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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 576186" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Not necessarily. If there is a lot of info on the sire, dam, siblings, half sibs, the calf's EPDs won't necessarily be the average of his parents. At least for Angus.</p><p></p><p>I'd say he could be a heifer bull. The sire has a calving ease direct EPD of 8 and BW EPD of .6. Dam has 10 and .8. Unless there's a cow killer hiding somewhere further back in the family tree, he's probably ok to use on heifers. As a breed, Angus are easy calvers. The Angus Assn recommends using bulls with BW EPds of less than 3 on first calf heifers. Most of the bulls we use on first calves are in the 2 BW EPD area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 576186, member: 13"] Not necessarily. If there is a lot of info on the sire, dam, siblings, half sibs, the calf's EPDs won't necessarily be the average of his parents. At least for Angus. I'd say he could be a heifer bull. The sire has a calving ease direct EPD of 8 and BW EPD of .6. Dam has 10 and .8. Unless there's a cow killer hiding somewhere further back in the family tree, he's probably ok to use on heifers. As a breed, Angus are easy calvers. The Angus Assn recommends using bulls with BW EPds of less than 3 on first calf heifers. Most of the bulls we use on first calves are in the 2 BW EPD area. [/QUOTE]
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