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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 280216" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I like EPDs; but you are increasingly correct. It is becoming ALMOST the norm for a breeder to have a "mature cow dispersal" sell 100 - 200 moma cows and replace the whole herd with ET calves every 3 to 6 years. I have looked at some such catalogs where the oldest cow out there was 7 and the avg was 4. Those cows then go to the four winds. We won't get meaningful data back from half of those cows and we don't know much of anythng about the 2 year olds that replaced them....often the flush of a show winning 3 year old bred to a 3 YO bull who was at the same shows. The EPDs are always better than just guessing; but a lot of people are taking the EPD number at face value without factoring in the accuracies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 280216, member: 2095"] I like EPDs; but you are increasingly correct. It is becoming ALMOST the norm for a breeder to have a "mature cow dispersal" sell 100 - 200 moma cows and replace the whole herd with ET calves every 3 to 6 years. I have looked at some such catalogs where the oldest cow out there was 7 and the avg was 4. Those cows then go to the four winds. We won't get meaningful data back from half of those cows and we don't know much of anythng about the 2 year olds that replaced them....often the flush of a show winning 3 year old bred to a 3 YO bull who was at the same shows. The EPDs are always better than just guessing; but a lot of people are taking the EPD number at face value without factoring in the accuracies. [/QUOTE]
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