Bred by: Randy & Becky Schmidt - Williamsburg, IA
Owned With: SGI
Born: 3-27-11
Teats: 14
Live Wire is the exciting Hog College and $10,000 Top Selling Chester at the 2011 National Barrow Show
He is an extremely unique individual that combines a great show pig look and build with fantastic maternal production
Raised on total slats, Live Wire was the pinnacle of soundness and flexibility at Austin as he floated around ringside
A heavy structured boar, he is massive in his chest floor, huge boned, big ribbed, bold and explosive in his top, thick rumped and has a perfect set of feet and legs we often talk about but rarely get
A very active, heads up, eye appealing, impeccable designed package; Live Wire has a great build whether you are interested in the show arena or building better Chesters
Live Wire's sire, Rudy's Legacy, has been a consistent sire of growth, soundness and overall balance. His progeny pen at the 2011 NBS Test had the highest roundness score of any boars of any breed at 8.3
The paternal grandsire, Favre 29-2, was an NBS Super Sire in 2010 and had the highest Pork Quality Index of the Chester Boars
The bottom side of Live Wire's pedigree reads like a Who's Who of maternal production in the Chester Breed
His dam, Anna 15-10, has farrowed 47 and weaned 47 in five litters with 103.5 SPI, +3.81 EPD LWT and 139 day farrowing interval
The maternal grandam, Anna 20-11, and her littermate 20-14 have 110.9 & 109.4 SPIs and +7.85 & +6.80 EPDs LWT for 8 and 13 parities respectively
The maternal great grandam, Anna 141-13, raised 12 litters averaging 14.3 farrowed, 11.3 weaned, 168.7 lbs 21-day litter weight with 2 litters at 214 and 217 lbs. Her SPI was an all time high of 121.3 with EPDs of +0.58 NBA and +10.8 LWT
In Jack Walls' words: There is no doubt Live Wire will work due to his impressive physical traits of mass, muscle, structure, balance and power as well as his strong maternal ancestry
Show pig producer......you bet! Prolific sow maker......you bet! A breeding hog with the look......you bet!
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