Touchstone 37Q 2HY2C
Calved 03/09/05 •15184843
#B/R Destination 727 [AMF-NHF]
#B/R Destination 727-928 [AMF-NHF]
B/R Blackcap Empress 558 [AMF] |
#G A R Traveler 1489 [AMF]
B/R Ruby of Tiffany 5113
#Bon View Bando 598 [AMF]
B/R Blackcap Empress 76
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#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-NHF]
J W K Scarlett 7052
+Ankony Scarlett 0R74 |
#Emulation N Bar 5522
N Bar Primrose 2424
Ankonian Titleist [AMF-NHF]
Ankony Scarlett 36A2
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37Q is the best bull we’ve produced from an individual performance standpoint and one that deserves your consideration for use. To begin with, on our 138-day simulated forage test, he tied as the high-gaining bull at 3.44 lbs. per day with a ratio 131. The pen average for 70 bulls was 2.6 lbs. per day on primarily hay. This test is designed to identify bulls possessing the genetic ability to excel in grass-finishing programs and for producing efficient low-input females.
37Q is out of an EXT/Lovana/Dynamo bred cow that traces 185 times to a bull born in 1929 named simply "Emulous" and is the progenator sire for our program. See our Breeding Philosophy page for more information on the history of Emulous cattle. The dam of 37Q will be 10 years old this year, with a deep, long body in a 4.5 frame. She also produced our high-selling bull 7 years ago and some outstanding females as well.
Although 37Q is not close-bred in his three-generation pedigree he certainly is linebred tracing to "Emulous" 264 times (185 times for dam and 79 times for sire) including Ankonian Dynamo 22 times in his extended pedigree.
Probably the most exciting aspect of this bull is his DNA tenderness profile combined with his BIA ultrasound tenderness score. 37Q is homozygous for all three known tenderness markers. These DNA markers all relate to the role of enzymatic activity post-harvest to tenderize the meat but have no relationship to the components of structural tenderness such as connective tissue, fiber densities and relative fiber direction. That is why the BIA ultrasound is important. The presence of the DNA tenderness markers in a homozygous state can improve the tenderness of beef given any starting point of an animal's tenderness with aging. The BIA ultrasound tenderness score is important to determine the tenderness/toughness starting point for a given animal by measuring the major structural components of tenderness.
The sire of 37Q, B/R Destination 727-928 had a tenderness EPD of -.36 based on 39 steer progeny through the Angus Sire Alliance. Among the Angus bulls evaluated for shear force, the sire of 37Q had third highest tenderness score among the Angus bulls tested. Therefore, by identifying animals homozygous for the known DNA tenderness markers who also have a low BIA ultrasound tenderness score and are sired by a bull proven for tenderness is accomplishing all that can be done to improve tenderness with the existing technology for young, unproven sires.
We know of no other young sire who excels in all of these areas and given his linebred pedigree has the genetic prepotency to pass it on consistently.
BW – 87
Adj.WW – 593, ratio 105
Adj. YW – 1091
Adj. Scrotal – 33.84
Adj. Pelvic – 183
Yearling Frame Score – 5.1
Adj. IMF – 4.58, ratio 141 highest in group
BIA Tenderness – 24, best in contemporary group
BIA RE Shape Score – .69
BIA REA/CWT – 1.05
GeneStar® DNA – Marbling-TG5=0, M2=1, Tenderness-CAST=2, CALP=2, T3=2
Dam's Production Record –
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4@118 |
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Touchstone 23R
Calved 03/01/06 •15480987
#G T Expo [AMF-NHF]
Isu Imaging Q 9111 [AMF-NHF]
Summitcrest Pride 351F |
#Scotch Cap [AMF-NHF]
#GT Pine Siskin
#Gardens Prime Time [AMF-NHF]
Summitcrest Pride 007C
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#Larks Canyon 74D4 [AMF-NHF]
+Miss Touchstone 031 XLNT1
Tail N 788 |
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-NHF]
Larks Miss Bando 74A
C S F Chase 700
Tail N 0399
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23R is a bull you can use to build fleshing ability, early rapid growth and the GeneStar® tenderness and marbling markers into your herd. 23R is out of one of the easiest fleshing cows we have in our herd yet produces plenty of milk in a perfect udder. His growth as indicated by his weaning and yearling ratios were 113 and 118 respectively among 54 contemporaries on a simulated forage test.
Probably the most exciting aspect of this bull is his GeneStar® profile. 23R is homozygous for all three known tenderness markers. In addition, 23R has one each of all four QG marbling markers. Few if any sires in the breed have such an outstanding combination of economically important traits.
BW – 91
Adj.WW – 550, ratio 113
Adj. YW – 1081, ratio 118
Adj. Scrotal – 35.58
Adj. IMF – 3.91
BIA Tenderness – 27
BIA RE Shape Score – .69
BIA REA/CWT – .92
GeneStar® DNA – Tenderness-TG1=2, TG2=2, TG3=2, Marbling QG1=1, QG2=1, QG3=1, QG4=1
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3 @ 110 |
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3 @ 106 |
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3 @ 108 |
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4@115 |
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Touchstone 65Q NEMO
Calved 03/25/05 •15186333
+G A R Ext 4344 [AMF]
+Touchstone 0163 Casanova
Tail N 900 |
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-NHF]
+G A R Scotch Cap 509
C S F Chase 700
Tail N 0566
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Miss Touchstone 312 2BMYHOPE
Miss Touchstone 84 2BMYHOPE |
#+Woodhill Triple Threat [AMF]
#Blackcap Lulu B B 3115
Tail N Emulous 785
Tail N 868
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Touchstone 65Q NEMO was selected for in-herd use as a heifer bull that could add muscle. He does both well but the most outstanding feature he possesses is that he has one of the highest Quality Grade (QG) Genetic Progeny Difference (GPD) in the published GeneStar® database in the breed. Additionally, NEMO was scanned as a yearling by Dr. Allen Williams for tenderness, marbling and ribeye shape and had excellent scores for all.
BW – 73
Adj.WW – 581, ratio 103
Adj. YW – 957, ratio 101
Adj. Scrotal – 37.88
Adj. Pelvic – 173
Yearling Frame Score – 3.7
BIA Tenderness – 25
BIA RE Shape Score – .72
BIA REA/CWT – 1.37
GeneStar® DNA – Tenderness-TG1=2, TG2=1, TG3=2, Marbling QG1=2, QG2=1, QG3=2, QG4=0
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Touchstone 34Q LIV42DA
Calved 03/09/05 •15186374
#B/R Destination 727 [AMF-NHF]
#B/R Destination 727-928 [AMF-NHF]
B/R Blackcap Empress 558 [AMF] |
#G A R Traveler 1489 [AMF]
B/R Ruby of Tiffany 5113
#Bon View Bando 598 [AMF]
B/R Blackcap Empress 76
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#Gardens EXT 4137 S2 [AMF-NHF]
Miss Touchstone LEFOX
+Miss Touchstone 069 Le Fox |
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-NHF]
#Green Garden Bonnie 1134 S1
#Finks 5522-6148
Tail N 788
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Touchstone 34Q is bull that has few holes. His dam, by Gardens EXT 4137 has been an excellent producer weaning 4 @ 108. 34Q is a deep bodied, easy fleshing bull and passes it down to his calves. Additionally, 34Q was scanned as a yearling by Dr. Allen Williams for tenderness and had an excellent rating of 24.
BW – 73
Adj.WW – 574, ratio 101
Adj. YW – 993, ratio 104
Adj. Scrotal – 34.03
Adj. Pelvic – 173
Yearling Frame Score – 4.4
BIA Tenderness – 24
BIA RE Shape Score – .57
BIA REA/CWT – 1.07
GeneStar® DNA – Tenderness-TG1=2, TG2=1, TG3=2, Marbling QG1=0, QG2=0, QG3=0, QG4=1
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+Touchstone O264 QKSLVR
Calved 03/02/04 • +14892578
#Finks 5522-6148
Touchstone 187 True North
Tail N 900 |
#Emulation N Bar 5522
Finks Proud Formera 614
C S F Chase 700
Tail N 0566
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#Lovana [RTF]
Ankony Ann 43W70
Ankony Ann 13E28 |
#P S Power Play [RTF]
Tail N 2163
+Ankonian Beacon
Ankony Ann P1165
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QKSLVR is a deep-bodied, heavy muscled bull that is phenotypically near ideal. He was sired by Touchstone True North 187 and out of our great donor cow Ankony Ann 43W70. See the female section of Web site for description of this cow. Use QKSLVR for calving-ease, fleshing-ability, phenotype and muscle.
BW – 96 ET
Adj.WW – 705, ratio ET
Adj. YW – 1135
Adj. Scrotal – 34.55
Adj. Pelvic – 182
Yearling Frame Score – 5.1
BIA Tenderness – 27
BIA RE Shape Score – .76
BIA REA/CWT – 1.14
GeneStar® DNA – TG5=0, M2=1, CAST=2, CALP=1, T3=1
Dam's Production Record –
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+Touchstone 0143 2DAMAX
Calved 02/28/03 • +14520413
#Wagner Graham Corbinaire 624
#Vance Top Dawg
Spurs Emulous Raven 14 |
Graham Corbinaire 5
Blackcap of W 024
Emulous 178
Spurs Emulous Raven 8
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Touchstone 24 K
Miss Touchstone 56 L84AD8
Tail N 900 |
Tail N Emulous 785
Tail N 725
C S F Chase 700
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This bull was among the first three Angus cattle found to be homozygous for all known DNA markers for tenderness and marbling as of February 2004. This condition is quite rare and it is estimated that 1 in 100 Angus cattle randomly selected would carry all these genes in a homozygous state. He is sired by Vance Top Dawg, a now-deceased ABS bull. We were interested in Top Dawg due to his Emulous pedigree and good EPD profile given the time of his contemporaries in the mid to late 1980s. He apparently also possessed many of the DNA markers for tenderness and marbling which we were not aware of at the time. Although according to Genetic Solutions it appears that linebred Emulous cattle carry a higher percentage of the marbling and tenderness markers than the general Angus population.
His dam is one of our donors Miss Touchstone 56 L84AD8 an exceptionally easy-fleshing cow with a good production record.
2DAMAX is a 2 star for marbling, 2 star for T1 tenderness, 2 star for T2 tenderness and a 5 point in the TenderGene system with a CC GG.
BW-90 lbs., Adj. WW-674
+Touchstone 0163 Casanova
Calved 03/14/03 • +14608756
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-NHF]
+G A R Ext 4344 [AMF]
+G A R Scotch Cap 509 |
#Emulation N Bar 5522
N Bar Primrose 2424
#Scotch Cap [AMF-NHF]
Rita 5H11 of 1B14 Rito 9J9
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Tail N 900
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Prairie Eden Power Play 7
Tail N 2091
Tail N Image 2747
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Another product of Tail N 900 or a maternal half brother to True North. CASANOVA was sired by G A R EXT 4344 who is one of the top ribeye bulls in the breed with excellent marbling and growth numbers. His calves, like CASANOVA, are very stylish, clean-fronted with tremendous muscle expression. We expect CASANOVA to breed very similarly to True North but with a better DNA profile. CASANOVA is a 2 star for marbling, 2 star for T1 tenderness and 1 star for T2 tenderness. He is a 3 point in the TenderGene system with a GC GG.
BW-82 lbs., Adj. WW-648
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