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Shorthorn Breedplan

Not all cattle breeders are fortunate enough to have perfected a finely tuned cattle sense. Not all buyers of stock are blessed with that same sense.

Performance recording provides both breeders and buyers more information on which to base their decisions.

The importance placed on performance figures or on appearance and type can depend on who is doing the choosing. However to not provide the information is leaving the job half done.

Shorthorn Breedplan is the internationally accepted system of performance recording. It combines the known pedigree of an animal and the actual performance in a BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction) analysis to provide EBV's (Estimated Breeding Values).


An EBV is based on the animals own performance plus the performances of all known relatives, sire, dam, half sisters, uncles etc. Information on one trait can also help predict other correlated traits.

Measurements required for Breedplan are:
(1) 200 day weights and
(2) either a 400 day or 600 day weight.

Additional information that is encouraged to be collected includes;

• Birthweight
  
• Calving Ease
  
• Scrotal Size
  
• Scan for Fat
  
• EMA
  
• IMF
  
• Mature Cow weight

Breedplan only provides a within herd comparison and cannot be compared across herds.

Shorthorn Group Breedplan

Shorthorn Group Breedplan uses the pedigree links between herds through the use of common sires in Shorthorn Breedplan. These common sires form genetic links and its these links which allow across-herd and across year comparisons of Group EBV's.

Where you see the Shorthorn Group Breedplan logo, then the EBV's can be compared across herd and across years. Most Shorthorn stud herds are participants of Shorthorn Group Breedplan.