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<blockquote data-quote="Bestoutwest" data-source="post: 1329855" data-attributes="member: 19397"><p>I'll use the rodeo cattle world, b/c I studied that a lot back when I was in it. There were a ton of guys that were selling bulls, heifers, and straws from a bull that was a son of so-and-so. This bull never bucked for squat or was 'hurt as a yearling' (ie he sucked). But because of his bloodlines he was kept around. The bull in question always had a great pedigree, papered out the a$$. And there were always videos to support that he was 'a producer.' There was usually a calf or two that bucked great, once, when the camera was rolling. What killed me was that guys were lining up to buy offspring/genetics from those bulls for way bigger money than bulls that had been on the trail and had produced 'quietly' (by that I mean without a lot of promotion by the owner). If you visit the ABBI website, the top producing sires in the industry are all bulls that bucked pretty well themselves. This has led me to believe that phenotype trumps genotype everyday. When there was a bull that was papered AND a great bucker, he seemed to produce even better than a bull that just bucked.</p><p></p><p>My :2cents: :hide:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bestoutwest, post: 1329855, member: 19397"] I'll use the rodeo cattle world, b/c I studied that a lot back when I was in it. There were a ton of guys that were selling bulls, heifers, and straws from a bull that was a son of so-and-so. This bull never bucked for squat or was 'hurt as a yearling' (ie he sucked). But because of his bloodlines he was kept around. The bull in question always had a great pedigree, papered out the a$$. And there were always videos to support that he was 'a producer.' There was usually a calf or two that bucked great, once, when the camera was rolling. What killed me was that guys were lining up to buy offspring/genetics from those bulls for way bigger money than bulls that had been on the trail and had produced 'quietly' (by that I mean without a lot of promotion by the owner). If you visit the ABBI website, the top producing sires in the industry are all bulls that bucked pretty well themselves. This has led me to believe that phenotype trumps genotype everyday. When there was a bull that was papered AND a great bucker, he seemed to produce even better than a bull that just bucked. My :2cents: :hide: [/QUOTE]
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