Quaker Hill Upper Cut 1Y22:
• A superstar of the Spring 2024 NCC report released in early December and sired by an increasingly popular outcross A.I. sire for many programs, this young sire is very unique in the fact that he offers breed leading marbling score genetics with a pedigree that does not include either the $180,000 half interest G A R Progress or his famous sire G A R Predestined who are woven throughout the pedigree tabulations of most of the most popular sources of marbling score genetics in the Angus breed.
• Paternal sisters to Upper Cut topped the Fall 2022 Yon female sale at $55,000, $44,000 and $25,000 and a paternal brother topped the Spring 2023 Yon bull sale at $27,000 for two-thirds interest while a paternal sister was the $26,000 top-selling female of the Fall 2023 Yon female sale.
• Among ORIgen Sires as of 12-22-23, NUMBER 1 for $Grid value index and Marbling score EPD, Number 3 for $Combined value index, $Maternal value index and Scrotal Circumference measure EPD, Number 6 for weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD and $Angus x Holstein crossbreeding value index, Number 7 for $Weaned calf value index and percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD, Number 8 for Calving Ease Maternal score EPD, Number 9 for reducing Mature Height EPD, ultra-elite for $Beef value index and $Angus x Jersey crossbreeding value index, superior for Weaning Weight EPD, Yearling Weight EPD, Rib Eye area measure EPD, Docility score EPD and Hair Shedding score EPD and better than breed avg for Calving Ease Direct score EPD, Birth Weight EPD, Claw set score EPD, hoof Angle score EPD and reducing Mature Weight EPD