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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 697448" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I know we've talked here about the relative importance of EPD's vs phenotype etc. Most of us agreed that there should be a combination of the two.</p><p></p><p>As a beginner I hesitate to say much about anyone else's bull.</p><p></p><p>However, since the EPD link was posted above, I looked at the EPD graph: <a href="http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=242D&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5B5B5A58262F26&10=020C2108132E12131D13291418191CE6E43208000E3E18E83B02E914151D1C1F1F111017" target="_blank">http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=242D&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5B5B5A58262F26&10=020C2108132E12131D13291418191CE6E43208000E3E18E83B02E914151D1C1F1F111017</a></p><p></p><p>A couple things jump out even to me: This bull is in the bottom 10% of the breed in scrotal circumference and very very low in rib eye area, WW, YW, etc. These EPD's maybe be low accuracy but even at low accuracy, bottom 10% in these very measureable traits is one of the things EPD's are supposed to identify....</p><p></p><p>Maybe my inexperience is showing, but I don't see how he can be considered a keeper as a herd sire with so many numbers that low. jmho. </p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 697448, member: 7509"] I know we've talked here about the relative importance of EPD's vs phenotype etc. Most of us agreed that there should be a combination of the two. As a beginner I hesitate to say much about anyone else's bull. However, since the EPD link was posted above, I looked at the EPD graph: [url]http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=242D&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5A5D5B5B5A58262F26&10=020C2108132E12131D13291418191CE6E43208000E3E18E83B02E914151D1C1F1F111017[/url] A couple things jump out even to me: This bull is in the bottom 10% of the breed in scrotal circumference and very very low in rib eye area, WW, YW, etc. These EPD's maybe be low accuracy but even at low accuracy, bottom 10% in these very measureable traits is one of the things EPD's are supposed to identify.... Maybe my inexperience is showing, but I don't see how he can be considered a keeper as a herd sire with so many numbers that low. jmho. Jim [/QUOTE]
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