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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 454282" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>I may be wrong on this, but I beleive that most of the cattle raised today are marketed through the local sale barn. If this is the case there is no reward for genetic improvement in marbeling and rib eye area. Therefore there is no advantage for the average producer to breed for these qualities. Of one is breeding for good carcass then he has to direct market in order to reep any benefit. Although I understand there is new technoligy that can measure at location.</p><p> EPD,s were slow to catch on, and still today there are those that place no value on them. Today we have DNA evaluations that when combined with EPD,s can improve the quality of meat produced and the efficiency in the feedlot. Like EPD,s it will take a while to catch on. And there will be those that will never accept it at all.</p><p> Many of the fairs and cattle shows still reward the largest animals as being the best. The Brahman assoc. has put a limit on size per age for show cattle. I do not know about any others.</p><p>It is up to the seedstock producer to develope these carcass </p><p>quality genetics within their stock. Eventually they will be passed down into the herds of the commercial cattle producer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 454282, member: 5494"] I may be wrong on this, but I beleive that most of the cattle raised today are marketed through the local sale barn. If this is the case there is no reward for genetic improvement in marbeling and rib eye area. Therefore there is no advantage for the average producer to breed for these qualities. Of one is breeding for good carcass then he has to direct market in order to reep any benefit. Although I understand there is new technoligy that can measure at location. EPD,s were slow to catch on, and still today there are those that place no value on them. Today we have DNA evaluations that when combined with EPD,s can improve the quality of meat produced and the efficiency in the feedlot. Like EPD,s it will take a while to catch on. And there will be those that will never accept it at all. Many of the fairs and cattle shows still reward the largest animals as being the best. The Brahman assoc. has put a limit on size per age for show cattle. I do not know about any others. It is up to the seedstock producer to develope these carcass quality genetics within their stock. Eventually they will be passed down into the herds of the commercial cattle producer. [/QUOTE]
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