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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 442265" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>At first it comes down to the marketing, THEN it comes down to predicatability. Sure you COULD have a bull out in the pasture who is just AS good as Online or Feltons 517 with the exact same phenotype and EPDs; but since he does not breed as many registered cows and is used in only one herd CAN I believe those low accuracy EPDs? New Design 878 (in the Angus breed) has THOUSANDS of daughters. You can look at the EPDs and actually eyeball 50+++ progeny yourself and KNOW what to expect from 878. Obviously, even if your bull looks like a clone; but has neither the reputation or the high accuracy numbers most people would prefer the proven bull. And sons of aren't the same thing as the sire himself. Take EXT for example, you can see sons of his ALL OVER THE MAP in terms of progeny performance. The sire is only half the genetics and true greatness is rare. It is hard too duplicate EVEN in the sons. There is much less to risk in using the sire himself instead of the best son you can find and a whole lot less than using a sire 'that traces back to' the sire you really wanted in the first place. That is why we promote both the genetics AND the breeder. IF your buyers trust that the breeder knows what he is doing, they will often buy bulls EVEN when they aren't completely familiar with the bulls in the pedigree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 442265, member: 2095"] At first it comes down to the marketing, THEN it comes down to predicatability. Sure you COULD have a bull out in the pasture who is just AS good as Online or Feltons 517 with the exact same phenotype and EPDs; but since he does not breed as many registered cows and is used in only one herd CAN I believe those low accuracy EPDs? New Design 878 (in the Angus breed) has THOUSANDS of daughters. You can look at the EPDs and actually eyeball 50+++ progeny yourself and KNOW what to expect from 878. Obviously, even if your bull looks like a clone; but has neither the reputation or the high accuracy numbers most people would prefer the proven bull. And sons of aren't the same thing as the sire himself. Take EXT for example, you can see sons of his ALL OVER THE MAP in terms of progeny performance. The sire is only half the genetics and true greatness is rare. It is hard too duplicate EVEN in the sons. There is much less to risk in using the sire himself instead of the best son you can find and a whole lot less than using a sire 'that traces back to' the sire you really wanted in the first place. That is why we promote both the genetics AND the breeder. IF your buyers trust that the breeder knows what he is doing, they will often buy bulls EVEN when they aren't completely familiar with the bulls in the pedigree. [/QUOTE]
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