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<blockquote data-quote="Elder Statesman" data-source="post: 609126" data-attributes="member: 7371"><p>When buying herd bulls, I try to stay at 90lbs. or below. I will tolerate low 90's if everything else is excellent.</p><p></p><p>I will keep a few bulls to sell that have 95 lb. birthweights because I have customers who want them and will buy them because of their growth or carcass qualities. Most of the bulls I sell are in the 80-90 lb. range. I even kept a bull I raised with a 100 lb. birthweight to put on my commercial cows because he had good carcass ultrasound data and didn't have any problems. He was a rare exception. I usually cut any bull calf over 95 lbs. </p><p></p><p>As for my cows, I like for their calves to weigh in 80 to low 90's range, heifers in the 75-low 80's range. With a normal presentation, a good cow or heifer shouldn't have any problems with those birthweights. I don't want any 60 lb. "puppies".</p><p></p><p>As for the 115 lb. bw bull mentioned in the post, I can see where the birthweight plays in and why I would believe the EPD's when I look on the cow side. I personally know several breeders who have used P606 and Pure Gold and had some birthweight issues. This cow has them both in her pedigree. I'm sure there are some on here that will argue about those bulls, but when you look at their EPDs, progeny ratios, and the number of progeny recorded, the BW epd's are probably pretty accurate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elder Statesman, post: 609126, member: 7371"] When buying herd bulls, I try to stay at 90lbs. or below. I will tolerate low 90's if everything else is excellent. I will keep a few bulls to sell that have 95 lb. birthweights because I have customers who want them and will buy them because of their growth or carcass qualities. Most of the bulls I sell are in the 80-90 lb. range. I even kept a bull I raised with a 100 lb. birthweight to put on my commercial cows because he had good carcass ultrasound data and didn't have any problems. He was a rare exception. I usually cut any bull calf over 95 lbs. As for my cows, I like for their calves to weigh in 80 to low 90's range, heifers in the 75-low 80's range. With a normal presentation, a good cow or heifer shouldn't have any problems with those birthweights. I don't want any 60 lb. "puppies". As for the 115 lb. bw bull mentioned in the post, I can see where the birthweight plays in and why I would believe the EPD's when I look on the cow side. I personally know several breeders who have used P606 and Pure Gold and had some birthweight issues. This cow has them both in her pedigree. I'm sure there are some on here that will argue about those bulls, but when you look at their EPDs, progeny ratios, and the number of progeny recorded, the BW epd's are probably pretty accurate. [/QUOTE]
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