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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1107896" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>That's where that for letter word EPDs comes in. There are enough bulls available via AI that will tyhrough smaller calves (not runts) and still have daughters that will have the same size calves and they'll all grow. We've been breeding average BW ( around 65-75 pound) calves that are still weaning in the 650-750 range. No creep, just pasture and milk. Even thos heifers first calves wean in the high 5s-low 60s. I tried following the weaning weights on some cows, always bred to the same bulls. Some years they weaned a lighter calf, some years a heavier one, didn;t always increase as they matured like I had expected. When they would wean a lighter calf, every body weaned a lighter calf. And vice versa. That I directly attribute to the quality of the forage from year to year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1107896, member: 34"] That's where that for letter word EPDs comes in. There are enough bulls available via AI that will tyhrough smaller calves (not runts) and still have daughters that will have the same size calves and they'll all grow. We've been breeding average BW ( around 65-75 pound) calves that are still weaning in the 650-750 range. No creep, just pasture and milk. Even thos heifers first calves wean in the high 5s-low 60s. I tried following the weaning weights on some cows, always bred to the same bulls. Some years they weaned a lighter calf, some years a heavier one, didn;t always increase as they matured like I had expected. When they would wean a lighter calf, every body weaned a lighter calf. And vice versa. That I directly attribute to the quality of the forage from year to year. [/QUOTE]
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