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Presenting EPD’s on a NEW BASE
The Fall 2012 ASA Genetic Evaluation marks the first time major breeds have expressed their EPD’s on a
common base (i.e., the same scale). The common base was a natural evolution for the Red Angus
Association and American Simmental Association genetic partnership. This step allows producers to
directly compare genetic predictions from the largest multi-breed database in the world.
The changes to the EPD base does not change the genetic worth of the animals; it just changes the
measurement scale of the EPD.
It has the same impact on all animals
.
A bull that ranked in the top 1%
in the old base for a given trait will still rank in the top 1% in the new base even though the numbers
have changed.
Important Note on Comparing EPDs in this Catalog
All of the EPD’s listed in this catalog have been generated by the American Simmental Association,
including the Angus sires and Red Angus sires EPD’s.
Consequently, all the Herdmaster bulls, Simmental sires, Angus sires and Red Angus sires in this
catalog can be compared directly to each other on an EPD basis.
2015 Hybrid Simmental Percentile Table
BIRTH
GROWTH MATERNAL
CARCASS
$ INDEXES
% CE BW WW YW MLK MWW CWT YG MRB BF REA API TI
1
19.7 -4.5 84 134 33 68 53 -0.43 0.89 -0.1 1.09 180 91
2
18.6 -3.9 81 129 32 66 50 -0.41 0.82 -0.09 1.03 173 89
3
17.9 -3.5 79 126 31 65 48 -0.39 0.78 -0.08 1.OO 169 87
4
17.4 -3.3 78 124 31 64 46 -0.38 0.75 -0.08 0.97 166 86
5
17 -3 77 122 30 64 45 -0.36 0.73 -0.08 0.95 163 85
10
15.5 -2.2 73 115 29 61 41 -0.33 0.64 -0.07 0.87 154 81
15
14.5 -1.7 71 111 28 60 38 -0.3 0.59 -0.06 0.82 148 79
20
13.8 -1.3 69 108 27 58 36 -0.28 0.54 -0.06 0.78 143 77
25
13.1 -0.9 67 105 26 57 34 -0.27 0.51 -0.05 0.74 139 75
30
12.5 -0.6 66 102 25 56 32 -0.25 0.47 -0.05 0.71 135 74
35
11.9 -0.2 65 100 25 56 30 -0.24 0.44 -0.04 0.68 131 72
40
11.4 0 63 97 24 55 29 -0.23 0.41 -0.04 0.65 128 71
45
10.9 0.3 62 95 23 54 27 -0.21 0.38 -0.04 0.63 125 70
50
10.4 0.6 61 93 23 53 26 -0.2 0.35 -0.03 0.6 122 69
55
9.9 0.9 60 91 22 52 24 -0.19 0.32 -0.03 0.57 119 67
60
9.4 1.2 58 89 22 51 23 -0.17 0.29 -0.03 0.55 115 66
65
8.9 1.4 57 86 21 51 21 -0.16 0.26 -0.02 0.52 112 65
70
8.3 1.8 56 84 20 50 20 -0.15 0.23 -0.02 0.49 109 64
75
7.7 2.1 54 81 20 49 18 -0.13 0.19 -0.02 0.46 105 62
80
7 2.5 52 78 19 48 16 -0.12 0.16 -0.01 0.42 101 61
85
6.3 2.9 51 75 18 46 14 -0.1 0.11 -0.01 0.38 96 59
90
5.3 3.4 48 71 17 45 11 -0.07 0.06 0 0.33 90 56
95
3.8 4.2 45 64 15 43 7 -0.04 -.03 0.01 0.25 80 53
Avg 10.4 0.6 61 93 23 53 26 -0.2 0.35 -0.03 0.6 122 69
