Out of some bad, there is some good news

[JeffNY]

Today the classifier came through. I had two cows raised in score, one from 80 to 81, and the other that I think will go excellent some day went from 86 to 87, mammary is at 88. She went from 85 to 86 in September. I almost didn't put her in front of the classifier, but I decided to, glad I did. He said with more maturity she will go up much higher. But as with any cow, I like to see them mature slowly, not at a young age, then fail.

The fresh cow (Indus) was simply tooo fresh. But he indicated she will go up in score. I will score her in April when I do a non-area classification. Will be scoring possibly 6 then.


Jeff

[Shirley]

I'm sorry Jeff, but what is a classifier? Why are they scored, what is the top score and how low does the scoring go?

[JeffNY]

It depends breed to breed. Jerseys scoring is different, as far as ranges go. However with holsteins (more familiar with this). You have a score ranging from 60 up to 97. Poor is 60-70, fair is 70-75, 75-80 is good, Good plus is 80-84, very good is 85-89 and excellent is 90+. A cow can score on her majors up to 100, but you generally see them max at 97, and those are rare.

Scoring basically is a way to evaluate the cows to help give a bull a proof, and scoring also gives you the added benefit of increasing value of your animal, etc. This is how they get a Feed and Legs composite score, based on how the daughters scored. Same with the udder scores, etc etc.


Jeff