About the Catalog and Performance Data...
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The current EPDs, individual performance and ultrasound ratios are presented on every animal. Red Angus, Schuler Reds,
Simmental and Gelbvieh now have a common base and their EPDs for performance and carcass traits can be directly compared.
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Breed rank percentages are printed next to each EPD so you may quickly evaluate each bull’s predicted progeny performance
relative to other non-parent Red Angus.
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Calving Ease Direct (CED), Calving Ease Maternal (CEM), Heifer Pregnancy Rate (HPG) and Stayability (STAY) are presented as
percent probabilities. Thus, a bull with an HPG EPD of 15 would be expected to have 5% greater positive observations (Pregnant
daughters bred to calve as 2-year-olds) than a bull with an HPG EPD of 10.
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Included in the catalog is each animal’s registration number so you may look up the extended pedigree information on-line at
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Email us at
to receive a sortable EXCEL spreadsheet with complete performance data on
each sale lot.
We want you to make the most informed bull buying decisions possible...
My college beef production teacher told
me,
“...if seedstock producers use data as footnotes in the sale catalog, then performance data is likely only a footnote in their program.”
We
still abide by that lesson even though our son David is now the college student. Thus, we provide each animals comparative performance within
its respective contemporary groups, and EPDs on every bull in the sale - regardless of whether that information may help or hurt the sale price.
Another lesson we adhere to: Red Angus Association Core Policy #1
“The policy of the Association is to discourage the more artificial practices in purebred cattle production…and to place its faith in objective tests
of known heritability and economic importance...”
We are proud to be part of a breed that pioneered total herd reporting, promotes the benefits
of crossbreeding and believes that the success of its members is measured though their customers’ profitability.
There are many “artificial” ways to bias data, fertility and phenotypic condition of cattle. None will change their DNA but it may fool ranchers
into using unreliable genetics that could screw up an otherwise reliable set of commercial cows. Raising cattle in artificial conditions makes for
artificial data and expectations. There are no animals in this sale that have been given preferential treatment.
