does a grandchampion bull make a grandchampion heifer?

[gabbyellepaige]

Today i heard this lady bragging about her daughter's heifer.
The heifer's sire was a grandchampion and the sire of that sire was a grandchampion.
but i was wondering do grandchampion bulls make grandchampion heifers?
i would think the Dam would have to be nice aswell to make a good heifer?
So i think if the sire is great but the Dam not so much will the heifer not be that great?
I dont know i was just wondering?

 

[KNERSIE]

Even if you breed a grandchampion to a grandchampion there still is no guarantee, your odds will just be a little better, even more so if the bull was linebred.

 

[HEREFORD ROADHOG]

I agree 100% there are no guarentees that quality will be passed on every time. :cboy:

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Your best bet would be get the bulls full sister doesn't make her as good

 

[gabbyellepaige]

okk cause i was thinking that if you want a grandchampion or at least a goodlooking heifer,
you'd need a goodlooking grandchampion Dam.
and the same for the bull if you want a goodlookin bull you get a goodlookin sire.
so the whole grandchampion Sire makes a grandchampion heifer didnt really make sense to me because
he's male and she's female.
if my reasoning makes any sense.

 

[Chris H]

gabby, I'm reading your posts and get the idea that you think it takes a champion female to produce champion females, and champion males produce champion males. Is this what you are asking?

 

[gabbyellepaige]

gabby, I'm reading your posts and get the idea that you think it takes a champion female to produce champion females, and champion males produce champion males. Is this what you are asking?

haha yea basically.
i mean i know its gonna take a little from both Dam and Sire to make a winner.
but this girls mom was just very adamant in her opinion that since this girls heifer
had, had a grand sire and the sire before that, that her heifer is going to do very well.
but my thoughts were just that the Dam is going to have to give somthing in the ways of femininity to produce a grand female.
you cant just boast about the Sire's wins because the heifer is not a bull.
if my rambling makes any sense, once again.

 

[Chris H]

The sire contributes as much to his daughters as the dams do. The dams contribute to their sons as much as the sire does. There are some animals who 'put their stamp' on their offspring, seemingly overriding the other parents contribution; but that generally applies whether the offspring is the same or opposite sex.
Look at it this way, a sire exhibiting desirable male traits and passes that on to his sons, will sire daughters who exhibit desirable female traits.

 

[showjock401]

if you breed a champ to a pasture scrub cow you could get a champ, a decent calf, or something that should never walk into a show ring. but if you breed a champ bull to a champ cow then you have a much better chance