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Performance Terms & Listings
Each bull listed has
performance numbers listed in the format below for the following categories:
Example numbers are listed in parenthesis (example)
Individual Performance E.P.D.’S
MSI
|
Individual Performance |
E.P.D.’S
|
MSI
|
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Birth Wt. (60) |
Birth (-2.7) |
Muscle Score (3.4) |
|
|
Weaning Wt. (500) |
Weaning (23) |
Frame Score (6.9) |
|
|
Yearling Wt. (950) |
Yearling (37) |
BioSort Shape (3.9) |
|
|
55
Day Test Gain (2.50) |
Milk (9) |
BioSort Type (B) |
|
|
Yearling Scrotal (38.5) |
M & G (30) |
|
|
|
|
Ribeye Area (+ .10) |
|
|
|
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Marbling (+.30) |
|
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- All Individual Performance is actual with
no creep pre-weaning and limit fed post weaning with a 55 day feed test.
- All cows to these bulls are raised with our commercial herd in a low-input
environment.
- All E.P.D.’s on yearlings are based on pedigree estimates.
- All MSI measurements are automated – non-biased scores.
The BioSort Look-A-Like Program
Look-A-Likes are bulls that are very similar in shape even though their
weights or ages are different. We have grouped bulls into “Look Groups” if
their shape scores are within a 2 shape score variation. Selecting bulls
with similar shapes will improve the visual uniformity in your herd.
| Look Group |
Lots |
Shape |
Type
|
| 1 |
7, 8, 15, 16 |
>14.0 |
A+
|
| 2 |
6, 9, 10, 12, 13,
28, 31, 32 |
7.1 to 13.8 |
A |
| 3 |
3, 5, 14, 25, 26,
27, 34, 36 |
4.2 to 5.7 |
B+ |
| 4 |
2, 4, 11, 20, 21,
22, 24 |
-0.3 to 2.5 |
B |
| 5 |
1, 23, 29, 30, 33,
35 |
-2.8 to –5.6 |
C |
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