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<blockquote data-quote="angus9259" data-source="post: 1368229" data-attributes="member: 7398"><p>Thomas Angus Ranch has a new proposition on each bull in their sale - $Profit. Supposed to be a computer algorithm generated the director of genetic research at the angus association. Evidently you dump all the EPD numbers into a computer and it cranks out a $profit for each bull over a span of criteria (100 calves, retain ownership, keep 30% of heifers as replacements, etc....). So a bull with a $profit of $14000 vs $10000 will deliver $40 more profit per calf (based on the expected 100 calves) in a bulls lifetime. </p><p></p><p>Of course, there's no indication that any of this has been proven in actual commercial experience - nor am I sure how they would without enormous expense.</p><p></p><p>I think things are going a little overboard.....</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, I think I have to go sleeve up - got another one I suspect of twins. Wonder when propensity for twins will become an epd..... $T. I'd avoid those like the plague....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus9259, post: 1368229, member: 7398"] Thomas Angus Ranch has a new proposition on each bull in their sale - $Profit. Supposed to be a computer algorithm generated the director of genetic research at the angus association. Evidently you dump all the EPD numbers into a computer and it cranks out a $profit for each bull over a span of criteria (100 calves, retain ownership, keep 30% of heifers as replacements, etc....). So a bull with a $profit of $14000 vs $10000 will deliver $40 more profit per calf (based on the expected 100 calves) in a bulls lifetime. Of course, there's no indication that any of this has been proven in actual commercial experience - nor am I sure how they would without enormous expense. I think things are going a little overboard..... In the meantime, I think I have to go sleeve up - got another one I suspect of twins. Wonder when propensity for twins will become an epd..... $T. I'd avoid those like the plague.... [/QUOTE]
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