3
Averages
EPD
GV
BA
CED
9
12
BW
1.3 0.0
WW
70
69
YW
96 104
Milk
30
26
TM
65
61
CEM
6
7
For more information or explanation of EPDs, please contact us at one of the following numbers:
605-847-4155 (Ranch) 605-860-1326 (Alan) 605-860-0139 (Blake)
Table of Contents
1. Astro and Silver Dollar Sired Purebred Bulls …………………..…………………………………………………….Lots 1-28
2. Freightliner and Multiple Sire Sired Purebred Bulls….……………………………………………………..…….Lots 1-57
3. Complete Package and Chisel Sired Balancer Bulls……………...……………………………………………….Lots 58-79
4. Chisum, Final Solution, and The Judge Sired Balancer Bulls………………......…………………………….. Lots 79-92
5. Multiple Sired Balancer Bulls…………………………………………………………………………………..……..Lots 93-116
6. Open Purebred, Open Balancer and Open Commercial Heifers………………………………………….….Lots 117-255
Gelbvieh EPDs
Birth Weight (BW):
Predicts the difference, in pounds, for birth weight.
Calving Ease Direct (CED):
An EPD that is expressed as a percnet of unassist-
ed births of a bull’s calves when he is used on heifers. A higher number is favora-
ble, meaning better calving ease.
Weaning Weight (WW):
Predicts the difference, in pounds, for weaning weight
(adjusted to age of dam and a standard 205 days of age). This is an indicator of
growth from birth to weaning.
Yearling Weight (YW):
Predicts the expected difference, in pounds, for yearling
weight (adjusted to standard 365 days of age). This is an indicator of growth from
birth to yearling.
Milk:
The genetic ability of a sire’s daughters to produce milk expressed in pounds
of weaning weight.
Total Maternal (TMAT):
A value that combines growth and milk information
and a prediction of the weaning weight performance of calves from a sire’s
daughter. This value does not have an accompanying accuracy value.
Calving Ease Maternal (CEM):
Represented as percent of unassisted births in a sire’s first-calving
daughters. A higher number represents more favorable calving ease.
Weight Per Day of Age (WDA):
Calculated by
Current Weight
Days of Age
Adjusted Weaning Weight (ADJ. WW):
Weight, in pounds, the calf would be at 205 days of age and
adjusts for age of dam and sex of calf. Uses the following formula:
(Actual weaning weight — actual birth weight) X 205 + Actual Birth Weight + Dam Adj.
Actual Age in Days
Adjusted Yearling Weight (ADJ. YW):
Weight, in pounds, the animal would be at 365 days of age.
Uses the following formula:
(Actual Weight — Actual Weaning Weight) X 160 + 205 day Adjusted Weaning Weight
# of days between weights
