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<blockquote data-quote="Backbone Ranch" data-source="post: 1531517" data-attributes="member: 20754"><p>Very few Murray Grey breeders here in the US enroll their herd into the BreedPlan program, so the EPDs across the board for all traits, including marbling are extremely inaccurate and unreliable. However, I know of several breeders that genetically test for tenderness and marbling genes and use that as selection criteria in their herds.</p><p></p><p>We have had one calf from Karakara Burleigh to date. It may have been that he did not match up well with the cow that we bred him to, but we are waiting until our herd size increases by about 50% before we begin to experiment by breeding to him again. The resulting heifer calf was fine boned and I would have liked to have seen a better back end on her. We have actually tested Karakara Burleigh with Igenity for tenderness and marbling genes. He came back as a 7 out of 10 for tenderness and a 6 out of 10 for marbling. Here are two more photos of him, as well as a six month old heifer that we had out of him. And by the way, Burleigh is a frame 5 1/2 or so; the man behind him is well over six foot three. We met his owner back in the summer of 2015; both he and his wife are amazing people. </p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/849bb8a2-4192-4f95-b439-fecdda4208cf-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/5498cf6a-8203-4faa-9e14-73120b1c5cc7-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/75e2ced3-2ea1-4f40-89b2-44032b6f75fa-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Our current herdsire, BB Uncle Tony, has the best combined Igenity tenderness and marbling scores to date out of over 250+ head of Murray Greys that we have tested over the years. He scored a perfect 10 out of 10 for tenderness and a near perfect 8 out of 10 for marbling. We have only had three females match his scores. For the past 6 years, Tony's sons and half brothers have made up our grass-fed beef program. Most of his steers grade high Select to Choice on grass alone. We have semen available on Tony. Tony is pictured below at 20 months and again at 5 1/2 years of age, during the middle of winter.</p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/IMG_3257_zpse61b3398.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/caf4c5ee-9c12-4154-b00d-56c1476ffd3d-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And this is a steak from one of Tony's half brothers that we grass-finished.</p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/IMG_2065_zpsb192df74.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Two other bulls that I would recommend are Fox Hill Francois and Ballee Thumbs Up. Francois has semen readily available, and he is a son of Ballee Thumbs Up. Both bulls scored 9 out of 10 for tenderness and 7 out of 10 for marbling. I do not know where to find more Ballee Thumbs Up semen, but we have only had one calf out of him, and that particular calf is in line to be our next herd bull. </p><p>Fox Hill Francois</p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/433d034a-1320-405c-8c72-da4772439742-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Ballee Thumbs Up</p><p><img src="https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/cbd03ba7-5c84-4e04-99f1-be5cdcf25d7c-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Backbone Ranch, post: 1531517, member: 20754"] Very few Murray Grey breeders here in the US enroll their herd into the BreedPlan program, so the EPDs across the board for all traits, including marbling are extremely inaccurate and unreliable. However, I know of several breeders that genetically test for tenderness and marbling genes and use that as selection criteria in their herds. We have had one calf from Karakara Burleigh to date. It may have been that he did not match up well with the cow that we bred him to, but we are waiting until our herd size increases by about 50% before we begin to experiment by breeding to him again. The resulting heifer calf was fine boned and I would have liked to have seen a better back end on her. We have actually tested Karakara Burleigh with Igenity for tenderness and marbling genes. He came back as a 7 out of 10 for tenderness and a 6 out of 10 for marbling. Here are two more photos of him, as well as a six month old heifer that we had out of him. And by the way, Burleigh is a frame 5 1/2 or so; the man behind him is well over six foot three. We met his owner back in the summer of 2015; both he and his wife are amazing people. [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/849bb8a2-4192-4f95-b439-fecdda4208cf-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/5498cf6a-8203-4faa-9e14-73120b1c5cc7-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/75e2ced3-2ea1-4f40-89b2-44032b6f75fa-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] Our current herdsire, BB Uncle Tony, has the best combined Igenity tenderness and marbling scores to date out of over 250+ head of Murray Greys that we have tested over the years. He scored a perfect 10 out of 10 for tenderness and a near perfect 8 out of 10 for marbling. We have only had three females match his scores. For the past 6 years, Tony's sons and half brothers have made up our grass-fed beef program. Most of his steers grade high Select to Choice on grass alone. We have semen available on Tony. Tony is pictured below at 20 months and again at 5 1/2 years of age, during the middle of winter. [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/IMG_3257_zpse61b3398.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/caf4c5ee-9c12-4154-b00d-56c1476ffd3d-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] And this is a steak from one of Tony's half brothers that we grass-finished. [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/IMG_2065_zpsb192df74.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] Two other bulls that I would recommend are Fox Hill Francois and Ballee Thumbs Up. Francois has semen readily available, and he is a son of Ballee Thumbs Up. Both bulls scored 9 out of 10 for tenderness and 7 out of 10 for marbling. I do not know where to find more Ballee Thumbs Up semen, but we have only had one calf out of him, and that particular calf is in line to be our next herd bull. Fox Hill Francois [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/433d034a-1320-405c-8c72-da4772439742-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] Ballee Thumbs Up [img]https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/q493/Backboneranch/s0/cbd03ba7-5c84-4e04-99f1-be5cdcf25d7c-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds[/img] [/QUOTE]
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