Bull Buyer Guide
HOW TO READ THIS CATALOG: 1. Lot number 2. Visual Tag ID: the bull’s current ear tag ID 3. Bull’s registered name 4. Producer Tattoo: the bulls’s permanent ID mark & where he was raised. 5. Registration Number: prefix ET means Embryo Trans - plant; prefix P = Polled; prefix PS - Poll/Scurs; Prefix N = Naturalean Piedmontese Herdbook 6. Yearling GrowSafe Test data: 205-day adjusted weight, 365-day adjusted weight; Test ADG = Test Average Daily Gain, in pounds/day; RFI = Residual Feed Intake/ Feed Efficiency (a lower number is better); F/G = feed to gain; GDA = Gain Per Day of Age 7. Scores: BW = actual birth weight not adjusted for age of dam; CE = Calving Ease as reported by the breeder (1 is unassisted); Disp = Disposition - scored from 1 to 6 with 1 being extremely calm and 6 being wild; Move. = Movement - scored from 1 to 6 with 1 being extremely free-moving and 6 being extremely short-strided and stiff. A score of 2 to 4 is considered normal range of motion; REA = Ribeye Area - unadjusted ribeye area as measured by ultrasound on Feb.13, 2025 when most bulls were only 10 months old ; expressed in square inches; SC = Scrotal Circumference in cm at breeding soundness evaluation March 12, 2025 (Note - some bulls are just 12 months old, some are 2 years old) 8. EPDs: Expected Progeny Differences - dervived from the bull’s own performance data plus all registered animals in his pedigree. See following page for EPD Trait definitions. 9. Birth Date and Piedmontese Breed % - Fullblood are always 100%, Naturalean may be 100% or less 10. Added Info /Genetic Tests: If genetic tests for Color or Polled were conducted, it will be marked; Milk Protein results for A2-A2 will be noted if tested; BCHF Heart-Risk results will be noted if tested (scores are 1 to 10 with a lower number being better) 11. Registered Pedigree 12. Consignor with phone contact.
Reference Sires These bulls have numerous sons / grandsons in the sale offering. Above (as the example bull) is Dakota Honor 195H with his yearling EPDs. Bulls below show current EPDs.
TY Black River 221J
DNA test verified Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled & Homozygous for C313Y Myostatin. Moderate frame, extra length, gentle dispostion. As of Jan 1/25, he had 56 reg 2-copy offspring bred in seven different herds.
CE BW WG YG FG SC
EPD Acc
3.
-2.8 25.71 73.75 -0.48 -0.07
72
90 91
34 39
42 74
52 91
64 50
RANK 89
LVC Rocky 2187Y
Pictured as a long-year- ling Rocky is an EPD Trait Leader for Calving Ease, Birth Weight and Ribeye, plus was awarded Nat’l Champion title in show. As of Jan 1/25, he had 543 reg 2-copy offspring bred in fourteen differ - ent herds.
CE BW WG YG FG SC
EPD Acc
7.4
-4.6 33.9 68.1 0.18 0.92
96
99 97
96 76
95 64
94 29
96 86
RANK 99
LVC Unlimited 862F
An EPD Trait Leader for Weaning Gain, Yearling Gain and Scrotal Size. Noted for his smooth muscle pattern and extra volume. As of Jan 1/25, he had 140 reg 2-copy offspring bred in ten different herds.
CE BW WG YG FG SC
EPD Acc
-1.6
2.6 39.3 92.7 -0.27 0.96
86
96 18
80 87
80 94
83 77
87 89
RANK 41
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