Angus Marbling 2.0: A Whitepaper Provided to the U.S. Beef Industry by Top Dollar Angus, Inc.
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Below is a whitepaper provided by Top Dollar Angus. For more information, please contact Top Dollar Angus online at https://topdollarangus.com or you can contact Tom Brink at 303-478-4331.
Introduction. The Angus breed has been steadily increasing its genetic marbling ability for 25 years. For registered Angus calves born in 2025, the average Marbling EPD stood at an impressive 0.92. Expect another step higher with 2026-born calves, followed by another bump up in 2027, and so on. The 2025 level is more than one-third of a marbling score (+0.39) higher-than-breed average in 2015. Incredibly, this ten-year, 0.39 EPD increase is three times greater than the 0.13 EPD rise observed between 2005 to 2015. Marbling is not only increasing in the Angus breed; it is increasing at a faster pace than ever before and shows no sign of slowing down. See chart below.
Angus Marbling 2.0: A Whitepaper Provided to the U.S. Beef Industry by Top Dollar Angus, Inc.
Below is a whitepaper provided by Top Dollar Angus. For more information, please contact Top Dollar Angus online at https://topdollarangus.com or you can contact Tom Brink at 303-478-4331.
Introduction. The Angus breed has been steadily increasing its genetic marbling ability for 25 years. For registered Angus calves born in 2025, the average Marbling EPD stood at an impressive 0.92. Expect another step higher with 2026-born calves, followed by another bump up in 2027, and so on. The 2025 level is more than one-third of a marbling score (+0.39) higher-than-breed average in 2015. Incredibly, this ten-year, 0.39 EPD increase is three times greater than the 0.13 EPD rise observed between 2005 to 2015. Marbling is not only increasing in the Angus breed; it is increasing at a faster pace than ever before and shows no sign of slowing down. See chart below.
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***AUDIO*** Tom Brink from Top Dollar Angus and Doug Stevenson from Basin Angus Ranch joined Jesse Allen to discuss the whitepaper and more:
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