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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 438838" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>Chars have made progress. More in improving the shape of the calf than in decreasing the actual size. It is however a stretch though to suggest that a Char bull is going to consistently throw a 60 weight calf. If you use the cross breeds EPD table a Char with a 0 birth weight EPD is ~the equivalent of an Angus with a +10.5</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.albcia.org/Across_Breed_EPD_Table.html" target="_blank">http://www.albcia.org/Across_Breed_EPD_Table.html</a></p><p></p><p>The most extreme heifer specialist Charolais that ABS has is a:</p><p>-4.8. ~the equivalent of an Angus with a +5.7 birth weight EPD which is slightly less than the heaviest birth wt EPD Angus bull in the ABS stable.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/charolais.asp?CodTouro=29CH0176" target="_blank">http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/charol ... o=29CH0176</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/angus.asp?CodTouro=29AN1603" target="_blank">http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/angus. ... o=29AN1603</a></p><p></p><p>I don't trust that cross breed EPD table very much and I kind of expect that the Char heifer bull throws a lighter calf than that Angus extreme growth bull; but I doubt either one of them throws many 60 lb calves in a typical cow herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 438838, member: 2095"] Chars have made progress. More in improving the shape of the calf than in decreasing the actual size. It is however a stretch though to suggest that a Char bull is going to consistently throw a 60 weight calf. If you use the cross breeds EPD table a Char with a 0 birth weight EPD is ~the equivalent of an Angus with a +10.5 [url=http://www.albcia.org/Across_Breed_EPD_Table.html]http://www.albcia.org/Across_Breed_EPD_Table.html[/url] The most extreme heifer specialist Charolais that ABS has is a: -4.8. ~the equivalent of an Angus with a +5.7 birth weight EPD which is slightly less than the heaviest birth wt EPD Angus bull in the ABS stable. [url=http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/charolais.asp?CodTouro=29CH0176]http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/charol ... o=29CH0176[/url] [url=http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/angus.asp?CodTouro=29AN1603]http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/angus. ... o=29AN1603[/url] I don't trust that cross breed EPD table very much and I kind of expect that the Char heifer bull throws a lighter calf than that Angus extreme growth bull; but I doubt either one of them throws many 60 lb calves in a typical cow herd. [/QUOTE]
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