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<blockquote data-quote="cattleman99" data-source="post: 781328" data-attributes="member: 14530"><p>You can't deny the Fleckvieh influence in the Canadian Simmental Herd. The commercial man demands the easy doing and natural fleshing with the moderate frame. They want calves that are going to provide lbs in the fall. That's why Simmental is as popular as it is up North here. </p><p></p><p>As for showing a bunch of my numbers they aren't relevant as I don't use them. I will say this though. My top 1st calf heifer has terrible numbers. Your comments made me actually look up her EPD's. She is in the 95th % for WW and YW. She weaned a 705 lb FEb 24 bull calf the other day which is off a heifer bull and not a performance bull within my own herd. I'm sure not complaining as few of his calves are ever keepers but he calves darn easy so both my brother and I use him on our heifer pens as we calve at different times. Shows you the value of the EPD's. I also have cows with great EPD"s. But I couldn't care less. I don't market EPD's I market genetics and quality cattle. My customers are who I answer too. And after 27 years and counting in the Purebred Industry I'm still here and doing alright. </p><p></p><p>I'm also breeding a select few of my cows Red Angus the past couple of years as some of my customers have requested this. It's small samples but I've used LCC Field Day who is supposed to be a performance bull. They are made right but I find them on the small side so I won't use him again. There certainly isn't a lot of performance in those calves. I've also used LMG Gills Custer on some heifers and he not only calves easy but the first 3 should calve in January to an easy calving Fleckvieh bull to give me some 3/4 bloods and look great. I'm very happy with him and will continue to use him selectively. He's supposed to be all calving ease and not much else based on the so called numbers. My Select Sires rep recommended them and he's known my cows for the past 7 or 8 years now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cattleman99, post: 781328, member: 14530"] You can't deny the Fleckvieh influence in the Canadian Simmental Herd. The commercial man demands the easy doing and natural fleshing with the moderate frame. They want calves that are going to provide lbs in the fall. That's why Simmental is as popular as it is up North here. As for showing a bunch of my numbers they aren't relevant as I don't use them. I will say this though. My top 1st calf heifer has terrible numbers. Your comments made me actually look up her EPD's. She is in the 95th % for WW and YW. She weaned a 705 lb FEb 24 bull calf the other day which is off a heifer bull and not a performance bull within my own herd. I'm sure not complaining as few of his calves are ever keepers but he calves darn easy so both my brother and I use him on our heifer pens as we calve at different times. Shows you the value of the EPD's. I also have cows with great EPD"s. But I couldn't care less. I don't market EPD's I market genetics and quality cattle. My customers are who I answer too. And after 27 years and counting in the Purebred Industry I'm still here and doing alright. I'm also breeding a select few of my cows Red Angus the past couple of years as some of my customers have requested this. It's small samples but I've used LCC Field Day who is supposed to be a performance bull. They are made right but I find them on the small side so I won't use him again. There certainly isn't a lot of performance in those calves. I've also used LMG Gills Custer on some heifers and he not only calves easy but the first 3 should calve in January to an easy calving Fleckvieh bull to give me some 3/4 bloods and look great. I'm very happy with him and will continue to use him selectively. He's supposed to be all calving ease and not much else based on the so called numbers. My Select Sires rep recommended them and he's known my cows for the past 7 or 8 years now. [/QUOTE]
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