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HB
...... HerdBuilder Index – Need bulls for developing a profitable cowherd and
maximizing the value of marketed progeny? Select a bull with a high HB value.
GM
...... GridMaster Index – If you market all of your calf crop and want to increase the
value of that calf crop, select a bull with a high GM value to maximize your profit.
CED
..... Calving Ease Direct – Breeding Heifers? Select bulls with a high CED to
increase the probability that the heifers will calve unassisted.
BW
...... Birth Weight – Predicts differences in birth weight. BW is included in the CED
EPD, so simplify your decisions by selecting bulls based on CED instead of BW.
WW
..... Weaning Weight and
YW
....Y earling Weight – Predicts differences in weight
at weaning and yearling. While selection based on these growth measures can
increase your payweight, be cautious what the bull’s other EPDs are.
Milk
.... Milk – Predicts differences in weaning weight of daughter’s progeny due to
milk production.
ME
...... Maintenance Energy – Selecting bulls with a lower ME EPD will decrease the
amount of feed his daughters will require to maintain body weight.
HPG
..... Heifer Pregnancy – Retaining heifers? Select bulls with a high HPG to increase
the percentage of exposures that result in a calving observation.
CEM
.... Calving Ease Maternal – Another number to pay attention to if you are
retaining heifers. Selecting bulls with a high CEM will increase the probability of those
daughters calving unassisted.
STAY
.... Stayability – The most important trait if your goal is developing cows that stay
productive, thus increasing your profitability. Bulls with a high Stay EPD are expected
to sire daughters that remain productive in the herd until at least 6 years of age.
MARB
.. Marbling Score – Select bulls with high MARB EPD to increase the number of
progeny that grade Choice or Prime.
YG
...... Yield Grade – Marketing calves on a grid? Placing selection pressure on YG
EPD will decrease the number of YG discounts on grid-marketed progeny.
CW
...... Carcasss Weight – Selecting bulls with a high CW EPD will increase the weight
of the hanging carcass, which directly impacts revenue.
REA
..... Rib Eye Area – Need to add muscle? Select bulls with a high REA EPD to
increase rib eye area, which favorably increases Yield Grade.
FAT
..... Backfat – Need to reduce waste in carcasses? Select bulls with a low FAT EPD
to reduce backfat, which favorably increases Yield Grade.
Red Angus Guide to EPDs
