W
i d e
B
o dy
. . .
Over the past few years, folks who attend our sale have come to appreciate and understand 5L’s WideBody
scores an a relative measure of each animal’s total dimension. Higher WideBodies are wider based, softer
flanked, wide sprung with bold rib shape, deep in the heart girth with more depth and thickness of hind quar-
ter. As with any subjective measure it is important that the same person ‘score’ all the bulls.
Many of our
repeat customers have grown to value this relative description when they can’t make it to the sale and often
include a “minimumWideBody” score when placing bull orders.
5L cattle with this extra dimension have earned the reputation for excelling in lower input production systems
where cows must have the capacity to consume ample low quality forage. In the feedlot, WideBodies push
down the scales and are often heavier than they appear.
WideBody scores range
from 1-10, although a 10
is an “ideal” that is almost
never used. The size of the
5L cowherd and multi-gen-
erational use of WideBody
scores makes it possible for
us to offer 400 bulls with no
WideBody scores below a 7.
5L Stockpile 560-33Z
Defender’s full brother
was (and still is) a
WideBody score of 10
GridMaster Index & % Rank
(Differs from HerdBuilder in that this
bull only breeds mature cows and NO
Replacements kept. All progeny are fed
and sold on carcass merit basis.)
Age of Dam (AoD)
& Dam’s MPPA
(Most Probable
Producing Ability)
Weaning Wt Ratio
Yearling Wt Ratio
Recip Cow#
(On Embryo Transfer Calves)
Carcass EPDs
MARB = USDA Marbling Score
REA = Ribeye Area
CW = Hot Carcass Weight
YG = USDA Yield Grade
Carcass Percentile
Ranks
Sale Catalog Data
:
Registration #
Herd Prefix/Tattoo
Sale Lot #
Category & percent Red
Angus
5L’s
WideBody
Score
see explanation on this page
Calving Ease, Weight &
Repro Traits EPDs
and percentile ranks
l
CED
= Calving Ease Direct
l
BW
= Birth Weight
l
WW
= Weaning Weight
l
YW
= Yearling Weight
l
MLK
= Milk
l
ME
= Maintenance Energy Requirement
l
HPG
= Heifer Pregnancy Rate
l
CEM
= Calving Ease Maternal
l
STY
= Stayability
Actual Birth Weight (lbs)
Heifer Bull Notation:
(5L recommendation that a
bull should be able to be used
on virgin heifers)
HerdBuilder Index & % Rank
The HerdBuilder index estimates
this bull’s impact on profitability
for an operation where:
l
He is bred to cows & heifers
l
Replacement heifers are retained
l
All steers and cull heifers are
retained, fed and sold on a
carcass merit basis
Animal Name
1st number is dam’s
name
Birth Date
9
1
HB GM CED BW WW YW MLK ME HPG CEM STY
4% 13% 15% 46% 37% 5% 37% 12% 24% 75%
27
93 58
-3.4
10 53 117
9 5 12 0
act. BW WW ratio YW ratio
112
105
56
AoD dMPPA
102
5
MARB
REA
CW
YG
0.83 5%
0.58 2%
21 47%
14%
WideBody
9
Heifer
Bull
Recip ID
2563
34%
$1.86
5L DEFENDER 2650-76C
32/5/2015 1A-100% FLR/76C
3483253
5L SIGNATURE 5615
5LADVOCATE 817-14W
5L MARTA 345-817
5L DEFENDER 560-30Z
TC STOCKMAN 365
5L BLACK ADINA 525-560
5LADINA 293-525
5L BLAZIN TIME 982-5044
5L DOUBLE BLAZE 1134-8576
5L TESS 5166-1134
5L OSCE 2948-2650
5L DESTINATION 893-6215
5L OCSE 233-2948
-0.09
Animal
Pedigree
ADP - Average Daily Profit
Derived from Grow Safe Data
See Page 10 for explanation of
computation of this number
ADG
0.83
Average Daily Gain EPD
