Mr. Sean Coughlan:

It certainly could be one or two-star animal; some will be and some will not be. We included six competing areas within the index. Some animals will be better on the carcass, some will be better on milk and others will be better on fertility. Obviously, one wants an animal that is good on the carcass and milk if one wants to mother a weanling for export. There is no reason that cannot be the case for four-star and five-star animals. The final graph shows the breeds of four-star and five-star cows. There are plenty of four-star and five-star cows in the west in the Charolais and Limousin breeds.