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<blockquote data-quote="MF135" data-source="post: 859327" data-attributes="member: 14057"><p>hmmm.. so w/o modern EPDs, cattlemen are blind to selection? I don't think so... The Angus had an act BW of 73lbs, his sire had a negative BW epd with over .9 accuracy as well as his grandsire. He was linebred N Bar 5522. These are low birthweight genetics. That being said I didn't just go by epds. When we went to buy the Angus, he was in the pasture with 30+ first calf heifers with calves at side that he sired. They were all small/moderate framed calves with low 70lb bws. It wasn't that his EPDs were acceptable, it was the he was PROVEN. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No it wasn't. Here are the bulls that started that convo:</p><p></p><p>and here was my response:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MF135, post: 859327, member: 14057"] hmmm.. so w/o modern EPDs, cattlemen are blind to selection? I don't think so... The Angus had an act BW of 73lbs, his sire had a negative BW epd with over .9 accuracy as well as his grandsire. He was linebred N Bar 5522. These are low birthweight genetics. That being said I didn't just go by epds. When we went to buy the Angus, he was in the pasture with 30+ first calf heifers with calves at side that he sired. They were all small/moderate framed calves with low 70lb bws. It wasn't that his EPDs were acceptable, it was the he was PROVEN. No it wasn't. Here are the bulls that started that convo: and here was my response: [/QUOTE]
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