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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1074020" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Wheb we were getting started with Red Angus I would study the catalogs thoroughly. I set minimums and maximums allowable for EPDs (EBVs) for multiple generations and weeded out anything that didn;t fall within that criteria. Only then did I actually look at the animals. The final decision was alwasy based on temperment and structure. I had selection criteria based on that, from 4 (I really want her) to 0 (wouldn;t have her on the place. Didn;t care about age, we bought everything from young heifers to 10-11 year old cows. The older cows always sold lower then the younger stuff. We don;t show (but our vet takes a heifer or bull along with a steer to all of the local fairs. My goal was looking for solid functional animals that had the confirmation I wanted along with EPDs (EBVs) that were satisfactory. The various traits in the EPDs weighted with calving ability, milk, WW and YW weighted the heaviest and carcass traits haivng different weights depending on what I felt was the most important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1074020, member: 34"] Wheb we were getting started with Red Angus I would study the catalogs thoroughly. I set minimums and maximums allowable for EPDs (EBVs) for multiple generations and weeded out anything that didn;t fall within that criteria. Only then did I actually look at the animals. The final decision was alwasy based on temperment and structure. I had selection criteria based on that, from 4 (I really want her) to 0 (wouldn;t have her on the place. Didn;t care about age, we bought everything from young heifers to 10-11 year old cows. The older cows always sold lower then the younger stuff. We don;t show (but our vet takes a heifer or bull along with a steer to all of the local fairs. My goal was looking for solid functional animals that had the confirmation I wanted along with EPDs (EBVs) that were satisfactory. The various traits in the EPDs weighted with calving ability, milk, WW and YW weighted the heaviest and carcass traits haivng different weights depending on what I felt was the most important. [/QUOTE]
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