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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 650356" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>What kind of weight did the cows previous calves run. So far we've only had 3 from our cleanup bull, 2 were65 and 72 pounds, the third out of a cow that always has a 85-90 pound calf had hers at 87 pounds. The first 2 were smaller then their cows usual calves.</p><p>Problem with using bulls with low accuracy is they can change radically. We bought a heifer a few years ago that was bred to a bull with low proofs that had a calving ease of +7, breed average for Red Angus is around +5. The heifer had a 105 pound giant and now the bulls calving ease is -6 after 4 seasons and higher accuracy. Same thing happened with the milk EPD on another bull. He was just above breed average when we used him now he is less then a third and his one daughter we kept has pretty well proved that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 650356, member: 34"] What kind of weight did the cows previous calves run. So far we've only had 3 from our cleanup bull, 2 were65 and 72 pounds, the third out of a cow that always has a 85-90 pound calf had hers at 87 pounds. The first 2 were smaller then their cows usual calves. Problem with using bulls with low accuracy is they can change radically. We bought a heifer a few years ago that was bred to a bull with low proofs that had a calving ease of +7, breed average for Red Angus is around +5. The heifer had a 105 pound giant and now the bulls calving ease is -6 after 4 seasons and higher accuracy. Same thing happened with the milk EPD on another bull. He was just above breed average when we used him now he is less then a third and his one daughter we kept has pretty well proved that. [/QUOTE]
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