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<blockquote data-quote="novaman" data-source="post: 747699" data-attributes="member: 2744"><p>That is what I don't understand. They update the averages but the baseline never changes. So the average BW is probably 1.0 (just pulling a number). Bulls with BW EPD of 2 would be assumed to throw big calves when really they are just above breed average. Why not adjust the baseline so the average is at 0 and doesn't make these inflated numbers that look bad? Bulls that had very impressive EPD's back in the 80's would still have impressive numbers today, even though he wouldn't mate well with today's cattle. If baselines had been updated that impressive bull from the 80's would look like crap today because of the improvements in the genetics in these ~20 years of breedings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novaman, post: 747699, member: 2744"] That is what I don't understand. They update the averages but the baseline never changes. So the average BW is probably 1.0 (just pulling a number). Bulls with BW EPD of 2 would be assumed to throw big calves when really they are just above breed average. Why not adjust the baseline so the average is at 0 and doesn't make these inflated numbers that look bad? Bulls that had very impressive EPD's back in the 80's would still have impressive numbers today, even though he wouldn't mate well with today's cattle. If baselines had been updated that impressive bull from the 80's would look like crap today because of the improvements in the genetics in these ~20 years of breedings. [/QUOTE]
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