What TBeef provides to you:
QUALITY – TBeef only offers bulls in the top 25% of the nation for profitability to assure customers they will never get the bottom end and will always maximize genetic improvement. Profitability is measured with the All Purpose Index and the Terminal Index with the help of consulting geneticists. All EPDs and indexes are geneomically-enhanced and data collection is do
ne to the best of our ability to assure accuracy of information. Data such as carcass data, performance data, fertility data and data on all economically relevant traits is collected. RELIABILITY – The TBeef service and products are guaranteed. In addition, all animals sold are tested PI (persistently infected for BVD or Bovine Viral Diarrhea) free. The bulls come from a herd with a Johnes surveillance program and no Johnes positive animals have been detected to date. All cattle are up to date on all of their shots. All bulls will pass a Breeding Soundness Exam before they are delivered to your operation. For more on health to to the “Pricing and Health” tab under “Learn More.”
DEVELOPMENT – TBeef only offers bulls that have been developed to maximize fertility and longevity. CONVENIENCE – TBeef offers bulls in an easy to buy, low pressure, risk-free and hassle free method. DELIVERY – TBeef assures delivery as cheap as possible at your preferred timing with no headache on your part, no matter where you live. GENETIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES – TBeef offers customer accounts that allow customers to monitor their bull battery as bulls leave and enter your enterprise, monitor genetic trends to assure genetic improvement, flag and compare bulls over long periods of time so you can work on bull acquisition during your own schedule, and easily track purchases, shipments, and payments. Genetic consulting is also available. CATTLE BREEDING TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION – TBeef provides quick and understandable information and tutorials on the most recent cattle breeding technologies and methods so you can have the tools and capabilities to maximize genetic improvement and profitability. SEMEN – TBeef offers discounted rates on both sexed and conventional semen from some of the most profitable (highest API and TI) bulls in the world. FEMALES – TBeef only offers breeding females with known genetic history and collected data. Most females have selection indexes and EPDs and would qualify as seedstock females. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT – In an ongoing effort for genetic improvement of our customers cattle, TBeef is committed to research and development efforts such as carcass improvement, feed efficiency research, etc. TBeef is always interested in other research and development projects or innovations that will contribute to the never-ending effort of genetic improvement. The TBeef Breeding and Marketing Philosophy:
We recognize and utilize the substantial value of heterosis with regards to both maternal traits, such as fertility and longevity, and terminal traits, such as growth and vigor. We recognize and utilize breed complementarity of Angus and Simmental. Angus and Simmental both have large numbers of cattle in their breeds. Therefore, there are more cattle that are outliers, or well above the breed average. They both have strong, progressive breed organizations that are able to identify superior genetics. We recognize and utilize those genetics. We recognize and utilize one of the largest, most powerful genetic evaluations in the world, the International Cattle Evaluation produced by International Genetic Solutions. We harness the power of that evaluation through the utilization of EPD’s and economic selection indexes. Visual appraisal is applied in a disciplined, strategic and applicable manner. Inidicator traits (traits that are used to predict profit-focused traits or economically relevant traits) such as udder appraisal, foot and leg appraisal, etc are evaluated in an effective manner through statistical analysis and proper genetic evaluation methodologies. Other economically important traits are hard if not impossible to visually appraise such as fertile longevity, marbling, etc. Selection pressure is often wasted focusing on improper visual appraisal, stunting genetic improvement. To measure these traits we use the proper tools such as actual phenotypes (carcass data, birth weights, weaning weight, etc.), DNA, etc. We recognize and utilize the value of economic selection indexes such as the American Simmental Association All Purpose Index and Terminal Index and the American Angus Association’s $Beef Index. Economic selection indexes offer a disciplined, more accurate approach to putting selection pressure on all economically relevant traits, with the most economically relevant traits receiving the most selection pressure. The proper selection pressure is applied with market projections, produced by CattleFax and the USDA, and their associated traits. The API index is for cattle producers who keep their own replacement heifers, which most producers do, while marketing the remainder of their cattle into channels where they will end up in the meat production chain. Thus, growth and carcass traits are still very relevant in the API index. TBeef only markets bulls that are in the top 25% for API in the nation at weaning time (after EPDs on the bulls have been genomically enhanced). That said, EPD’s are constantly changing as more data becomes available, so certain bulls may occasionally drop below the top 25% API mark at certain times in their lives. We also offer bulls that would work extremely well in a terminal program as TI and API are highly correlated. Learn more about API and TI in the Genetic Selection Tools tab under the Learn More Tab. We recognize that if less emphasis is put on visual appraisal of bulls at the time of sale, i.e. fat bulls, bulls can be grown out to increase performance, fertility and longevity. We would prefer to grow the bulls out at our facilities until they are at least 15 months of age using development methodology that maximizes fertility and longevity. If a customer wants a bull before that time, we make every effort to make sure that the bull is developed properly and not used before he is 15 months old.
