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Vanguard, Vandyke, Lane and Luther were purchased from Comparts who have developed a Premium Compart Duroc Pork merchandizing program emphasizing superior meat quality
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Vanguard is from an outstanding litter of 9 born, 9 weaned and 160 lb 21-day litter weight.
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He and his two littermate brothers were top three indexing boars in their contemporary group of 21 head while two litter gilts kept by Comparts were 1st and 3rd in their contemporary group of 31 head
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Vanguard’s TSI of 136.1 ranks in the top 10% of the breed and his EPD FE of -10.4 is top 3%
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The sire, dam, both grandsires and both grandams of Vanguard all have superior TSI’s of 120 or better
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Vanguard is a heavy structured boar that features a stout skull, bold shoulders, big blade, expansive rib, massive bone and big feet with even toes
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Big framed and long bodied, Vanguard still has great natural width and depth that contribute to fast growth. Note his 139 days to 250 lb (114 kg) and -3.4 EPD days
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By combing rapid growth with a lean-muscular body composition, (0.49 BF & 8.48 Loin Eye), Vanguard has a superior EPD for feed efficiency of -10.4 lbs per 100 lbs gain
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Vanguard put together a complete package of fast growth, superior feed efficiency, ideal carcass composition, and guaranted meat quality in a heavy duty, sound structured package
