00:58 Step 1 - Identify the selection index of most relevance to you
01:50 Step 2 - Rank animals using your chosen selection index
02:14 Step 3 - Consider the individual EBVs of importance
03:27 Step 4 - Consider other traits of importance
05:06 Pre-Sale Preparation for Bull Buyers
The BREEDPLAN Guide to Animal Selection has been designed to help beef producers utilise BREEDPLAN EBVs and Selection Indexes, alongside visual assessment, in their animal selection decisions. With the selection and purchase of an individual breeding animal being a long-term investment, it is important that beef producers take care to select the most profitable animals for their particular production system.
The BREEDPLAN Guide to Animal Selection is available here: https://breedplan.une.edu.au/media/w5pgmshc/a-breedplan-guide-to-animal-selection.pdf