ICBF Active Dairy Bull List Spring 2016 EBI Trend 2001 – 2016 Avg EBI Year
Year
€57 €59 €64 €77 €76 €74 €101 €127
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Avg EBI €156 €196 €198 €212 €239 €269 €278 €293
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Graph 1: EBI Trendline (2006-2016) Average of Proofs for Top 75 Active Bulls (2011 - 2016) EBI & Proof Details
EBI
Spring 2011 Spring 2012 Spring 2013 Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
Key Profit Traits
EBI
Rel%
Milk
Fert
Calv
Beef Maint Mgmt Hlth
M kg
F kg
P kg
F%
P%
CI
SU%
€198 €212 €239 €269 €278 €293
57% 55% 56% 56% 59% 60%
€77 €71 €68 €77 €80 €87
€103 €123 €127 €148 €160 €164
€27 €23 €37 €36 €37 €40
–€19 –€26 –€20 –€14 –€17 –€14
232 94 47 88 91 106
15.6 15.1 14.2 15.1 15.7 15.9
13.1 10.2 9.3 10.4 10.8 12.0
0.13 0.22 0.24 0.22 0.23 0.22
0.10 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16
–5.2 –7.0 –7.1 –8.0 –8.7 –9.0
3.4 3.4 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.3
€8 €20 €23 €20 €16 €14
– – €3 €4 €3 €3
€2 €0 €1 –€1 –€1 –€1
CD% M.Time (secs) 2.0 – 2.1 – 1.8 –5.3 1.9 –2.67 2.1 –1.24 2.2 –0.9
Table 2: Comparison of average of proofs for top 75 Active Dairy Bulls 2011-2016.
EBI Trends
Bull Proof Types 2012 – 2016
The 75 Bulls on the list have an average EBI of €293. The Bulls EBI’s on the list range from €365 down to €268. 73% of the Bulls on the list are Genomic Bulls with the remainder being Daughter Proven either here in Ireland (20%) or from abroad (7%) (See Table 3). The Bulls which are ranked highest for each type of proof on the list are listed in table 4 below:
Spring 2012 Spring 2013 Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
‘DP–IRL' Bulls 14 18 12 11 15
‘DP–INT' Bulls 28 22 11 4 5
‘GS Bulls’ 33 35 52 60 55
Table 3: Numbers of Bulls in the various categories of proof types in recent Active Bull Lists. Table 4: Highest ranked Bulls for each proof category. Official ICBF 'Number 1' List – Spring 2016 Category
Name
Owner
EBI
Rel %
Proof
Number 1 Genomically Selected 'Active' Dairy AI Sire
YKG
IMLEACH LUCKY GLOSS
Eurogene/LIC
€359
47%
GS
Number 1 Irish Daughter Proven 'Active' Dairy AI Sire
WLY
IMLEACH LUCKY WHISTLER
Eurogene/LIC
€365
67%
DP-IRL
Number 1 International Daughter Proven 'Active' Dairy AI Sire
APY
ARRIETA NOMAD
Eurogene/LIC
€289
68%
DP-INT
Muritai APP Whistler - Sire of ‘WLY’ (Imleach Lucky Whistler) – the number 1 bull on the list and also the number 1 ‘Irish Daughter Proven’ AI Sire (Eurogene/LIC). 2
Code
Arrieta Nomad – the number 1 ‘International Daughter Proven’ AI Sire (Eurogene/LIC).