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<blockquote data-quote="Backbone Ranch" data-source="post: 1560519" data-attributes="member: 20754"><p>We personally would not consider keeping a bull as a future herdsire for our herd if he is below 8 for tenderness. At the end of the day, our cattle are producing beef, and we want to do all that we can to ensure that our cattle have the genetic predisposition to produce tender beef. With that being said, we will occasionally AI cows to bulls with lower tenderness scores if we feel that a particular bull will improve a cow in other ways. Our average tenderness score for our cow herd is 8.25 out of 10. At the moment, we have two mature bulls that scored 9 and 10 for tenderness, an 18 month old that scored 10 for tenderness and a yearling that scored 10 for tenderness. We are a bit more lenient when it comes to selecting replacement females. We still would like them to score 7 or higher, but a slightly lower tenderness score will not automatically disqualify them as a replacement. At this point in time, 25% of our cow herd has perfect tenderness scores.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Backbone Ranch, post: 1560519, member: 20754"] We personally would not consider keeping a bull as a future herdsire for our herd if he is below 8 for tenderness. At the end of the day, our cattle are producing beef, and we want to do all that we can to ensure that our cattle have the genetic predisposition to produce tender beef. With that being said, we will occasionally AI cows to bulls with lower tenderness scores if we feel that a particular bull will improve a cow in other ways. Our average tenderness score for our cow herd is 8.25 out of 10. At the moment, we have two mature bulls that scored 9 and 10 for tenderness, an 18 month old that scored 10 for tenderness and a yearling that scored 10 for tenderness. We are a bit more lenient when it comes to selecting replacement females. We still would like them to score 7 or higher, but a slightly lower tenderness score will not automatically disqualify them as a replacement. At this point in time, 25% of our cow herd has perfect tenderness scores. [/QUOTE]
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