Af
te
r de
cade
s
of
di
li
g
e
nt g
e
ne
ti
c s
e
le
cti
on f
or both
q
u
ali
ty and u
ni
-
formity we have finally stabilized our cow herd number around 800
cow
s
th
at are
all w
ork
i
ng
w
e
ll i
n ou
r s
ou
th
e
rn Fe
s
cu
e
be
lt e
nv
i
ron-
m
e
nt. For th
e
p
as
t tw
o ye
ars
w
e
h
av
e
m
ade
no atte
m
p
t to i
ncre
as
e
cow
h
e
rd s
i
z
e
,
allow
i
ng
u
s
to re
tai
n a f
e
w
le
s
s
re
p
lace
m
e
nts
th
an i
n
re
ce
nt ye
ars
w
h
i
ch
i
n tu
rn allow
e
d u
s
m
ore
f
e
m
ale
s
to s
e
le
ct f
rom
f
or ou
r s
ale
. We
actu
ally f
e
e
l w
e
are
now
accom
p
li
s
h
i
ng
th
e
tas
k
of
s
e
le
cti
ng
s
ale
h
e
i
f
e
rs
v
e
rs
u
s
s
e
lli
ng
w
h
at w
e
h
ad av
ai
lable
. Th
e
s
e
le
cti
on of
h
i
g
h
q
u
ali
ty h
e
i
f
e
rs
and you
ng
cow
s
f
or ou
r s
ale
w
i
ll be
v
e
ry obv
i
ou
s
w
h
e
n you
w
alk
th
rou
g
h
th
e
g
ras
s
s
ale
lots
th
i
s
ye
ar.
Th
e
i
r p
h
ys
i
cal q
u
ali
ty w
i
ll m
atch
th
e
p
ow
e
rf
u
l g
e
ne
ti
c p
ack
ag
e
th
at i
s
di
s
p
laye
d i
n th
e
s
ale
catalog
.
As
alw
ays
,
th
e
bre
d h
e
i
f
e
rs
are
m
ate
d only to s
i
re
s
rank
i
ng
v
e
ry h
i
g
h
f
or CE EPD,
actu
ally all rank
i
ng
i
n th
e
top
1%
or 2%
f
or CE. Th
e
you
ng
cow
s
are
m
ate
d to be
v
e
ry cons
e
rv
ati
v
e
and s
af
e
on CE,
ye
t
of
f
e
r ade
q
u
ate
p
e
rf
orm
ance
. Each
cle
an-u
p
s
i
re
i
s
actu
ally an A.I.
s
i
re
,
s
o e
v
e
ry re
s
u
lti
ng
calf
w
i
ll i
n e
s
s
e
nce
ap
p
e
ar to be
A.I. s
i
re
d.
All of
th
e
bre
d f
e
m
ale
s
w
e
re
u
ltras
ou
nd p
re
g
nancy ch
e
ck
e
d on Se
p
t
8 by Matth
e
w
Grog
an f
rom
Calh
ou
n,
GA th
i
s
ye
ar. Th
e
bre
d h
e
i
f
e
rs
and s
om
e
of
th
e
you
ng
bre
d cow
s
w
e
re
too f
ar along
i
n p
re
g
nancy
f
or u
ltras
ou
nd to di
s
ti
ng
u
i
s
h
be
tw
e
e
n th
e
A.I. date
or th
e
p
os
s
i
bi
li
ty of
th
e
ne
xt cycle
to th
e
cle
an-u
p
s
i
re
,
h
ow
e
v
e
r s
i
nce
e
ach
cle
an-u
p
s
i
re
i
s
actu
ally an A.I. s
i
re
,
e
v
e
ry calf
w
i
ll h
av
e
an A.I. s
i
re
p
e
di
g
re
e
.
Bred Replacement Females
TNT REVENANT C217
GIBBS 3133A MOUNTAINEER
J BAR J NIGHTRIDE 225Z
GIBBS 2654Z BULLET PROOF
K C F BENNETT FORTRESS
S D S GRADUATE 006X
American Simmental Association 2017 Fall Multi-Breed Genetic Evaluation (E.P.D.'s)
Sire Name
ASA#
Breed
CE
BW WW YW MCE MM MWW Stay
Doc
YG Marb REA API
TI
RLWF PROPHET MARGIN 1393
2889313 3/8 SM 21.2 -6.7 60.6 104.2 12.9 27.9 58.2 12.0 12.0 -0.06 1.11 0.57 190.9 95.9
GW TRIPLE CROWN 018C
2954741 5/8 SM 20.5 -5.8 55.8 96.9 12.6 20.5 48.4 12.1 14.3 -0.21 0.92 0.67 185.3 90.2
J BAR J NIGHTRIDE 225Z
2628568 5/8 SM 22.3 -4.3 51.5 87.4 12.6 15.5 41.3 7.2 13.7 -0.17 1.03 0.52 178.3 87.6
GIBBS 3133A MOUNTAINEER
2845421 1/2 SM 12.1 -0.5 69.2 122.8 12.0 30.1 64.7 12.5 13.4 -0.10 1.04 0.62 178.1 94.9
TNT REVENANT C217
3044009 1/2 SM 20.3 -3.7 53.9 93.3 12.3 33.7 60.7 10.4 11.4 -0.14 1.00 0.77 173.1 86.6
TJ DARKHORSE 452C
3022434 1/2 SM 18.9 -4.2 73.0 116.3 13.6 28.3 64.8 13.1 11.0 -0.22 0.62 1.02 171.2 91.3
S D S GRADUATE 006X
2548143 5/8 SM 19.2 -5.0 60.5 98.1 14.2 23.0 53.3 12.7 14.5 -0.37 0.27 1.09 148.9 76.3
K C F BENNETT FORTRESS
3096210 PB AN 20.1 -3.0 82.8 134.5 10.8 28.5 69.8 10.0 12.9 -0.07 0.88 0.85 159.5 91.0
GIBBS 2654Z BULLET PROOF
2723103 PB SM 11.0 -0.3 66.9 108.6 8.6 27.4 60.9 17.2 13.1 -0.34 0.50 1.09 163.3 84.7
GIBBS 3009A ELEMENT
2845573 PB SM 13.1 1.7 68.4 105.1 8.3 22.0 56.3 13.7 13.6 -0.32 0.44 0.95 151.7 81.1
Average EPD's & Index Values
17.9 -3.2 64.3 106.7 11.8 25.7 57.8 12.1 13.0 -0.20 0.78 0.82 170.0 88.0
Average Percentile Rank
5% 4% 35% 25% 10% 20% 15% 20% 15% 60% 3% 25% 2% 2%
TJ DARKHORSE 452C
GIBBS 3009A ELEMENT
Bred Female
Service Sires
RLWF PROPHET MARGIN 1393
GWTRIPLE CROWN 018C
Simmental Bred Females
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Gibbs Farms 2017
