Selecting sires which deliver integral value is key to enhancing everything you do; from the day you introduce these sires to the day you sell their progeny. WHY Optimal sire selection can get cloudier as you get more and more information. It’s become common practice to mate numbers to numbers, turning generations so fast that Real Phenotypic Data (RPD’s) don’t keep up. It’s no won- der feedyards don’t use todays EPD’s to make buying decisions. Greensteak and the breeding programs behind the bulls in this catalog change this. We are not just another set of data to sort through. We pride ourselves on providing you with bulls backed by RPD’s. We take the time and effort it takes to prove a bulls’ worth. Efficiency is a heritable trait, but is the most expensive trait to collect. We do this for
you so you don’t have to. Each bulls’ credibility is measured in feed intake systems and earned from a combination of datasets, including: • Seedstock selection: • Parentage meeting Efficiency selection standards. • Selected from programs that focuses on herd Efficiency. • Bulls’ actual Efficiency performance. • Steer progeny: • Multiple-breed commercially raised contemporary groups. • From the ranch to feedyard to the packing plant.
All of this data is responsibly combined into an E (Efficiency) Index on each sire. This is an expected dollar amount difference per head for feed conversion versus average cattle through a feedyard.
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Pounds of Gain
Each sire has an E Index listed. The E Index is an expected dollar amount difference per head for feed conversion for their progeny versus average cattle through a feedyard. The E Index is calcu- lated using a combination of sibs in commercial Feedyards, each bulls own performance, and Vytelle Multi-breed EPD’s. E INDEX
E Index of Feed
$62.50 $50.00 $37.50 $25.00 $12.50
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$(12.50) 8.0 $(50.00) 9.5
Each sire has an E Index listed. The E Index is an expected dollar amount difference per head for feed conversion for their progeny versus average cattle through a feed- yard. The E Index is calculated using a combination of sibs in commercial Feedyards, each bulls own performance, and Vytelle Multi-breed EPD’s. G INDEX The G (Grid) Index is the next generation of selection tools within the Greensteak pro- gram. It combines each bull’s individual scan data with carcass EPDs to provide a clear, data-driven picture of end-product value. This allows you to confi dently select bulls that will sire calves designed to perform and earn premiums on the rail.
HOW YOU BENEFIT: • Buy Red Doc semen or bulls • Verify progeny and market with our verification • Verification for downstream customers to market sustainable beef Use our bulls today and next year enroll your calves to assure your calf buyers with real-world proof that your calves are the ones they should buy!
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