SPRING SIMMENTAL BULLS
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Homo Black • Polled • 3/4 SM 1/4 AN ASA# 4415567 • Tattoo: 91M • BD: 3/13/24 Act. BW: 80 lbs. • Adj. WW: 653 lbs. • WW Ratio: 97 Adj. YW: 1165 lbs. • YW Ratio: 94 • ADG: 3.20 • SC: 36.0
THSR CLICKER K222 OMF EPIC E27 TOPP GEORGINA 0167
BDV MS FALCON K32 LRS FALCON 442G BDV MS NEW TRADITION B88
CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MW CW YG MB BF REA API TI 12.8 -0.3 89.3 148.9 6.6 26.7 70.8 33.8 -0.21 0.17 -0.038 0.67 131.0 85.1 Here is another Clicker with a light 80 lb. birth wt, out of a 2 year old Falcon daughter. He’s got the right parts to sire value both in his feeder calves, and his daughters. There is excellent udder quality in his cow family.
THSR CLICKER K222 - REFERENCE SIRE
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Homo Black • Polled • 1/2 SM 1/2 AN ASA# 4415536 • Tattoo: 60M • BD: 3/5/24 Act. BW: 90 lbs. • Adj. WW: 645 lbs. • WW Ratio: 96 Adj. YW: 1125 lbs. • YW Ratio: 91 • ADG: 3.00 • SC: 34.0
Homo Black • Homo Polled • 1/2 SM 1/2 AN ASA# 4415506 • Tattoo: 29M • BD: 2/29/24 Act. BW: 84 lbs. • Adj. WW: 606 lbs. • WW Ratio: 90 Adj. YW: 1202 lbs. • YW Ratio: 97 • ADG: 3.70 • SC: 36.0
LRS RANGE BOSS 901Z KOCH LC MONTE 803U LRS MS FINAL ANSWER 901W
BDV MS PAY DIRT J39 CCR PAY DIRT 2340C BDV MS CAPITALIST D63
CCR BEDROCK 5171J TEHAMA PATRIARCH F028 CCR MS 2073 COWBOY 5171C
BDV MS RANGE BOSS E2 LRS RANGE BOSS 901Z BDV MS TORQUE B90
CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MW CW YG MB BF REA API TI 11.8 0.8 75.8 112.4 4.7 17.1 55.1 22.7 -0.07 0.23 0.007 0.46 130.3 74.0 Bred to sire them moderate, thick and deep ribbed. This Range Boss son has an elite family tree, Range Boss, PayDirt, Pay Weight, and the very good D63 as his granddam. Expect sensible sized cattle that have excellent fleshing ability.
CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MW CW YG MB BF REA API TI 13.6 -1.6 73.8 111.8 6.8 25.2 62.9 23.4 -0.15 0.47 -0.026 0.46 150.6 83.4 A great way to end this Simmental part of this great set of bulls. Sired by Bed Rock, and out of a big bodied Range Boss daughter, and back to the B90 cow that most years puts a bull in the front of the sale. I truly feel this bull is a genetic blend that offers the best. If you like them moderate and soggy, here is one to own.
QUICK GUIDE TO ASA EPDS AND $ INDEXES
Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs): EPDs are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. In using EPDs, the difference between two sires’ EPDs represents the unit difference expected in the performance of their progeny. For example, if sires A and B have EPDs 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 EPDs is knowing what units they are expressed in. For example, if the above case referred to weaning weight EPDs, 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 EPDs rank him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes visit www.simmental.org. Listed below are the units ASA EPDs are expressed in: 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. Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF) : Pounds of force required to shear a steak.
Stayability (STAY): Percent of daughters remaining in the cowherd at 6 years of age. 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.
$ Indexes: Though EPDs 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 well-conceived, rigorous mathematical computation, $ indexes blend EPDs 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 EPDs, 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 EPDs and $ indexes.
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