The American Angus Association released the results of the Spring 2021 National Cattle Evaluation on 12-11-20 and this spreadsheet presents the weekly updated data as of 12-25-20.
Technology is an amazing thing – beginning on Christmas morning 12-25-20 and every Friday morning going forward, when you follow the link to the 2021 ORIgen Sire Directory, the EPD data presented for each Angus sire is the data generated THE PREVIOUS WEEK. Bear in mind that the top 5% lists that are the first three pages of the Sire directory and the copy about how each bull ranked at the release of the Spring 2020 NCE on 12-11-20 WILL NOT update, BUT the EPD and $ index values and their percentile rankings ARE THE MOST CURRENT DATA AVAILABLE –
http://www.angusjournal.com/salebooks/origen_2021api/#page/1
- ORIgen 2021 Angus Marketing Sires – 167 Sires Enrolled
- as of 12-25-20
- 124 Top Dollar program eligible
- 109 Target the Brand program approved
- 120 Better than breed average Calving Ease Direct EPD –
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- 28 Top 5%
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- 107 Better than breed average Birth Weight EPD –
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- 16 Top 5%
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- 77 Top 5% for $Combined value index
- 73 Top 5% for $Beef value index
- 60 Top 5% for $Weaned calf value index
- 52 Top 5% for $Grid value index
- 50 Top 5% for $Feedlot value index
- 41 Top 5% for $Angus x Holstein index
- 40 Top 5% for $Angus x Jersey index
- 32 Top 5% for $Maternal value index
- 55 Top 5% for Residual Average Daily Gain EPD
- 49 Top 5% for Yearling Weight EPD
- 46 Top 5% for Weaning Weight EPD
- 42 Top 5% for hot Carcass Weight EPD
- 39 Top 5% for Marbling score EPD
- 37 Top 5% for Docility score EPD
- 30 Top 5% for Rib Eye area measure EPD
- 17 Top 5% for percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD
- 17 Top 5% for Claw set EPD
- 15 Top 5% for Scrotal Circumference EPD
- 15 Top 5% for Pulmonary Arterial Pressure EPD
- 14 Top 5% for foot Angle EPD
