Mature cow height bottom 20%hornedfrogbbq said:Something REALLY changed on his new numbers...like huge.
There is no way a 30 milk bull can be a +1 on $EN.
Soooo, once again, the shell game begins.... (otherwise) why would it change so dramatically?
So could you tell a difference in your bull after the change in numbers? Did his calves get worse or stay the same?hornedfrogbbq said:Something REALLY changed on his new numbers...like huge. There is no way a 30 milk bull can be a +1 on $EN. In the Select Sires Catalog from this spring, he was a 29 milk and a negative 17 $EN.
Soooo, once again, the shell game begins. What numbers you used to know and understand are all changing. Does anyone have any idea what happened here and why it would change so dramatically?
I know, I'm old and hate change too...hornedfrogbbq said:.... numbers you used to know and understand are all changing.
This elementary concept appears to be vastly overlooked/ignored.But the most important numbers to know when using epds is current breed average and
how do the epd numbers of the animal in question deviate from breed average.
VaCowman said:I thought about using him last year on my heifers but after discussing him with my SS rep I decided against him. My rep was not impressed with him. He knows what I like, so I took his advice.
W.B. said:He has a pedigree that says watch the feet and the epds confirm it.