| 摘要 |
Systems, computer-readable medium having computer program, and related computer implemented methods are provided to determine the relative market value of a sale group and to generate a genetic merit scorecard. Such systems, computer-readable medium having computer program, and related computer implemented methods utilize the genetic merit estimates of relatives of a sale group, along with associated economic weighting factors to determine the relative market value of the sale group. The genetic merit scorecard reflects the relative market value and ranking of the genetic merits of the sale group, as compared to the industry. |
| 主权项 |
1. An online genetic merit scorecard simulator to enhance determination of relative market value of a plurality of different groups of cattle for feeding and subsequent harvest for beef production, the simulator being responsive to (1) a plurality of actual physical characteristics regarding each of a plurality of different groups of cattle for feeding and subsequent harvest for beef production prior to sale so as to define a plurality of actual pre-sale physical characteristics, each of the plurality of different groups of cattle for feeding and subsequent harvest defining one or more sale groups, (2) a plurality of genetic merit estimates, including expected progeny differences (EPDs), of one or more actual sires and one or more actual dams of cattle in the one or more sale groups, and (3) one or more characteristics of a group of the actual dams of cattle in the one or more sale groups, the one or more actual sires and one or more actual dams being the actual parents of the cattle in the one or more sale groups, the simulator comprising one or more processors, an input/output unit in communication with the one or more processors, and non-transitory computer-readable medium positioned in communication with the one or more processors and having one or more computer programs stored thereon including a set of instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations of:
determining one or more genetic merit estimates for the group of actual dams in the one or more sale groups responsive to the one or more characteristics, the one or more characteristics including one or more of the following: breeds of the group of actual dams, sires of the group of actual dams, grandsires of the group of actual dams, and DNA profiles characterizing the genetic merit of the group of actual dams; transforming one or more of the plurality of genetic merit estimates, including the expected progeny differences (EPDs), of the one or more actual sires and the one or more actual dams, into electronic data representative of predicted physical characteristics associated with the cattle in the one or more sale groups; simulating an economic outcome of a market value for feeding and subsequent harvest of the one or more sale groups responsive to a plurality of economic weighting factors, the plurality of actual pre-sale physical characteristics of the one or more sale groups, and the predicted physical characteristics associated with the cattle in the one or more sale groups, the plurality of economic weighting factors being variable non-linearly with respect to each of the plurality of actual pre-sale physical characteristics and the predicted physical characteristics such that the plurality of economic weighting factors change as either the plurality of actual pre-sale physical characteristics change or the predicted physical characteristics change; determining relative market value as compared to a national average market value responsive to the economic outcome of a market value for feeding and subsequent harvest of the one or more sale groups and the plurality of actual pre-sale physical characteristics of the one or more sale groups; determining an economic outcome of the national average market value, responsive to the predicted post-sale physical characteristics and responsive to a mean of post-sale physical characteristics representative of the current national average, a number of current and historical registrations in U.S. breed associations, breed adjustment factors for each breed within the current national average, and mean EPD estimates for current and historical male calves by birth year, and outputting a simulation of an online genetic merit scorecard to one or more electronic interfaces positioned to display the online genetic merit scorecard for each of the one or more sale groups so as to define one or more genetic merit interfaces, thereby to provide a scoring indication of the relative market value of the one or more sale groups for feeding and subsequent harvest. |
