Ai Bulls for my new cows

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

AAA will NOT work with any of the breeds.

Not surprising from the only Angus Assn in the world who arbitrarily deems a naturally occurring and decidedly harmless red coloration trait in the breed as a defect. :roll:

:shock: :lol:

 

[Richnm]

I am going to use Cowboy Cut on heifers . Any opinions on Upgrade or Yardley Utah from Griswold on the mature registered Saugahatchee angus cows? Thanks for aall the help

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Both are extremely popular bulls. I was thinking about trying Utah this year.

 

[Richnm]

My neighbor has a bull out of Yardley. How do I post a picture?

 

[Richnm]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/3adwx5e20/ The Yardley son

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I like him a lot.

 

[Richnm]

What sells better epds or looks ?

 

[LCBulls]

What sells better epds or looks ?

Unfortunately, I believe that it's EPDs.
I think it should be the other way around.

 

[Richnm]

I feel the same. I went to go look at some 10x daughters and the yw were 110-120 but they were so ugly I passed.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I don't put a lot of emphasis on numbers - but, they need to be usable. If you have cows with really strong traits that can offset the bull numbers, then they can work. Like if you have a real tank of a cow and a bull has low growth, they might make a nice package. I hate to give up much growth, though. But, in my market - looks are EVERYTHING!!!!

 

[Franke]

It's funny I looked through Griswold's catalog and there isn't an epd in sight. That being said we sell our bulls by talking to the customer and our thoughts and opinions on their history and epds; but they have to look good first.

 

[Richnm]

https://postimg.cc/HjJp8NPp

 

[Richnm]

His numbers don't seem that good. But I am the newbie to epds.

 

[Son of Butch]

https://postimg.cc/HjJp8NPp

API 115.5 bottom 26%
TI 64 bottom 23%

ce 7.8 bottom 22%
bw 3.6 bottom 11%
ww 64.8 bottom 36%
yw 79 bottom 6%
doc 11.7 top 31%
milk -2.8 bottom 1%
stay 11.3 bottom 2%
cw 41.1 top 7%
rea .67 bottom 15%

Not wanting to keep replacement females from him would be an understatement.

 

[Richnm]

I think I will use Upgrade over Yardley.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I had never looked up Utah's numbers until last night. Yes, he puts a good looking calf on the ground - BUT - you better put him on a powerful cow if you want any kind of performance. He definitely does NOT have decent numbers.

 

[Richnm]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/3c0talxky Speaking of epds a guy is selling a registered heavy bred angus cow for $1900 she weighs about 1,700 pounds . How do the epds look? Thanks

 

[holm25]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/3c0talxky Speaking of epds a guy is selling a registered heavy bred angus cow for $1900 she weighs about 1,700 pounds . How do the epds look? Thanks

That's not bad. Although prices vary from place to place so some may think expensive and some cheap.

 

[Richnm]

How are the numbers ?

 

[Son of Butch]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/3c0talxky Speaking of epds a guy is selling a registered heavy bred angus cow for $1900 she weighs about 1,700 pounds . How do the epds look? Thanks

They look blurry... I can't read them. What's her registration number?