BIEBER RED ANGUS FALL CATALOG 2012
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
FEEDING:
Feeding arrangements are available. All coming Two-year-old Bulls will be fed at a charge of $3.00 per day. We will
feed your purchases from sale day until you are ready to pick them up or we will deliver them in the Spring with our
spring bull deliveries. If your bulls stay here until spring and you give us ample notice, we will have your purchases
semen tested before we deliver your two-year-old bulls.
BREEDING SOUNDNESS EVALUATION:
Semen evaluations will be performed in November before the sale. We fully guarantee that these bulls will pass the
Breeding Soundness Evaluation before the breeding season in 2012 if the bulls are managed properly. We ask for
your understanding if a bull does not pass. Sometimes bulls that have passed do not pass later for various reasons.
Our ability to replace a two-year-old bull that has failed a semen evaluation is limited but we will do our best to
make sure you are satisfied. If you have any questions regarding Breeding Soundness Evaluation, feel free to call
Craig or Dr. Dean Christensen at the Ashley Vet Clinic.
RETAINED INTEREST POLICY:
We are retaining 1/2 interest in all bulls in the sale. We are selling the remaining 1/2 interest, full possession, and full
salvage value on these bulls. This option gives Bieber Red Angus Ranch the option to collect, use and market se-
men from the bull and does not restrict the purchaser from doing the same. This collection, unless agreed otherwise,
would be done at the expense of Bieber Red Angus Ranch, at the buyer’s convenience. Also at the time of purchase,
the highest bidder on a retained interest bull may elect to purchase exclusive semen rights for 100% of the purchase
price in addition to the purchased price on retained bulls. If a buyer elects to purchase exclusive semen rights,
Bieber Red Angus Ranch interest then becomes in-herd use only, but Bieber Red Angus Ranch retains all rights to
use the bull within their herd.
EPD:
Expected Progeny Di erence.
e expected di erence
(
usually pounds) in performance of a bull’s progeny when those
progeny are compared to progeny of a sire with an EPD of zero
for the trait in question. EPD values are relative.
ey do not
indicate absolute levels of performance. Rather, they can be used
to compare expected progeny performance of di erent bulls.
Acc: (ACCURACY):
A measure of the reliability of an EPD.
Accuracy values are reported as decimal numbers between zero
and one. Values closer to one indicate larger amounts of avail-
able information and greater certainty that a bull’s EPD will
not change signi cantly as more progeny information becomes
available.
CED EPD:
Calving Ease Direct (percent). e probability that
an animal’s calves will be born without assistance to a two-year-
old cow.
BW EPD:
BirthWeight (pounds). An animal’s expected progeny
di erence for birth weight of a calf. Progeny of sires with lower
birth weight EPD values will generally be born with less calving
di culty.
WW EPD:
Weaning Weight (pounds). An animal’s expected
progeny di erence for 205-day, mature dam equivalent weaning
weight. A sire’s weight EPD is an indication of growth to wean-
ing. It does not indicate milk production.
YW EPD:
Yearling Weight (pounds). An animal’s expected
progeny di erence for 365-day, mature dam equivalent yearling
weight.
e yearling weight EPD is a measure of growth from
birth to a year of age.
Milk EPD:
Maternal Milk (pounds).
e expected di erence
(
due to milk production alone) in weaning weight of calves out
of a bull’s daughters compared to calves from daughters of a bull
with a zero.
EPD for maternal milk:
Maternal milk EPD values are mea-
sured in pounds of calf weaned to indicate milking ability.
TM EPD:
Weaning Weight Total Maternal (pounds).
e ex-
pected overall di erence in weaning weight of calves out of a
bull’s daughters compared to calves from daughters of a bull with
a zero EPD for total maternal. e total maternal EPD is a mea-
sure of both growth and milking ability and is an indicator of the
size of a calf a bull’s daughter will wean.
ME EPD:
Maintenance Energy. Used to select parents that will
produce low consuming replacement females with lower energy
requirements.
HPG EPD:
e pro tability that an animal’s daughters will con-
ceive to calve as two year olds.
CEM EPD:
Calving Ease Total Maternal (percent).
e prob-
ability that an animal’s daughters will calve unassisted as two-
year-olds.
Stay EPD:
Stayability (percent).
e probability that a er an
animal’s daughters enter a herd, they will remain productive un-
til the age of six.
e EPD is primarily a measure of sustained
fertility in female o spring.
MAR EPD:
Carcass Marbling Score (score 2-10). Higher val-
ues tend to be associated with higher USDA quality grades on
slaughter progeny.
REA EPD:
Carcass Rib Eye Area (sq. inches). e expected dif-
ference in rib eye area measured between the 12th and 13th rib
of a sire’s progeny. Higher values may be an indication of higher
lean meat yields on slaughter progeny.
ADG:
e average daily gain during the test period beginning in
late September and ending in mid January.
WDA:
Weight per day of age from birth.
