The Canadian Charolais Association uses all animals born in the last two years as the source of our breed averages. This non parent population gives us a good representation of the current level of genetic merit in yearling and two year old bulls and replacement females available for sale.
If you would like to see the averages for the Active Sire or Active Dam populations or view the plots of genetic change over time select the appropriate option below.
| Trait | N | Average | Std. Dev. | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CE | 9804 | 51 | 27.5 | 0 to 100 |
| BWT | 19374 | 2.3 | 2.28 | -7.9 to 16.1 |
| WWT | 19374 | 20.3 | 8.46 | -25.2 to 56.6 |
| YWT | 19374 | 38.1 | 15.19 | -41.4 to 99.3 |
| SC | 4171 | 0.17 | 0.35 | -1.58 to 1.79 |
| MILK | 19374 | 5.6 | 4.6 | -13.7 to 22.6 |
| TM | 19374 | 15.8 | 6.0 | -12.1 to 39.1 |
| HCW | 19374 | 8.4 | 8.41 | -26.0 to 40.3 |
| REA | 19374 | 0.09 | 0.12 | -0.61 to 0.98 |
| BF | 19374 | 0.34 | 0.36 | -0.85 to 2.14 |
| MARB | 19374 | 0.02 | 0.04 | -0.22 to 0.18 |
| YLD | 19374 | -0.21 | 0.32 | -1.56 to 1.56 |
| Percentile | CE | BWT | WWT | YWT | SC | Milk | TMAT | HCW | REA | BF | MARB | PLY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100.0 | -3.0 | 40.0 | 73.5 | 0.99 | 16.3 | 29.8 | 28.0 | 0.37 | -0.50 | 0.11 | 0.54 |
| 2 | 100.0 | -2.4 | 37.6 | 69.2 | 0.89 | 15.0 | 28.1 | 25.6 | 0.34 | -0.40 | 0.10 | 0.45 |
| 3 | 100.0 | -2.0 | 36.2 | 66.7 | 0.83 | 14.2 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 0.32 | -0.34 | 0.10 | 0.39 |
| 4 | 99.2 | -1.7 | 35.1 | 64.7 | 0.78 | 13.7 | 26.3 | 23.1 | 0.30 | -0.29 | 0.09 | 0.35 |
| 5 | 96.1 | -1.4 | 34.2 | 63.0 | 0.74 | 13.1 | 25.6 | 22.2 | 0.29 | -0.25 | 0.09 | 0.31 |
| 6 | 93.7 | -1.2 | 33.4 | 61.6 | 0.71 | 12.7 | 25.1 | 21.4 | 0.28 | -0.22 | 0.08 | 0.29 |
| 7 | 91.5 | -1.1 | 32.7 | 60.4 | 0.68 | 12.4 | 24.6 | 20.8 | 0.27 | -0.19 | 0.08 | 0.26 |
| 8 | 89.5 | -0.9 | 32.1 | 59.4 | 0.66 | 12.0 | 24.2 | 20.2 | 0.26 | -0.16 | 0.08 | 0.24 |
| 9 | 87.9 | -0.8 | 31.6 | 58.5 | 0.64 | 11.8 | 23.8 | 19.7 | 0.25 | -0.14 | 0.07 | 0.22 |
| 10 | 86.2 | -0.6 | 31.1 | 57.5 | 0.62 | 11.5 | 23.5 | 19.2 | 0.24 | -0.12 | 0.07 | 0.20 |
| 15 | 79.5 | -0.1 | 29.1 | 53.9 | 0.53 | 10.4 | 22.0 | 17.1 | 0.21 | -0.03 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
| 20 | 74.1 | 0.4 | 27.4 | 50.9 | 0.46 | 9.5 | 20.8 | 15.5 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| 25 | 69.6 | 0.7 | 26.1 | 48.4 | 0.41 | 8.7 | 19.9 | 14.1 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| 30 | 65.5 | 1.1 | 24.8 | 46.2 | 0.35 | 8.0 | 19.0 | 12.9 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 35 | 61.6 | 1.4 | 23.6 | 44.0 | 0.30 | 7.4 | 18.1 | 11.7 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.04 | -0.09 |
| 40 | 57.9 | 1.7 | 22.4 | 41.9 | 0.26 | 6.8 | 17.3 | 10.5 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.03 | -0.13 |
| 45 | 54.4 | 2.0 | 21.4 | 40.1 | 0.21 | 6.2 | 16.6 | 9.5 | 0.11 | 0.29 | 0.03 | -0.17 |
| 50 | 51.0 | 2.3 | 20.3 | 38.1 | 0.17 | 5.6 | 15.8 | 8.4 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 0.02 | -0.21 |
| 55 | 47.6 | 2.6 | 19.2 | 36.1 | 0.13 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 7.3 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.01 | -0.25 |
| 60 | 44.1 | 2.9 | 18.2 | 34.3 | 0.08 | 4.5 | 14.3 | 6.3 | 0.06 | 0.43 | 0.01 | -0.29 |
| 65 | 40.4 | 3.2 | 17.0 | 32.2 | 0.04 | 3.8 | 13.5 | 5.1 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 0.00 | -0.33 |
| 70 | 36.6 | 3.5 | 15.8 | 30.0 | -0.01 | 3.2 | 12.6 | 3.9 | 0.03 | 0.53 | 0.00 | -0.38 |
| 75 | 32.4 | 3.9 | 14.5 | 27.8 | -0.07 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 2.7 | 0.01 | 0.58 | -0.01 | -0.43 |
| 80 | 27.9 | 4.2 | 13.2 | 25.3 | -0.12 | 1.7 | 10.8 | 1.3 | -0.01 | 0.64 | -0.01 | -0.48 |
| 85 | 22.5 | 4.7 | 11.5 | 22.3 | -0.19 | 0.8 | 9.6 | -0.3 | -0.03 | 0.71 | -0.02 | -0.54 |
| 90 | 15.8 | 5.2 | 9.5 | 18.7 | -0.28 | -0.3 | 8.1 | -2.4 | -0.06 | 0.80 | -0.03 | -0.62 |
| 95 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 13.2 | -0.40 | -1.9 | 6.0 | -5.4 | -0.11 | 0.93 | -0.05 | -0.73 |
| 100 | 0.0 | 9.1 | -5.1 | -7.5 | -0.88 | -8.2 | -2.2 | -16.8 | -0.27 | 1.42 | -0.10 | -1.17 |