Marda Blackbird Ursa 536
Birth date: 12/15/2015
Tattoo: 536
Sire Connealy Onward
Dam TC Blackbird Ursa 6087
- She is full flush sister to Marda Onward 460, the #2 top Midland Bull Test bull in 2015 for Average Daily Gain. Midland is the nation’s biggest and most prestigious bull test, competing with over 600 of the best bulls in the industry from producers around the country. Marda Onward 460, was the $26,000 3rd top selling bull at Midland in 2015.
- She posts individual ratios as follows: 91 for birth, 118 for weaning.
- She was selected as Lot 1 by J.J. Scheckel at the Marda production sale.
- Her proven dam, TC Blackbird Ursa 6087, was bred at TC Ranch in Nebraska, and is a foundation donor cow at Marda Angus. She posted birth ratio of 95, 114 for weaning, and 109 for yearling on 5 natural calves.
- She has a flush sister who was the top selling female at the 2014 Marda production sale.
- She is loaded with high indexing, proven genetics.
- Her sire, Connealy Onward, is a legendary major AI stud bull, that has sired many other greats such as Sitz Upward 307R, and many more.
Of over 300,000 active registered Angus dams in the breed, she ranks in the following EPD’s.
Top 20% Calving Ease Direct (CED), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers.
Top 5% Weaning Weight EPD (WW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.
Top 5% Yearling Weight EPD (YW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.
Top 5% Scrotal Circumference EPD (SC), expressed in centimeters, is a predictor of the difference in transmitting ability for scrotal size compared to that of other sires.
Top 25% Calving Ease Maternal (CEM), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf daughters. It predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires.
Top 25% Maternal Milk EPD (Milk), is a predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words, it is that part of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability.
Top 3% Carcass Weight EPD (CW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of the differences in hot carcass weight of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.
Top 50% Ribeye Area EPD (RE), expressed in square inches, is a predictor of the difference in ribeye area of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.
Top 10% Weaned Calf Value ($W), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for preweaning merit. $W includes both revenue and cost adjustments associated with differences in birth weight, weaning direct growth, maternal milk, and mature cow size.
Top 20% Feedlot Value ($F), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for post-weaning merit compared to progeny of other sires.
Top 10% Beef Value ($B), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for post-weaning and carcass value compared to progeny of other sires.
| BW | WW | YW | Milk | $W | $B |
| 1.5 | 43 | 79 | 34 | 51.24 | 77.80 |
