WL-HR Sunshine 2778:
• Number 2 for Hair Shedding score EPD, Number 4 for $Weaned calf value index and Calving Ease Direct score EPD, Number 6 for Calving Ease Maternal score EPD and Number 9 for avg % ranking of 16 economically important EPD predictions and weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD.
• Selected by SydGen as a popular feature of the 2024 National Angus Bull Sale at the Cattlemen’s Congress, this attractive, stout made, and structurally correct son of the ST Genetics sire G A R Sunbeam is a paternal brother to the $185,000 second high seller Connealy Commerce from a $20,000 valued dam selected by Hammack Ridge Farms as the $10,000 half-interest high-selling female of the 2022 Ohio Beef Expo and as her first natural calf, Sunshine recorded a weaning ratio of 117.
• With his genetic potential for hair shedding and his EPD balance across the spectrum of his EPD profile, his dam stacking Identified and Sure Fire makes this young sire an interesting addition to the SydGen program.
• Ultra-elite for $Weaned calf value index and Hair Shedding score EPD, elite for $Combined value index, $Maternal value index, $Angus x Holstein crossbreeding value index, $Angus x Jersey crossbreeding value index and Calving Ease Direct score EPD and better than breed avg for PAP score EPD, percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD, Docility score EPD, Claw set score EPD, hoof Angle score EPD and the ability to reduce Mature Weight EPD