Benchmarks

For more effective utilization of individual herd data, production benchmark values utilizing the NCBA-IRM-SPA calculations were obtained from CHAPS^TM herds with a total of 74,421 cows exposed to bulls and processed during 2004-2008. CHAPS^TM compares each individual producer's performance against the benchmarks. The benchmark values for the NCBA-IRM-SPA traits are as follows:

SPA		CSF
Pregnancy %	93.53	ADG	2.54
Preg Loss %	.68	WDA	3.01
Calving %	92.90	Birth Wt	86
Calf Death Loss	2.90	Adj 205 Day Wt	639
Weaning %	90.91	Frame Score	5.8
Replacement Rate	15.26	% Heifers Early	36.4
CD Loss Based on # Born	3.14	% Heifers at 21	71.8
Average Age at Weaning	189	% Heifers at 42	85.8
Calves at 21 Days	63.9	% Cows at 21	63.1
Calves at 42 Days	88.9	% Cows at 42	86.2
Calves at 63 Days	95.6	Cow Age	5.7
Calves After 63 Days	4.39	Cow Wt	1402
Steers WWT	575	Cow Condition	5.6
Heifers WWT	544
Bulls WWT	620
Average WWt	565
Lbs Weaned/Cow Exposed	505