Availability, Example, Costs, & EPD Explanation
Availability
2026 BGBGET has 200 embryos. 120 sold with 80 remaining.
Cows remaining include Ideal Rose of Ren with 30 embryos out of SAV Rainfall and Laflins Galaxie up to 50 out of the bull of your choice.
2027 BGBGET has 500 embryos. Approximately 12 - 15 slots available.
2028 BGBGET has 1,000 embryos. Approximately 25 - 30 slots available.
Example:
Purchase 40 slots
$36,000 (Embryo's, vaccines, CDIR's, heat patches
Results 20 calves
10 bulls
Retain 5 Herd Sires
Sell 5 bulls
10 heifers
$37,500 (feed cost deducted)
Sell 10 bread heifers in spring
$45,000 (feed cost deducted)
Value of 20 commercial calves you would have sold $44,000
$80,000 cost $82,500 return + 5 Herd Sires
Costs:
Your cost is $900 per embryo plus labor. All vaccines, CDIR's, heat patches, transfer costs, mileage incurred and semen is provided by BGBGET. We also help with scheduling, nutrition and sire selection.
EPD'S:
Keep in mind that the American Angus Association EPD's are slanted to make younger progency look superior. Older cows and bulls are notoriously low in many areas and just plain inaccurate in others. An example would be a bull we use frequently on heifers has a CED below 2. He throws 65-74 pound calves consistently with no assistance necessary. We have a hand out of how to read EPD's and use them in your selection process.
All producers thinking they may want to do an ET program will go through a walk-through of facilities, procedures and proposed utrition with BGBGET before proceeding.