Bovine breeder
Well-known member
If I'm going to a sale to buy a bull for use on my commercial cows, the first thing I'll do is get the sale book and get an idea of what I like and what i want to look at before I go to the sale so that I'm not overwhelmed. I do that solely based off epds and pictures in the catalog. Pedigree only matters to me so I can prevent inbreeding something. Yes there are certain bulls and big time breeders I like, but ultimately I chose who I think is right for the job, regardless of prefix. Once at the sale I use phenotype to separate the bulls high on my list from low. Then as the sale happens, price determines which one I buy. The epds I find most important are HPG, WW, then CED, milk, doc, $W, $en, etc