8.5 years old in this photo, straight from pasture with no touch-ups
Donor cow
Macy 412B
- Color
- Homozygous black (72%)
- Calves
- 16 on the ground
- Registration
- HB006571
- Registered as
- LVF MACY 412B MONA LISA
Notes from the farm
- 412B started our Mona Lisa line
- Pedigree is 25% Felton, 25% Weiss & Sons
- Near-perfect udder and teats; calves on a 364-day interval
- 16 calves to date, still in production at 12, with 7 daughters in our herd (as of fall 2025)
- Long-gaited from pins to hooks; clean, smooth, super rib depth
- Calving-ease dam with an average BW of 76 lb (94% ratio)
- Produces winners every year, with 4 bull calves in production
- Her bull calf 8 Ball Leader (915HT) is on our sires page
From the ABHA registry
Pedigree & EPDs
Breed top 10%
- Top 2%Marbling
- Top 4%Stayability
- Top 10%Birth weight
- Top 10%All-purpose index
Three-generation pedigree
Expected progeny differences
| Growth & maternal | EPD | Acc | Breed percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEDCalving ease direct | +18.9 | 0.43 | Top 15% |
| BWBirth weight | -2.6 | 0.50 | Top 10% |
| WWWeaning weight | +43 | 0.40 | Bottom 5% |
| YWYearling weight | +79 | 0.42 | Bottom 20% |
| MilkMilk | +22 | 0.34 | Bottom 15% |
| TMTotal maternal | +43 | 0.43 | Top 30% |
| CEMCalving ease maternal | +8.3 | 0.37 | Top 20% |
| STAYStayability | +19.3 | 0.24 | Top 4% |
| DOCDocility | +12.5 | 0.28 | Bottom 35% |
| Carcass | EPD | Acc | Breed percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| CWCarcass weight | +2 | 0.34 | Bottom 25% |
| YGYield grade | +0.11 | 0.24 | Bottom 5% |
| REARibeye area | +0.15 | 0.32 | Bottom 5% |
| MARBMarbling | +0.61 | 0.22 | Top 2% |
| FATFat thickness | +0.010 | 0.19 | Bottom 15% |
| Indexes | EPD | Acc | Breed percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| APIAll-purpose index | 338.00 | – | Top 10% |
| TITerminal index | 124.50 | – | Bottom 20% |
A longer bar is better for every trait, including birth weight and yield grade; the tick marks the breed average. Percentiles compare against active sires in the breed. Accuracy runs 0–1: the higher it is, the less the EPD is likely to change.
Data from the American Black Hereford Association's DigitalBeef registry as of Nov 13, 2026. EPDs are updated as new calves and records come in; see the current record ↗


