THE CHAROLAIS BLOCK Expected Progeny Difference (EPD): EPD’s have by far the most data points recorded in the system. DNA profiles and actual performance are great indicators of an animals EPD’s, but only indicators. We strongly encourage buyers to look at EPD’s. Everything else is an indicator.
Terminal Sire Index (TSI): The AICA Terminal Sire Index (TSI) 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. The TSI represents a dollar index per terminal progeny produced for a bull in the AICA database, ranking them for profit potential. This dollar index is to be interpreted much like single trait EPD. For example, if Sire A’s index is $191.66 and Sire B’s index is $200.00, then we would expect Sire B’s offspring to average $8.34 more net return ($200.00 minus $191.66) than Sire A’s offspring.
LR SHOOTER 5208
DOB: 2/20/2025 123 REG: M1018703
PAF
JMAR BENAIAH 1E66 EC DEE DEE 549 PLD PC MISSOURI BOB 1227 KC LEDGER 6425 P LT RUSHMORE 8060 PLD LT ATHENA 1247 D R REVELATION 467 SB ISABELLA 8199
EC LIVE TARGET 549 PLD
KC GK TARGET 3125P KC MS BOBBIE 1625P
Act. BW Adj. WW Adj. YW
90 701 1176
LT AFFINITY 6221 PLD 4KC MS AFFINITY 024 4KC ISABELLA 427
CE
BW WW YW
MILK
SC 1.7
13.9
-4.9
149
26
78
CW REA
FAT
MARB
TSI $ 297.32
39
0.99
0.21
0.023
Blue Boxes: Indicate top 35% with the exception for the Milk. This trait is blue for the middle 80% of the breed to eliminate extremes.
NON PARENT EPD AVERAGES
CE
BW WW YW
MILK
SC 1.1
11.2
-1.3
116
25
64
CW REA
FAT
MARB
TSI 269.98
27
0.73
0.15
0.016
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