Ray Woodward dedicated his career to using performance information to improve beef breed genetics. He worked extensively at the Fort Keogh Laboratory at the U.S. Range and Research Station at Miles City, Mont., both before and after he worked for the American Breeders Service (ABS). During his time at ABS, Woodward’s influence helped make performance testing a standard procedure for beef cattle producers. Although, he worked directly with approximately 25 different beef breeds, many brought in from Canada; Woodward worked with more Angus bulls than any other breed. He found that Angus was a superior breed to work with when wanting to make improvements because Angus are genetically more variable and responsive to selection.