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2002 State Livestock Judging Contest


ANGUS YEARLING HEIFERS

  Expected Progeny Difference (EPD's)
Number Tag Birth Wt Weaning Wt Maternal Milk Yearling Wt
1 1L6 2.6 34 23 67
2 1L20 1.0 41 23 82
3 1L24 4.4 44 25 86
4 1L41 2.4 35 31 61
Breed Average 2.6 33 17 62

Selection Scenario: The Angus heifers will be mated to Hereford bulls with the main objective being production of crossbred heifer calves that will be used in a large crossbred cow herd. The male calves produced will be backgrounded and sold into feedlots as yearlings. Cattle must be trouble-free and easy to keep, since the feeding program for the cowherd is grass pasture and hay without supplementation.

CROSSBRED GILTS

Number NotchLitter Size 21-Day Litter Wt. Days to 250 Pounds Adjusted Backfat Dam's SPI
1 2 10 102 165 1.0 105
2 3 14 163 166 0.9 120
3 5 12 135 177 1.0 120
4 7 12 135 169 0.8 120

Selection Scenario: These gilts are born in January of 2002. They will be mated to Hampshire boars to produce market hogs. No replacements will be kept. Rank the gilts as replacements in a commercial farrow to finish operation All pigs will be sold on a carcass basis with payment based on Fat Free Lean Index. All pigs will be raised in total confinement. The producer profits most from fast-growing, lean, heavy-muscled hogs.

NOTE - ASSUME ALL GILTS ARE SOUND IN THEIR FEET AND LEGS. HOWEVER, MAKE NOTE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN STRUCTURE AS YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS


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