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<blockquote data-quote="VanC" data-source="post: 630956" data-attributes="member: 3355"><p>I find it odd that some people think that a commercial producer wouldn't be as concerned with genetics as the seedstock guys. Shouldn't everyone be striving to improve their herd? Otherwise, what's the point?</p><p></p><p>What about the guy that sells on the grid? He has to maintain his herd's carcass quality in order to make as much as he can. If he has a reliable source for replacements that he knows will fit into his program, then that's great. If not, he might be better off raising replacements. Otherwise he might end up with something that doesn't grade and yield well, and he ends up losing his rear end.</p><p></p><p>As has been said already, if you know what you're getting, then fine. But if you buy unknowns, it seems to me you're taking a heckuva chance. How do you know what they were bred to, or how long it took to get them bred? If you buy ten bred heifers and a few months later you have to cull five because they didn't breed back, or they have crappy udders, or they can't maintain their condition, how can that be good?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I can see both sides, but I still don't see how anyone can say that one or the other is best in every situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanC, post: 630956, member: 3355"] I find it odd that some people think that a commercial producer wouldn't be as concerned with genetics as the seedstock guys. Shouldn't everyone be striving to improve their herd? Otherwise, what's the point? What about the guy that sells on the grid? He has to maintain his herd's carcass quality in order to make as much as he can. If he has a reliable source for replacements that he knows will fit into his program, then that's great. If not, he might be better off raising replacements. Otherwise he might end up with something that doesn't grade and yield well, and he ends up losing his rear end. As has been said already, if you know what you're getting, then fine. But if you buy unknowns, it seems to me you're taking a heckuva chance. How do you know what they were bred to, or how long it took to get them bred? If you buy ten bred heifers and a few months later you have to cull five because they didn't breed back, or they have crappy udders, or they can't maintain their condition, how can that be good? Anyway, I can see both sides, but I still don't see how anyone can say that one or the other is best in every situation. [/QUOTE]
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