ProfitSOURCE sires can significantly impact your herd’s bottom line by increasing the revenue from your lower genetic value females. Select Sires’ ProfitSOURCE sires have been selected for crossbreeding on Holsteins and Jerseys. These sires excel for calving ease, growth performance, carcass merit, and they offer elite fertility to maximize reproductive performance. The lineup of ProfitSOURCE sires will include elite terminal beef bulls designed to meet specific genetic criteria.

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FOr When your profits are maxed making them male.

The beef x dairy industry continues to evolve and Select Sires is equipped to provide you with products that offer the greatest profit potential. In markets where you can garner a higher premium for male beef x dairy calves, consult with your Select Sires advisor about how ProfitSOURCE Male Pack can boost those premiums!

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Angus Sires

Top 30% of the breed for five of the six EPD traits related to growth and carcass merit: Weaning Weight (WW), Yearling Weight (YW), Carcass Weight (CW), Marbling (Marb.), Ribeye Area (RE) and $Angus x Holstein or $Angus x Jersey.

Top 55% of the breed for Calving Ease
Top 50% of the breed for Residual Average Daily Gain (RADG)
Bottom 70% of the breed for Yearling Height (YH)

$AxH and $AxJ Indices

The $Angus x Holstein and $Angus x Jersey Indexes are bioeconomic indexes expressed in dollars per head. Each represents the expected average difference in future beef x dairy progeny value when compared to progeny of other Angus sires if randomly mated to Holstein or Jersey cows and resulting calves are exposed to the same environment.

Simmental Sires

Top 50% of their breed for Calving Ease and Terminal Index.

Terminal Index (TI): evaluates the merit of sires where all offspring (both male and female) are fed and sold on a carcass grade and yield basis.

CHAROLAIS Sires

Top 50% of their breed for Calving Ease and Terminal Index.

Terminal Sire Index (TSI): represents a dollar index per terminal progeny produced from a bull in the Charolais database, ranking them for profit potential.

Limousin Sires

Top 50% of their breed for Calving Ease and Terminal Index.

Mainstream Terminal Index ($MTI): measures differences in expected profit per carcass produced on a mainstream grid (yield grade 1 or 2, Select to low-Choice quality grade, and no over- or under-weights or dark cutters).

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Meet our ProfitSOURCE Partners

Calf ranches, feedlots and packers interested in source-veriﬁed, high quality ProﬁtSOURCE calves have established partnerships with Select Sires. ProﬁtSOURCE Partners may vary depending on geography, size of dairies, ownership arrangements, breed preferences, genetic criteria and end product targets. Some current partners include: