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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 700611" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>I think you might be overthinking your situation? The Angus breed is a maternal breed. Unless you just go crazy with the milk EPD (either way) or go for excess in any trait, I'd expect you to have good momma cows. Unless you're trying to "fix" a trait, go with good, but balanced, EPDs.</p><p></p><p>When we were buying cows, before we went to the sale, we'd look through the catalog at growth EPDs first, carcass next. The $EPDs pretty much fall in line with those. After we culled cows that didn't meet our criteria there, we'd go to pedigree. Experience counts there. We'll pay more for a pedigree that we're familar with than one full of younger, less proven bulls. Then at the sale comes the visual appraisal of what animals didn't get culled in those two cuts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 700611, member: 13"] I think you might be overthinking your situation? The Angus breed is a maternal breed. Unless you just go crazy with the milk EPD (either way) or go for excess in any trait, I'd expect you to have good momma cows. Unless you're trying to "fix" a trait, go with good, but balanced, EPDs. When we were buying cows, before we went to the sale, we'd look through the catalog at growth EPDs first, carcass next. The $EPDs pretty much fall in line with those. After we culled cows that didn't meet our criteria there, we'd go to pedigree. Experience counts there. We'll pay more for a pedigree that we're familar with than one full of younger, less proven bulls. Then at the sale comes the visual appraisal of what animals didn't get culled in those two cuts. [/QUOTE]
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