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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1850732" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>I did NOT say I didn't use EPDs... It's not like I go out into a bull selection only using my eye. But I do use my eye first... and weed the bulls out by eye first.</p><p></p><p>The people buying my steers aren't looking at their EPDs. They are using their eyes. If a calf doesn't have eye appeal it gets docked at the point of sale just like any visual preference from a buyer is given a premium.</p><p></p><p>And EPDs don't weigh eye appeal.</p><p></p><p>Once you have ten bulls you like, selected for conformation/eye appeal, you can go through those bull's EPDs and select by EPD criteria.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure there are Holstein bulls which would have great EPDs by beef standards... but I'd never even consider them due to their conformation. And today I see a lot of big bellied, lightly muscled cattle that look like a Holstein with a black hide... and their owners proud of their EPDs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1850732, member: 42463"] I did NOT say I didn't use EPDs... It's not like I go out into a bull selection only using my eye. But I do use my eye first... and weed the bulls out by eye first. The people buying my steers aren't looking at their EPDs. They are using their eyes. If a calf doesn't have eye appeal it gets docked at the point of sale just like any visual preference from a buyer is given a premium. And EPDs don't weigh eye appeal. Once you have ten bulls you like, selected for conformation/eye appeal, you can go through those bull's EPDs and select by EPD criteria. I'm sure there are Holstein bulls which would have great EPDs by beef standards... but I'd never even consider them due to their conformation. And today I see a lot of big bellied, lightly muscled cattle that look like a Holstein with a black hide... and their owners proud of their EPDs. [/QUOTE]
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