EPD V6 UPDATED SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Calving Ease (CE) - ✔✔DCE- ease at which a bull's calves are born to first calf
heifers
MCE- ease at which a sire's daughter will calf
Measured by ratio or percent unassisted births
Larger=better
✔✔Weaning Weight (WW) - ✔✔Weight of calf adjusted to 205 days of age (find average
gain/day)
Direct
✔✔Yearling Weight (YW) - ✔✔Weight of calf adjusted to 365 days
Direct
Best tool to evaluate and select for genetic growth
✔✔Maternal Milk (Milk) - ✔✔Effect of milking ability of the daughter
✔✔Total Maternal or Maternal Weaning Weight - ✔✔Measures total pounds of calf
weaned weaned from the daughters of the sire
1/2 sire's WW+Milk
Milk + grow = Hereford
✔✔Carcass Weight (CW) - ✔✔Pounds of hot carcass weight
Adjusted 475 days
Direct
✔✔Marbling Score (MB) - ✔✔+ and higher numbers= more intramuscular fat (want
more)
Not highly correlated to BF
SURE A+
✔✔Calving Ease (CE) - ✔✔DCE- ease at which a bull's calves are born to first calf
heifers
MCE- ease at which a sire's daughter will calf
Measured by ratio or percent unassisted births
Larger=better
✔✔Weaning Weight (WW) - ✔✔Weight of calf adjusted to 205 days of age (find average
gain/day)
Direct
✔✔Yearling Weight (YW) - ✔✔Weight of calf adjusted to 365 days
Direct
Best tool to evaluate and select for genetic growth
✔✔Maternal Milk (Milk) - ✔✔Effect of milking ability of the daughter
✔✔Total Maternal or Maternal Weaning Weight - ✔✔Measures total pounds of calf
weaned weaned from the daughters of the sire
1/2 sire's WW+Milk
Milk + grow = Hereford
✔✔Carcass Weight (CW) - ✔✔Pounds of hot carcass weight
Adjusted 475 days
Direct
✔✔Marbling Score (MB) - ✔✔+ and higher numbers= more intramuscular fat (want
more)
Not highly correlated to BF
