News
Changes to the December Evaluations
Two changes have been made. The first change is that they’ve discovered a mistake in the August genomic evaluations that mostly impacted PL but to a small degree DPR also. All bulls with daughters in at least 10 herds get used in the predictor group for calibrating genomic evaluations. Some of these bulls that are early progeny test bulls or foreign bulls do not have progeny proofs for DPR and PL. It turns out for these bulls they were using their gPTA for PL and DPR in solving for the SNP effects rather than using the traditional PA values. This was corrected back in September. The changes memo said this only had a small effect on PTA values but it had a big impact on PL and DPR reliability values. We will see reliability values for PL and DPR decrease by 6 to 8 points from where they were in August.
The second change is the implementation of new trait correlations in the calculating the multitrait PL values. These are fairly self-explanatory; SCS, DPR and Body Size now have more influence on PL and Udder Composite and Feet & Legs Composite have less. This change also reduced PL reliability because the traits receiving more weight tend to have lower reliability values.
We will see some bulls making big changes for PL in the December run which means big changes in NM$ and TPI/JPI. The top 100 Holstein young sires for NM$ on average changed -0.9 for PL. This means we will likely see some individual young bulls changing by -2.0 PL. A decrease of 2 for PL translates to a loss of 70 NM$ and 47 TPI points. (click here for more details from USDA)
~A special thanks to Scott Culbertson and Chuck Sattler, Select Sires, for submitting
NEW SCORES!
New scores for the donors of Lot 32 and Lot 35 on the current Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction
Classification Highlights from Tramilda
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A-Mason Durham Lanny-ET EX-93 95-MS 5YR
Grand Champion, Georgia National Fair 2012 -
Kingsmill Roy Roulette-ET EX-92 (just two weeks fresh)
14th Generation Excellent back to Audrey Posch - Oakfield Gold Topaz-ET VG-88-2YR EX-MS
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Owned by Austin Yoder & Matthias Swartz
1st Jr 2-Yr-Old & Reserve Grand Champion GA National Fair Jr Show 2012 - Tramilda-J Sanchez Rose-ET VG-86-2YR VG-MS
- Sanchez x Kingsmill Roy Roulette EX-92
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Hendel Gabor Bailey 3130-ET VG-86-2YR VG-MS
GTPI+2084 - Gabor from the Oman Biffy Family
Embryos by Shotglass selling in Holstein Plaza Auction -
Butlerview After Adora-ET VG-85-2YR 86-MM
Aftershock x Brookvilla Jasper Aka EX-94
Planet Silk and Durham Altitude control *RC/Red list
Offspring of Des-Y-Gen Planet Silk and Kamps-Hollow Altitude dominated the Top 25 *RC/Red GTPI Females in the U.S. for December 2012 - click here for more details.
Top 25 GTPI POLLED Females in the U.S. for December 2012
Click here to see who made the Top 25 GTPI Polled list for December 2012
Top NM$ and PTAT Heifers in the U.S. from December 2012
Now online ... information on the Top 25 NM$ Heifers in the U.S. and the Top 25 PTAT Heifers in the U.S.
Top 10 TPI Genomic Young Bulls
- Seagull-Bay SUPERSIRE (Robust x Planet x Shottle) • GTPI+2530
- Amighetti NUMERO UNO (Man-O-Man x Shottle x Boss Iron) • GTPI+2497
- Rickland PREDESTINE 669 (Shamrock x Goldwyn x Outside) • GTPI+2491
- Genervations WILLPOWER (Willrock x Planet x Goldwyn) • GTPI+2476
- De-Su Bkm MCCUTCHEN 1174 (Bookem x Shottle x Oman) • GTPI+2474
- Genervations LIQUID GOLD (Bolder x Planet x Goldwyn) • GTPI+2469
- Pine-Tree AltaOAK (Niagra x Leif x Shottle) • GTPI+2466
- De-Su AltaJOHNSON (Snowman x Massey x Ramos) • GTPI+2462
- Seagull-bay HEADLINER (Robust x Planet x Shottle) • GTPI+2447
- S-S-I Bookem MORGAN (Bookem x Shottle x Oman) • GTPI+2439
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New photo of Man-O-Man Marelli... Marbella's highest daughter!
New photo of Ms GoldNOaks Marelli2161-ET the Very Good-85-2YR VG-MS Man-O-Man daughter of Gold-N-Oaks S Marbella ... and at +2135 GTPI she is Marbella's highest GTPI daughter in the U.S.
Top 25 GTPI Heifers for December 2012
- S-S-I UNO MARA 8395-ET (Numero Uno x Shamrock x Shottle) • GTPI+2711
- S-S-I UNO DAMICA 8433-ET (Numero Uno x Robust x Oman) • GTPI+2664
- DE-SU 1438-ET (Shamrock x Man-O-Man x Ramos) • GTPI+2657
- STANTONS SHAMROCK COCO CHANEL (Shamrock x Freddie x Lucky Star) • GTPI+2656
- SANDY-VALLEY NU PENELOPE-ET (Numero Uno x Planet x Shottle) • GTPI+2647
- JOLICAP EMLEE (Shamrock x Baxter x Shottle) • GTPI+2612
- LARCREST CHARMED-ET (Numero Uno x Ramos x Shottle) • GTPI+2590
- OCD NUMERO UNO FRANCES-ET (Numero Uno x Goldwyn x Durham) • GTPI+2588
- S-S-I UNO MARELDA 8424-ET (Numero Uno x Shamrock x Shottle) • GTPI+2588
- DE-SU PARADISE 2204-ET (Paradise x Bookem x Oman) • GTPI+2588
New Lists Coming!
Holstein Association USA is working to provide us with updated lists following yesterday's proof run as inaccuracies were found in the original lists sent. We apologize for the delay and will have the new lists posted as soon as we receive.