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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1545772" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>Where I am it is primarily a breeding area where calves are weaned straight into the saleyards in autumn and are bought by backgrounders to get to feedlot entry weights. Should these breeders be looking for bulls with EBV's ( our version of EPD's) for carcase attributes such as marbling, eye muscle area and fat or just concern themselves with the values that are relevant to them such as calving ease and fertility in a self replacing herd and most importantly growth or weaning weight?</p><p></p><p>Can the eating experience of progeny from a well bred great phenotype of a bull with lower carcase values be judged inferior to that of a bull of higher carcase merit? Many breeders have buyers that chase their line of calves as they have performed well for them in the past so there is some merit in producing a consistent product however my feeling is that as you get further down the supply chain (or up) the buyers have little concern what the carcase EBV's are like.</p><p></p><p>Do SAV progeny eat poorly because their marbling EPD's are inferior to others? I doubt it.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1545772, member: 16453"] Where I am it is primarily a breeding area where calves are weaned straight into the saleyards in autumn and are bought by backgrounders to get to feedlot entry weights. Should these breeders be looking for bulls with EBV's ( our version of EPD's) for carcase attributes such as marbling, eye muscle area and fat or just concern themselves with the values that are relevant to them such as calving ease and fertility in a self replacing herd and most importantly growth or weaning weight? Can the eating experience of progeny from a well bred great phenotype of a bull with lower carcase values be judged inferior to that of a bull of higher carcase merit? Many breeders have buyers that chase their line of calves as they have performed well for them in the past so there is some merit in producing a consistent product however my feeling is that as you get further down the supply chain (or up) the buyers have little concern what the carcase EBV's are like. Do SAV progeny eat poorly because their marbling EPD's are inferior to others? I doubt it. Ken [/QUOTE]
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