Replacement females
BUILD A COWHERD.
A replacement female isn't valuable because she looks good as a yearling.
Her value is what she does over the next decade.
POWER MATERNAL
BUILT TO WORK. BUILT TO STAY.
Every tested bull in our sale catalog includes the numbers that matter.
Feed Conversion
How much feed it took to produce a pound of gain.
Conversion Ratio
How his conversion compares with the benchmark.
Cost of Gain
What it cost to add that pound.
WE LOOK BEYOND THE EPD SHEET.
EPDs are valuable.
But they don't tell you everything you need to know about a cow.
That's why the Byergo Power Maternal approach considers traits including:
- Longevity
- Actual pelvic size
- Fertility
- Dam body condition
- Percentage of body weight weaned
- Average calf weaning-weight ratio
- Feet
- Docility
- Milk
- Weaning performance
- RADG
ELIA OF SOUTH OAKS
THE COW BEHIND THE PROGRAM
In 1950, Forrest Byergo purchased Elia of South Oaks along with her yearling daughter and heifer calf.
Today, more than 85% of the Byergo cowherd traces back to Elia.
Think about what that means.
For more than seven decades, generation after generation has had to earn its way forward.
The family has become known for maternal ability, longevity, feet, udders, disposition and performance — while producing influential Byergo genetics along the way.
We aren't trying to reinvent the cow every five years.
We're building on the ones that proved they worked.