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<blockquote data-quote="Texan" data-source="post: 155874" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>Msscamp, while we're on the subject of shameless plugs, I think we should count Aero's. Seems he inadvertently left something out of an earlier post:</p><p></p><p>What about the rest of the story, Aero? The cross-breed adjustment for weaning weight? Since that adjustment for Charolais is 38.4 pounds, what exactly does that mean? I'm not really up on epd's, but does that mean that a Charolais with a +50 would be similar to an Angus with a +88? </p><p></p><p>You want to make a big deal about a 10 pound bigger calf? Out of mature cows that have a job to do? Whatever, but I think I'll just take that bigger calf <em>and</em> those 38 extra pounds at weaning (53 by yearling). And I'll add that extra weight to the extra growth from heterosis by using the Continental bull on those English X cows. </p><p></p><p>I'll multiply all those extra pounds by the number of calves I sell at weaning and then I'll multiply that by $1.20 or $1.30 per pound and just stick that extra money in my pocket. And never worry one minute about a mature cow having a long-bodied, 80 pound calf. They can do it in their sleep, so there's sure no use in me laying awake nights worrying over it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texan, post: 155874, member: 416"] Msscamp, while we're on the subject of shameless plugs, I think we should count Aero's. Seems he inadvertently left something out of an earlier post: What about the rest of the story, Aero? The cross-breed adjustment for weaning weight? Since that adjustment for Charolais is 38.4 pounds, what exactly does that mean? I'm not really up on epd's, but does that mean that a Charolais with a +50 would be similar to an Angus with a +88? You want to make a big deal about a 10 pound bigger calf? Out of mature cows that have a job to do? Whatever, but I think I'll just take that bigger calf [i]and[/i] those 38 extra pounds at weaning (53 by yearling). And I'll add that extra weight to the extra growth from heterosis by using the Continental bull on those English X cows. I'll multiply all those extra pounds by the number of calves I sell at weaning and then I'll multiply that by $1.20 or $1.30 per pound and just stick that extra money in my pocket. And never worry one minute about a mature cow having a long-bodied, 80 pound calf. They can do it in their sleep, so there's sure no use in me laying awake nights worrying over it. [/QUOTE]
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