Congratulations to the following BREEDPLAN members who have achieved a 5 star Completeness of Performance (COP) rating for 2024. This achievement indicates that these herds are recording a large amount of pedigree and performance data for the majority of their calving drop.

This year the number of 5 star herds has grown from 14 to 18.

The “Completeness of Performance” reports allow members of BREEDPLAN to assess how “complete” the information is for their animals and importantly identify areas in which additional performance information could potentially be recorded. 

The reports provide a summary of the information that the seedstock herd has submitted to BREEDPLAN. A range of statistics are provided within the reports including details of the pedigree, weight, carcase, birth and fertility information that has been recorded.

The star rating for each herd is calculated based on the proportion of calves within the herd born in a fixed 5 year period that have performance recorded for each trait. Different criteria are used within each individual breed depending on the traits for which EBVs are calculated within the breed. Each herd receives a star rating on a 0 – 5 scale (including half stars) that summarises the “completeness” of their performance information.

Herds with a star rating of “5” are considered to be gold standard and are recording “complete” performance information for all traits for which EBVs are available.

While ultimately EBV accuracy values provide an indication of the reliability an animal’s EBVs, the “Completeness of Performance” star rating provides both seedstock and commercial producers alike with an assessment of how much performance has been submitted to BREEDPLAN by a herd when looking at the EBVs for animals within their herd.

AngusNZ 5 star COP herds
Blacknight	Rolling Rock
Brackenfield	Ruaview
Fossil Creek	Taimate
Glanworth Waigroup	Te Atarangi
Kincardine	Timperlea
Meadowslea	Turihaua
Mt Marble	Tutsham
Orere	Picton Park
Riverlee	Rockley