GUIDING YOU THROUGH THE CATALOG

To help each buyer find the bull that suits their operation best, Red Doc Farm has provided as much information as possible to help aid in your decision.

Welcome to Belen, New Mexico!

Although I have only been in my role as Executive Director of SGBI since the beginning of the year, I have been thoroughly impressed with what this breed, it’s producers, and it’s customers have to offer. The Santa Gertrudis breed has long been known as a heat tolerant, red headed heterosis provider in the more arid and tropical regions of the United States. However, I’d argue that our breed is adaptable just about anywhere in the country.

If you’re new to this breed, you probably read that and thought that I’m either crazy, or just selling the breed I work for. But let me present some data from Utah State. USU has been a great partner for SGBI and the Santa Gertrudis breed. The data from our joint heterosis project shows that Santa Gertrudis sired calves, compared to Angus sired calves, have some distinct advantages. For example, they wean 50 lbs. heavier, require 13% less feed to reach the same end weight, have no difference in quality grade, yet are substantially better for yield grade (averaging a Choice, Yield Grade 2). In addition, they’ve required less medicine cost and have had 0 death loss from cold, compared to 6 Angus sired calves that have been lost due to cold stress. This is just an example of what this breed can do and how it can THRIVE in a multitude of breeding programs across varying environments around the entire country. This breed isn’t just “heat tolerant,” it is ADAPTABLE and provides maximum heterosis to a crossbreed commercial program. In fact, more and more people are starting to believe this. For example, in addition to the project with USU, we have research projects in the work with Texas State University, North Carolina State University, and the University of Kentucky. These research partners’ willingness and desire to work with Santa Gertrudis cattle, despite their vastly different environments, shows the immense value that Santa Gertrudis can add to your operation.

The Red Doc crew has done an excellent job of promoting these facts and trying to add value to commercial producers through data driven, profit minded decisions made within their own operation. In my short time with SGBI so far, it has been a pleasure to get to know and work with the Sanchez family. They are a tremendous asset to our breed, and will be a tremendous asset to you as a supplier of quality Santa Gertrudis genetics to your program!

I am proud of what this breed as accomplished and of all the innovative, progressive ideas and programs that are to be built in the future. Please, don’t hesitate to contact the SGBI Office for any more information regarding Santa Gertrudis cattle!

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Neel, IV

Executive Director Santa Gertrudis Breeders Int’l

Santa Gertrudis Breeders International’s genetic evaluation is one of the most comprehensive among the Bos indicus influenced breeds ensuring profitable genetics can be selected for your operation. Over the past 8-year period, Santa Gertrudis breeders have increased selection pressure on traits that have a positive influence on profitability. Profit starts with a live calf and increases when industry end-point targets are hit. Regardless of your marketing strategy, selling by the pound at weaning, retaining ownership and grid-marketing, establishing a consumer direct market, or taking advantage of the replacement female market, Santa Gertrudis genetics ensure that herd goals can be reached. SANTA GERTRUDIS are DATA DRIVEN and PROFIT PROVEN.

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Docility scale

Four and five score bulls are nervous and do not like to be in close quarters with people on foot- but they are great for big range operations.

Three score bulls have an average disposition and make up a large number of Red Doc bulls.

One and two score bulls are calm and easy to walk up to with feed.

Weights

Calved:

Birth Weight (BW) is expressed in pounds and predicts the sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to his offspring as compared to the average Santa Gertrudis sire.

Weaning Weight (WW) is expressed in pounds and predicts the sire’s ability to transmit pounds at weaning to his offspring as compared to the average Santa Gertrudis sire.

SGBI Expected Progeny Differences

EPD Statistical Breakdown

Expected Progeny Differences, EPDs, are the prediction of how future progeny of each animal are expected to perform relative to the progeny of other animals listed in the SGBI database. EPDs are expressed in units of measure (plus or minus) for each trait being evaluated and are calculated utilizing pedigree and performance information. SGBI is a leader in the adoption and implementation of cutting-edge genetic technology. In 2013, SGBI released the first genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (DNA verified) for Bos indicus-influenced cattle. The inclusion of DNA into the breed’s EPD calculations (GE-EPDs) has resulted in information that is more accurate and predicable than a pedigree and performance prediction alone. The association has access to thousands of performance verifying DNA samples. In addition, to being the first Bos indicusinfluenced breed to offer GE-EPDs, SGBI was the first beef breed to implement single-step methodology for the incorporation of genetic information into the genetic evaluation. This approach maximizes use of data reported on all animals throughout the pedigree and greatly improves the EPD accuracy.

SGBI Indices

SGBI offers three selection indices for cattleman use. Indices are multi-trait selection tools designed to assist cattle producers by adding simplicity to genetic selection decisions. Indices provide an estimate of how future progeny of each sire are expected to perform, on average, compared to progeny of other sires in the database if the sires were randomly mated to cows and the calves were exposed to the same environment. SGBI’s indices provide performance insight to 3 beef production business models. The results are reported as a percentile ranking for each index.

Balanced Index: This index assumes that producers are keeping replacement heifers from the bulls they purchase. It further assumes that producers are either 1) marketing carcasses on the grid or 2) that buyer of their feeder calves base pricing on feedlot and carcass performance. This selection tool is designed to assist cattlemen who retain ownership through the feeding phase or market their calf crop to buyers focused on feedlot performance and/or carcass quality.

Cow/Calf Index: This index assumes that producers are keeping replacement heifers form the bulls they purchase. However, it assumes all calves are marketed at weaning or soon thereafter. It further assumes that feeder calf buyers don’t base decisions on feedlot or carcass performance, making these traits less relevant to profitability. Producers marketing their calf crop at weaning, by the pound, would utilize this index when making selection decisions.

Terminal Index: This index assumes that producers are not keeping replacement heifers from the bulls they purchase. It assumes that producers are marketing carcasses on the grid, making carcass traits relevant to their business. This index fits operations using Santa Gertrudis bulls as terminal sires and retaining ownership of the calf crop through the feeding phase.