ASA BOLT EPD

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

Number 2 for Pulmonary Arterial Pressure score EPD, Number 3 for average percentile of 20 economically important EPD predictions and Hair Shedding score EPD, Number 4 for Docility score EPD, Number 6 for Functional Longevity EPD and Calving Ease Maternal score EPD and Number 9 for Calving Ease Direct score EPD.

Selected to add another balanced trait sire with an exceptional PAP score EPD to the Basin Angus breeding program, this proven young sire with 95 progeny genomic tested and 75 progeny with weaning data carries on the greatest herd sire producing family developed at Yon Family Farms in South Carollina.

His donor dam ranks among the highly proven top five cows born before 2015 for $Combined value index and her other herd sire sons include Yon Saluda the full brother to Southern Comfort featured at Select Sires where her son Yon Top Cut G730 has been a sales leader for several years.

In the record setting 2025 Yon Fall sale, a son of Southern Comfort sold two thirds interest for $25,000 to Knoll Crest as a herd sire feature and the four Southern Comfort sons commanded an average of $16,750 with the only Southern Comfort daughter in the sale sold as Lot 2 for $14,000.

In the record setting 2025 FHCC sale, the guest consignment of Duane Robertson included two sons of Southern Comfort that were headlined by the $12,000 top selling fall yearling bull R A F Comfort Zone who has joined his sire in the ORIgen marketing system with the only other Southern Comfort son sold for $10,500. 

Ultra-elite top 1% for Pulmonary Arterial Pressure score EPD, elite top 5% for Hair Shedding score EPD and Docility score EPD and better than breed avg for weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD, Functional Longevity EPD, percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD, Scrotal Circumference measure EPD, Claw set score EPD, hoof Angle score EPD, Calving Ease Maternal score EPD, Calving Ease Direct score EPD, Birth Weight EPD, Udder suspension score EPD and Teat shape score EPD.