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Actual carcass ultrasound vs carcass EPD
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<blockquote data-quote="Amo" data-source="post: 1787158" data-attributes="member: 14857"><p>I'm a cow calf guy. Wean the calves and sell them about 45-60 days after weaning. The calves will weigh around 550-750. </p><p></p><p>I'm bull shopping. A valid argument is, where I don't retain ownership through the feedlot that paying attention to carcass data is irrelevant. I also know it's not very heritable. I do believe that you need to pay attention to things for the next person so hopefully they'll buy again.</p><p></p><p>So browsing through bull sale catalogs, which do you pay more attention to if you're watching carcass information? Personally, I like the actual ultrasound data. It's easy for me to o understand and keep track of. Technically, I spose like anything else the epds should be more accurate. They're only as accurate as the data that's reported. Ultrasound information can be skewed by how they feed. It's also ironic that sometimes something with a good IMF on ultrasound will have a low EPD. Could be not a proven bull or how they feed. </p><p></p><p>Just looking for hopefully expert opinions <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="Winking face :wink:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" data-shortname=":wink:" />. I do like epds. A lot of talk that epds are worthless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amo, post: 1787158, member: 14857"] I'm a cow calf guy. Wean the calves and sell them about 45-60 days after weaning. The calves will weigh around 550-750. I'm bull shopping. A valid argument is, where I don't retain ownership through the feedlot that paying attention to carcass data is irrelevant. I also know it's not very heritable. I do believe that you need to pay attention to things for the next person so hopefully they'll buy again. So browsing through bull sale catalogs, which do you pay more attention to if you're watching carcass information? Personally, I like the actual ultrasound data. It's easy for me to o understand and keep track of. Technically, I spose like anything else the epds should be more accurate. They're only as accurate as the data that's reported. Ultrasound information can be skewed by how they feed. It's also ironic that sometimes something with a good IMF on ultrasound will have a low EPD. Could be not a proven bull or how they feed. Just looking for hopefully expert opinions 😉. I do like epds. A lot of talk that epds are worthless. [/QUOTE]
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