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SUGGESTED MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR YEARLING BULLS We are believers in the use of yearling bulls and feel it is one of the best years of their lives. It’s a time when the bulls are easy to manage and their only concern is breeding cows. We have found that yearling bulls that are managed carefully during the second year of their lives not only do well, but they will also perform better over time. Below are some suggested guidelines for the care of yearling bulls: 1. Upon delivery to your <strong>ranch</strong>, keep yearling bulls separate from older bulls. Feed the yearling bulls a maintenance ration of 5-8 lbs. per head of grain and free choice hay. Reduce grain feed gradually so they are on straight hay or grass 2-4 weeks prior to breeding season. 2. When possible, try to limit the bulls to 45-60 days of pasture service the first year. At this time, or as soon as possible, remove the bulls to put them in separate pastures with plenty of good, quality grass. 3. It is best to feed yearling bulls separate from older bulls until after their second breeding season. This allowes them to achieve the growth and strength necessary to compete with older bulls for feed and space. You will see the benefits of a litttle added cost and care of feeding a yearling bull by probably two or three more years of service from a well managed and healthy bull. QUICK GUIDE TO ASA EPDs AND $ INDEXES Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs): EPDs are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. In using EPDs, the difference between two sires’ EPDs represents the unit difference expected in the performance of their progeny. For example, if sires A and B have EPDs of +10 and –5, a 15-unit difference would be expected in their progeny (moving from -5 to +10 yields 15 units). Key to using EPDs is knowing what units they are expressed in. For example, if the above case referred to weaning weight EPDs, A would be expected to sire 15-pounds more weaning weight than B. If calving ease were the trait, A would be expected to sire 15-percent more unassisted births in first-calf heifers; in other words, if B sired 30 assists in a group of 100 heifers, we’d expect A to require 15 assists. A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s EPDs rank him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes visit www.<strong>simmental</strong>.org. Listed below are the units ASA EPDs are expressed in: All-Purpose Index (API): Dollars per cow exposed under an all-purposesire scenario. (See below for more details.) Back Fat (BF): Inches of backfat. Birth Weight (BW): Pounds of birth weight. Calving Ease (CE): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers. Carcass Weight (CW): Pounds of carcass weight. Maternal Calving Ease (MCE): Percent of unassisted births in first-calving daughters. Milk (MLK): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk. Marbling (MRB): Marbling score. Maternal Weaning Weight (MWW): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk and growth. Ribeye Area (REA): Square inches of ribeye. Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF): Pounds of force required to shear a steak. Stayability (STAY): Percent of daughters remaining in the cowherd at 6 years of age. Terminal Index (TI): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario. (See below for more details.) Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight. Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight. Yield Grade (YG): Yield grade score. $ Indexes: Though EPDs allow for the comparison of genetic levels for many economically important traits, they only provide a piece of the economic puzzle. That’s where $ indexes come in. Through well-conceived, rigorous mathematical computation, $ indexes blend EPDs and economics to estimate an animal’s overall impact on your bottom line. The same technology that led to the dramatic progress in swine, poultry and dairy genetics over the last several decades was used to develop the following $ indexes: All-Purpose Index (API): Evaluates sires for use on the entire cow herd (bred to both Angus first-calf heifers and mature cows) with the portion of their daughters required to maintain herd size retained and the remaining heifers and steers put on feed and sold grade and yield. Terminal Index (TI): Evaluates sire for use on mature Angus cows with all offspring put on feed and sold grade and yield. Using API and TI: First, determine which index to use; if you’re keeping replacements use API, if not, TI. Then, just as with EPDs, zero in on the unit difference between bulls. (As described above, index units are in dollars per cow exposed.) The difference can be used to determine how much a bull is worth compared to another. Or, put another way, how much you can pay for one bull compared to another. For example, when buying an all-purpose-type sire, you can quickly figure a bull scoring +100 for API is worth an extra $6,000 over a+50 bull if both are exposed to 30 cows over 4 years ($50 diff. x 30 hd. x 4 yr. = $6,000). A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s index value ranks him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes. 4
REFERENCE SIRES AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION EPD SEARCH RESULTS Name Breeds CE BW WW YW MCE MM MWW MB REA API TI TSS-BOZ BOLD CAT PB SM -0.5 6.6 70.8 106.4 4.5 25.4 60.8 -0.28 0.79 61 52 PPSR 69W PB SM 11.1 0.1 43.5 72 11 34 55.7 0.17 0.4 115 58 GCF MR AMIGO PB SM 10.4 1.3 68.2 81.7 7.8 8.5 42.6 0.16 0.84 113 68 SRS TEXT BOOK 50T PB SM 10.2 0.7 60.5 81.9 14.3 21.5 51.8 0 0.54 105 61 ELLINGSON BLAZER X37 PB SM 9.6 0.1 64.8 91.8 8.1 23.5 55.8 0.11 0.81 119 68 SRS RIGHT-ON 22R PB SM 7.1 3.2 60.8 100.8 9.1 31.2 61.6 0.35 0.49 131 68 RC CLUB KING 040R PB SM 11.2 2.7 79.5 117.5 18.5 14.8 54.5 0.23 0.58 125 75 TRIPLE C BETTIS S72J PB SM 16.7 2.2 71 98.3 14.6 17.9 53.4 0.11 0.8 135 69 RFS RED IRON T20 PB SM 10.9 0.2 73.5 100.6 13.4 27.6 64.3 0.14 0.87 124 74 PPSR DOUBLE THE BEEF 29W PB SM 8.2 1.6 60.3 99.5 11.5 28.2 58.3 0.2 0.35 125 65 OLF ODIN U5 PB SM 17.1 -3.2 66.8 103.5 14.4 20.1 53.5 0.02 1.4 141 73 SVR W817 PB SM 15.9 -2.4 53 81.1 16.4 29 55.5 0.07 0.49 126 64 KAPPES TRAILBLAZER S516 PB SM 9.9 1.1 74.7 107.7 11.3 21.7 59.1 0.01 0.75 111 70 SimAngus Bulls TNT DUAL FOCUS T249 1/2 SM 1/2 AN 16.3 -0.5 65.7 101.4 10 26.8 59.6 0.56 0.21 151 79 PPSR LUCKY`S ANSWER 14W 1/2 SM 1/2 AN 12.2 -0.1 48.5 76.6 12.6 27.4 51.6 0.37 0.51 128 63 BAR CK MR MEAT MKR 209T 1/2 SM 1/2 AN 10 1.7 76.7 121.9 11.5 23.7 62 0.54 0.54 134 82 Angus Bulls KESSLERS FRONTRANGE 7520 PB AN 12.9 -2.6 44.8 75.2 8.2 21.4 43.8 0.5 0.24 100 60 SITZ EMBLAZON 9598 PB AN 12.3 -0.8 52.6 98.5 5.5 30.2 56.4 0.69 0.12 102 65 S A V FINAL ANSWER 0035 PB AN 21.3 -4.2 70.4 115.4 13.1 25.6 60.8 0.62 0.46 146 78 W R A VINDICATOR W2 PB AN 5 -2.1 47 92 28 .42 .18 S A V HOMESTEADER 7282 PB AN 16 -2.1 51.3 99.1 10.5 34.7 60.3 0.34 -0.11 102 57 SD HOMESTEADER 259 PB AN 12.9 -1.7 51.2 94.4 7 33.3 58.8 0.34 -0.09 88 56 BOYOBOY 9750 PB AN 15.7 -4.1 49.2 81.6 7.7 20.4 44.9 0.51 -0.22 111 60 5
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