ASA BOLT EPD

[ AMF-CAF-D2F-DDF-M1F-NHF-OHF-OSF-RDF ] 

Number 2 for $Grid value index and Number 3 for Marbling score EPD.

The $400,000 valued bull of the Express Ranches Spring 2022 Bull Sale when half interest sold for $200,000 to Pollard Farms, he has been described as a “different kind of high marbling Angus bull” with a moderate frame size, exceptional depth and volume and a fleshing ability one would not expect from a bull with his carcass EPD profile and as of January 2026, there are 480 progeny scanned in 39 groups with an AMAZING average %IMF ratio of 116 and 1,452 progeny that have been genomic tested to earn him the Number 5 Marbling score EPD among the highly PROVEN SIRES with a .47 or higher accuracy level.

A Cover the Bases daughter was a $320,000 valued feature of the record setting 2025 Maple Lane Nowatzke sale and Cover the Bases daughters in the 2024 Big Event at Express were headlined by the $200,000 half interest top valued female of the sale with another daughter topping the fall yearlings with a $190,000 valuation and the 32 daughters of Cover the Bases sold for an average valuation of $33,516 with another of his first daughters topping the 2023 EZ Angus Ranch sale at $200,000 as a spring heifer calf.

The first calf crop by Cover the Bases also included he $480,000 valued top-selling female of the record-setting 2023 Big Event at Express where other daughters included the fourth high-seller at $140,000 with two more valued at $80,000 and $65,000 and a fifth that was a $30,000 spring heifer calf as 23 heifer calves from his first calf crop recorded an average of $26,582 and other daughters from his first calf crop included the $200,000 top-selling female of the 2023 EZ Angus Ranch female sale and the $40,000 half interest and $80,000 top-valued spring heifer calf of the 2023 sale at Pollard Farms.

Two more Cover the Bases daughters produced by the dam of Jameson sold for an average of $40,000 in the 2024 AAA Farms and Gobbell G3 sales with another daughter ranking as the $55,000 top-selling spring-bred heifer at G3.

Sons of EXAR Cover the Bases were the lead bulls of both the Reserve Grand Champion Carload and Reserve Grand Champion Pen of Angus Bulls at the 2024 Cattlemen’s Congress, and the lead bull of the pen set the pace for the 2024 Express Spring Bull Sale as Lot 1 when two-thirds interest sold for $130,000 to headline the 33 sons sold for an average price of $13,015.

The $180,000 valued dam of EXAR Cover the Bases has produced four natural calves that balance an average birth ratio of 98 with an average weaning ratio of 104 and 20 progeny scanned have an average %IMF ratio of 110 with the 64 progeny of her genomic tested. 

A $200,000 valued maternal brother to Cover the Bases, EXAR Lifeline 2621B, sold two-thirds interest for $140,000 as the featured as Lot 1 of the 2023 Express Spring Bull Sale.

Ultra-elite top 1% for $Grid value index and Marbling score EPD, elite top 5% for $Beef value index and better than breed avg for weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD, Hair Shedding score EPD and Docility score EPD.