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EPD's What Do They Mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Angus Guy" data-source="post: 168886" data-attributes="member: 1841"><p>Frankie and Jeanne you are correct in what you are saying. The WW and YW epd's will usually hold true. The thing I have noticed over the years is that BW does not always run true. My reasoning is alot goes into the calf in the last trimester of growth. The way a person feeds and what type of feed plus the amount of feed will have direct bearring on calf size. This usually happens with heifers more than cows. I have also noticed that with young bulls the BW can be way off. An example is a bull I raised with I-BW +4 has never thrown a calf over 70#. This was on cows and heifers. Had another bull I-BW +1 and pulled 1/2 of the heifers he bred. I guess what I'm saying is just use them as tools and watch the nutrition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angus Guy, post: 168886, member: 1841"] Frankie and Jeanne you are correct in what you are saying. The WW and YW epd's will usually hold true. The thing I have noticed over the years is that BW does not always run true. My reasoning is alot goes into the calf in the last trimester of growth. The way a person feeds and what type of feed plus the amount of feed will have direct bearring on calf size. This usually happens with heifers more than cows. I have also noticed that with young bulls the BW can be way off. An example is a bull I raised with I-BW +4 has never thrown a calf over 70#. This was on cows and heifers. Had another bull I-BW +1 and pulled 1/2 of the heifers he bred. I guess what I'm saying is just use them as tools and watch the nutrition. [/QUOTE]
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