April 2008 New Graduate Comments
Fewer than three months after a bumper crop of eleven new graduates in January, we follow with seven new outstanding graduates from the April genetic evaluations (including one available with gender SELECTed™ semen only).
Some highlights from this new class include:
• Diversity of bloodlines – seven new bulls by six different sires
• Super Sampler™ success continues with three new graduates
• Elite Total Performance Index™ (TPI™) sires, including three that range from +1762 to +1822
• Elite Net Merit sires – two from +$480 to +$517
• No. 1 Red Holstein for TPI at +1768, AMERICA-RED
• Big-time Milk – two over +1,900 Milk
• High Type – four from +2.00 to +3.47
• High Udder Composite – three from +1.85 to +1.99
• High Feet and Leg Composite – five from +1.81 to +3.55
• A high-components sire and a 6 percent Calving-Ease sire
7HO8245 Sandy-Valley BUSHMAN-ET (VG-87)
Comestar Stormatic-ET x Ricecrest Bwood Brianne-ET (VG-88-GMD-DOM) x (VG-87-GMD-DOM) Southwind Bell of Bar-Lee
This high-ranking TPI sire is a big-time production sire that sires medium-sized dairy cows with exceptional feet and legs and great rear udders – the right size cow to work well in today’s free-stall operations. BUSHMAN moves right into Select’s top 5 for Net Merit and he is in the top 10 at Select for both Milk and Protein. His Reliability for Type just misses the 80% Reliability needed to make the Holstein Association Official Top 100 TPI list. His +1822 TPI would have ranked him among the top-15 sires in the breed. BUSHMAN is an ideal mating on 7HO6758 MR SAM, 7HO6349 BEST and 7HO7872 ADVENT-RED daughters.
• +1822 TPI and +517 NM$
• +2.00 Type and +2.15 FLC
• 2.62 Somatic Cell Score and +2.1 Productive Life
• Early Stormatic son
7HO8055 Sure-View AMERICA-RED-ET
Starstruck J Paradox-Red-ET x (VG-86-GMD-DOM) Startmore Rudolph x (VG-87-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) Jubilant
AMERICA-RED is the No.1 TPI and No. 1 Net Merit Red sire in the breed. He is a major-league production sire with +1,917 Milk and offers favorable protein at +.01%P. This popular Super Sampler graduates with 91% Reliability and he will only continue to add more daughters. He meets the needs of dairy producers seeking high production and strong fitness traits. This 6 percent Calving-Ease sire will work well in heifer A.I. programs. AMERICA-RED is a perfect mating on 7HO7872 ADVENT-RED daughters and Comestar Outside granddaughters.
• No. 1 Red sire for TPI (+1768) and Net Merit (+$480)
• Big-time production: +1,917 Milk and +.01%P
• 6 percent Service Sire Calving Ease and 6 percent Daughter Calving Ease
• Super Sampler graduate with high reliability
7HO7982 Penn-England REGIS-ET (VG-85)
Roylane Jordan-ET x (VG-89-GMD-DOM) Pen-Col Duster-ET x (EX-92-4E-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) Norrielake Cleitus Luke-TW
Also a Super Sampler graduate, REGIS enters the active lineup with a 90% Reliability proof right out of the chute. REGIS offers a little different sire stack to our lineup and with +1,222 Milk, he will likely be the highest Milk Roy son among active A.I. His Duster dam was a really rugged, powerful cow, and was the highest producing cow in a 1,000-cow dairy at the time REGIS was born. REGIS sires very shapely shallow udders with perfect teat size and placement.
• 90% Reliability Super Sampler graduate
• Unique sire stack: Roy x Duster
• +1.4 PL, +0.8 Daughter Pregnancy Rate and 8 percent Calving Ease
• Superior Settler™
7HO8012 O-Bee JABEZ-ET
Stouder Morty-ET x (EX-92-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) 7HO2236 ELTON
JABEZ is a maternal brother to 7HO6417 O MAN and the final son Meier-Meadows El Jezebel-ET produced. Another popular Super Sampler graduate, JABEZ already has 153 daughters in 107 herds with 91% Reliability. JABEZ has great linear traits, as predicted by his high type proof of +2.86 Type, +1.85 UDC and +1.84 FLC. He adds a great deal of strength to the mating with +2.02 strength, as well as exceptional foot angle at +2.62 – ideal traits to handle today’s concrete, free-stall operations.
• Super Sampler graduate with 91% Reliability
• Milk with strength: +1,302 Milk and +2.02 strength
• High Type: +2.86 PTAT, +1.85 UDC and +1.84 FLC
• Maternal brother to O MAN
507HO8094 My-John SCOTTIE-ET
Glen-Toctin Pippen-ET x (EX-90-EX-MS-GMD-DOM) 7HO5375 BW MARSHALL x (VG-87-GMD-DOM) 9HO1729 PATRON
SCOTTIE is an ideal candidate to enter the gender SELECTed program. He sires medium-sized cows with great udders and feet and legs, perfect for free-stall operations. SCOTTIE is among the top 10 at Select for FLC. His daughters have steep foot angle with rear legs that track squarely. His +1.92 PTAT, +1.65 UDC and +2.26 FLC will satisfy many dairy producers with lots of heifer calves.
• Herdlife Builder™ with gender SELECTed semen
• +1,105 Milk with favorable components
• 8 percent Service Sire Calving Ease and 7 percent Daughter Calving Ease
• Medium-sized cows, +1.65 UDC and +2.26 FLC
Maternal Brothers
7HO8090 Pine-Shelter LARAMEE Mor-ET (EX-90)
Stouder Morty-ET x (VG-88-GMD-DOM) Carol Prelude Mtoto-ET x (EX-95-3E-EX-MS-DOM) Plushanski Fargo-ET
7HO8227 Pine-Shelter LOGAN IRON-ET (VG-85)
Boss Iron-ET x (VG-88-GMD-DOM) Carol Prelude Mtoto-ET x (EX-95-3E-EX-MS-DOM) Plushanski Fargo-ET
LOGAN IRON and LARAMEE are the first two brothers to get proofs out of a special Mtoto daughter, Pine-Shelter Lariat-ET (VG-88-GMD-DOM). From an index standpoint, she exhibited many traits that a great commercial cow should possess. She was wide-chested and deep through her heart, carried a great substance of bone and walked on super feet and legs. Her udder was high and wide with a great crease. She was very strong headed and aggressive, leading to her being the high 2-year-old for milk production in the herd. She produced over 35,000 pounds as a junior 2-year-old running in a 450-cow slatted-floor, free-stall barn. Quite unfortunately, Lariat had a bad drug reaction and died very late in lactation. We also have an O MAN Super Sampler in waiting out of Lariat. The grandam was a Midwestern prolific show cow year in and year out, winning numerous banners. Her highlight was being named the junior show grand champion at World Dairy Expo in 1997. She was quite the black beauty with, again, rock solid feet and legs and a beautiful, open rib cage.
Both LOGAN IRON and LARAMEE have some of the same type characteristics. The sires of these two, Boss Iron and Morty were selected to mirror the mother’s type pattern and they delivered. Daughters of both bulls are smoother and stronger made with great feet and legs and high, wide rear udders. LOGAN IRON is extremely better on components and LARAMEE daughters have a nicer front end, a tad more style throughout and a clean-boned hock for his pedigree.
With a 7HO5157 DURHAM-free pedigree and high-type proofs, they will match up well with DURHAM offspring. Customers that care about strong breeding patterns and lowering Somatic Cell counts from trouble-free cows will fall in love with daughters from both bulls for different reasons.
LARAMEE:
• +1762 TPI, a top-30 sire
• Elite Type at +3.47
• +1.99 UDC and +3.55 FLC
• 7HO2236 ELTON-free pedigree
LOGAN IRON:
• Total outcross sire stack, 7HO2236 ELTON-free pedigree
• High components: +.10%F and +.01%P
• Elite fitness traits: 2.54 SCS, +3.2 PL and +1.2 DPR
• Herdlife Builder and HealthMark™
7JE1000 Richies Jace TBONE A364
7JE535 JACE x (VG-86%) Lemvig x 7JE386 DECLO
Select Sires prides itself on supplementing its solid Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) sampling program with other proven sires of high genetic merit. Such is the case this time with 7JE1000 TBONE, a proven JACE son from Sexing Technologies. The sampling of this bull was achieved through the use of sexed semen in the early stages of the company’s business. The bull was always a high-Parent Average young sire and had tremendous on-farm fertility, thus making him quite popular in the sexing arena. In fact, TBONE has more than 1,600 registered daughters, with more to come, therefore he is a very well nationally sampled sire. Currently ranked No. 3 in the breed for Jersey Performance Index™ (JPI™) at +267, TBONE is the complete package. Components plus yield allow him to rank No. 2 in the breed for Cheese Merit at +$550. His 48 daughters in 14 herds are scattered across six states in the U.S. from coast to coast. The pedigree alone has always intrigued people as this early JACE son is out of a former No. 1 JPI cow, Richies Lemvig Star M109 (VG-86%). She lived in Texas at the large commercial operation of Nico deBoer under herdsman Richard Wubs’ care. First calving at 1-9 and making 1,278 pounds of fat, she then calved back at 2-9 and made over 30,000 pounds of milk, 1,764 pounds of fat and 1,240 pounds of protein while scoring Very Good (86%). The DECLO grandam died at calving, but the Excellent (92%) great grandam, Pancho Star, has had tremendous production with 29,340 pounds of milk, 1,575 pounds of fat and 1,019 pounds of protein. The family spells production and this instant sire father will carry on those genes. After viewing several milking daughters, the linear profile does a good job of outlining the daughters – exceptional dairy strength, adequate capacity, with great rear udder, udder cleft and very nice teat placement. TBONE is the ideal cross on the numerous fancy 7JE590 ACTION daughters throughout the country.
• Exciting new No. 3 JPI and No. 2 CM$ bull of the breed
• Perfect mating sire for future replacements, especially from ACTION dams
• Tremendous sample of daughters yet to come
• JACE x Lemvig…the magical cross
• Herdlife Builder with gender SELECTed semen available
7JE739 MVF Barkly Juan 1107-ET
7JE488 BARKLY x (E-93%) Molly Brook Brass Major x (E-91%) 7JE159 SOONER
MVF Brass Major Juanita-ET (E-93%) strikes again. Great transmitting cows have multiple sons sampled in A.I. Select is fortunate to have found this cow now with two proven sons in the lineup, MVF and 7JE707 JUAN. This BARKLY son mirrors his sire’s success with excellent milk production, adequate frames with quality udders, and great health traits for today’s modern cow. Dairy producers often brag about how much they appreciate their BARKLY daughters now that they are older cows, and MVF will be no different. This AJCA NAILE syndicate-sampled bull makes the trouble-free cow (Herdlife Builder and HealthMark labeled), just ask the Fremstads in Wisconsin. They are milking five MVF daughters, all with more than 20,000 pounds of milk as 2-year-olds and scoring Very Good in a large free-stall operation. These daughters exemplify the moderate frames with very correctly attached mammaries, fore and rear, and highly textured udders. This quality stems back from the Excellent (91%) SOONER grandam, Elmview Sooner J, who consistently made the Rhein family in Pennsylvania great records, great daughters and now great grandsons. This bull beautifully matches the Maid bloodlines very prominent in Jersey dairies today.
• Two maternal brothers proven in MVF and JUAN
• Balanced breeding just like you’d expect from a BARKLY son
• Will produce the trouble-free cow with high health and fitness traits
• Exceptional mating on Maid bloodlines
• Herdlife Builder and HealthMark sire
7JE780 Galaxies INFLUENCE-ET
7JE535 JACE x (VG-88%) 7JE386 DECLO x (E-94%) Comfort Royal Alf-ET
Welcome to the era of JACE sons. His genetic legacy has been felt maternally for quite some time. Now paternally, you will see some great sons come along and the third big-time winner to the Select Sires proven program is 7JE780 INFLUENCE. This exciting graduate has a cow family the breed has drooled over for a long time. The grandam, Deerview Alf Galaxy-ET (E-94%), caught the attention of the world with her awesome frame and production ability (26,160 pounds of milk, 1,549 pounds of fat and 938 pounds of protein). She was a daughter of Lester Gurit, who would have been a 94- or 95-point cow had she not died at such a young age. The Very Good (88%) DECLO dam of INFLUENCE was also of the quality of greatness and now has two Excellent (90%) daughters, one is a full sister to INFLUENCE. A famous sister to Declo Galaxie is Excellent (94%) Montana Galaxy, the high seller in the Sunny Day dispersal a few years ago who also has sons at Select awaiting proofs. The G family has numerous branches in numerous herds, all with great scores, records and the desire for more like them. Once again, the INFLUENCE daughters excel is dairy qualities with a flat, deep rib, superior rear udders and well-placed teats – all the right kind of combinations for the 7JE510 GOLDEN, 7JE667 JACINTO, 7JE620 MAXIMUS and 7JE605 MECCA daughters needing bred. This bull has total customer satisfaction written all over him.
• The incredible G family originally from High Lawn
• Excellent scores up to Excellent (94%) throughout the pedigree
• Select Sires: your source for the top proven JACE sons
• Ideal cross for GOLDEN, JACINTO, MAXIMUS and MECCA daughters
Source: 04/08 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and breed associations; 04/08 Rel: BUSHMAN NM$ 75%, HA Type 78%, SCS 69%, PL 58%; AMERICA-RED USDA 91%, CE 84%, NM$ 80%, DCE 65%; REGIS USDA 90%, PL 61%, DPR 61%, CE 81%; JABEZ HA Type 85%, USDA 91%; SCOTTIE HA Type 81%, USDA 85%, CE 74%, DCE 52%; LARAMEE Type 82%; LOGAN IRON USDA 82%, SCS 65%, PL 53%, DPR 51%; TBONE AJCA Type 55%, CM$ 61%
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