In honor of Independence Day in the United States, the Bullvine decided to take a closer look at the top USA bred bulls. In the world market, indexes like TPI and NM$ dominate much of the discussion. But, in typical Bullvine form, we decided to look at things a little differently. Instead of ranking them all by TPI (Holstein USA’s national index – Read more Everything You Need To Know About TPI and LPI), The Bullvine decided to rank them by BPI (Read more – Bullvine Performance Index). Note that all animals are percentage ranked compared to the highest bull (Mr. Lookout P Enforcer).
Top BPI Proven Sires
Name Milk Fat Prot NM$ PTAT Rel BPI
DE-SU OBSERVER 1602 61 52 792 2.7 0.99 99.8%
BADGER-BLUFF FANNY FREDDIE 1236 54 43 779 1.57 0.99 98.7%
DE-SU GULF 1489 73 40 549 2.8 0.92 92.9%
MORNINGVIEW LEVI 876 68 54 693 1.4 0.95 91.3%
COYNE-FARMS SHOTLE YANCE 1815 75 54 516 1.9 0.93 89.6%
DE-SU HISTORY 1524 84 58 567 2.41 0.93 89.2%
LONG-LANGS OMAN OMAN 1262 81 73 588 2.17 0.99 88.3%
END-ROAD O-MAN BRONCO-ET 1770 47 62 512 2.08 0.99 88.1%
O-BEE MANFRED JUSTICE 781 63 46 643 -0.07 0.99 87.4%
VA-EARLY-DAWN SUDAN CRI 1268 82 53 538 1.79 0.92 86.8%
Top BPI Genomic Sires
Name Milk Fat Prot NM$ PTAT Rel BPI
MR LOOKOUT P ENFORCER 1731 74 67 708 2.75 0.73 100.0%
MR LOOKOUT PESCE ALTA5G 1020 53 46 6.12 3.96 0.72 98.4%
DE-SU JEROD 1223 1610 89 51 847 2.71 0.74 97.5%
COYNE-FARMS JABIR 1441 95 55 885 2.66 0.72 96.7%
RMW ANCHOR 1474 98 47 716 3.04 0.72 94.8%
MR LOOKOUT P EMBARGO 1485 94 56 644 3.38 0.72 93.8%
DE-SU DISTINCTION 11130 1754 97 64 834 3 0.72 93.8%
WELCOME ARMITAGE PESKY 1024 92 63 744 2.3 0.72 93.6%
SULLY MCCORD 269 1413 90 53 780 3.17 0.71 92.9%
Top BPI Polled Sires
Name Milk Fat Prot NM$ PTAT Rel BPI
TIGER-LILY LADD P-RED -40 30 31 477 3.03 0.75 83.8%
SANDY-VALLEY CHIPPER-P 1379 29 46 568 2.6 0.72 81.5%
DA-SO-BURN MOM EARNHARDT P 1557 76 73 598 1.97 0.74 81.0%
PINE-TREE OHARE-P 2073 53 55 682 1.92 0.74 78.7%
KERNDTWAY ELIMINATOR-P 604 58 23 488 2.43 0.73 78.0%
HICKORYMEA PARKER P 191 33 20 542 2.24 0.75 78.0%
RI-VAL-RE OBSRVR DOLO-P 1143 49 36 571 2.78 0.73 76.6%
LIRR SPECIAL EFFECTP-RED 122 39 17 577 1.78 0.73 75.5%
RI-VAL-RE OBSRVR DAVE-P 1367 53 46 539 2.54 0.73 74.9%
SANDY-VALLEY COLT P-RED 705 10 26 468 1.78 0.75 73.3%
It is interesting to see just how closely ranked the top Genomic sires and proven sires in the USA are. Unlike Canada that recently adjusted its LPI formula to bring indexes closer together (Read more: Canadian LPI Rescaling Explained (April 2013)), the US has always had a very close ranking among top sires. Even the most progressive Genomic breeder, should still consider using sires like DE-SU OBSERVER, BADGER-BLUFF FANNY FREDDIE and DE-SU GULF. Having said that, many may choose to use the highest of their sons in order to stay ahead of the rest.
Another interesting note is how quickly the top polled sires are catching up to their non-polled counterparts. Only a year ago the top polled sires would not have been within 30% of the top non-polled. These days they are within 20% and at this current rate, in another 5 years they will be at the same level.
The Bullvine Bottom Line
There is no question that, when you look at the top bull lists around the world, the USA dominates (Read more: What the Experts Will Tell You about Who Is Winning the Genetic Improvement Race). Between the use of TPI and NM$ US breeders have been leaders in the identification of top bloodlines for health, fertility and profitability. The question now becomes, “Can they stay on top?”
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