epd

[onecarl2002]

Give me a crash course on epd I always run commerical cattle and now going into some registered stuff. I understand bw and yw from buy registered bulls to run on my cows but I need to know more the milk and other part that I need to be focusing on. I am in the angus and simmental cattle what are good milk numbers and other numbers I need to be looking at.

thanks

 

[vclavin]

Give me a crash course on epd I always run commerical cattle and now going into some registered stuff. I understand bw and yw from buy registered bulls to run on my cows but I need to know more the milk and other part that I need to be focusing on. I am in the angus and simmental cattle what are good milk numbers and other numbers I need to be looking at.

thanks

Call the Angus Assoc and get in touch with your local association or director. They can be very helpful with any/all of your questions. It's not just as simple as pulling EPD numbers out of a hat. You need to match to your herd and circumstances. Local help is the best way to go.
Valerie

 

[IluvABbeef]

I always go by this article by the University of Florida extension: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/an164 I find that article to be THE best way to explain EPDs and how to interpret them.

 

[JustSimmental]

All-Purpose Index (API): Dollars per cow exposed under an all-purpose-sire scenario.

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.

Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight.

Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight.

Yield Grade (YG): Yield grade score.



Justsimms

Give me a crash course on epd I always run commerical cattle and now going into some registered stuff. I understand bw and yw from buy registered bulls to run on my cows but I need to know more the milk and other part that I need to be focusing on. I am in the angus and simmental cattle what are good milk numbers and other numbers I need to be looking at.

thanks