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<blockquote data-quote="txag" data-source="post: 60360" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>epd's were not designed to give you an exact weight. they were designed to be used as a comparison between animals of the same breed. when they were first set up, 0 was breed average. since then the breed averages have shifted (i would think mostly upwards) so a 0 epd is no longer breed average.</p><p></p><p>just because you can't give an exact weight with epd's, there's no reason a commercial cattleman looking at one breed of bulls (or several breeds if across-breed epd's are available) can't use them. if he sees Bull A has a ww epd of +50 & Bull B has a ww epd of +10, why wouldn't he understand and want to use the bull whose calves are expected to weigh 40 lbs heavier at weaning if his main objective is to sell everything at weaning?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="txag, post: 60360, member: 8"] epd's were not designed to give you an exact weight. they were designed to be used as a comparison between animals of the same breed. when they were first set up, 0 was breed average. since then the breed averages have shifted (i would think mostly upwards) so a 0 epd is no longer breed average. just because you can't give an exact weight with epd's, there's no reason a commercial cattleman looking at one breed of bulls (or several breeds if across-breed epd's are available) can't use them. if he sees Bull A has a ww epd of +50 & Bull B has a ww epd of +10, why wouldn't he understand and want to use the bull whose calves are expected to weigh 40 lbs heavier at weaning if his main objective is to sell everything at weaning? [/QUOTE]
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