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Best choice of cow to breed with Red Brangus Bull
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 147389" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>EPDs are simply a tool to compare one animal of a breed to another of the same breed. Simply put, if you breed a bull with a 5 birthweight EPD to a set of cows, you would EXPECT the calves to weigh five more pounds at birth than if you bred them to a bull (same breed) with a birthweight EPD of 0. Same with weaning and yearling weights (WW and YW). You would EXPECT the calves sired by a bull with a WW EPD of 40 to weigh 40 more pounds at weaning than if you bred those same cows to a bull with a WW EPD of 0. EPDs will never tell you what something will weigh, they just allow you to compare breeding animals of the same breed. Cows' EPDs work the same way. Some people try to make them much more complicated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 147389, member: 13"] EPDs are simply a tool to compare one animal of a breed to another of the same breed. Simply put, if you breed a bull with a 5 birthweight EPD to a set of cows, you would EXPECT the calves to weigh five more pounds at birth than if you bred them to a bull (same breed) with a birthweight EPD of 0. Same with weaning and yearling weights (WW and YW). You would EXPECT the calves sired by a bull with a WW EPD of 40 to weigh 40 more pounds at weaning than if you bred those same cows to a bull with a WW EPD of 0. EPDs will never tell you what something will weigh, they just allow you to compare breeding animals of the same breed. Cows' EPDs work the same way. Some people try to make them much more complicated. [/QUOTE]
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