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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Greenjeans" data-source="post: 446727" data-attributes="member: 7085"><p>Thanks for the comments. I have started off slowly with the misfits from my granddads registered Brangus operation. The bull set me back $700 at 10 months of age. Credit the neighbors angus bull visiting one of "Dad-aws" heifers. We put him to work at 16 months. The red cow in the background was due to a recessive gene showing up (that sire didn't last long). I also have a nice Charolais-Brangus heifer as a result of a neighbors fence jumping Charolais bull. The rest of the herd is brangus and raised on our ranch. </p><p></p><p>Our system is still "eye-balling" their phenotypes and promoting low birth-weight scores. EPD's would be nice but we just don't use them to select our commercial bulls. My grandad retains his best heifers and sell bulls for $1500 each (they are very uniform). Those that don't make the grade go straight to the auction. It has worked for 101 years and 5 generations of ranchers. We do consider EPD's when we bring in a new herdsire for my grandfathers operation. The bulls we obtain for my commercial use are virgin bulls with selections based on phenotype and their mothers performance.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I have learned much from you folks that post on this site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Greenjeans, post: 446727, member: 7085"] Thanks for the comments. I have started off slowly with the misfits from my granddads registered Brangus operation. The bull set me back $700 at 10 months of age. Credit the neighbors angus bull visiting one of "Dad-aws" heifers. We put him to work at 16 months. The red cow in the background was due to a recessive gene showing up (that sire didn't last long). I also have a nice Charolais-Brangus heifer as a result of a neighbors fence jumping Charolais bull. The rest of the herd is brangus and raised on our ranch. Our system is still "eye-balling" their phenotypes and promoting low birth-weight scores. EPD's would be nice but we just don't use them to select our commercial bulls. My grandad retains his best heifers and sell bulls for $1500 each (they are very uniform). Those that don't make the grade go straight to the auction. It has worked for 101 years and 5 generations of ranchers. We do consider EPD's when we bring in a new herdsire for my grandfathers operation. The bulls we obtain for my commercial use are virgin bulls with selections based on phenotype and their mothers performance. By the way, I have learned much from you folks that post on this site. [/QUOTE]
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