CHAROLAIS
Terminal Sire Index (TSI)
- index value for feedlot
performance and carcass merit.
Index type:
Ternimal
Unit:
$ / head
EPDs:
BW, WW, YW, Milk, REA, CW, Marb, Fat
SIMMENTAL
All-Purpose Index (API)
- index value where
Simmental sires are used on the entire cowherd (bred
to both Angus first-calf heifers and mature cows) with
a portion of the daughters retained for breeding, and
steers and remaining heifers finished and sold on a
carcass merit.
Index type:
Maternal/Terminal
Unit:
$ / cow exposed
EPDs:
CE, BW, YW, ADG, MCE, Milk, MWW, Stay, CW,
YG, Marb, BF, REA
Terminal Index (TI)
- index value for feedlot
performance and carcass merit, where sires are bred
to mature Angus cows and all progeny are finished
and sold on carcass merit.
Index type:
Terminal
Unit:
$ / cow exposed
EPDs:
CE, BW, YW, ADG, CW, YG, Marb, BF, REA
