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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 27247" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>BW= Birth weight, WW=Weaning Weight, YM & MA must be Brahman categories. I've not seen them any where else. Most breeds have a YW=yearling weight. </p><p></p><p>Simply put, if you breed your herd of cows to a bull with a BW EPD of 5, you can expect the calves to weigh 5 more pounds at birth (Birthweight EPD) than if you bred them to a bull with a BW EPD of 0. It works the same with WW. You can expect calves sired by a bull with a WW EPD of 40 to weigh 40 more pounds at weaning than if you bred those same cows to a bull with a WW EPD of 0. EPDs will never tell you what a calf will weigh at any time because of the influence of the cow. 0 EPDs in most breeds is not average. For example, the Angus Association used 1976 as their base for EPDs and set that as 0. But EPDs are averaged twice a year for the breed. The average BW EPD for the breed today is about 3 and WW is over 30.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 27247, member: 13"] BW= Birth weight, WW=Weaning Weight, YM & MA must be Brahman categories. I've not seen them any where else. Most breeds have a YW=yearling weight. Simply put, if you breed your herd of cows to a bull with a BW EPD of 5, you can expect the calves to weigh 5 more pounds at birth (Birthweight EPD) than if you bred them to a bull with a BW EPD of 0. It works the same with WW. You can expect calves sired by a bull with a WW EPD of 40 to weigh 40 more pounds at weaning than if you bred those same cows to a bull with a WW EPD of 0. EPDs will never tell you what a calf will weigh at any time because of the influence of the cow. 0 EPDs in most breeds is not average. For example, the Angus Association used 1976 as their base for EPDs and set that as 0. But EPDs are averaged twice a year for the breed. The average BW EPD for the breed today is about 3 and WW is over 30. [/QUOTE]
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