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Beef HerdPlus Top cows – in the flesh
Table 3 below gives an overview of their breed makeups, actual performance figures as well as €uro-Star Replacement figures.
What identifying cows based on their €uro-Star figures has shown is that in every breed there are bloodlines that are both strong & weak for the maternal traits. Following are a group of Irish Suckler cows, from a wide range of breeds that prove this point. The one thing that they do have in common however is that they are all at least 4.5 stars for the Replacement Index.
Breeds: 11 different breeds are represented across the 12 cows Angus, Aubrac, Blonde d’Aquitaine, Charolais, Hereford, Limousin, Parthenaise, Saler, Shorthorn, Simmental
Suckler Cow Breed, Performance & €uro-Star details Animal Details Jumbo Tag
DOB
Main Breed
Performance Details
Replacement Index (04/14)
Sire
Dam Nbr of Age 1st Average Calf - Progeny Calves Calving Calving Max Carcass Interval Wt. Grades Days Gain
ZLL
40282
1
19 mts
IE331505840522 28/11/11 AA (63%), BA (25%),LM (12%)
724
IE141402780724 08/02/07 AA (100%)
70337 50202
6
25 mts
357
1.17
275
IE271272760275 11/04/09 AU (50%), SI (22%),LM (18%) AU564 40133
2
34 mts
355
1.38
250
IE211414970250 19/01/11 CH (50%), BB (22%),SI (12%) 70110
452 2 29 mts
311
919
IE141402740919 08/05/09 HE (100%)
280
IE371256820280 08/03/09 LM (50%), SH (40%)
263
IE321552080263 12/04/07 LM (84%), SI (9%)
360
IE371256880360 04/02/12 PT (50%), BB (22%),LM (18%)
IRX
40
IE231107170040 03/04/05 SA (50%), AA (40%)
575
IE151494970575 19/10/07 SH (100%)
181
IE111113830181 29/3/04
SI (72%), CH (18%)
276
IE271113360276 21/4/09
80584 30621
Index Rel %
€339 31% 1U
€176 22% €174 21% €183 28%
2
26 mts
329
0.95
0110B
4
24 mts
352
1.31
70117 60166
5
30 mts
361
1.31
30158
1
24 mts
KRA
001V
8
31mts
397
1.42
1U,1R,1O
€186 37%
BZF
40091
6
22 mts
348
1.37
1U,2R
€250 45%
50080 40096
8
30 mts
365
1.79
2U
€257 28%
SI (50%), SH (22%), AA (22%) 10206 80088
4
24 mts
358
1.69
1R
€236 28%
NSQ
Across Breed
€321 28%
522
30
Within Breed
1U
€221 40% €221 30% €159 30%
Table 3: Summary of Breed, Performance & €uro-Star details of 4.5 and 5 star cows.
Performance: These cows have demonstrated excellent performances in terms of their own fertility & the quality of calf produced. • Average Age of 1st calving is 26 months. • Average Calving Interval is 353 days • Average Daily Gains running up to 1.79 Kgs/day. • 6 of the 11 carcass grades were ‘U’ grades.
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€uro-Stars: These cows also all have excellent €uro-Star evaluations for the ‘Replacement Index’. • 9 of the cows have 5 stars for the ‘Replacement Index’. • 3 of the cows have 4.5 stars for the ‘Replacement Index’.
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Beef HerdPlus 522 Owner: John Lanigan, Leigh, Two-Mile-Borris, Co.Tipperary
724 Owner: John Appelbe, Carrigroe Hse, Clonakilty, Co.Cork
275 Owner: Joe Cunnane, Aughamore, Ballyhaunis, Co.Mayo
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Beef HerdPlus 250 Owner: Christy Comerford,Knockmahon, Castlewarren, Co.Kilkenny
919 Owner: John Appelbe, Carrigroe Hse, Clonakilty, Co.Cork
280 Owner: Thomas Wickham, Bloomfield, Enniscorthy, Co.Wexford
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Beef HerdPlus 263 Owner: Joseph Boland, Bunnafiddia, Dromard, Co.Sligo
360 Owner: Thomas Wickham, Bloomfield, Enniscorthy, Co.Wexford
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Owner: Joseph Boland, Bunnafiddia, Dromard, Co.Sligo
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Beef HerdPlus 575 Owner: Richard Lee, Kildorrery Road, Mitchelstown, Co.Cork
181
Owner: Michael Glennon, Ballydangan, Athlone, Co. Roscommon
276 Owner: Sean Gill, Moneymore, Crossmolina, Co.Mayo
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