What is a Lim-Flex®?
Limousin are the ideal complement to British-
based cattle. With Lim-Flex® hybrids, there are
genetic options to fit every need, from fullblood
and purebred Limousin to Lim-Flex hybrids.
Breeders can offer a just-right shot of Limousin to
meet the needs of any crossbreeding program.
Lim-Flex stands for Limousin with muscle and
efficiency, along with flexibility — the most
significant strength of this powerful genetic blend:
• Flexible seedstock for simple, easily
managed crossbreeding;
• Flexible market progeny that consistently
hit dressing percent, yield and quality grade targets;
• Flexible females adapted for efficiency
across a wide range of environments.
Step #1
Scope Out Your Cows
LIM-FLE
Limousin x Angus Hybrid
FLEX stands for Limousin Efficiency Cross — the
beef industry’s answer to profitable system-wide
production of case ready products. NALF’s UltraMate
Xbreeding System outlines how to use Limousin and
Lim-Flex seedstock on different types of commercial
cows to hit end-product and maternal targets.
Registered Lim-Flex are backed by documented
pedigrees, EPDs, and genomic data provided by
the North American Limousin Foundation.
Dr. Jim Gosey, beef specialist emeritus at the
University of Nebraska, states, “A carefully constructed
British x Continental can come a lot closer to hitting
most of the targets for reproduction, production, and
end-product than any straightbred I’m aware of.”
Step #2
Aim at the target Market Step #3
Fire with the Right Bulls
Angus (British)
& British Cross Mainstream
Marbling Limousin
Lim-Flex
Angus (British)
Continental
Cross Muscle
Mainstream
Marbling Continental
(High percent) Muscle
Mainstream
Breed
Blends of Progeny*
50/50
25/75
Limousin
Lim-Flex
Lim-Flex =
=
=
=
= Limousin
Lim-Flex =
= >75
62/37
75/25
50-50
25/75
* Indicates approximate percentage of Limousin and Angus (black or red), respectively (i.e. 50/50 = 50% Limousin 50% Angus).
British may also include Hereford and Shorthorn, which impacts sire selection strategy (e.g. when using Hereford cross cows and
targeting mainstream market, select sires for higher marbling as compared to Angus and Shorthorn cross cows).
Progressive cow-calf producers recognize the value of hybrid vigor: 20% more pounds of
calf weaned per cow exposed; 1.3 years of additional cow longevity; 30% greater lifetime
production; and increased fertility. The Limousin and Lim-Flex UltraMate Crossbreeding
System makes crossbreeding easy to produce calves that excel in any market and
replacement females that have longevity and productivity.
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