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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1395908" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>We are locally recognized for quality females. Most everything is Red Angus based, some wit ha touch of Hereford or Simmenthal. Most of the cows are straightbred Red Angus. Most years we will get 1 or 2 bull calves that are worth considering for seedstock, but the majority of our heifers are. We've been selecting for maternal for 16 years and it isn;t a quick deal to accomplish. When it comes to EPDs, we look at multiple generations to insure that an etheopian hasn;t been snuck into the fuel supply by doing a sky high EPD mating to the bottom 1% animal to make an average EPD. Our criteria are pretty simple. Well above average for CETM and average or better for CED. Milk, WW and YW around 10% of the breeed average Never have paid any attention to ME. Upper percentile for Stay and HPG. Carcass traits we want in the upper 50 percentile for the breed. This Herd Builder EPD is interesting but I haven;t really studied on it. I still prefer the older bloodlines, King Rob/Chateau, Basin Hobo, No equal, etc. or anaimls that have those mixed in their genetic background. Gotta go back a ways in their pedigree to find them though. For retention we look for around a FS 5.5 - 6, decent muscle, good top line, basicly all the attributes that are needed for a sound framed animal.</p><p>There's more but I don;t want to write a book.</p><p>Sorry for running on so long</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1395908, member: 34"] We are locally recognized for quality females. Most everything is Red Angus based, some wit ha touch of Hereford or Simmenthal. Most of the cows are straightbred Red Angus. Most years we will get 1 or 2 bull calves that are worth considering for seedstock, but the majority of our heifers are. We've been selecting for maternal for 16 years and it isn;t a quick deal to accomplish. When it comes to EPDs, we look at multiple generations to insure that an etheopian hasn;t been snuck into the fuel supply by doing a sky high EPD mating to the bottom 1% animal to make an average EPD. Our criteria are pretty simple. Well above average for CETM and average or better for CED. Milk, WW and YW around 10% of the breeed average Never have paid any attention to ME. Upper percentile for Stay and HPG. Carcass traits we want in the upper 50 percentile for the breed. This Herd Builder EPD is interesting but I haven;t really studied on it. I still prefer the older bloodlines, King Rob/Chateau, Basin Hobo, No equal, etc. or anaimls that have those mixed in their genetic background. Gotta go back a ways in their pedigree to find them though. For retention we look for around a FS 5.5 - 6, decent muscle, good top line, basicly all the attributes that are needed for a sound framed animal. There's more but I don;t want to write a book. Sorry for running on so long [/QUOTE]
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