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Polled Hereford EPD's which would you buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 134387" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Based strictly on EPDs, all but the first one are throw outs based on their calving ease alone, way below breed average. They're all above average for maternal calving ease, but the first one is head and shoulders above the others. The only things I don;t care for are her milk, 16 is lower then I like and her REA and fat. Seems like muscle (butt and flank) are easier to put on calves then REA and marbeling. Fat ca be pretty hard to do away with, but that can be managed around.</p><p>Of the 4, I wouldn;t buy any of them based strictly on their EPDs. But I would at least look at #1 and ignore the others. That pretty face thing catches me sometimes buying a heifer that I probably wouldn;t have bought otherwise, but we've not been disappointed on any heifer that was in our A or B list.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 134387, member: 34"] Based strictly on EPDs, all but the first one are throw outs based on their calving ease alone, way below breed average. They're all above average for maternal calving ease, but the first one is head and shoulders above the others. The only things I don;t care for are her milk, 16 is lower then I like and her REA and fat. Seems like muscle (butt and flank) are easier to put on calves then REA and marbeling. Fat ca be pretty hard to do away with, but that can be managed around. Of the 4, I wouldn;t buy any of them based strictly on their EPDs. But I would at least look at #1 and ignore the others. That pretty face thing catches me sometimes buying a heifer that I probably wouldn;t have bought otherwise, but we've not been disappointed on any heifer that was in our A or B list. dun [/QUOTE]
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