Executive Summary
with complete performance
data. This holds true for testing
cattle on the profilers, many
folks are just profiling their
lead sires and donor dams.
Testing deeper into your herd
will be highly beneficial similar
to complete contemporary
group reporting to maximize
the EPD values of your better
cattle and increase accuracies.
Limousin and Lim-Flex cattle
have excellent value to offer in
both todays seedstock business
and the U.S. commercial cattle
industry as evident by the
updated breed comparison
EPDs listed below. It’s time
to be fully engaged and
committed to your breed
for future generations! I
Limousin and Lim-Flex comparison to other breeds
BREED CE BW WW YW MA CM YG CW RE MS
Limousin 11 1.0 61 91 21 6 -0.71
10
1.06 -0.39
Lim-Flex 12 0.7 64 100 22 7 -0.03
22
0.72 0.05
Gelbvieh 12 0.7 62 88 23 6 -0.44
10
0.69 0.00
Red Angus 12 -1.4 57 90 23 7 0.10
16
0.03 0.38
Shorthorn 9 1.5 51 76 19 4 -0.34 -12 0.06 -0.02
Simmental 10 1.8 68 101 22 5 -0.46
28
0.82 0.01
Sim-Hybrid 12 0.6 65 99 22 6 -0.23
30
0.62 0.28
Chianina 8 1.7 46 69 14 3 -0.15
11
0.32 0.26
Maine-Anjou 8 1.0 45 61 17 1 -0.21
7
0.32 0.09
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