Records on weaning, yearling and 550-day weights, age at first calving and first calving interval from 1251 Tabapuã females, born between 1987 and 1999, were used to estimate variance components and genetic parameters. Statistical analyses were performed and components of (co)variance and genetic parameters were estimated by the derivative-free algorithm based on an animal model. The heritability estimates for weaning, 365 and 550 day weights, age at first calving and first calving interval were: 0.16, 0.25, 0.29, 0.03 and 0.01, respectively. The genetic correlations between weight at those ages and age at first calving were: -0,67; -0,07; -0,41, respectively, and between weights (at weaning, 365 and 550 days) and first calving interval were: 0.19, 0.79 and 0.54, respectively. These results showed a genetic antagonism between weight at different ages with first calving interval, but not with age at first calving.
cattle; Tabapuã; fertility; weight
