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<blockquote data-quote="ArmyDoc" data-source="post: 740518" data-attributes="member: 6832"><p>Not sure I understand your answer. Both of the sellected bulls are in the top 1% for WW and YW EPDs. As I understand it, the EPDs are supposed to give and indication of what the expected diffence in progeny would be... - in other words, two bulls with the same EPD for WW should produce calves that have a similar WW. But these two bulls EPDs are the almost the same, but their progeny averages are several hundred pounds apart. I don't understand how they can have similar EPDs when their offspring are so different. Shouldn't the second bulls EPDs be lower for WW and YW if his offspring are 250# lighter at weaning and 400# lighter at a year?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArmyDoc, post: 740518, member: 6832"] Not sure I understand your answer. Both of the sellected bulls are in the top 1% for WW and YW EPDs. As I understand it, the EPDs are supposed to give and indication of what the expected diffence in progeny would be... - in other words, two bulls with the same EPD for WW should produce calves that have a similar WW. But these two bulls EPDs are the almost the same, but their progeny averages are several hundred pounds apart. I don't understand how they can have similar EPDs when their offspring are so different. Shouldn't the second bulls EPDs be lower for WW and YW if his offspring are 250# lighter at weaning and 400# lighter at a year? [/QUOTE]
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