Updated 1st February 2011
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| "Boots" at 12 months at the 2007 Limousin National - Grand Champion Bull (Judge: Graham Day) | |
Boots is homozygous polled, and has two copies of the Myostatin F94L gene. He is a rare curve bender, with outstanding growth and carcase characteristics but low to average birth weight.
In addition to winning Grand Champion Bull at the 2007 Limousin National, he was the 2007 Wagin All Breeds Champion! He is also the most amenable bull we have ever known. In fact he is "IMPERTURBABULL".
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| 2011 SUMMER LIMOUSIN GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS | |||||||||||||||||
| Calv. Ease Direct (%) |
Calv. Ease Dtrs (%) |
Gest. Len. (days) |
Birth Wt. (kg) |
200 Day Wt. (kg) |
400 Day Wt. (kg) |
600 Day Wt. (kg) |
Mat. Cow Wt. (kg) |
Milk (kg) |
Mat. Value (kg) |
Scrot. Size (cm) |
Days to Calv. |
Carc. Wt. (kg) |
Doc. | Dom. Term. |
Steer Self Replc. |
Steer Term. |
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| EBV | +4.9 | +5.5 | -1.8 | +1.5 | +25 | +37 | +51 | +44 | +13 | +13 | +1.0 | -2.1 | +33 | +10 | +$39 | +$29 | +$33 |
| Acc | 50% | 43% | 56% | 73% | 69% | 68% | 67% | 57% | 51% | 57% | 58% | 28% | 57% | 66% | |||
| Breed Avg. EBVs for 2009 Born Calves | |||||||||||||||||
| EBV | +0.3 | +0.8 | -1.0 | +1.5 | +16 | +26 | +36 | +34 | +4 | +9 | +0.4 | -1.1 | +23 | +22 | +$24 | +$15 | +$20 |
Traits Observed: BWT, 200WT
EBV percentiles

50th percentile (centre vertical line) is breed average for 2009
born calves,
and bars to the right of centre generally indicate more desirable trait characteristics.
All of Boots' dollar indexes are around the top 5% or better for the breed.
Xavier is producing exceptional calves with butts just like his.
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| 2011 SUMMER LIMOUSIN GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Calv. Ease Direct (%) |
Calv. Ease Dtrs (%) |
Gest. Len. (days) |
Birth Wt. (kg) |
200 Day Wt. (kg) |
400 Day Wt. (kg) |
600 Day Wt. (kg) |
Mat. Cow Wt. (kg) |
Milk (kg) |
Scrotal Size (cm) |
Days to Calv. |
Carcase Wt. (kg) |
Eye Muscle Area (sq.cm) |
Rib Fat (mm) |
Rump Fat (mm) |
Retail Beef Yield (%) |
IMF % |
Doc. | |
| EBV | -3.4 | +3.0 | -3.0 | +3.4 | +29 | +41 | +62 | +52 | +6 | +2.6 | -4.8 | +29 | -1.6 | -0.8 | -1.1 | +0.6 | 0.0 | +41 |
| Acc | 51% | 49% | 65% | 74% | 71% | 74% | 71% | 60% | 59% | 71% | 31% | 64% | 50% | 58% | 58% | 54% | 48% | 66% |
| Breed Avg. EBVs for 2009 Born Calves | ||||||||||||||||||
| EBV | +0.3 | +0.8 | -1.0 | +1.5 | +16 | +26 | +36 | +34 | +4 | +0.4 | -1.1 | +23 | +0.4 | -0.1 | -0.3 | +0.4 | 0.0 | +22 |
Traits Observed: GL, BWT, 400WT, SS, FAT, EMA, IMF
| INDEX VALUES | ||
| Market Target | Index Value | Breed Average |
| Domestic (Term'nl) Index ($) | +$36 | +$24 |
| Steer (Self Rep) Index ($) | +$22 | +$15 |
| Steer (Terminal) Index ($) | +$29 | +$20 |
All Xavier's dollar indexes are around the top 10% for the breed.
"Tex" is a moderate bull with tremendous thickness. He is the sire of the winner of the Trade Steer 261 - 340kg carcase weight class (62 entries) in the 2009 Southern Grassfed Carcase Classic, which then went on to be the Classic Reserve Champion (total 210 entries).
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| 2011 SUMMER LIMOUSIN GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Calv. Ease Direct (%) |
Calv. Ease Dtrs (%) |
Gest. Len. (days) |
Birth Wt. (kg) |
200 Day Wt. (kg) |
400 Day Wt. (kg) |
600 Day Wt. (kg) |
Mat. Cow Wt. (kg) |
Milk (kg) |
Mat. Val. (kg) |
Scrot. Size (cm) |
Days to Calv. |
Carc. Wt. (kg) |
Eye Muscle Area (sq.cm) |
Rib Fat (mm) |
Rump Fat (mm) |
Retail Beef Yield (%) |
IMF % |
Doc. | |
| EBV | -0.1 | -1.7 | -0.2 | +2.2 | +14 | +23 | +31 | +30 | +5 | +6 | +0.1 | -0.9 | +17 | 0.0 | +1.0 | +1.0 | -0.7 | +0.4 | +12 |
| Acc | 45% | 43% | 54% | 75% | 75% | 73% | 77% | 64% | 55% | 62% | 72% | 26% | 65% | 46% | 55% | 55% | 51% | 44% | 67% |
| Breed Avg. EBVs for 2009 Born Calves | |||||||||||||||||||
| EBV | +0.3 | +0.8 | -1.0 | +1.5 | +16 | +26 | +36 | +34 | +4 | +9 | +0.4 | -1.1 | +23 | +0.4 | -0.1 | -0.3 | +0.4 | 0.0 | +22 |
Traits Observed: BWT, 200WT, 600WT, SS, FAT, EMA, IMF
| INDEX VALUES | ||
| Market Target | Index Value | Breed Average |
| Domestic (Term'nl) Index ($) | +$18 | +$24 |
| Steer (Self Rep) Index ($) | +$9 | +$15 |
| Steer (Terminal) Index ($) | +$14 | +$20 |
The strength of the genetics here is outstanding. "Colin" has bred on with his mother's excellent structure. Also a grandson of super-cow Premier Cauliflower S3. A very stylish, low birth weight calving ease bull.
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| 2011 SUMMER LIMOUSIN GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS | |||||||||||||
| Calv. Ease Direct (%) |
Calv. Ease Dtrs (%) |
Gest. Len. (days) |
Birth Wt. (kg) |
200 Day Wt. (kg) |
400 Day Wt. (kg) |
600 Day Wt. (kg) |
Milk (kg) |
Scrotal Size (cm) |
Docility | Domestic Terminal |
Steer Self Replc. |
Steer Terminal |
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| EBV | +1.9 | +3.9 | -3.3 | +0.8 | +17 | +29 | +44 | +6 | +0.5 | -4 | +$32 | +$22 | +$27 |
| Acc | 41% | 35% | 48% | 69% | 62% | 57% | 57% | 41% | 42% | 54% | |||
| Breed Avg. EBVs for 2009 Born Calves | |||||||||||||
| EBV | +0.3 | +0.8 | -1.0 | +1.5 | +16 | +26 | +36 | +4 | +0.4 | +22 | +$24 | +$14 | +$20 |
Traits Observed: BWT, 200WT
Zen is an easy calving French Pure bull with superb top line and tremendous muscling. He is an ideal vealer/trade steer type bull.
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| 2011 WINTER LIMOUSIN GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS | ||||||||||||||||
| Calv. Ease Direct (%) |
Calv. Ease Dtrs (%) |
Gest. Len. (days) |
Birth Wt. (kg) |
200 Day Wt. (kg) |
400 Day Wt. (kg) |
600 Day Wt. (kg) |
Mat Cow Wt (kg) |
Milk (kg) |
Maternal Value (kg) |
Days to Calve |
Carcase Wt (kg) |
Docility | Domestic Terminal |
Steer Self Replc. |
Steer Terminal |
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| EBV | +2.1 | +1.7 | -1.8 | +0.6 | +7 | +16 | +29 | +32 | +2 | +3 | +2.5 | +16 | +8 | +$22 | +$12 | +$19 |
| Acc | 53% | 51% | 56% | 69% | 76% | 75% | 76% | 65% | 60% | 65% | 32% | 67% | 73% | |||
| Breed Avg. EBVs for 2009 Born Calves | ||||||||||||||||
| EBV | 0.3 | +0.8 | -1.0 | +1.5 | +16 | +26 | +36 | +34 | +4 | +9 | -1.1 | +23 | +22 | +$24 | +$15 | +$20 |
Traits Observed: 200WT, 600WT