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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 461581" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>EPDs don't compare to "average." EPD averages change with every sire summary. When AAA started EPDs, they established a baseline and EPDs are + or - compared to that base, not breed average. I assume other breeds did the same.</p><p></p><p>EPDs express what you expect from an animal's progeny, not from the bull himself. If you have a bull with a YW weight EPD of 100, you would expect his calves (progeny) to weigh 100 more pounds as yearlings than if you bred those same cows to a bull of the same breed with a YW EPD of 0. EPDs will never tell you what something will weigh. They just allow you to compare animals.</p><p></p><p>Contacting a breed rep is a good idea. Different breeds have different EPDs and a rep should be able to explain them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 461581, member: 13"] EPDs don't compare to "average." EPD averages change with every sire summary. When AAA started EPDs, they established a baseline and EPDs are + or - compared to that base, not breed average. I assume other breeds did the same. EPDs express what you expect from an animal's progeny, not from the bull himself. If you have a bull with a YW weight EPD of 100, you would expect his calves (progeny) to weigh 100 more pounds as yearlings than if you bred those same cows to a bull of the same breed with a YW EPD of 0. EPDs will never tell you what something will weigh. They just allow you to compare animals. Contacting a breed rep is a good idea. Different breeds have different EPDs and a rep should be able to explain them. [/QUOTE]
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