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CE
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Brth
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Wean
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Year
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MCE
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Milk
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MWW
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Stay
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CW
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YG
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Marb
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BF
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REA
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Shear
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API
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TI
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13.7
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0.3
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40.1
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67.8
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5.0
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2.5
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22.6
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18.2
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10.2
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.12
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.16
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.04
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.05
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-.04
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114.3
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67.8
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RC Gridmaster combines a unique balance of
maternal excellence, individual performance
and breed advancing phenotype. His dam, Miss
RC 600U 501F, (65 PPA, 107 wwr / 6 calves),
is a matriarch of the River Creek program
with progeny in many top herds in the
nation. His sire, CCR Griffey, is a
time-proven, senior herd sire at River Creek
out of the immortal BOZ Redcoat. Gridmaster
has impressive ratios of BW 102, WW 110, YW
107, ADG 120, REA 113, and a incredible IMF
ratio 185 (4.57 actual scan). His EPDs rank
him in the
Top 2% CE,
10% WW, API and T1. He is
Genmark tested 11 star including 8 for feed
efficiency, heterozygous black and DNA
tested homozygous polled. Appearance wise,
he is a deep, soggy, wide based bull with
plenty of thickness and sound structure.
Check out this awesome individual's short
video clip by clicking on the high or low
links next to his picture.
About Feed
Efficiency
The GeneStar
feed efficiency test, developed by Bovigen,
is the only DNA test that can identify an
animal’s genetic ability to efficiently
convert feed. The test consists of four
markers that together identify as much as a
15 percent difference in daily feed
consumption with no affect on other measures
such as average daily gain (ADG), carcass
weight or quality and yield grade. RC
Gridmaster has tested 8 stars (homozygous)
for the four feed efficiency markers.
The Markers
were identified through discovery and
validation work on thousands of cattle
focusing on the trait of net-feed intake,
sometimes called resididual feed intake or
net feed efficiency, Bovigen says. This
trait was identified by nutritionists to
measure differences between how much an
animal should eat and how much it actually
eats over a given period of time and
accounting for the calf’s weight, how much
it grows and its composition of bone, muscle
and fat.
For example,
an animal with a Feed Efficiency GPD of -3.0
will eat 3 lbs less feed/day than an animal
with a Feed Efficiency GPD of zero. Over a
150-day feeding period and with a ration
cost of $165/ton, the animal with a -3.0 GPD
will cost #37 less to feed without
sacrificing growth performance or carcass
quality.
An
independent study showed feed efficiency has
six times as much effect on feed yard
profitability as ADG while a 20 percent
improvement in efficiency would equal a $65
improvement in profitability, the company
adds.
Semen can be purchased from one of the
owners for $20 per unit.
- Possum Trot Ranch
Valley Mills, TX
(254) 848-9393 Days
(254) 934-2182 Nights
- The Farm
McGregor, TX
(254) 848-9363
- River Creek Farms
(785) 456-9650
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