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) – BWT,WWT,YWT, REA, HCW, MARB and FAT – into one single value on which to base selection decisions. The TSI uses estimates of the genetic relationships between traits with an economic default value based on three year rolling USDA data.
red Angus indices: P ro s:
Profitability and Sustainability is an all-purpose index that predicts average economic differences in all segments in the beef supply chain.This index is a combination of the breeding objectives modeled in the HerdBuilder and GridMaster selection indexes. In this index, replacement heifers are retained from within the herd and all remaining progeny are fed out to slaughter and sold on a quality-based grid.Traits included in this index include calving ease, growth, HPG, STAY, Mature Weight, Dry Matter Intake and carcass traits.The resulting index is expressed in dollars per head born (Index/High Value). HB: HerdBuilder is a maternal selection index that predicts the economic differences of animals for traits that are important from conception through weaning. Expressed as dollars per head born, HB is calculated based on the scenario that bulls are mated to heifers and cows, replacement heifers are retained and all remaining progeny are marketed at weaning.Traits included in the HB index include CED, CEM,WW, Milk, Mature Weight, HPG and STAY (Index/High Value). GM: GridMaster is a selection index that predicts the average economic difference of non-replacement calves through the postweaning phase of production. GM places selection pressure on growth, feedyard performance and carcass traits. Expressed as dollars per head born, GM is calculated based on the scenario that progeny are fed out to slaughter and marketed on a quality-based carcass grid.Traits included in GM include ADG, CW, DMI, Marb, Fat and REA (Index/High Value).
Nutrition: The bulls have been developed on the same ration as past years – a high roughage ration, that is stepped up slowly over the course of the 128 day feed test that also included a 30 day warmup period.The ration is designed to insure that the bulls are not fat but give you the commercial cattleperson, an idea of how their offspring will perform.The ration consists of grass/legume mixed hay, silage and grain mix. We would like to thank Brent Young with Northern Country CO-OP, for his nutrition guidance. EPDs and Supplement: The EPDs in the catalog are the newest at time of print, February 2026. All additional and updated information will be printed and available to all prospective buyers upon arrival. Charolais NonParent breed averages: CE BW WW YW Milk MCE TM SC CW REA FAT MARB TSI 11.2 -1.3 64 116 25 9.3 57 1.1 27 0.73 0.016 0.15 270
Red Angus NonParent breed averages:
P ro S HB GM CED BW WW YW MILK Marb YG CW REA Fat 105 53 52 13 -1.9 67 106 26 0.47 0.05 22 0.13 0.01
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