Thinking of using him as a potential for this fall... Anyone use him with good or other results?
Wow that looks to be some high maintenance genetics. I look at $EN pretty hard. I don't mind a low negative to low positive number, don't really want to go to hard either way. What's your thoughts ky31?$EN greater than -50. High MM and additional MW. That will tell you about the demands from them. When the Indians send smoke signals they mean something. So do the patterns and trends of EPDs. I assume from the breeding he is another of the curvebender short gestation type.
I have a hard time figuring the MM, $EN and such on mainstream cattle. As a learning tool, you can go to Wye Angus data and see what high + $EN does on growth, fat and such. To me, that extreme is not attractive to a profitable situation. There seems to be a flaw between growth and milk in the actual EPDs much less the $EN index. So you have to look at MW and MH, MM and go from there.Wow that looks to be some high maintenance genetics. I look at $EN pretty hard. I don't mind a low negative to low positive number, don't really want to go to hard either way. What's your thoughts ky31?
Do you have any more calves from either growth fund or Niagara? There epds show that they should be similar size and actually growth fund should have a little more frame… what size were the dams of these 2 calves?Growth Fund on the left, Niagara on the right.
Be very aware of protecting Growth Fund on Frame.. These two were 15 lbs apart at weaning in May, November 23 they were 300 lbs apart. The Growth Fund is 1051# and is done.. trying to stretch him out to 1100 - 1150#, The Niagara is gonna go to 1500 if I let him.. Both are October calves.
Would be interested to see pictures if u had any especially of the heifers. What other sires are you using?No more Growth Fund Steers, did have two heifers both are the right frame size. One is the best heifer out of the 19 in the replacement pen, the other would be in the top half. 3 more Niagara steers all bigger than this one with more room to continue to grow (not fat). 3 0ut of 4 Niagara Heifers are in the all in the top half of the replacements, the fourth didnt make the top 20 and went to the feedlot for freezer beef..
This years calf crop wont be a good test, one set of GF twins (steer and heifer) plus one decent steer calf, one Niagara calf out of a heifer, she looks like it too..