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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1409809" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>I'm like you and like to see a little lower BW. But again there is more to a heifer bull than BW's and you really don't know for sure until the bull sires several calves. Type is also important. If the calves come slender and with a narrow head they will likely come easier. Also what was the pasture a bull's mother was on when he was born. I like to share about a bull I helped select for mature cows 4 years ago. His numbers were borderline on him being a calving ease bull but he weighed 86 lbs I believe but his mother was on wheat pasture the whole winter before he was born. I think the seller said the CE was adjusted for his mother being on wheat pasture. This may not be correct. The seller announced that although the numbers were border line that he felt he wasn't a heifer bull and wouldn't want anyone to buy him thinking he was. He was young and we turned him out with a few 2 y/o heifers with calves and then added some heifers after they had been with heifer bulls for 75 days feeling they were likely bred. Not sure what happened but the next spring half of those heifers calved to the bull we purchased. Didn't pull a one. Everyone came easy. This gave us confindence in him and we still haven't pulled a calf sired by him. He got overweight and went lame but still has bred a few. I wish he was sound as I would breed every heifer to him. He just shows that you don't know for sure about a bull until you get several of his calves on the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1409809, member: 22295"] I'm like you and like to see a little lower BW. But again there is more to a heifer bull than BW's and you really don't know for sure until the bull sires several calves. Type is also important. If the calves come slender and with a narrow head they will likely come easier. Also what was the pasture a bull's mother was on when he was born. I like to share about a bull I helped select for mature cows 4 years ago. His numbers were borderline on him being a calving ease bull but he weighed 86 lbs I believe but his mother was on wheat pasture the whole winter before he was born. I think the seller said the CE was adjusted for his mother being on wheat pasture. This may not be correct. The seller announced that although the numbers were border line that he felt he wasn't a heifer bull and wouldn't want anyone to buy him thinking he was. He was young and we turned him out with a few 2 y/o heifers with calves and then added some heifers after they had been with heifer bulls for 75 days feeling they were likely bred. Not sure what happened but the next spring half of those heifers calved to the bull we purchased. Didn't pull a one. Everyone came easy. This gave us confindence in him and we still haven't pulled a calf sired by him. He got overweight and went lame but still has bred a few. I wish he was sound as I would breed every heifer to him. He just shows that you don't know for sure about a bull until you get several of his calves on the ground. [/QUOTE]
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