I wouldn't be too worried.He was coming in and out, and with hanging loose we were concerned, cause we've had a couple bulls that got part injured. Other bulls there were doing that too, probably just being young bulls He was the most pronounced in that area, others were cleaner made. Like I said we really like the bull. He is a tank and seems like everything you want in a beef bull.
If I remember and heard right I think it 88.95# birth weight?
Might be, thanks, I didn't look at any papers. How does that bull look pedigree wise, I know nothing about Simmental pedigrees or numbers.Based on the info, thinking this might be the bull?
Yeah, I definitely would not breed heifers to him just based on visual appraisal.As far as pedigree, there are plenty of recognizable bulls in the pedigree. And some angus ones back 3 to 4 generations. Traveler, some Ohlde lines, Champion Hill. Overall, not a calving ease pedigree. The % row under the epd's and the accuracies show the numbers relative to all simmentals in the database. Low numbers are near the top of the breed. High numbers are near the bottom. A % of 20 means top 20% of breed for the trait. A % of 80 means bottom 20% for the trait. The bull has been dna tested and the epd's enhanced based on the dna. Should be more accurate epd's due to the dna.
The craigslist ad has a second picture looking straight on the bull from the front. Looks to me that he is a little wide in the shoulders. Birth weight, epd for CE and BW, and wider shoulders would say to me to be cautious on what he would be bred to.
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Based on the simmental dna genomic testing I have done, it appears that the milk epd is not included in genomic enhanced epds. That epd did not change on the ones I have done. On this bull, notice that the accuracy listed for the milk epd is only 13%. Accuracies for CE, BW, WW, YH, ADG are around 40% - higher due to the genomic testing. Point is that his milk epd seems to be only based on parent epd's and not very accurate. A visual of his dam and and siblings might be more accurate. Simmental offers a 100k HD genomics test and a microLD test that I think is a 9k test. Note sure which the bull had, but I suspect the low density based on the accuracies shown. No actual weaning weight or yearling weight was submitted for the bull.So if I'm reading the EPD's and across breed EPD's his BW is comparable to Angus bulls like GAR Gridmaker, or SAV Harvestor with +5 something BW?
Milk EPD is in the lowest percentile, yet the cow he is out of looked to have a good udder and milk.