ProfitSOURCE™ Sires | April 2020

April 2020

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Identify areas to increase profitability Determine proper herd inventories Increase profits from lower-value genetics Create elite replacements from your best genetics Improve short-term cash flow

Dairy farmers are increasing efficiencies and driving genetic progress through ProfitMAX consultations. The process begins with genetic and reproductive audits to identify challenges and opportunities within the herd.

The resulting genetic strategies often include mating herdmates with lower genetic merit to elite beef sires. While these genetic strategies can add a revenue source, the use of elite beef sires and appropriate rearing protocols for dairy beef crossbred calves are both essential components to yield a quality end product, as well as enhance their market value.

ProfitSOURCE sires can significantly impact your herd’s bottom line by increasing the revenue from your lower genetic value females.

Select Sires’ ProfitSOURCE sires have been selected for crossbreeding on Holsteins and Jerseys. These sires excel for calving ease, growth performance, carcass merit, and they offer elite fertility to maximize the reproductive performance in your herd.

The lineup of ProfitSOURCE sires will include elite terminal beef bulls designed to meet specific genetic criteria.

For Angus sires: • Top 30 percent of the breed for five of the six EPD traits related to growth and carcass merit: Weaning Weight (WW), Yearling Weight (YW), Carcass Weight (CW), Marbling, Ribeye Area (REA) and $Beef.

• Top 55 percent of the breed for Calving Ease • Top 50 percent of the breed for Residual Average Daily Gain (RADG) • Bottom 70 percent of the breed for Yearling Height (YH) For Simmental, Charolais and Limousin sires: • Top 50 percent of their respective breed for both Calving Ease and Terminal Index.

The Terminal Index combines traits for growth, gain and end-product merit into one index. Using above-average sires for Terminal Index means your resulting calves will perform well on feed and earn premiums at harvest. Using ProfitSOURCE sires gives you the best opportunity to realize additional revenues from calves who hit or exceed market targets.

Angus - Beef Value ($B): an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for post weaning and carcass value compared to progeny of other sires.

Simmental - Terminal Index (TI): evaluates the merit of sires where all offspring (both male and female) are fed and sold on a carcass grade and yield basis.

Charolais - Terminal Sire Index (TSI): represents a dollar index per terminal progeny produced from a bull in the Charolais database, ranking them for profit potential.

Limousin - Mainstream Terminal Index ($MTI): measures differences in expected profit per carcass produced on a mainstream grid (yield grade 1 or 2, Select to low-Choice quality grade, and no over- or under-weights or dark cutters). ®

ProfitMAX is a registered trademark of Select Sires Inc., ProfitSOURCE is a trademark of Select Sires Inc.

ANGUSSires

7AN363 MCR EPD Acc % Rank

CED 11 .74 15

7AN408 KSU EPD Acc % Rank

CED 12 .51 15

HORIZON 081 BW -1.0 .88 15

WW 65 .85 20

EPD Acc % Rank

CW 48 .62 30

REA .62 .55 35

MARB .91 .58 15

$B 167

REA .92 .45 10

MARB .32 .46 70

$B 160

10

FERTILITY

KONZA 3111 BW -0.7 .75 15

WW 64 .70 25

7AN476 WORTHINGTON CED 13 .51 10

YW 115 .77 25

$20

BW 0.3 .75 30

WW 64 .69 25

YW 118 .57 20

CW 58 .51 10

$20

15

FERTILITY

ALL PROFIT 576 YW 119 .57 20

American Angus Association EPDs as of 04/13/2020

CW 53 .49 20

ERIFIED

REA .88 .44 10

MARB 1.02 .44 10

ERIFIED

$20

$B 170 10

FERTILITY

ERIFIED

7AN471 KF EPD Acc % Rank

CED 9 .54 30

KIOWA 6151 BW -1.0 .80 15

7AN526 H P C A EPD Acc % Rank

CED 12 .35 15

BW -1.1 .54 10

WW 73 .76 10

YW 136 .62 4

$20 CW 46 .49 35

REA .65 .43 30

MARB .66 .42 30

$B 152

REA .89 .39 10

MARB 1.02 .39 10

$B 194

20

FERTILITY

CHECK IT WW 59 .47 40

YW 119 .43 20

CW 51 .43 20

ERIFIED

$20

2

FERTILITY

ERIFIED

ANGUSSires

7AN572 G A R EPD Acc % Rank

CED 8 .33 35

7AN573 G A R EPD Acc % Rank

CED 10 .36 20

7AN582 G A R EPD Acc % Rank

7AN556 44 EPD Acc % Rank

14AN557 44 EPD Acc % Rank

CED 6 .36 50

7AN583 G A R

PRIME EFFECT 7086

CED 6 .33 50

BW 1.3 .48 50

WW 81 .41 2

YW 147 .37 1

CW 59 .39 10

$20

REA .78 .36 20

MARB 1.29 .36 2

$B 184

REA .70 .36 30

MARB .94 .36 15

$B 161

2

FORTUNE 8029 BW 2.1 .55 70

WW 83 .47 1

YW 155 .41 1

American Angus Association EPDs as of 04/13/2020

CW 61 .41 10

CED 6 .35 50

EPD Acc % Rank FERTILITY

ERIFIED

$20

15

CED 14 .34 4

FOR SURE P357 BW 1.3 .46 50

WW 75 .40 4

YW 141 .36 2

CW 61 .41 10

$20

REA MARB 1.02 1.24 .38 .38 4 3

$B 195 1

ADVANTAGE M8115 BW 1.1 .54 45

WW 69 .47 15

YW 124 .43 10

CW 61 .43 10

REA MARB 1.02 1.20 .39 .39 4 3

WW 73 .43 10

YW 132 .39 4

CW 59 .43 10

REA .86 .40 15

$20

1

$20

MARB 1.30 .40 2

$B 205

MARB 1.04 .39 10

$B 164

1

BRUSHFIRE E58 BW 1.6 .48 60

WW 74 .42 5

YW 118 .38 15

CW 54 .43 20

REA .94 .39 10

ERIFIED

$B 194

FIRST LIGHT 5768S BW 2.2 .50 70

FERTILITY

$20

10

SIMANGUS & CHAROLAIS Sires 7SM84 LMF EPD Acc % Rank

MADISON B752

CED 11.5 .57 55

7SM98 K-LER EPD Acc % Rank

CED 13.3 .50 35

BW 1.8 .72 80

WW 71 .68 30

YW 117 .69 15

CW 25.5 .57 70

$18 REA .85 .57 15

MARB TI .87 87.8 .50 1 1

FERTILITY

ARCHITECT 709E BW -1.2 .61 20

WW 53.7 .59 90

YW 87.4 .56 75

CW 21.5 .49 85

REA .44 .46 85

ERIFIED

$20 MARB TI .52 72.3 .42 15 40

FERTILITY

ERIFIED

7SM100 GW EPD Acc % Rank

CED 16.7 .59 10

9CH99 HC EPD Acc % Rank

7CH95 FTJ EPD Acc % Rank

BW 0.2 .66 45

WW 36 .52 30

YW 65 .42 35

CW 23 .26 25

WW YW CW 68.4 111.2 30.6 .73 .73 .61 35 25 50

BW -2.0 .42 15

WW 34 .34 35

$20

CASCADE 1508

CED 4.9 .44 60

BW -2.2 .77 10

REA .63 .26 50

MARB TSI .20 211.02 .22 20 35

FERTILITY

REA .84 .57 15

MARB TI .30 77.3 .56 50 20

ERIFIED

American Simmental Association EPDs as of 04/13/2020. SimAngus is a trademark of the American Simmental Association. American International Charolais Association EPDs as of 04/13/2020.

YW 60 .18 45

CW 14 .12 80

FERTILITY

ERIFIED

$20

FREE RIDE 8317

CED 7.7 .28 30

$18

COUNTRY BOY 142B

REA .68 .12 55

MARB TSI .18 209.79 .08 20 35

LIMOUSINSires

7LM15 WULFS EPD Acc % Rank

Connecting Supply and Demand For 40 years, Wulf Cattle of Morris, Minn. has been adding value to their feedlot cattle through a focus on superior genetics. Select Sires offers custommade Breeding to Feeding™ sires to the dairy industry to produce a high-value calf.

Breeding to Feeding takes beef sires used on dairy cows one step further by connecting the resulting offspring born on dairy farms to the demand from Wulf Cattle feedlots. In addition to their 3,000 head registered Limousin cow herd, Wulf Cattle feeds out 50,000 head of dairy x beef calves annually and growing.

The Breeding to Feeding program is a complete system starting with using the best Breeding to Feeding genetics on dairy cows to harvesting superior feeder calves at the packer.

Whether used on Holstein or Jersey cows, Breeding to Feeding sires provide the best in complimentary crossbreeding to correct dairy deficiencies in feed efficiency and carcass performance, while still being homozygous black and polled.

Talk with your Select Sires representative to learn more about the Breeding to Feeding program.

7LM19 WULFS EPD Acc % Rank

CED 17 .43 2

BW 0.1 .50 30

7LM20 WULFS EPD Acc % Rank

CED 14 .43 20

FARMER JOE 6042F

EPD Acc % Rank

YW 106 .49 40

CW 12 .45 95

BW 0.9 .50 50

WW 78 .48 3

YW 121 .49 3

CW 22 .46 25

REA 1.13 .44 4

MB .06 .35 50

$MTI 57.16

REA 1.14 .43 50

MB -.04 .40 1

$MTI 57.66

MB -.18 .42 50

$MTI 47.91

35

FERTILITY

YW 100 .49 45

CW 5 .48 95

EPD Acc % Rank

WW 62 .34 50

YW 94 .35 50

CW 6 .34 85

$20

REA 1.24 .32 25

MB $MTI -0.08 51.80 .28 30 25

FERTILITY

ARGUS 6047A

BW -2.3 .37 3

WW 62 .33 65

YW 102 .35 45

CW 32 .35 30

ERIFIED

$20 REA .73 .33 60

MB .18 .29 25

$MTI 57.55 30

FERTILITY

ERIFIED

ERIFIED

$20

1

FERTILITY

FIDELO 6187F WW 65 .48 45

7LM16 WULFS CED 15 .25 10

AFRICA 1086A

BW -1.3 .38 10

$20

FILMER 6317F

BW 1.5 .50 60

14LM4514 WULFS CED 13 .44 25

WW 67 .48 40

CED 12 .27 30

REA .89 .45 65

ERIFIED

$20

FERTILITY

50

ERIFIED

7LM18 WULFS EPD Acc % Rank

CED 16 .47 3

DAVY CROCKET 4957D

BW -0.6 .52 15

WW 62 .51 65

YW 97 .51 65

CW 37 .52 20

REA .94 .49 25

MB .39 .46 5

North American Limousin Foundation EPDs as of 04/13/2020.

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$20

$MTI 65.30 FERTILITY

ERIFIED

10

Breeding to Feeding is a trademark of Wulf Cattle.

FERTILITY FIRST AND FOREMOST FERTILITY WITHOUT COMPROMISE

FERTILITY VERIFIED SIRES

Select Sires has earned the well-deserved reputation for having the most fertile semen in the A.I. industry from astute dairy and beef owners. Our fertility advantage is consistently validated with each dairy sire summary by the national Sire Conception Rate (SCR) fertility comparisons. SCR is a third-party summary of pregnancy check validated data, summarized and published by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB). The graph below shows Select Sires’ fertility advantage.

While Select Sires’ beef bulls don’t accumulate nearly the number of conception records as our Holstein and Jersey sires, beef semen is evaluated through the same lab and held to the same rigorous standards as our dairy semen. Using conception data along with quality control evaluations, beef sires designated as Fertility Verified have been field tested and have achieved Select Sires’ industry-leading quality standards.

You can trust the fertility of Fertility Verified beef sires, just like you already trust the FERTILITY ERIFIED fertility of our dairy semen.

Select Sires is consistently delivering more pregnancies!

Source: April 2020: Holstein Active Proven and Genomic Young Sires A.I. Listing, Domestic, Limited Active and Foreign Bulls.

TAGGED for Quality Assurance!

Calf ranches, feedlots and packers interested in source-verified, high quality ProfitSOURCE calves have established partnerships with Select Sires. ProfitSOURCE Partners may vary depending on the following:  Geography  Size of dairies  Ownership arrangements  Breed preferences  Genetic criteria and end product targets Eartags Red EID eartags are available from Select Sires’ to tag ProfitSOURCEqualifying calves. The tags will add value and legitimacy to the dairy beef crossbred calves by capturing and tracking information from the dairy, calf ranch and feed yard to the packing plants. The ProfitSOURCE tag will offer traceability along the production chain that is appreciated and requested by consumers and trading partners. These efforts will strengthen the marketing opportunities for crossbred cattle.

At this time, Select Sires and the ProfitSOURCE program offers the only red EID tag in the industry, making it unique from a visual detection standpoint. To be tagged with the RFID button, calves must be sired by ProfitSOURCE sires and meet established criteria for management and rearing.

Calf Care Program A complete herd management program will be available in the spring of 2020. This program will feature product recommendations and rearing protocols to meet health and immunity needs of beef-on-dairy calves.

To learn more about ProfitSOURCE beef sires and how you can tag your dairy-beef cross qualified offspring for quality assurance, contact your local Select Sires representative.

By tagging beef-cross calves with red ProfitSOURCE EID tags, breeders certify the calves are offspring of ProfitSOURCE-qualified sires that excel for terminal index in their respective breeds. These indexes combine traits for growth, daily gain and end-product carcass merit.

Calves identified with the red ProfitSOURCE EID tags offer increased value to potential buyers based on their genetic merit.

When purchasing ProfitSOURCE EID tags, breeders must have a premise ID, sign the agreement and comply with management guidelines, which instill immunity to maintain health, reduce treatment costs; therefore, reducing mortality and morbidity. Creating calves with market demand is critical to the success of the program. In addition, handling offspring in accordance to beef quality assurance (BQA) protocol is required.

Calf care guidelines for newborns sired by ProfitSOURCE sires include:  Follow an established colostrum protocol to achieve successful passive transfer. When feeding maternal colostrum: • Calves must receive good quality colostrum from healthy, well-vaccinated cows. * To achieve successful passive transfer, a calf needs one gallon of good quality maternal colostrum within four hours of birth. A Brix refractometer reading of 22 or higher indicates good quality colostrum (40 grams of IgG per quart of colostrum).

• Replacing or supplementing maternal colostrum is recommended if good-quality colostrum is not available. Select Sires’ First Day Formula® CR can be fed as a replacement for or supplement to maternal colostrum.  Calves must have navels dipped immediately following birth.  Calves must be housed in a dry, draft-free area with limited stress to maintain proper body temperature.  Calves must be provided sufficient daily nutritional intake to maintain growth prior to sale. ®

First Day Formula is a registered trademark of Select Sires Inc. Product of the USA SS927