EPDs On 4 f 400 Angus
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. The latest
performance information on 4,400
registered Angus sires is available
in the Fall 1995 Sire Evaluation
Report published by the American
Angus Association, St. Joseph,
Mo.
Copies of the 244-page report
will be mailed in early September
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to some 50,000 commercial cow
calf producers and registered
Angus breeders.
Copies are also available free
from the American Angus Associ
ation, reported John Crouch, direc
tor of performance programs for
the association.
Performance information is in
Bulls In Report “ a ’ ,MW "
the form of expected progeny dif
ferences (EPDs). It is compiled
from Angus Herd Improvement
(AHIR) records submitted by
members to the American Angus
Association for processing and
storage.
Traits in which EPDs are avail
able include birth weight, weaning
weight, milk, yearling weight and
height, mature daughter weight
and height, scrotal circumference
and carcass traits. Carcass traits
measured include carcass weight,
marbling, rib eye area and external
fat thickness.
“Cattle producers who use bulls
with high accuracy EPDs can
depend upon these records forprer
dicting die performance of die
resulting calves,” Crouch said.
“Angus EPDs are excellent indica
tors of the genetic merit animals
have for specific traits.”
Anyone who is not on the regu
lar Angus Sire Evaluation Report
mailing list may obtain a copy by
telephoning (gi6) 233-3101.