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Where to Begin
What are your goals?
Age?
Sex?
Weight?
Breed(s)?
Poll
Tailhead
Hip Bone
(Hooks)
Rump Loin
Back
Pin Bone
Round
(Quarter)
Side
(Ribs)
Neck
Shoulder
Stifle
Hock
Brisket
Flank
Forearm
Knee
Cannon Bone
Pastern
Muscle
LOIN (TOP)
STIFLE
WIDTH OF BASE
FOREARM
Fat (Condition)
RIBS
BRISKET
FLANK
WIDTH OF BASE
LENGTH OF
DEPTH
OF
RIB
SHAPE
Structural Correctness
LEVEL DESIGN
Performance Traits
Weight per Day of Age
Feed Efficiency
Evaluating Bulls
Structural Correctness
Muscle
Balance
Capacity and Condition
Testicular Size and Masculinity
EPDs
Breed Averages
Current Sires
Angus
BW
2.7
WW
34
EPDs:
YW
64
MA
17
SC
0.14
WW
28
EPDs:
YW
49
MA
14
SC
WW
15
EPDs:
YW
25
MA
9
SC
WW
37
EPDs:
YW
67
MA
19
SC
0.3
WW
35
EPDs:
YW
60
MA
13
SC
0.5
WW
12.8
EPDs:
YW
24
MA
4
SC
0.1
WW
34.3
EPDs:
YW
57.1
MA
5.9
SC
Red Angus
BW
0.7
Charolais
BW
1.7
Gelbvieh
BW
2.0
Hereford
BW
3.9
Limousin
BW
1.5
Simmental
BW
2.8
Practice Evaluations
Angus Heifers with Performance Data
Rank these heifers as replacements in a purebred Angus herd which primarily sells
maternally oriented sires to commercial cattlemen as well as other seedstock producers.
Feed and labor are limiting factors on your operation as well as your customers ranches.
BEPD:
WEPD:
YEPD:
MEPD:
+1.3
+25.0
+40.0
+10.1
BEPD:
WEPD:
YEPD:
MEPD:
+0.3
+19.0
+28.0
+5.2
BEPD:
WEPD:
YEPD:
MEPD:
+3.2
+27.0
+48.0
+7.1
BEPD:
WEPD:
YEPD:
MEPD:
+2.6
+23.0
+38.7
+11
Feeder Steers
Your job is to give advice to a local feedlot owner who has just started his business. He has four steers
for you to look at, and he has some questions once you have seen the cattle. His goal is to market
steers at 1250-1350 pounds, have the steers grade at least high Select, and yield grades 3 or lower.
These steers will be sent to slaughter in 70 days. Please answer his questions.
Steer 1
940 pounds
Steer 2
975 pounds
Steer 3
910 pounds
4
Steer 4
990 pounds
Questions:
Which steer will likely have the largest rib eye area?
Which steer will have the highest numerical yield grade?
Which steer will be the highest cutability?
Which steer is the poorest balanced, least structurally correct?
Which steer do you think will make the most money?
AI Bulls
You currently own 5 purebred Charolais heifers. You now must choose a bull to breed your heifers to,
and youve narrowed it down to five. It is up to you to pick out one bull for all heifers that will
produce the kind of calves you want. You can use any breed, and you have searched the resources
given to you at the end of this packet to find out how to compare across breeds. Your heifers are
muscular and structurally correct, but dont have as much capacity as you would like. Youve decided
to sell the bull calves as show steers in the fall, and the heifers will be kept as replacements. Select the
AI bull that you would like to use. All semen units cost the same.
Your average heifer EPDs
BW
3.4
WW
15
YW
30
MA
5
SC
.11
Red Angus
BW
1.2
WW
30
EPDs:
YW
55
MA
10
SC
.01
Simmental
BW
3.7
WW
38
EPDs:
YW
65
MA
7.0
SC
.06
Gelbvieh
BW
1.9
WW
34
EPDs:
YW
55
MA
18
SC
.3
Polled Hereford
BW
5.0
WW
45
EPDs:
YW
78
MA
13
SC
0.5
Angus
BW
1.9
WW
39
EPDs:
YW
81
MA
31
SC
0.39
#1
BW
0.3
WW
14
EPDs:
YW
30
MA
8
SC
.2
#2
BW
3.4
WW
25
EPDs:
YW
40
MA
6
SC
.12
WW
28
EPDs:
YW
49
MA
12
SC
.33
#3
BW
2.5
#4
BW
1.2
WW
14
EPDs:
YW
26
MA
6
SC
.2
WW
18
EPDs:
YW
32
MA
12
SC
.22
#5
BW
2.5
#6
BW
1.0
WW
12
EPDs:
YW
22
BW
2.0
WW
17
EPDs:
YW
30
MA
6
SC
.4
MA
3
SC
.2
#7
#8
BW
3.1
WW
22
EPDs:
YW
43
MA
7
SC
.2
EPDs:
YW
26
MA
6
SC
.2
WW
14
Keep: ____-____-____-____
Cull:
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