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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 134050" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>Hi Dusty Britches,</p><p> I have just gotten really into reading EPD's in the last year or so but we are in a situation similiar to you and I will tell you what our thoughts have been. We are looking for semen for our heifers. BW EPDs are important of course but make sure you find out the actual BW as well. There can be 92 pounders out there with a BW EPD of -.3. We decided to pair a high calving ease with a low actual BW. If a bull is built wrong a light pound calf can still got hung up on a small heifer.</p><p>I'd forgive them a little higher BW if their CE goes up as well - but then our heifers are a little larger and could handle 5 pounds more without a problem. I read that bulls with 6 and over are supposed to be the only ones to look for if you want a really easy calving heifer bull. However, we are looking for those 8+ bulls for our program. </p><p>Of course there are a lot of other things to take into consideration like the size of your heifers, if the heifers are the same breed as the bull you are buying and of course nothing beats looking at the bull.</p><p>As for a BW of 2.7 and CE of 8 - that might really be good - depending on the actual BW.</p><p>I hope this helped and I also hope someone with more knowledge than me answers your post because I would like to see what they say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 134050, member: 1258"] Hi Dusty Britches, I have just gotten really into reading EPD's in the last year or so but we are in a situation similiar to you and I will tell you what our thoughts have been. We are looking for semen for our heifers. BW EPDs are important of course but make sure you find out the actual BW as well. There can be 92 pounders out there with a BW EPD of -.3. We decided to pair a high calving ease with a low actual BW. If a bull is built wrong a light pound calf can still got hung up on a small heifer. I'd forgive them a little higher BW if their CE goes up as well - but then our heifers are a little larger and could handle 5 pounds more without a problem. I read that bulls with 6 and over are supposed to be the only ones to look for if you want a really easy calving heifer bull. However, we are looking for those 8+ bulls for our program. Of course there are a lot of other things to take into consideration like the size of your heifers, if the heifers are the same breed as the bull you are buying and of course nothing beats looking at the bull. As for a BW of 2.7 and CE of 8 - that might really be good - depending on the actual BW. I hope this helped and I also hope someone with more knowledge than me answers your post because I would like to see what they say. [/QUOTE]
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