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<blockquote data-quote="Dana Kopp" data-source="post: 80922" data-attributes="member: 873"><p>I would also take a look at the Accuracy of the EPDs - I have found that they are often so low on young bulls that you really have to take them loosely.</p><p></p><p>I am also in the market for a new heifer bull - I have looked at the EPDs and pedigrees of LOTS and just can't make up my mind. The one I am leaning toward right now is out of SAF 598 Bando 5175. The sire (Bando) is not necessarily known for being a calving ease sire (+5.2 .97 acc) but the dam is known in his herd for throwing bulls with good calving ease. The bull himself has CED of +9/.28 acc CEM +7/.27 and BW +1.1/.29 and was 67 or 68 pounds at birth. I know my cows and heifers add pounds to the birthweight themselves so I don't want to push the weights any more than I have to. Anyone know how much paternal bw/EPDs can influence bws of their grand-get? Two other bulls I may be looking at are sired by BR Midland and Northern Improvement, known calving ease sires, I haven't seen EPDs on the young bulls though. Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dana Kopp, post: 80922, member: 873"] I would also take a look at the Accuracy of the EPDs - I have found that they are often so low on young bulls that you really have to take them loosely. I am also in the market for a new heifer bull - I have looked at the EPDs and pedigrees of LOTS and just can't make up my mind. The one I am leaning toward right now is out of SAF 598 Bando 5175. The sire (Bando) is not necessarily known for being a calving ease sire (+5.2 .97 acc) but the dam is known in his herd for throwing bulls with good calving ease. The bull himself has CED of +9/.28 acc CEM +7/.27 and BW +1.1/.29 and was 67 or 68 pounds at birth. I know my cows and heifers add pounds to the birthweight themselves so I don't want to push the weights any more than I have to. Anyone know how much paternal bw/EPDs can influence bws of their grand-get? Two other bulls I may be looking at are sired by BR Midland and Northern Improvement, known calving ease sires, I haven't seen EPDs on the young bulls though. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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