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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1313907" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I think that what your friend recommends are good numbers, I have used bulls with less CED and as high as 2.1 for BW and been ok.</p><p>I am not a large producer, so I haven't had a lot of calves by those bulls, but have had some by several of them. Hoover Dam is one of my favorites, have had 8-10 by him, most from heifers, with no problems. Had a daughter of HD calve this morning, by the cleanup bull, her half brother also by HD. I have wondered if his drop in CED from 10-11 to 8 could be due in part to the cows/heifers he is being bred to. Used Rockmount on heifers this year, and Power Tool for cows. Some of the cows calves seem as small as the heifer's.</p><p>Since I have been selling bred heifers, I have learned to use the higher CED bulls, like you had been recommended, because if the bull's CED dropped it would hopefully still be 7 or above. I had some close calls on CEDs when I was using sons of Predestined and Missing Link, as there CEDs were 7-8 when I bought them and when there sires numbers dropped, I was left hoping they would still be 7 so I could still sell in the sale. A friend bought some of the heifers, and said they calved good. </p><p>The bull Special Focus, is one I used quite a bit too, with a 16 or more CED. I was told that one of those calves was born really small.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1313907, member: 24816"] I think that what your friend recommends are good numbers, I have used bulls with less CED and as high as 2.1 for BW and been ok. I am not a large producer, so I haven't had a lot of calves by those bulls, but have had some by several of them. Hoover Dam is one of my favorites, have had 8-10 by him, most from heifers, with no problems. Had a daughter of HD calve this morning, by the cleanup bull, her half brother also by HD. I have wondered if his drop in CED from 10-11 to 8 could be due in part to the cows/heifers he is being bred to. Used Rockmount on heifers this year, and Power Tool for cows. Some of the cows calves seem as small as the heifer's. Since I have been selling bred heifers, I have learned to use the higher CED bulls, like you had been recommended, because if the bull's CED dropped it would hopefully still be 7 or above. I had some close calls on CEDs when I was using sons of Predestined and Missing Link, as there CEDs were 7-8 when I bought them and when there sires numbers dropped, I was left hoping they would still be 7 so I could still sell in the sale. A friend bought some of the heifers, and said they calved good. The bull Special Focus, is one I used quite a bit too, with a 16 or more CED. I was told that one of those calves was born really small. [/QUOTE]
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