AI CODE: BJW – HB. REF. GRK D103
DOB: 24/04/2008
- GS: Alkira Vancouver
- Sire: Courallie Vancouver Z438
- GD: Courallie Fancy M276
- GS: Cara Park Xpress T311
- Dam: Bowmont Queen Y318
- GD: Bowmont Queen W115
Vancouver is a very smooth easy fleshing bull with exceptional performance figures. Top price bull at the Bowmont Autumn on farm sale, he weighed 865 kgs at 22 months and measured 144 cm at the hips or frame score 7.
His Australian EBV’s place him in the top 6% for 200, 400, & 600 day weight. With an EMA of +3.3 he is in the top 1% while his EBV’s for carcase weight and RBY place him in the top 10%.
He is sired by Courallie Vancouver whose sons had the highest average of the sale. His grandsire Alkira Vancouver is a trait leader for 200, 400, 600 day weight and for IMF.
His dam Bowmont Queen is a very wide cow born in March 2003 she already has five calves on the ground. Her sire Cara Park Xpress is in the top 5% of the breed while her maternal sire Red Hill Time Bomb is a trait leader for Eye Muscle Area and Retail Beef Yield.
Vancouver’s pedigree on the sires side is related to Yarram Pompeii V055 and is not recommended for use on his progeny.
| 2010 SPRING GROUP BREEDPLAN EBVS | |||||||
| Birth Wt. Kg. | 200 D Wt. | 400 D Wt. | 600 D Wt. | Carcase Wt . | EMA Sq.cm | Retail Beef Yield | |
| EBV | +6.7 | +34 | +54 | +79 | +47 | +3.3 | +1.3 |
| Acc | 54% | 61% | 63% | 65% | 53% | 44% | 45% |
| EU Index + AU$82 Breed Av.+AU$67 | |||||||
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