ASA BOLT EPD

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

Number 5 for $Grid value index, Marbling score EPD and Scrotal Circumference measure EPD, Number 6 for Hair Shedding score EPD, Number 7 for Calving Ease Maternal score EPD, Number 8 for $Maternal value index, Number 10 for percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD, Number 12 for $Combined value index and Number 15 for average percentile of six major bio-economic index values. 

With 14 yearling sons sold for an average of $10,250 that included the $20,500 third high seller and the $17,000 fifth higher seller of the 2026 Jindra sale, Upper Cut has been a superstar since his genomic enhanced EPD data was first released in the Spring 2024 NCE report, this son of an increasingly popular outcross A.I. sire for many programs, this young sire is very unique in the fact that he offers breed leading marbling score genetics with a pedigree that does not include either the $180,000 half interest G A R Progress or his famous sire G A R Predestined who are woven throughout the pedigree tabulations of most of the most popular sources of marbling score genetics in the Angus breed.

With 244 progeny genomic tested as of late January 2026, there are 41 progeny scanned with an average %IMF ratio of 114 that validate Upper Cut’s outstanding EPD predictions for Marbling score EPD.

Paternal sisters to Upper Cut have topped Yon female sales at $55,000, $44,000 and that second high seller has become a cornerstone at Pollard Farms with $363,000 of progeny sales that include a $130,000 top selling heifer calf of their 2024 female sale and a $97,500 heifer calf in the record setting 2026 Denim & Diamonds sale.

Ultra-elite top 1% for $Combined value index, $Grid value index and Marbling score EPD, elite top 5% for $Beef value index, $Maternal value index, $Weaned calf value index, Hair Shedding score EPD and Scrotal Circumference measure EPD and better than breed avg for weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD, percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD, Docility score EPD, Claw set score EPD, hoof Angle score EPD, Calving Ease Maternal score EPD, $EN net cow energy value index and reducing Mature Weight EPD.