Executive Summary
Limousin & Lim-Flex Comparison
By Mark Anderson, NALF executive director
With bull sale season
completed for 2019, members
faced some adversity,
particularly through the
Central and Northern Plains,
given the severe and extreme
weather conditions much of
the country experienced this
past January and continuing
on into the spring. It certainly
had an impact on bull sales this
spring, with many folks unable
to attend sales or hesitant to
add to their bull battery given
the conditions at home.
Other potential buyers were
just trying to keep care of their
current cattle inventory, along
with difficult calving conditions
through the harsh conditions
and flooding in various states.
Many sales reported strong
buyer interest through the
8 | MAY 2019
top 70-80% of their potential
offering, but many reported that
buyers were purchasing fewer
bulls compared to previous
years given weather conditions
they were facing at home.
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discount on color and polled
which allows your cattle to be
genomically enhanced, versus
buying stand alone parentage,
color and polled testing for
nearly the same price. Contact
Alison or Tammy if you have
any questions regarding
the testing of your cattle.
Reporting your high
numbered cattle is
important but reporting
your average and
below average cattle is
equally important...
With the switch to the BOLT
cattle evaluation last fall we
have fielded a lot of questions
regarding the base shifts on
a few EPDs. With NALF no
longer having two annual
turn in dates for getting cattle
into the cattle evaluation we
have noticed our registrations
declining somewhat the past
few months. Weather has
most likely had an impact on
registrations to some degree
as well, but we would hope to
see the registrations bounce
back during the second half
of the year. Recording and
reporting whole herd data is
critical to establishing solid
contemporary groups.
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Summer is upon us along with
upcoming regional shows and
the National Junior Limousin
Show & Congress in Springfield,
Mo. We hope to see many of
you at these events and we are
planning on inducting Gene
Raymond into the NALF Hall
of Fame at the National Junior
Show in Mo., during the week-
long event. We hope you can
attend and are looking forward
to Gene’s induction ceremony.
Increasingly, buyers are
becoming aware of the
information that is available to
them on genomically enhanced
cattle and are wanting to see
their potential purchases with
enhanced EPDs prior to making
a purchase. Given the progeny
equivalents that are possible
with combining performance
data and genomically enhanced
EPDs, many are wanting to see
the cattle with GE-EPDs before
making a financial commitment.
Limousin breeders should
be looking at the bundle
opportunities offered in DNA
testing whereas you can
purchase a 50k profiler and get
free parentage and the bundle
Reporting your high numbered
cattle is important but reporting
your average and below average
cattle is equally important to
get solid numbers and ratios
on your top cattle maximized
and enhance your accuracies