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68th SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI ALL-BREED PERFORMANCE TESTED
BULL SALE
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The heifer sales
are
the first Saturday in May and November
at the Fruitland Livestock
Eligible sires must have known ID, be registered by their respective
national breed registry, and have complete EPD information. Sires must
meet calving ease EPD requirements listed in Table 1 for breeds
reporting calving ease EPD. For breeds not reporting calving ease EPD,
sires must meet birth weight EPD requirements listed in the tables
below. All sires used in conjunction with artificial insemination
must have a minimum accuracy value of 0.6 on a scale of zero to one for
the respective EPD's (birth weight or calving ease).
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Service sire EPD requirements for birth weight and calving ease*
| Service sire breed | Maximum birth weight EPD | Minimum calving ease EPD |
| Angus | 7.0 | |
| Balancer | -1.5 | |
| Beefmaster | -0.4 | |
| Brangus | -0.8 | |
| Braunvieh | 2.9 | |
| Charolais | 7.9 | |
| Gelbvieh | 109 | |
| LimFlex | 10.0 | |
| Limousin | 12.0 | |
| Maine Anjou | 1.0 | |
| MaineTainer | 0.5 | |
| Polled & Horned Hereford | 1.7 | |
| Red Angus | 9.0 | |
| Red Poll | 0.0 | |
| Salers | 0.9 | |
| Shorthorn | 2.16 | |
| SimAngus | -2.0 | |
| Simmental | 10.1 | |
| South Devon | -1.1 | |
| Tarentaise | 3.3 |
The Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program and Sales are sponsored by the Missouri Beef Cattle Improvement Association in cooperation with University of Missouri Extension , the Commercial Agriculture Program, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Missouri Cattlemen's Association and the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
Check our Web Site for more detailed information: HTTP://muextension.missouri.edu/perry/ag/semosms.htm
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Webmaster: Frank Wideman widemanf@missouri.edu 321 North Main Street Perryville, MO 63775 (573) 547-4504 Updated 03/01/07 |
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