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<blockquote data-quote="SEC" data-source="post: 437624" data-attributes="member: 3241"><p>The birthweight thing does get silly at times I will agree. We have purchased bulls from the Foothills of Calgary to North of Edmonton where birthweights always seem to be higher than ours by 10-15 lbs, yet when their calves were born they were right in line with ours.</p><p></p><p>For those that consider EPD's to be a good tool and will complain about the actual bwt's of a specific place you are of little faith. EPD's are based upon ratios and while the bwt may seem high what they ratioed is more important. At some places 90lbs at birth could be on the high end of things while other places 90 lbs may be light.</p><p></p><p>You can't have your cake and eat it too.</p><p></p><p>How about this for bwt stats;</p><p></p><p></p><p>Born Alive</p><p>Born Dead</p><p>Below could be scored 1-10</p><p>Cow bull</p><p>Heifer Bull</p><p>Calf vigor</p><p></p><p>Could work just fine but the results are purely relative.</p><p></p><p>This may be as good as anything. We don't really have a "heifer Bull" as we feel our heifers should be able to have calves from any bull we use. The only limiting factor should be the bulls physical size.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SEC, post: 437624, member: 3241"] The birthweight thing does get silly at times I will agree. We have purchased bulls from the Foothills of Calgary to North of Edmonton where birthweights always seem to be higher than ours by 10-15 lbs, yet when their calves were born they were right in line with ours. For those that consider EPD's to be a good tool and will complain about the actual bwt's of a specific place you are of little faith. EPD's are based upon ratios and while the bwt may seem high what they ratioed is more important. At some places 90lbs at birth could be on the high end of things while other places 90 lbs may be light. You can't have your cake and eat it too. How about this for bwt stats; Born Alive Born Dead Below could be scored 1-10 Cow bull Heifer Bull Calf vigor Could work just fine but the results are purely relative. This may be as good as anything. We don't really have a "heifer Bull" as we feel our heifers should be able to have calves from any bull we use. The only limiting factor should be the bulls physical size. [/QUOTE]
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