Angus Dairy $Value Index

$VALUE INDEXES

Recently the American Angus Association launched two new EPD indexes pertaining to the dairy-beef cross, Angus x Holstein (AxH) and Angus x Jersey (AxJ). These indexes are estimates of how future beef-on-dairy progeny of Angus sires are expected to perform on average if calves are exposed in the same environment.

Each index comprises several genetic traits weighted by the appropriated economics to serve this terminal beef-on-dairy sector including: calving ease, growth from birth through the feeding phase, feed intake, dressing percent, yield grade, quality grade, muscling, and height (only included in $AxH).