1999/2000

2000/2001

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

S.P.

Others

S.P.

Others

S.P.

Others

S.P.

Others

S.P.

Others

S.P.

Others

No. of Head:

5

85

5

65

4

27

5

87

5

84

5

98

A1 - AAA

3

12

2

1

1

12

2

15

2

19

      -    AA

1

37

1

34

1

6

31

1

31

1

49

      -       A

15

1

7

3

17

7

6

A2 - AAA

3

0

1

5

2

5

2

15

4

      -    AA

1

12

3

15

6

1

14

8

2

13

      -       A

4

0

0

2

0

1

A3 - AAA

1

0

1

2

1

2

7

1

       -    AA

0

1

2

1

3

0

0

      -       A

0

0

0

0

0

0

       B1

1

0

2

1

0

0

6 -Yr. Average

Speckle Park

Other Breeds

2000 - Carcass data available on the entire 90 head entered.

No. of carcasses

29

446

2001 - Carcass data available on only 65 of the 75 head entered.

Grading YG1-AAA

8/29 = 28%

61/446 = 14%

2002 - Carcass data available on only 31 of the 90 head entered.

Marbling AAA

15/29 = 52%

106/446 = 24%

2003 - Carcass data available on 92 of the 95 head entered. 

2004 - Carcass data available on 89 of the 95 head entered

2005 - Carcass data available on 98 of the 105 head entered

Speckle Park Stats  

(All figures are averages) Results Received:

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Average

(5 head)

(5 head)

(5 head)

(5 head)

(5 head)

(5 head)

(20 Head)

Arrival Wt. (lbs.)

583

519

603

606

584

552

575

Daily Gain (lbs.)

2.93

2.75

3.40

3.00

2.83

3.04

2.99

Feed Efficiency

5.9

5.1

5.3

6.9

5.5

5.6

5.7

 (lbs. of feed/lb. of gain)

Following data was not available every year on entire 5 head entered. The numbers in brackets indicate the number of head.  

Dressed Wt. (lbs.)

611 (5)

557 (5)

755 (4)

697 (5)

700 (5)

685 (5)

664

(on 29 head)

% Lean Meat Yield

N.A.

58.00 (5)

58.82 (4)

55.34 (5)

58.52 (5)

N.A.

57.61

(on 19 head)

Rib Eye Area (sq. cm.)

N.A.

N.A.

87.5 (4)

78.2 (5)

85.5 (2)

N.A.

82.9

(on 11 head)

Comments

2000 - 60% (3 out of 5) of the S.P. carcasses graded A1-AAA

         - 14% (12 out of 85) of the other carcasses graded A1-AAA

Averages After 4 Years (2000 - 2003)     Sterling Silver Carcasses - 19% (7/37) of the Speckle Park carcasses qualified as Sterling Silver

                                                                                                   - 15% (44/289) of the other carcasses qualified as Sterling Silver

Averages After 6 Years (2000 - 2005)    Grading Y1-AAA - 32% (16/50) of the Speckle Park carcasses graded Y1-AAA

                                                                                               - 20% (74/369) of the other carcasses graded Y1-AAA

                                                                  Marbling AAA - 42% (21/50) of the Speckle Park carcasses marbled AAA

                                                                                            - 39% (144/369) of the other carcasses marbled AAA