LIMOUSIN TODAY October 2017 | Page 43

Balanced To Fit & Profit The Commercial Cow/Calf Industry Our breeding objective is to furnish the commercial cow/calf operator a complete and balanced bull that will: 1) Calve Easy with a moderate birth weight bred into his daughters (CEM) 2) Our 2017 yearling sale bulls maximize marbling (MB) (17 times higher than breed average) 3) Our lowest value for the $MTI EPD exceeds breed average 4) Growth (WW & YW) equal to or better than breed average 5) Milk (MK) about breed average 6) Average to above average carcass weight (CW) and ribeye (REA) 7) All delivered with a yield grade (YG) EPD that insures against yield grade 4’s and 5’s 2017 Tomahawk Sale Bull Average EPDs EPD Average High Low CED 10 13 6 BW 0.9 3.4 -1.8 WW 62 68 48 YW 100 111 76 MK 26 30 20 TM 57 63 53 CEM YG 8 -0.16 10 -0.11 5 -0.25 CW 31 39 13 REA 0.44 0.57 0.33 MB $MTI 0.34 63 0.46 66 0.10 55 2017 Sale Bulls Yearling Scrotal Measurement Taken 4/4/2017 was 37 cm (range 34 cm-42cm) Fall 2017 Limousin Breed Average EPDs EPD CED 8 BW 1.0 WW 67 YW 98 MK 27 TM 60 CEM YG 7 -0.18 CW 29 REA 0.49 MB $MTI 0.02 52 Bulls For Sale Privately Next Spring All black and all polled. Give us a call and visit about how our bulls can add value to your bottom line. Terry O’Neill PO Box 30435, Billings, MT 59107 | Cell: (406)690-2672 [email protected] | www.TomahawkLimousin.com LIMOUSIN Today | 41