Santa Gertrudis

Domestic Production Index

EBV emphases (%):

This red bar-graph shows the emphasis on individual EBVs that is aimed for in the Santa Gertrudis Domestic Production $Index. The signs indicate the directions of the emphasis. For example, greater 400-Day Weight EBVs and shorter Days to Calving EBVs are favoured.

The EBV emphases reflect the underlying profit drivers in a commercial Santa Gertrudis herd targeting the production of steers for the domestic trade. The emphases take account of the genetic relationships between the trait EBVs and the relevant profit drivers.

When $Index values are calculated, the weightings that are applied to each EBV are in actual units ($/kg, $/mm etc). In this graph these weightings have been converted to standard percentages (%) to illustrate the relative emphases.