Cowman’s Kind e h T
Staff & Cooperators
MCGP
Cowman’s Kind e h T
MCGP
Lot Number
Mike Coggins, Owner Blackwater Cattle Co.
Andrew Conley, Manager Blackwater Cattle Co.
Blackwater Crew Victor Rodriguez & Vaughn Burnham
Tracy Holbert Herd Advisor
The Blackwater/Mound Creek Program Cooperators A V Brangus Alan Varner McMinnville, Tennessee
M & M Farms Eric Muir Jackson, Tennessee
Rafter P Brangus Paul Philley Elkhart, Texas
Circle J Farms Jeff Jones McMinnville, Tennessee
McFarlin Brangus Lee McFarlin Martin, Georgia
Red Bird Meadows Mike and Judy Kammerer Montgomery, Texas
Circle RP Brangus Randy Price Azle, Texas
Mound Creek Ranch Eddie and Cindy Blazek Leona, Texas
Riverbend Brangus David Burke St. Rose, Louisiana
Holly Creek Farms Jim Porter Crestview, Florida
OK Farms O.V. and Kenny Christensen Danavang, Texas
San Jac River Ranch Bill and Mary Helms Coldspring, Texas
Horton Farms David and Laurie Horton Jackson, Tennessee
Pennridge Farms Pete DeLeeuw Tomball, Texas
Twisted L Ranch Mark Lanning Greenville, Texas
Iron Farm Cattle Company Scott Vancil and Danny Males Kilgore, Texas
Pleasant Valley Farms Brandon King Bowman, Georgia
Vanna Farm Lee McGarity Royston, Georgia
Mark your calendar on March 19, 2011 for The Cowman’s Kind Bull Sale at Mound Creek Ranch, Leona, Texas.
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Explaining the Data
Registration Number Scur Status Individual Performance
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MC Jethro 192W14 - ET R10167402 Polled Gen: 3 DOB: 8-27-09 Fall Yearling
“Tank” MC John Wayne 165N3 MC Jethro 00S3 MC Ms Stout 00M5 Lead Gun of Brinks 222K14 Miss 4C Lead Gun 192P4 (Sum) CCC Ms Newsmake 192J12 BW 205 85 848 BW WW 3.4 40
Serious Herd Sire Prospect • Balanced traits with impressive nursing ratio and light birth • Sold grand dam for $25,000 • Herd Bull Material with elite data & red carpet appeal
Ratio 365 Ratio SC Fat IMF REA 108 1323 108 36.7 0.41 6.5 16.6 YW Milk MG SC Fat IMF REA 64 14 34 0.7 0.021 0.31 0.78
Registration Number: Bulls noted with “R” number are Registered Brangus. Those noted with a “C” number are Certified Brangus and are either 1/4 or 1/2 Brahman influence. “BP” lots are blended genetic bulls from Brangus and percentage parentage. “UB” bulls are Ultra-Blacks, indicating they are a Brangus-Angus blend. “AX” recorded bulls are appendix registered purebred Brangus that have non-typical Brangus color pattern. Polled/Scurs: denotes bulls that are either smooth polled or have the presence of scurs or slick spots. Those bulls noted as “scurs” typically have had scurs removed post-weaning. Pedigree: denotes sire, dam, and maternal grandparents. Summit Cow or Summit Sire: are noted in pedigrees with the word Summit or the abbreviation (Sum). Initially, a cow must calve at 30 months of age or younger. She must then maintain a calving interval of 380 days or less, weaning at least 3 calves with weaning weights recorded for all calves. Finally, the weaning weight ratio for all calves must average at least 105%. Once a Summit Cow has earned her distinction she will always be noted as such. A sire is given Summit status once he has at least 5 daughters reach Summit Cow status.
Individual Performance Birth Weight (BW): actual weight at birth, expressed in pounds. Weaning Weight (205): weaning weight adjusted to a constant 205 days. Takes into account differences in days of age at weaning time and age of dam at birth. Weaning Weight (Ratio): A direct comparison of an individual to all other individuals in its weaning contemporary group. Expressed as a percentage with 100 being the average for the group. Yearling Weight (365): yearling weight adjusted to a constant 365 days. Takes into account differences in days of age at yearling time, average daily gain post-weaning, and adjusted 205 weight. Yearling Weight (Ratio): A direct comparison of an individual to all other individuals in its yearling contemporary group. Expressed as a percentage with 100 being the average for the group. Scrotal Circumference (SC): testicular circumference, measured in centimeters, and adjusted to 365 days of age. Fat (FAT): measured in inches and adjusted to 365 days. Intramuscular Fat (IMF): measured as a percentage and used as a predictor of genetic marbling value. Ribeye Area (REA): measured in square inches and used as a predictor of ribeye size.
Age Group
Date of Birth Generation Fall 2010 EPDs
Expected Progeny Difference Expected Progeny Difference (EPD): The genetic predictor of how future progeny of each animal are expected to perform relative to the progeny of other animals listed in the breed database. EPD Accuracy: Since all bulls in this catalog are non-parents, their accuracies are the lowest calculated by our national sire evaluation program. Every EPD reported is either current or an interim EPD. An EPD noted with a “P” is a pedigree EPD which is the average of the parent’s EPDs. Birth Weight EPD (BW): expressed in pounds, predicts calf size and calving ease. Weaning Weight EPD (WW): expressed in pounds, is a predictor of an animal’s ability to transmit weaning growth to its progeny. Yearling Weight EPD (YW): expressed in pounds, is a predictor of an animal’s ability to transmit yearling growth to its progeny. Milk EPD (Milk): predicts a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words, it is that part of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability. Maternal & Growth EPD (MG): expressed in pounds, a genetic predictor of weaning weight by blending a combination of maternal milk and weaning weight value. Scrotal Circumference EPD (SC): measured in centimenters at yearling time, predicts testicular size. Fat Thickness (FAT): expressed in inches, is a predictor of transmitting ability for external fat thickness and correlates to fleshing ability and fat cover at harvest time. Intramuscular Fat (IMF): expressed as a percentage, is a predictor of transmitting ability for marbling or intra-muscular fat correlating to USDA quality grade at harvest time. Ribeye Area (REA): expressed in square inches, is a predictor of transmitting ability of ribeye size and overall muscle mass which is a key component in USDA yield grades.
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