Angus breeders keep
Angus breeders in 1975
racked up a 10.8 percent
Increase in the number of
A.H.I.R. production records
kept on their registered and
commerlcal cow herds
reports Uoyd D. Miller,
executive secretary of the
American Angus
Association. The increase in
fiscal 1975 totaled 10,250
weights, a 25 percent in
crease over the past two
years. This points out the
importance of accurate and
complete record keeping
programs, Miller added, and
proves that Cattlemen are
finding a need for records in
improving and mer
chandising their cattle.
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75,400 weaning weights were
reported Indicating a figure
equal to 25 percent of the
total number of calves
registered by the Association
during the year. This figure
is up 8,010 from the 67,390
head weighed at weaning in
1974 and is a 11.9 percent
increase'in weaning weights
for the year.
In addition 29,967 yearling
weights were recorded in the
12 month period, up 2,240
weights for a 8,1 percent
Increase in this area. “The
continued increase in
yearling weights is
significant,” Miller added,
“because it points out that
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real genetic ability of their
cattle to grow and gain ef
ficiently. All too often
weaning weights alone do
not give a total picture of an
animal's potential and
yearling weights at 12,15, or
18 months take some of the
gamble out of the long-term
selection process ”
The top state in weights
was Montana with 10,557
weaning and yearling
weights. South Dakota was
second with 10,323 and
Kansas was third with 8,199
recorded.
South Dakota reported the
most weaning weights with
6,801 followed by Montana
with 6,326 and Kansas with
6,015. Montana led yearling
weights with 4,231 followed
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of records
by South Dakota with 3,522
and Kansas with 2,184.
Throughout the year, a total
of 1,139 active members
reported performance in
formation for a 5.4 percent
increase over 1974.
The American Angus
Association started its
A.H.I.R. program in 1958
with herd classification, a
visual appraisal of animals
by official Association
classifiers. The
measure portion that in
cluded the taking of weaning
and yearling weights was
adopted by the Angus Board
of Directors in 1959. Since
that time, a total of 658,055
weaning and yearling
weights have been
processed.
Compared to a decade ago
breeders get back much
more than a yearling
summary of their weaning
and yearling weights. There
are wieght ratios, to show
how an animal ranked with
the average of his group;
breeding value ratios, to
indicate how likely an
animal will be able to pass
along valuable traits to its
offspring; plus sire progeny
and dam progeny sum
maries and cow efficiency
ratings that give valuable
help to breeders when
selecting replacements and
culling their herds. In ad
dition, breeders now receive
a maternal breeding value
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work sheet which ranks
animals for their pre
wcaning growth potential as
reflected by weaning weight
records of related offspring.
The top 10 states in
reporting A.H.I.R. in
formation are;
WEANING WEIGHTS -
(1) South Dakota - 6,801; (2)
Montana-6,326; (3) Kansas
-6,015; (4) Missouri • 5,285;
(5) lowa - 4,784; (6) Texas -
4,167; (7) Nebraska - 4,085;
(8) North Dakota - 3,680; (9)
Oklahoma - 3,521; and (10)
Minnesota - 2,516.
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(1) Montana - 4,231; (2)
South Dakota - 3.522; (3)
Kansas-2.164; (4) Missouri -
1,605; (5) Nebraska - 1,501;
(6) lowa - 1,494; (7) Texas -
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