The data is in and Xpectation is a slam dunk red calving ease specialist! 36X is the 3/4 blood, homozygous polled, top-selling bull at the 2011 Hook Farms Bred for Balance Sale and is a maternal brother to Hooks Yukon 80Y out of the great Hooks Mika 141M donor.  

Sired by the profit leader GW Predestined 701T and out of the Hooks Mika Donor, he sets new standards for calving ease and carcass traits with a birth weight EPD of -5.2 and an ALL Purpose Index of +164.  

It is not always easy to find a red bull or any bull to use on your first calf heifers that still moves your herd ahead genetically for Maternal Calving Ease, Milk, Docility, Marbling, Ribeye and profit.  Xpectation can do just that.  His calves are consistently moderate for frame size, deep sided and very thick, with wonderful rear feet and soundess.