GENETIC REFERENCE GUIDE
At a Glance
Cover photo: Elaina Tyson, “Hello World” | Milmont, PA
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Strength in Genetic Diversity
Genetic diversity, an exciting base change, positive movements for key bloodlines, and future mating flexibility: these phrases all sum up ABS Global’s April 2025 Genetic Evaluation results. The outcome of this proof run strongly reinforces our long-standing strategic focus committed to genetic diversity and its positive impact long term. This Sire Summary was also met by U.S. and U.K. base changes as well as a formulation update to Net Merit (NM$), causing significant industry shifting. This article will breaks the day down into three areas: the actual base change, the importance of genetic diversity, and the performance of ABS sires
2025 BASE CHANGE
The April 2025 Genetic Evaluation reflected a base change for both the U.S. and U.K. A base change occurs in the U.S. every five years, while the U.K. base changes annually. As a reminder, a base change is a recalibration of the population back to zero to account for genetic progress that has been made. Think of a base change as a report card for genetic progress.
Earlier, we communicated the base change estimates, and we are happy to announce that the actual total PTAs were higher than anticipated. The tables below outline the total change for the U.S. Specifically, regarding the Net Merit formulation, a drop of 404 NM$ was estimated, but the actual change was 338 NM$.
The base change also impacts internal ABS evaluations, particularly the ABS Health Index (AHI) as three CDCB traits are incorporated into its calculation. Here’s the impact the base change had on AHI:
» For ABS-marketed Holstein sires (236 sires), the average AHI change decreases slightly by 0.68 points, with a high correlation of 98.22% when compared to their December 2025 AHI values.
» For all ABS sires (8,305 sires), the average AHI change is a minor decrease of 0.82 points, with an even stronger correlation of 99.19% to their December 2025 AHI values.
Overall, these changes suggest that the genomic improvements are having a positive impact on health, resulting in only a slight change in AHI and indicating ongoing progress in improving health traits.
Why Does the Diversity of Sires Used in Our Genetic Plan Matter?
» It minimizes the risk of any single sire re-ranking or dropping significantly.
» It maximizes pregnancy production by lessening fertility influences.
» It reduces the potential of uncovering hidden haplotypes.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC DIVERSITY
Some players across the industry have relied on genetics that dominate the ranks, which results in a few sires drastically influencing genetic plans. While this strategy could lead to generating the next high-ranking sire, it’s an approach that is more likely to increase the risk of future challenges for dairy producers that come with potential inbreeding. So, balancing both is imperative, which is why ABS strives to offer a diverse lineup with genetic superiority
What is genetic diversity? In simple terms, genetic diversity is the number of different bloodlines used within a customer’s herd or a genetics company’s breeding program. It is determined by the number of different sires, maternal grandsires, and maternal great grandsires of bulls used in a breeding program.
Today, it’s important to be aware of the genetic diversity in your genetic plan as well as your genetic supplier’s. The average dairy herd size is increasing, the shift to using genomic bulls over proven continues to grow, and genetic protection is changing the industry. Thus, the need to use a bigger team of different sires is becoming a necessity. Our focus on diversity puts us in a prime position to provide dairy producers with genetics that work in their specific operations and offer future mating flexibility. See the data in our article on page 8.
THE PERFORMANCE OF ABS SIRES
Overall, it was a great Sire Summary for our key bloodlines around the globe, strengthening our core lineup and the next-generation sires in our pipeline. Our influential sire lines had a tremendous day, and the summary below showcases the highlights. Customer satisfaction around the world continues to soar because our diversity allows us to offer genetic solutions that meet our customers’ needs.
HOLSTEIN SIRES
» Our key sires, which include 29HO19973 BENEFIT, 29HO19964 CASCADE, 29HO19773 DUFFY, 29HO19625 LAKER (sire of 29HO20684 LEEDS), 29HO19071 MONUMENT-P, 29HO19518 MENDEL-P, and 29HO20544 MAXWELL-P, added milking daughters and beat the base change.
» Emphasizing our genetic diversity, the above-mentioned bulls are sires of 115 dairy bulls in our production stalls today and have 51 different maternal grandsires!
» ABS has 25 of the top 30 NM$ heterozygous polled bulls on the industry list with a stud code, demonstrating our powerful polled lineup.
» The 37 new Holstein releases trace back to 15 different sires and 17 different maternal grandsires, which means diverse options for you.
JERSEY SIRES
Despite big industry changes, the ABS Jersey lineup is as strong as ever with nearly a third of the top 30 JPI and CM$ Jersey sires who have a stud code and are more than 12 months old.
» ABS has 18 of the top 25 CM$ bulls on the industry list with a stud code. The ABS lineup features:
• Five sires more than +550 CM$
• Six sires over +165 JPI
• Five sires that offer +1,000 lbs. Milk or more
• 11 sires at +85 CPF or more
• 10 sires more than +1.5 CCR
• 15 udder improvers at +15 JUI and above
» Five new sires launched globally, including the first 29JE4421 DELL {6} and 29JE4422 DEALER {6} sons.
» 29JE4553 JOSHUA and 29JE4546 TENACITY {6} are high-ranking JPI sires that will improve daughter fertility and udders.
» 29JE4566 MICCO {6} is a balanced bull from a new maternal line and offers excellent component production while improving longevity and fertility.
» 29JE4538 PARROT {6} is the best CM$, Milk, and Productive Life sire among the group.
» 29JE4557 DUBLIN {6}-P has a unique polled pedigree (29JE4426 JX SCHOONER {5} x 29JE4276 JX BAZZAR {5}) and will improve Milk and daughter fertility.
ST. JACOBS LINEAR CHOICE SIRES
Six new sires join the Linear Choice lineup following the April 2025 Sire Summary.
» 94HO22212 MARVIN combines impressive % Fat & % Protein with great Type and a fantastic linear.
» 94HO22211 OSCAR combines strong TPI with good values for the production traits and a very exciting Type proof with great udders.
» 94HO21908 ACOUSTIC checks all the boxes with positive components, good Milk, and solid health traits, including strong fertility, calving ease, right-hand linear, A2A2, and BB.
» 94HO21893 PANAMA is an exciting HOTWHEELS son from a strong-performing line at Bomaz Farms that has put many sires in stud.
» 94HO21848 PARMA is an early BILLBOARD son backed by a unique and different line to the Planeta line of the RUDY MISSY family.
» 94HO21847 CESANA is an exciting all-rounder from a strong line that includes household names like CARDIGAN, CALE, CRIMSON & COSMOPOLITAN.
» 94HO21866 METEOR *RC combines Milk and Protein with good fertility numbers, a faultless linear, and an easy mating sire stack, topping it off as a Red Carrier as well.
Even with the massive industry changes, the performance of key influential sires demonstrated the strength of the ABS lineup globally. Don’t let that get lost in the shuffle of base change; ABS had a solid day.
Over the last eight decades, we are proud to have delivered significant genetic progress for our customers, and we look forward to continuing to in the future. As your partner in genetic progress, we are here to help you accelerate genetic improvement through a diverse genetic offering and a customized genetic plan that keeps your goals top of mind.
Dairy Genetics
POLLED LINEUP
» ABS is the only stud that can offer a fully polled herd solution
• ABS markets 15 of the top 20 PP bulls ($735+ NM$)
• Our top 10 PP bulls average $822 NM
» The future of ABS polled is very bright!
• 25 industry marketed P bulls are over $870 NM; 18 are at ABS and they average $935 NM!
• These P bulls give us the building blocks for an ever-strengthening PP lineup in the future
Daughters of MENDEL-P: (Left to Right) Winstar Mendel 7793-P-ET GP-83, Winstar Mendel 7804-P-ET VG-86, Winstar Mendel-P 2587-ET VG-85, WinStar Genetics, Shelley, ID
ABS DIFFERENTIATION THROUGH GENETIC DIVERSITY
Today, it’s important to be aware of the genetic diversity in your genetic plan as well as your genetic partner’s. The average dairy herd size is increasing, the shift to using genomic bulls over proven continues to grow, and genetic protection is changing the industry. Thus, the need to use a bigger team of different sires is necessary. Our focus on diversity puts ABS in a prime position to provide you with genetics that work in your operation and offer future mating flexibility.
Over the years, several industry trends have presented challenges to maintaining genetic diversity, such as:
» More germplasm protection
» Fewer breeder herds
» Higher IVF and fl ushing costs
» Increased use of genomics and selection intensity
To combat the effect of these trends, ABS maintains a strong genetic nucleus. Investing in the purchase of high-ranking females or IVF sessions guarantees our ability to create and offer diverse genetics. Our full acquisition of De Novo and other partnerships gives us access to a wide range of bloodlines, high-ranking females, and desired IVF sessions, showcasing our efforts to diversify.
OUR DIVERSITY COMPARED TO OTHERS
Genetic diversity is an area of great strength for us. We have stayed true to maintaining diversity within our bloodlines, instead of creating many bulls from one individual sire in hopes of producing the next high-ranking bull. You can see that commitment in the following graphs.
Genetic diversity is an area of great strength for us. We have stayed true to maintaining diversity within our bloodlines, instead of creating many bulls from one individual sire in hopes of producing the next high-ranking bull.
HUGH RATCLIFFE
GLOBAL DAIRY PRODUCT LINE MANAGER
TOP 100 NM$ BULL AVAILABLE BY STUD (US)
TOP 100 NM$ % BY ONE BULL (US)
GENETIC DIVERSITY: A KEY FACTOR OF DIFFERENTIATION
Because of our commitment to genetic diversity, you can trust ABS genetics to help you:
» Minimize the risk of future unknowns
» Manage fertility influence on-farm
» Worry less about a sire reranking
» Reduce the fear of haplotypes
» Avoid inbreeding at the farm level
» Increase the return on your investment
» Make faster genetic progress
» Reach your dairy’s specific goals
» Maximize profitability and promote sustainability
Avoid unknown volatility issues, sometimes associated with inbreeding, and reach your goals faster with ABS Global’s diverse genetic lineup.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR CRITERIA USERS TO BE AWARE OF A BASE CHANGE?
» For customers with a milk market more focused on protein, this update in Net Merit $ could have you selecting animals that don’t help you meet your goals. Using a tool like Cheese Merit or a Custom Index might be a better alternative for your genetic selection. 5 6 7 8
» Because of the base change, it will be critical that producers selecting based on criteria adjust their data. Why? With the changes in some traits, not updating could result in not enough of the best bulls populating for selection. For producers utilizing U.S. data and proofs, this base change will greatly impact dairies using criteria for their genetic selection.
HOW MUCH SHOULD CRITERIA USERS ADJUST THEIR CRITERIA BY?
» When adjusting your criteria, we suggest aligning your thresholds with the base change. For example, if you were selecting for a +1000 lbs. Milk bull based on the U.S. genetic evaluation before the base change, you can now select a bull that is +250 lbs. for Milk after and still get the same genetic value.
HOW DOES A CUSTOM INDEX OR OTHER INDUSTRY INDEX MINIMIZE THE EFFECT OF A BASE CHANGE?
» The design of an index helps minimize the effect of a base change because it is not based on specifi c criteria and accounts for the change automatically. A bull’s rank will not change on an index, and customers will end up with more profi table genetics.
» Also, it has been proven that genetic selection based on an index leads to fast genetic progress as compared to criteria selection.
WHAT DOES THE FORMULATION CHANGE FOR NET MERIT $ LOOK LIKE?
» NM$ is estimated to drop around 450 points and will be three digits once again and start with six, seven, or eight.
» There were no new traits added, but several updates to traits already included have been made. The new formulation includes:
• Increase weight on Milk and Fat
• Decrease in Protein
• More emphasis on lower cow weight, impacting Body Weight Composite
• Less total weight on Fertility traits like Daughter Pregnancy Rate
• Increased emphasis on Cow Conception Rate
Interested in learning more?
Check out the following articles on your region’s website:
ABSglobal.com/the-upcoming-u-s-base-change-what-does-it-mean-for-you/
ABSglobal.com/uk/the-annual-u-k-base-change-what-does-it-mean-for-you/
HOLSTEIN SIRES
ABERDEEN | 29HO21729 | DENOVO 7101 ABERDEEN-ET
003258243703 ]] BILLBOARD x GAMEDAY
ABSOLUTE | 29HO21278 | DENOVO 20376 ABSOLUTE-ET
ADAGIO | 29HO21076 | DENOVO 4876 ADAGIO-ET
ADELAIDE | 29HO21730 | DENOVO 7103 ADELAIDE-ET
003258243705 ]] BILLBOARD x GAMEDAY Date of Birth: 2023-10-18 99%-I
aAa: DMS: EFI: 10.8
Recessives/ Haplotypes: CDCB HA-USA 04/2025
Milk: +1256 Lbs 79% Rel Fat: +63 Lbs +0.04%
NM$:+751 TPI®:+3159
Beta Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: AB Bull Fertility Conv: PTAT 0.57 UDC 0.21
AGENT | 29HO20908 | DENOVO 19050 AGENT-ET
AIRBOURNE | 29HO21722 | PINE-TREE AIRBOURNE-ET
AKRON | 29HO21726 | DENOVO 22252 AKRON-ET ALIBI | 29HO21774 | DENOVO 21269 ALIBI-ET ALMIGHTY | 29HO19965 | DENOVO 3754 ALMIGHTY-ET
ALOHA | 29HO21757 | DENOVO 80414 ALOHA-ET ALONSO | 29HO19448 | FB 7683 BILLY ALONSO-ET
AMECHE | 29HO21522 | DENOVO 20819 AMECHE-ET
Beta Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: AB Bull Fertility Conv: PTAT -0.29
0.31
-0.33
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ANDOVER | 29HO21466 | DENOVO 20344 ANDOVER-ET
ARCADE | 29HO21756 | DENOVO 80406 ARCADE-ET
ARROW | 29HO21385 | DENOVO 20199 ARROW-ET
ARTISAN | 29HO21589 | DENOVO 21044 ARTISAN-ET ATARI-RED | 29HO0945 | APRILDAY REALITY ATARI-RED
Haplotypes:
BALLAD | 29HO21828 | DENOVO 21387 BALLAD-ET
-1.30 Deep
-0.68
BAMBOO*RC | 29HO21734 | DENOVO 22367 BAMBOO
BANDO | 29HO21746 | KENYONHILL DNVO BANDO-ET
BAUBLE | 29HO21927 | DENOVO 22865 BAUBLE-ET
BENEFIT 2 | 29HO20893 | DENOVO 17626 BENEFIT 2-ETN
BERMUDA | 29HO21873 | DENOVO 21388 BERMUDA-ET
BIENNIAL | 29HO21918 | DENOVO 2282 BIENNIAL-ET
Beta Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: AB Bull Fertility Conv: ****
PTAT -0.08
-0.59 Deep
0.43 Close
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BRISK | 29HO21570 | DENOVO 20879 BRISK-ET
BRUIN | 29HO21856 | GENOSOURCE BRUIN-ET
BRUNO | 29HO21758 | DENOVO 80417 BRUNO-ET
BURLAP | 29HO21874 | DENOVO 22702 BURLAP-ET
BYWAY | 29HO21914 | DENOVO 22722 BYWAY-ET
CALEB-P | 29HO21248 | DENOVO 2476 CALEB-P-ET
Milk:
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CASCADE | 29HO19964 | DENOVO 3756 CASCADE-ET
DELRAY | 29HO20851 | DENOVO 18852 DELRAY-ET
Recessives/ Haplotypes: CDCB HA-USA 04/2025
DALLAS | 29HO20798 | DENOVO 4217 DALLAS-ET
DAYLIGHT | 29HO20823 | DENOVO 18745 DAYLIGHT-ET
DIABLO | 29HO21089 | BOMAZ DIABLO-ET
DIAMOND | 29HO20982 | BOMAZ DIAMOND-ET
Casein:
DUSTY | 29HO20915 | BOMAZ DUSTY-ET
ECSTATIC-P | 29HO21511 | WINSTAR ECSTATIC-P-ET
ENCOURAGE | 29HO21552 | DENOVO 21054 ENCOURAGE-ET
ENERGIZE | 29HO21551 | DENOVO 21053 ENERGIZE-ET
423 DMS: 561,456 EFI: 11.3
Recessives/ Haplotypes: CDCB HA-USA 04/2025
Milk: +1885 Lbs 79% Rel Fat: +91 Lbs +0.05%
Beta Casein: A1/A2 Kappa Casein: AB Bull Fertility
EPOXY | 29HO21858 | GENOSOURCE EPOXY-ET
Haplotypes:
ERAGON | 29HO21323 | DENOVO 20173 ERAGON-ET
-0.02
0.17
0.08
-0.94 Narrow RLSV 0.35 Curved RLRV -0.23 Hock-In
-0.13 Low
-0.65 Weak
-1.13
GENIUS | 29HO20836 | PINETREE GENIUS-ET
GETAWAY | 29HO20816 | BOMAZ GETAWAY-ET
GLASGOW | 29HO21549 | PEN-COL DENOVO GLASGOW-ET
HAGEN | 29HO21643 | DENOVO 22094 HAGEN-ET HARDY | 29HO21171 | DENOVO 80257 HARDY-ET
HARGROVE-P | 29HO21045 | DENOVO 19495 HARGROVE-P-ET
HARMONY | 29HO21534 | DENOVO 20893 HARMONY-ET
HAVOC | 29HO21741 | DENOVO 22346 HAVOC-ET
HEISMAN | 29HO20668 | BOMAZ HEISMAN-ET
HEMLOCK | 29HO21732 | DENOVO 22302 HEMLOCK-ET
HIGHTAIL | 29HO21010 | DENOVO 19313 HIGHTAIL-ET
HIGHVIEW | 29HO20963 | DENOVO 80044 HIGHVIEW-ET
Beta Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: AA Bull Fertility Conv: PTAT
INGRAM | 29HO20593 | DENOVO 18033 INGRAM-ET
INVEST-PP | 29HO21477 | DENOVO 20672 INVEST-PP-ET
003255205828 ]] ADEBAYO-P x MENDEL-P Date of Birth: 2023-03-16
+783
INVITRO | 29HO21363 | LEVELPLAIN INVITRO-ET
JAG | 29HO21688 | T-SPRUCE DENOVO JAG-ET
JAMAICA-RED | 29HO0939 | DENOVO 21500 JAMAICA-RED-ET
003272848721 ]] TRICKY-RED
JAVELIN | 29HO21859 | FARNEAR JAVELIN-ET
JENSEN | 29HO21970 | TSPRUCE JENSEN-ET
JIGSAW | 29HO21497 | TSPRUCE DENOVO JIGSAW-ET
KAISER-PP | 29HO21809 | WINSTAR KAISER-PP-ET
KASHTON-P | 29HO21904 | WINSTAR KASHTON-P-ET
Recessives/ Haplotypes: CDCB HA-USA 04/2025
Milk: +1007 Lbs 79% Rel Fat: +82 Lbs +0.15% NM$:+871 TPI®:+3235 Pro: +47 Lbs +0.05%
KEMPER-PP*RC | 29HO21713 | WINSTAR KEMPERPP-ET
KING | 29HO21658 | PEN-COL KING-ET
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KLASSIC-P | 29HO21200 | WINSTAR KLASSIC-P-ET
KOBE-PP | 29HO21798 | WINSTAR KOBE-PP-ET
KONG | 29HO20760 | FB KONGET
KVELL-PP | 29HO21509 | WINSTAR KVELL-PP-ET
LAMBERT-P | 29HO21623 | BOMAZ LAMBERT-P-ET
LANCELOT | 29HO21885 | PEN-COL LANCELOT-ET
LANDMARK | 29HO21861 |
LANDMARK-ET
LANDRUM | 29HO21445 | DENOVO 20638 LANDRUM-ET
LANSING | 29HO21887 | BOMAZ LANSING-ET
LARS | 29HO20837 | WA-DEL MENDEL LARS-ET
LATTE-PP | 29HO21517 | WINSTAR LATTE-PP-ET
LATTICE*RC | 29HO21833 | DENOVO 21356 LATTICE-ET
Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: BB
Fertility Conv:
0.91
0.76
LEEDS | 29HO20684 | DENOVO 2776 LEEDS-ET LEVITY | 29HO21542 | BOMAZ LEVITY-ET LEXICON | 29HO21595 | CHERRY-ACRES DVO LEXICON-ET
003234522776 ]] LAKER x BILLY
LODI | 29HO21541 | BOMAZ LODI-ET LOGIC | 29HO21493 | DENOVO 20730 LOGIC-ET
LOUIS-P | 29HO21607 | DENOVO 7044 LOUIS-P-ET
LUCIFER |
MAJESTY | 29HO21651 | WINSTAR MAJESTY-ET
MANGROVE | 29HO21794 | WINSTAR MANGROVE-ET
MANSON | 29HO21850 | HENDEL MANSON-ET
MARGIN-P | 29HO21648 | WINSTAR MARGIN-P-ET
MOTIVE-P | 29HO21625 | BOMAZ MOTIVE-P-ET
MYSTERY | 29HO21641 | DENOVO 22092 MYSTERY-ET
OAKLAND-RED | 29HO0927 | BOMAZ OAKLAND-RED-ET
ORCHARD | 29HO20755 | DENOVO 18514 ORCHARD-ET
ORPHEUS-RED | 29HO0928 | BOMAZ ORPHEUS-RED-ET
OSH | 29HO21855 | STGEN OXY OSH-ET
Dtrs:
REALITY*RC | 29HO21069 | DENOVO 80141 REALITY-ET
003249882045 ]]
RENALDO | 29HO21191 | DENOVO 20098 RENALDO-ET
RIGA | 29HO21869 | DENOVO 7474 RIGA-ET
ROSCO-P | 29HO21333 | DENOVO 20256 ROSCO-P-ET
Haplotypes: CDCB HA-USA 04/2025
Lbs
RUBELS-RED | 29HO17459 | HOOGERHORST DG OH RUBELSRED
RUSHMORE-P | 29HO20667 | BOMAZ RUSHMORE-P-ET
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RUSTIC-PP | 29HO21379 |
RYDER-RED | 29HO20120 | KOEPON OH RYDER-RED-ET
SAGA | 29HO21680 | DENOVO 2785 SAGA-ET
SANDLOT | 29HO21989 | BLUMENFELD SANDLOT-ET
SCHOLAR-PP | 29HO21808 | WINSTAR SCHOLAR-PP-ET
SCOTTY-P | 29HO21545 | DENOVO 20842 SCOTTY-P-ET
Recessives/ Haplotypes: CDCB HA-USA 04/2025
Milk: +596 Lbs
Dtrs: 0 Herds:
-0.06
-1.79
-1.22
003231545410 ]] TENNESSEE x LEGACY Date of Birth: 2021-09-10
| 29HO20291 | RUW TRICKY-RED-ET VALDOSTA | 29HO21460 | BOMAZ VALDOSTA-ET VALET | 29HO21656 | LEVELPLAIN VALET-ET
Dtrs: 0 Herds: 0
Casein: A2/A2 Kappa Casein: AB Bull Fertility Conv:
VITAL | 29HO21660 | LEVELPLAIN VITAL-ET
VITO | 29HO20556 | LEVEL-PLAIN VITO-ET
VIVA-PP | 29HO21224 | DENOVO 19932 VIVA-PP-ET
VLAD*RC | 29HO21270 | BOMAZ VLAD-ET
Recessives/ Haplotypes: CDCB HA-USA 04/2025
Milk: +1713
VOGUE | 29HO21657 | LEVELPLAIN VOGUE-ET
WILSON-PP | 29HO21463 | BOMAZ WILSON-PP-ET
0.57 Strong
WINNEBAGO | 29HO21857 | GENOSOURCE WINNEBAGO-ET
ZEST | 29HO21537 | T-SPRUCE DENOVO ZEST-ET
THE POWER OF POLLED
Horned cattle are more prevalent in the global dairy population because few producers are choosing to select genetics for polled cattle. Genetic selection for production, health, and conformation traits have historically trumped the selection of polled genetics. It was kind of one or the other—but not anymore!
Times are changing as the desire to create polled cattle increases. Public awareness of dehorning practices is a main driver in recent polled genetic selections. Naturally hornless cattle appeal to off-farm consumers from an animal welfare perspective, but as a producer, eliminating dehorning promotes calf welfare, reduces management practices, and increases safety for those working on dairies
POLLED: THE DOMINANT GENE
Most do not realize the polled gene is dominant. In simple terms, animals with one copy of the polled gene and one copy of the horned gene will not have horns. The illustration below demonstrates the breeding outcomes of using homozygous or heterozygous polled bulls. It is important to note that if you are working towards a polled herd, you can use a heterozygous polled (Pp) sire with 50% of the resulting calves being polled. You can also use a homozygous polled (PP) sire, resulting in 100% of the calves being polled. This means you can create a naturally hornless animal in one generation. Because the polled gene is dominant, this allows us to create polled animals faster than if the gene were recessive.
PHENOTYPES & GENOTYPES KEY
PP = True Polled (Homozygous) Animal has no horns and all offspring will be born without horns. Pp = Polled (Heterozygous) Animal does not have horns, but offspring may or may not have horns depending on their mate. pp = Horned (Recessive) Animal will be born with horns.
Power
THE OF JERSEYS
The incredible combination of genetic power, diversity, and depth provides you the flexibility to handpick Jersey sires to help you achieve your goals. There is power in ABS Global Jersey sires.
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BECKS {6} | 29JE4309 |
BUFFER {6} | 29JE4536 | JX CAL-MART BUFFER {6}-ET
DEALER {6} | 29JE4422 | JX CAL-MART DEALER {6}-ET
DELL {6} | 29JE4421 | JX CALMART DELL {6}-ET
DEPLOY {6} | 29JE4542 | JX CAL-MART DEPLOY {6}-ET
DINO {6} | 29JE4444 | JX CALMART DINO {6}-ET
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DUBLIN {6}-P | 29JE4557 | JX AHLEM ABS 8019 DUBLIN {6}-P-ET
DUDE {6} | 29JE4407 | JX CALMART DUDE {6}-ET
ECONOMY | 29JE4499 | CALMART ECONOMY-ET EXPERT {6} | 29JE4498 | JX CAL-MART EXPERT {6}-ET FLEEK {6} | 29JE4460 | JX CAL-MART FLEEK {6}-ET
GRANDEUR {6} | 29JE4529 | JX AVI-LANCHE GRANDEUR {6}-ET
JULIUS {5} | 29JE4544 | JX CAL-MART JULIUS {5}-ET
LOUDON {6} | 29JE4437 | JX ABS 6608 LOUDON {6}-ET
MACHEN {4} | 29JE4467 | JX AG-HIGHPOINT MACHEN {4}-ET
MELOY {6}-P | 29JE4526 | JX SANDCREEKS JFK MELOY {6}-P-ET
MICCO {6} | 29JE4566 | ABS AVJ 39444 MICCO {6}-ET
OUTLIER {5} | 29JE4438 | JX
CAL-MART OUTLIER {5}-ET
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PACMAN-P {5} | 29JE4458 | JX CAL-MART PACMAN-P {5}-ET
PARROT {6} | 29JE4538 | JX CAL-MART PARROT {6}-ET
PAUL {6} | 29JE4515 | JX ABS ID PAUL {6}-ET
POTENT | 29JE4491 | CALMART POTENT-ET
QUIZ {4} | 29JE4454 | JX ABS GA QUIZ {4}-ET
SARGE {6} | 29JE4530 | JX ABS AJ SARGE {6}-ET
STEED {6} | 29JE4497 | JX CAL-MART STEED {6}-ET SURVIVOR | 29JE4463 | ABS
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TENACITY {6} | 29JE4546 | JX
ST. JACOBS
TYPE WITHOUT COMPROMISE OF KEY DAIRY TRAITS
The St. Jacobs brand has a long-standing history of bringing bulls to the marketplace that will not only sire beautiful cows but cows that are very productive and fertile. The goal of the St. Jacobs brand is to create cows that last longer, are more profitable, and of course, just good to look at!
We invest in the most elite genetics in all ABS programs to give our customers the best opportunity to build cows that fit the needs of their system. St. Jacobs is no exception. Take a moment to get to know each of the programs within the St. Jacobs brand.
LINEAR CHOICE
The St. Jacobs brand should no longer be considered as genetics only suitable for the showring. Knowing some of our customers are looking for balanced cows, we launched Linear Choice. These sires are selected strategically based on their ability to create balanced cows that work in commercial dairies. These sires are proven to produce dairy cows that are well-built, productive, and healthy. This lineup includes sires featuring right side linear that will generate moderate size cows with strong production and health traits. Form meets function with Linear Choice!
ST. JACOBS CHOICE
Trust in St. Jacobs Choice to deliver type without compromise. St. Jacobs Choice was born after the fusion of Judge’s Choice and Breeder’s Choice. Those of you may remember that Judge’s Choice is how St. Jacobs got started with a primary focus on show type animals. Over time, selection began to focus on great functional type but with better production and health traits, thus, Breeder’s Choice evolved. The combination of two foundational lineups in one program is your opportunity to create functional cows who you’ll love to look at
RED AND WHITE CHOICE
Our Red and White Choice program is stacked with sires tracing back to the most elite Red and White cow families in the breed. Similar to St. Jacobs Choice, Red and White Choice sires are also selected for more production and health traits along with type to make outstanding and productive cows. With this program, we mix the best of today’s Black and White genetics into the Red and White population. However, all sires in the lineup will be Red and White.
JERSEY CHOICE
Jersey Choice is your opportunity to use some of the most elite Jersey genetics. Similar to St. Jacobs Choice, Jersey Choice strives to deliver type without compromise. This lineup is focused on providing for those customers interested in creating high type Jersey animals. Our Jersey Choice lineup includes sires that offer balanced genetics with production and health to go along with genomic type, specifically high Jersey Udder Index numbers
COMPONENT COLLECTION
Component Collection includes sires from the Brown Swiss, Ayrshire, and Guernsey breeds. Much like the rest of the St. Jacobs product offerings, these sires are selected from their respective breed’s most elite genetic lines . It is important to note that the Component Collection program is not a program you can enroll in.
ST. JACOBS PROOF TRAIT LEADERS
SOMATIC CELL SCORE
FAT
94HO21709 RETREAT 104
94HO21331 SWAGGER 94
94HO21467 JENNINGS 94
94HO22211 OSCAR 93
94HO21737 KAWASAKI 91
94HO21710 LODGE 83
94HO21480 HERRERA 82
94HO22212 MARVIN 80
94HO21601 DANSBY-P 78
94HO21602 DEERPARK 77
PROTEIN
94HO21480 HERRERA 63
94HO21331 SWAGGER 54
94HO21972 LADOGA 52
94HO21686 SABLE 49
94HO21721 MURPHY 48
94HO21893 PANAMA 46
94HO21403 YAGER 46
94HO21848 PARMA 46
94HO21866 METEOR*RC 45
94HO21761 HANFORD 43
94HO21480 HERRERA 1636 94HO21403 YAGER 1567
94HO20660 ROCKYTOP 1350
94HO0923 RIFLE-RED 1192 94HO21431 HABIT-P 1189
SWAGGER 1145
METEOR*RC 1105
HANFORD 1059
PANAMA 938
ACOUSTIC | 94HO21908 | DENOVO 6848 ACOUSTIC-ET
BARBER | 94HO20835 | PENNENGLAND BARBER-ET
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BELIEVER | 94HO21435 | MR RJR IMA BELIEVER-ET
BRIGGS-P | 94HO21071 | DENOVO 80128 BRIGGS-P-ET
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CELEBRATE | 94HO21031 | REGAN-DANHOF CELEBRATE-ET
CESANA | 94HO21847 | DENOVO 22620 CESANA-ET
TW -0.11 Narrow RLSV 0.07 Curved RLRV 0.97 Straight
0.73 Steep
0.60 High
0.42 Strong UH -0.63 Low
-0.29 Narrow
-1.27 Weak
0.33
CHARMER-P | 94HO21449 | CARTERS-CORNER CHARMER-PET
DANSBY-P | 94HO21601 | KINGS-RANSOM DANSBY-P-ET
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DAZZLE | 94HO20946 | CARTERS-CORNER DAZZLE-ET
DEERPARK | 94HO21602 | KINGS-RANSOM DEERPARK-ET
DEKALB | 94HO21052 | BOMAZ DEKALB-ET
DENISON | 94HO21434 | DANHOF DENISON-ET
DIPLOMAT | 94HO21032 |
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DIPLOMAT-ET DIXON | 94HO21432 | DANHOF DIXON-ET
003234749676 ]] CONWAY x GAMECHANGER
003200787731 ]] HARRISENNA x MOONSHINER Date of Birth: 2022-09-11
| 94HO21095 | BOMAZ EASTON-P-ET ESPANO | 94HO21238 | SANDYVALLEY ESPANO-ET EVENTIDE-P | 94HO21016 | DENOVO 30144 EVENTIDE-P-ET
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FITTERS CHOICE-ET
HABIT-P | 94HO21431 | ERNEST-ANTHONY HABIT-P-ET
HANFORD | 94HO21761 | DENOVO 22456 HANFORD-ET
003275375610 ]] HOTWHEELS x GARDNER
ST. JACOBS HOLSTEIN
HERRERA | 94HO21480 | DENOVO 20447 HERRERA-ET
HEXAGON | 94HO20822 | DENOVO 18732 HEXAGON-ET
HIHOPE | 94HO20892 | CARTERS-CORNER FC HIHOPE
JENNINGS | 94HO21467 | TSPRUCE DENOVO JENNINGS-ET
Milk: +254 Lbs
KAWASAKI | 94HO21737 | BOMAZ KAWASAKI-ET
LADOGA | 94HO21972 | TSPRUCE LADOGA-ET
003265763548 ]] PHOENIX x FROST BITE Date of Birth: 2023-11-13
aAa: 2431
ST. JACOBS HOLSTEIN
LAMBEAU | 94HO21181 | TOWLINEACRE JAG LAMBEAU-ET
LIZZO | 94HO21303 | VALIANT SPERO LAMBDA LIZZO-ET
LODGE | 94HO21710 | DENOVO 7081 LODGE-ET
MARVIN | 94HO22212 | AR-JOY CU OWEN MARVIN-ET
MCD-P-RED | 94HO0931 | ESKDALE RONALD MCD-P-RED-ET
MERLIN | 94HO19953 | JIMTOWN MERLIN-ET
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METEOR*RC | 94HO21866 | DENOVO 80445 METEOR-ET
MIGOS | 94HO20824 | SPERO VALIANT LAMBDA MIGOS-ET
MURPHY | 94HO21721 | AURORA MURPHY-ET NO DOUBT | 94HO21468 | ERNEST-ANTHONY NO DOUBT-ET
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ROCKYTOP | 94HO20660 | SIEMERS ROCKYTOP-ET
ROLEX | 94HO19988 | VALIANT MITCHELL ROLEX
ROQUEFORT | 94HO21662 | DENOVO 20888 ROQUEFORT-ET
Milk: +383
ROZ | 94HO21246 | SIEMERS ROZ-ET SABLE | 94HO21686 | DENOVO 2796 SABLE-ET
SEQUOIA | 94HO21172 | DENOVO 80260 SEQUOIA-ET
SHOWTIME*RC | 94HO19826 | JACOBS SHOWTIMEET
SKYMOON | 94HO21237 | SANDY-VALLEY SKYMOON-ET
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SPARK-P | 94HO21604 | RC-TM SPARK-P-ET
SWAGGER | 94HO21331 | DENOVO 2485 SWAGGER-ET
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TOPGUN | 94HO21203 | MR RASPBERRY TOPGUN-ET
UNREAL-RED | 94HO0942 | FINGER RANGER UNREAL-RED-ET
Bull Search
ST. JACOBS JERSEY
BEEF INFOCUS® LINEUP
To enter the Beef InFocus program, sires must be identified as the best terminal genetics by our NuEra Profit Index and complete rigorous testing to validate performance on dairy. We’ve added a step to determine the best use of each sire which is a phenotypic evaluation of frame and muscle score. Based on this evaluation, sires who best complement the Jersey and Jersey-influenced population are identified with the notation of recommended for Jersey.
BEEF INFOCUS
CODE NAME
829AN1868 PROFIT DRIVEN
829XB1086 NUERA 1086
829XB0275 NUERA 0275
829XB1020 NUERA 1020
829XB1112 NUERA 1112
829XB0199 NUERA 0199
829XB0251 NUERA 0251
829XB0210 NUERA 0210
NUERA 0260
NUERA 0267
829XB0213 NUERA 0213
829XB0149 NUERA 0149
829XB0234 NUERA 0234
829XB1001 NUERA 1001
829XB1049 NUERA 1049
829XB0244 NUERA 0244 Platinum
829XB0226 NUERA 0226 Platinum
829XB1067 NUERA 1067 (AN) Platinum
829XB1055 NUERA 1055 (AN) Platinum
829XB0132 NUERA 0132 (AN) Platinum ✓
829XB0163 NUERA 0163 Platinum
829XB0288 NUERA 0288 Platinum
829XB1097 NUERA 1097 Platinum
829XB0215 NUERA 0215 Platinum
829XB1039 NUERA 1039 Platinum
829XB0927 PLATINUM Platinum
829XB0931 PLATINUM Platinum
829XB0932 PLATINUM Platinum
829XB0933 PLATINUM Platinum
829XB0942 PLATINUM Platinum CODE NAME TIER
829XB1107 NUERA 1107 Gold ✓
829XB0284 NUERA 0284 Gold ✓
829XB0196 NUERA 0196 Gold ✓
829XB0145 NUERA 0145 Gold ✓
829XB1024 NUERA 1024 Gold ✓
829XB0222 NUERA 0222 Gold ✓
829XB0088 NUERA 0088 Gold ✓
829XB0279 NUERA 0279 Gold ✓ ✓
829XB1082 NUERA 1082 Gold ✓ ✓
829XB0063 NUERA 0063 Gold ✓ ✓
829XB0202 NUERA 0202 Gold ✓ ✓
829XB1021 NUERA 1021 (AN) Gold ✓
829XB1068 NUERA 1068 (AN) Gold ✓
829XB0143 NUERA 0143 (AN) Gold ✓
829XB1089 NUERA 1089 Gold ✓
829XB0204 NUERA 0204 Gold ✓
829XB0171 NUERA 0171 Gold ✓
829XB0250 NUERA 0250 Gold ✓
829XB0160 NUERA 0160 Gold ✓
829XB0094 NUERA 0094 Gold ✓
829XB1023 NUERA 1023 Gold ✓ ✓
829XB1035 NUERA 1035 Silver ✓
829XB1109 NUERA 1109 Silver ✓
829XB1078 NUERA 1078 (AN) Silver ✓
829XB0181 NUERA 0181 (AN) Silver ✓ ✓
829XB1032 NUERA 1032 (AN) Silver ✓
829XB0191 NUERA 0191 (AN) Silver ✓
829XB1003 NUERA 1003 Silver ✓
829XB0223 NUERA 0223 Silver ✓
829CH0218 VISTA Charlois
829CH0230 GAME TIME Charlois
829KB0006 OVERTURE Wagyu 100KB6768 JOHN Wagyu Product offerings as of April 2025 and may be subject to change.
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