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<blockquote data-quote="AudieWyoming" data-source="post: 746238" data-attributes="member: 13669"><p>Your basic concept is right, just don't apply it to a single calf. In theory, if the original EPD estimates are accurate, If each bull were randomly mated to enough cows (Say 100 each or more) Bull A calves average birth weight would be 2.6 lbs. larger than Bull B. but Bull B could very easly sire some of the bigger individual birth weights. </p><p></p><p>I like to look at the EPDs back in the pedigree to see how honest the early EPDs are. I don't like to see a low BW bull on a high EPD cow, with a small reported actual BW generate a negitive or low BW EPD. <strong>EPDs are a selection aid, the bull needs to look the part too.@</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AudieWyoming, post: 746238, member: 13669"] Your basic concept is right, just don't apply it to a single calf. In theory, if the original EPD estimates are accurate, If each bull were randomly mated to enough cows (Say 100 each or more) Bull A calves average birth weight would be 2.6 lbs. larger than Bull B. but Bull B could very easly sire some of the bigger individual birth weights. I like to look at the EPDs back in the pedigree to see how honest the early EPDs are. I don't like to see a low BW bull on a high EPD cow, with a small reported actual BW generate a negitive or low BW EPD. [b]EPDs are a selection aid, the bull needs to look the part too.@[/b] [/QUOTE]
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