Koepplin Ranch 683M Purebred
Lot
BD: 3-26-24
BW: 85
Scrotal: 35
Oct 14 th wt: 754
Jan 8 th wt: 1050 Adj. 365: 1315
ADG: 3.44
LCDR FAVOR 149F OVAL F EXCLUSIVE E757
OVAL F JOSEPH J120
TJ COWBOY UP 529B MISS KOEPPLIN 311A
MISS KOEPPLIN 60H
CE
BW
WW
YW
MCE MLK MWW
API
TI
9.1 83 Homozygous Black. Polled. This guy is the baby of them all. He belongs to my 2 grandsons. This guy is really com- ing into himself. I can see him changing weekly. Will make a great sire. 2.6 85.6 130 5.4 23.0 65.7 138
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EPD Reference Guide Calving Ease (CE): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers.
Birth Weight (BW): Pounds of birth weight.
Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight. Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight.
Maternal Calving Ease (MCE): Percent of unassisted births in first -calving daughters.
Milk (MLK): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk.
Maternal Weaning Weight (MWW): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk and growth.
All-Purpose Index (API): Dollars per cow exposed under an all- purpose-sire scenario. Evaluates sires for use on the entire cow herd (bred to both first-calf heifers and mature cows) with the por- tion 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): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal- sire scenario. Evaluates sire for use on mature cows with all off- spring 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
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One of the “pasture ornaments” (Yogi) with his huge horns.
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