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<blockquote data-quote="gusea305" data-source="post: 1729922" data-attributes="member: 28927"><p>I do not know anyone who selects solely on what the animal looks like, and I certainly want more leeway than a terminal sire provides. What good is a perfect looking steer that is tough and has no marbling. Or a replacement with little milk production and bad feet at 4 yrs old? I certainly do not select a flavor of the week sire. Line bred, definitely. That is how you end up with consistency, but line breeding isn't exclusive to cross breeds. Half of a herds genetic material comes from the bull. Say you have 10 cows getting covered by one bull each cow is providing 5% of the herds genetic material. If the bull is not the all around best animal on the ranch then you are degrading the herd.</p><p></p><p>I would like to read some if these studies you are talking about. Could you link a couple so I can edify myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gusea305, post: 1729922, member: 28927"] I do not know anyone who selects solely on what the animal looks like, and I certainly want more leeway than a terminal sire provides. What good is a perfect looking steer that is tough and has no marbling. Or a replacement with little milk production and bad feet at 4 yrs old? I certainly do not select a flavor of the week sire. Line bred, definitely. That is how you end up with consistency, but line breeding isn't exclusive to cross breeds. Half of a herds genetic material comes from the bull. Say you have 10 cows getting covered by one bull each cow is providing 5% of the herds genetic material. If the bull is not the all around best animal on the ranch then you are degrading the herd. I would like to read some if these studies you are talking about. Could you link a couple so I can edify myself. [/QUOTE]
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