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<blockquote data-quote="SEC" data-source="post: 172228" data-attributes="member: 3241"><p>I chose those EPD's as the only important ones for many reasons.</p><p></p><p>Bwt- we need to land these bulls in a range which is optimal for the buyers and that seems to be 80-95lbs. After that they will sort through them differently. Or at least customers have reported that a moderate middle of the road bwt is something they watch.</p><p></p><p>SC- I have used negative scrotal bulls before and it has bitten me in the ass. I don't believe that SC and fertility are directly linked in daughters, yet for sons. With a bigger SC they will have a bigger bank for when breeding is intensive. Buyers also get very sticky on bulls after they are below 34cm, everyone likes to see 36 cm at 1 YEAR of age, not at the bull sale. If they are smaller than 34, their value drops substantially!</p><p></p><p>MILK- this I teeter on a little bit. But again customers will start to balk on cattle when their numbers are lower (below single digits) I like milk and our pasture and environment can handle heavier milking cows, everything comes at a cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SEC, post: 172228, member: 3241"] I chose those EPD's as the only important ones for many reasons. Bwt- we need to land these bulls in a range which is optimal for the buyers and that seems to be 80-95lbs. After that they will sort through them differently. Or at least customers have reported that a moderate middle of the road bwt is something they watch. SC- I have used negative scrotal bulls before and it has bitten me in the ass. I don't believe that SC and fertility are directly linked in daughters, yet for sons. With a bigger SC they will have a bigger bank for when breeding is intensive. Buyers also get very sticky on bulls after they are below 34cm, everyone likes to see 36 cm at 1 YEAR of age, not at the bull sale. If they are smaller than 34, their value drops substantially! MILK- this I teeter on a little bit. But again customers will start to balk on cattle when their numbers are lower (below single digits) I like milk and our pasture and environment can handle heavier milking cows, everything comes at a cost. [/QUOTE]
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