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REFERENCE SIRE: RATANUI ZION 606
REFERENCE SIRE
Born: 28/07/16 No. : 18003016606
SIRE DAM
MANGAPAPA 10054
REFERENCE SIRE: RATANUI ZION 606 RATANUI 10 47
MANGAPAPA 443 RATANUI 397 (RP)
MANGAPAPA 04154 RATANUI 08 875 (AP) (P)
Born: 28/07/16 No. : 18003016606
SIRE DAM
Selection Index Values Comments: Ratanui 606 was purchased with the Atahua stud at the
RATANUI 10 47
MANGAPAPA 10054
Ratanui bull sale at Matawhero in 2018 for $30,000. He was a big bull of
RATANUI 397 (RP)
MANGAPAPA 443 Index Value Breed Average nearly pure NZ blood from the Mangapapa Stud in the Waikato. He had
Market Target
RATANUI 08 875 (AP) (P)
+$100
Self Replacing Index +$51 MANGAPAPA 04154 superb presence, length, width over the spine and was packed full of
Heifer/Dairy Terminal <<ind_3>> +$131 AngusPure Index +$12 +$104 meat. He spent the first season here at Merchiston and covered a heard
of MA cows. He has 5 sons in the sale.
Selection Index Values Comments: Ratanui 606 was purchased with the Atahua stud at the
Ratanui bull sale at Matawhero in 2018 for $30,000. He was a big bull of
Market Target Index Value Breed Average
nearly pure NZ blood from the Mangapapa Stud in the Waikato. He had
Self Replacing Index +$51 +$100 superb presence, length, width over the spine and was packed full of
Heifer/Dairy Terminal <<ind_3>> +$131 AngusPure Index +$12 +$104 meat. He spent the first season here at Merchiston and covered a heard
of MA cows. He has 5 sons in the sale.
MAY 2021 TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation EBVs for 2019 born calves
Calv. Calv. Eye
Ease Ease Gest. 200 Day 400 Day 600 Day Mat. Scrotal Carcase Muscle Rump
Direct Dtrs Len. Birth Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. Cow Wt. Milk Size Days to Wt. Area Rib Fat Fat RBY IMF
(%) (%) (days) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (cm) Calv. (kg) (sq.cm) (mm) (mm) (%) (%)
EBV -15.0 -8.0 -1.9 +7.4 +39 +79 +122 +135 +5 +2.7 -1.1 +42 +1.4 -0.2 -0.8 +0.7 -0.9
ACC 43% 29% 69% 90% 82% 82% 83% 77% 67% 78% 41% 73% 68% 73% 70% 69% 67%
MAY 2021 TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation EBVs for 2019 born calves
Breed Avg. EBVs for 2019 Born Calves
Eye
Calv.
Calv.
+46
+61
-4.2
+95
+84
+4.2
+0.1
EBV +1.8 +2.1 -4.4 Birth Wt. 200 Day 400 Day +110 Cow Wt. +16 +1.9 Days to Carcase +5.4 Rib Fat -0.2 +0.4 +1.8
Ease
Rump
Ease
Muscle
Gest.
Scrotal
Mat.
600 Day
Wt.
Milk
Wt.
Direct
Wt.
Size
Wt.
Area
Len.
RBY
Dtrs
Fat
IMF
MERCHISTON KATOOMBA N175 (kg) (sq.cm) (mm) Born: 22/08/17
(kg)
(kg)
(mm)
(%)
(%)
(kg)
Calv.
(cm)
(kg)
(days)
(%)
(kg)
(%)
(kg)
EBV -15.0 -8.0 -1.9 +7.4 +39 +79 +122 +135 +5 +2.7 -1.1 +42 +1.4 -0.2 -0.8 +0.7 -0.9
No. 14738017N175
ACC 43% 29% 69% 90% 82% 82% 83% 77% 67% 78% 41% 73% 68% 73% 70% 69% 67%
Breed Avg. EBVs for 2019 Born Calves
+1.9
SIRE +1.8 +2.1 -4.4 +4.2 +46 +84 +110 +95 +16 DAM -4.2 +61 +5.4 +0.1 -0.2 +0.4 +1.8
EBV
BANQUET ANVIL FUSION F275(AI)(ET) MERCHISTON MERCHISTON VISION 564
KATOOMBA MARIA 183
K312(AI) (IMP AUS) BANQUET DREAM B239(AI) MERCHISTON MARIA 473
Comments: Katoomba 175 was used on a group of mixed aged cows
as a yearling bull and then sold to Owen Maher as Lot 30 in our 2019
Bull Sale. I rated him very highly as a yearling bull and suggested in the
catalogue that year that he could have been on of the best bulls we could
Selection Index Values
have used. The Maria cow family has been extraordinary for us here at
MEET ANGUS. HE’S BALANCED.
Market Target Index Value Breed Average Merchiston and his dam, Maria 183, is a great cow very much like her
Self Replacing Index +$77 +$100 mother Maria 473. He is not a bull that lays down a lot of fat himself but
When it comes to balancing your system productivity and genetic traits - you can’t go
AngusPure Index +$97 +$104 seeing his progeny in the sale this year you can be assured his progeny
past New Zealand Angus will breed for you.
Lot 1 is a great example of the temperament and shear quality of his
• Bred for Balance progeny, a cracking good bull. He has seven sons in the sale this year.
• Farmed for Balance
• Recorded for Balance
• Consumed for Balance
MAY 2021 TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation EBVs for 2019 born calves
ANGUS NEW ZEALAND
IT TAKES GREAT BALANCE TO DELIVER GREAT RESULTS.
Calv. Calv. Eye
Ease Ease Gest. 200 Day 400 Day 600 Day Mat. Scrotal Carcase Muscle Rump
Direct Dtrs Len. Birth Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. Cow Wt. Milk Size Days to Wt. Area Rib Fat Fat RBY IMF
(%) (%) (days) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (kg) (cm) Calv. (kg) (sq.cm) (mm) (mm) (%) (%)
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EBV -2.5 -0.7 -5.2 +5.9 +47 +86 +121 +118 +16 +1.3 -1.8 +59 +1.3 -1.9 -1.4 +0.7 +1.2
ACC 62% 43% 84% 87% 80% 82% 84% 75% 59% 79% 39% 69% 66% 69% 68% 63% 62%
Breed Avg. EBVs for 2019 Born Calves
EBV +1.8 +2.1 -4.4 +4.2 +46 +84 +110 +95 +16 +1.9 -4.2 +61 +5.4 +0.1 -0.2 +0.4 +1.8
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