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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1326926" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Thanks for posting Ebenezer. As your post shows $ indexes quantify data for us, whereas an individual trait such as ww alone is nearly meaningless when not put into a proper context. </p><p><strong>$ indexes simplify selection by doing the math for you.</strong> </p><p>And the beef calf prices used and feed costs are routinely updated to remain as current as possible.</p><p></p><p>Kingfisher stated he had trouble understanding the information $ index provided and the technical explanations.</p><p>So, I tried to break it down into layman terms to illustrate the importance of calf vigor/mortality in the equation.</p><p>I selected 3 proven bulls with <strong>Exact same Milk</strong> epd and Early Bird and Comrade have the <strong>Exact same RADG</strong> and </p><p>Early Bird and Total have <strong>Exact same $W</strong> I did this on purpose in an effort to limit other influences. </p><p>Select Sires does not list Mature Cow size edps on their website, so that wasn't available to me.</p><p></p><p>I'll repeat, I truly do not understand that a Dairy breed collects and publishes stillborn and calf mortality and yet </p><p>NO Beef Breed seems to think that it is important enough to even bother.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1326926, member: 14585"] Thanks for posting Ebenezer. As your post shows $ indexes quantify data for us, whereas an individual trait such as ww alone is nearly meaningless when not put into a proper context. [b]$ indexes simplify selection by doing the math for you.[/b] And the beef calf prices used and feed costs are routinely updated to remain as current as possible. Kingfisher stated he had trouble understanding the information $ index provided and the technical explanations. So, I tried to break it down into layman terms to illustrate the importance of calf vigor/mortality in the equation. I selected 3 proven bulls with [b]Exact same Milk[/b] epd and Early Bird and Comrade have the [b]Exact same RADG[/b] and Early Bird and Total have [b]Exact same $W[/b] I did this on purpose in an effort to limit other influences. Select Sires does not list Mature Cow size edps on their website, so that wasn't available to me. I'll repeat, I truly do not understand that a Dairy breed collects and publishes stillborn and calf mortality and yet NO Beef Breed seems to think that it is important enough to even bother. [/QUOTE]
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