Dairy Beef Index Every Aberdeen-Angus sire with a Dairy Beef Index, ranked. The figure is the profit in pounds that a calf by that bull is expected to return over its lifetime, out of a dairy dam. It is a money value, not a score out of a hundred. Search for a bull by herd name or tag number. Search …
Aberdeen-Angus Indexes
Aberdeen-Angus Indexes
Aberdeen-Angus Indexes Choosing a bull is a financial decision A bull bought this year will continue to earn or cost money three years from now. Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) have always told you how a bull should perform trait by trait. What they do not tell is which of two bulls is the better buy overall. This is what an …
Aberdden-Angus Advantage Dams (Triple a Dams)
Aberdden-Angus Advantage Dams (Triple a Dams)
Identifying dams that provide the Aberdeen-Angus Advantage (Triple A Dams) Triple A dams aims to identify the dams within your herd based on their raw performance alone, and is not based on EBVs or predicted performance. Emphasis is placed on early puberty, breeding and early calving, followed by regularity of calving and above-average performance of offspring. While outstanding dams can …
Linear Assessment Implementation
Linear Assessment Implementation
What can we do to correct “bad” locomotion? This is a common question among many breeders. In order to make an assessment of the current situation within the breed, Meurig James has assessed the sale bulls forward for both October 2022 and February 2023 sales. These assessment scores (locomotion only) were compared with sale price to establish the relationship between …
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