Stevenson Rapid
Number 2 for average percentile of six major bio-economic index values, Number 3 for hoof Angle score EPD, Number 5 for hot Carcass Weight EPD, $Weaned calf value index and Weaning Weight EPD, Number 7 for Calving Ease Direct score EPD, Number 8 for Calving Ease Maternal score EPD, Number 10 for Functional Longevity EPD and Claw set score EPD and Number 13 for $Combined value index. Named to highlight his genomic-enhanced EPD predictions for rapid growth, Stevenson Rapid is stacks two powerful sire lines of growth and power and like his record setting sire, he has the potential for his data to improve as his progeny are genomic tested and performance evaluated. The great success story of his sire Basin Jameson’s story tells itself as a record setting unique Montana herd sire that combines tremendous data with impeccable phenotype and he is the sire of top young herd sires of the most recent generation of bulls across the Angus breed. Rapid’s dam is a daughter of the sleek, “no miss” foundation donor Goode 9Q20 5858 who served in the 2 Bar C and Friendship Farms ET Programs and descends from the $250,000 producer Goode Objective 544. Backed by great cows like Stevenson herd sires have been for decades, excitement is high among the Stevenson family as they proudly introduce Stevenson Rapid as a new herd sire that boasts massive growth and carcass numbers combined with remarkable management and maternal traits to yield ultimate balance for future offspring. Ultra-elite top 1% for $Combined value index, $Weaned calf value index and Weaning Weight EPD, elite top 5% for $Beef value index, $Feedlot value index, Yearling Weight EPD, $Grid value index, hot Carcass Weight EPD, Marbling score EPD and hoof Angle score EPD and better than breed avg for weaning weight from maternal Milk EPD, Functional Longevity EPD, Pulmonary Arterial Pressure score EPD, Hair Shedding score EPD, Docility score EPD, Claw set score EPD, Calving Ease Maternal score EPD, Calving Ease Direct score EPD, Teat shape score EPD and Udder suspension score EPD.