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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1293285" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>Calving ease and BW numbers are a little too high for my liking, especially if you plan to breed to heifers or retain females from them. What were their actual BW? Other than that I would throw out the EPD debate because they are pretty close and go with the 1 you like better pheontypically. I like to look at the performance pedigree information too... Bull #1 had a weaning ratio of 104 meaning he probably was one of the better weighing bulls in his group at weaning, his dam has 3 calves with average weaning ratio of 100.7 which means in her contemporary calving group her calves have been just slightly above average. Bull #2 had a weaning ratio of 102, his dam has had 2 calves at average ratio of 101. So both bulls at least on paper seem about equal from EPD and performance pedigree standpoint and we at least in the top half of their contemporary calving group at weaning out of cows that have had at least average to above average calves at weaning.</p><p></p><p>Other than that without actual visuals to look at I can't really give you any other opinion. I could show you EPD numbers from calves we decided to steer or cull that look good on paper but visually or weight wise they weren't good enough so just use EPDs as 1 selection tool and not the main reason you pick 1 bull over the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1293285, member: 20580"] Calving ease and BW numbers are a little too high for my liking, especially if you plan to breed to heifers or retain females from them. What were their actual BW? Other than that I would throw out the EPD debate because they are pretty close and go with the 1 you like better pheontypically. I like to look at the performance pedigree information too... Bull #1 had a weaning ratio of 104 meaning he probably was one of the better weighing bulls in his group at weaning, his dam has 3 calves with average weaning ratio of 100.7 which means in her contemporary calving group her calves have been just slightly above average. Bull #2 had a weaning ratio of 102, his dam has had 2 calves at average ratio of 101. So both bulls at least on paper seem about equal from EPD and performance pedigree standpoint and we at least in the top half of their contemporary calving group at weaning out of cows that have had at least average to above average calves at weaning. Other than that without actual visuals to look at I can't really give you any other opinion. I could show you EPD numbers from calves we decided to steer or cull that look good on paper but visually or weight wise they weren't good enough so just use EPDs as 1 selection tool and not the main reason you pick 1 bull over the other. [/QUOTE]
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