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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1792959" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>To some extent you are correct... but there are cheap bulls and there are cheap bulls. Look at the threads on this forum where people post pics of their bulls. A lot of the animals should have been cut. Some, I'm sure, were low priced. Others were more expensive than they should have been. A lot of people buy papers or EPDs without looking at the bull. Without even knowing what makes a bull look like a breeding prospect. With no understanding of how conformation sells the product they are producing.</p><p></p><p>There is a basic failure in buying bulls, cheap or otherwise. The people bidding on your feeder calves aren't researching your EPDs or concerned with a pedigree. They are looking at calves based on what use they hope to get from them. They are looking at breed, conformation, health, and consistency.</p><p></p><p>Cheap bulls can be money makers and expensive bulls can be expensive mistakes... but generally speaking more money buys better bulls (unless you are shopping on Craigslist?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1792959, member: 42463"] To some extent you are correct... but there are cheap bulls and there are cheap bulls. Look at the threads on this forum where people post pics of their bulls. A lot of the animals should have been cut. Some, I'm sure, were low priced. Others were more expensive than they should have been. A lot of people buy papers or EPDs without looking at the bull. Without even knowing what makes a bull look like a breeding prospect. With no understanding of how conformation sells the product they are producing. There is a basic failure in buying bulls, cheap or otherwise. The people bidding on your feeder calves aren't researching your EPDs or concerned with a pedigree. They are looking at calves based on what use they hope to get from them. They are looking at breed, conformation, health, and consistency. Cheap bulls can be money makers and expensive bulls can be expensive mistakes... but generally speaking more money buys better bulls (unless you are shopping on Craigslist?). [/QUOTE]
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