Feedlot steers and heifers Identification. Each feedlot animal must be individually identified and produced by a registered Angus sire. The dam does not have to be a registered Angus cow. Birth dates are required for each feedlot animal. All animals within the contemporary group are to be scanned on the same day or within no more than two consecutive days.
Weights are to be taken in the morning prior to any feeding of the animals.
The animals should not have access to feed overnight prior to weight collection. It's preferred, but not required, to hold the animals off both feed and water overnight. This weight is to be used in the prediction of empty-body weight, so gut fill must be minimized. Each feedlot contemporary group must have two sires represented. One of the sires must be a reference sire used in the Angus structured sire evaluation program for carcass merit.