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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1657895" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p><em>First you need to be able to LOOK at your own animals and BE CRITICAL.</em> [USER=968]@Jeanne - Simme Valley[/USER] YES!! And I've finally learned to take emotion out of my selection (well, for the most part). I wanted to keep a preemie this year in the worst way. Loved her to death, she was as big as the other heifers, two of my best producers were preemies BUT she had no butt. Very narrow hips and delicate boned. Sure, there was a possibility she would make the pelvic measurement cut (big butts with big hips don't always mean big measurements), but I made the decision to sell her with the rest of the calves. Primarily because I wasn't optimistic and definitely didn't want to sell a single and take a hit.</p><p></p><p>Also, some of my lineages are always on the pudgy side - they come out little butter balls and never lose the "beefy" look. Know your cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1657895, member: 24027"] [I]First you need to be able to LOOK at your own animals and BE CRITICAL.[/I] [USER=968]@Jeanne - Simme Valley[/USER] YES!! And I've finally learned to take emotion out of my selection (well, for the most part). I wanted to keep a preemie this year in the worst way. Loved her to death, she was as big as the other heifers, two of my best producers were preemies BUT she had no butt. Very narrow hips and delicate boned. Sure, there was a possibility she would make the pelvic measurement cut (big butts with big hips don't always mean big measurements), but I made the decision to sell her with the rest of the calves. Primarily because I wasn't optimistic and definitely didn't want to sell a single and take a hit. Also, some of my lineages are always on the pudgy side - they come out little butter balls and never lose the "beefy" look. Know your cattle. [/QUOTE]
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