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<blockquote data-quote="Herefords.US" data-source="post: 910098" data-attributes="member: 3972"><p>I guess I'm a little confused here, too! Generally a person already has/owns their cows, so there's not a lot of choosing what their EPDs are going to be. And I've said it here several times before, EPDs on almost ANY cow and ANY unproven bull is a bit of a crapshoot. So much so, I don't think you can just rely on them to make decisions when there's much better information available - like information on their sire/dam from the breeder, their actual performance data, etc. etc. The honest assessment of a trusted breeder should far outweigh any information that could be derived from low accuracy EPDs.</p><p></p><p>I also agree that you have to make a choice between wanting replacement females or wanting "terminal" sale steers. The bull that you would choose as optimal for either choice would not probably be the optimal one for the other.</p><p></p><p>George</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herefords.US, post: 910098, member: 3972"] I guess I'm a little confused here, too! Generally a person already has/owns their cows, so there's not a lot of choosing what their EPDs are going to be. And I've said it here several times before, EPDs on almost ANY cow and ANY unproven bull is a bit of a crapshoot. So much so, I don't think you can just rely on them to make decisions when there's much better information available - like information on their sire/dam from the breeder, their actual performance data, etc. etc. The honest assessment of a trusted breeder should far outweigh any information that could be derived from low accuracy EPDs. I also agree that you have to make a choice between wanting replacement females or wanting "terminal" sale steers. The bull that you would choose as optimal for either choice would not probably be the optimal one for the other. George [/QUOTE]
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