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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1990; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-361-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 592; Beef; Bull test; Performance
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Seventeen Years Of Kansas Central Bull Tests, R.R. Schalles, B.J. Ward, K.O. Zoellner, L.C. Martin
Seventeen Years Of Kansas Central Bull Tests, R.R. Schalles, B.J. Ward, K.O. Zoellner, L.C. Martin
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Weights. frame scores. scrotal circumferences, and prices of bulls increased significantly over 17 years. Angus had the greatest increase in birth weight, average daily gain (ADG) during test, adjusted yearling weight, and frame score, whereas Simmental had the greatest increase in adjusted weaning weight. Backfat and ribeye area decreased over this period. Large frame score had the greatest effect on increasing sale priCe of bulls. Gelbvieh bulls with heavy birth weights sold for less, whereas heavy birth weight Limousin and Polled Hereford bulls sold for more. Rank correlations indicated a significant change in rank between 112- and 140-d ADG. About …