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<blockquote data-quote="Bestoutwest" data-source="post: 1625755" data-attributes="member: 19397"><p>My two knocks on SAV are that:</p><p>1)They pour the feed to their cattle. While that's their personal decision, it inflates the numbers. For someone buying there expecting similar results, you'd have to really work to keep up. I feel like it's misleading. That's my take. I also look at their cattle and see MASSIVE negative $EN numbers. I do take EPD's with a grain of salt, but it says something when it's -20 or -30.</p><p>2) The big bulls that I see being sold (especially to Herbster) from many, many years ago have minimal calves to their credit listed in the EPD's. Some bulls have THOUSANDS, and some of the SAV bulls have tens, maybe a hundred. That says a lot to me. Why on earth are you paying $250K for a bull and not breeding everything to it? If the quality is so good, shouldn't it be a genetic goldmine worthy of registering everything?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bestoutwest, post: 1625755, member: 19397"] My two knocks on SAV are that: 1)They pour the feed to their cattle. While that's their personal decision, it inflates the numbers. For someone buying there expecting similar results, you'd have to really work to keep up. I feel like it's misleading. That's my take. I also look at their cattle and see MASSIVE negative $EN numbers. I do take EPD's with a grain of salt, but it says something when it's -20 or -30. 2) The big bulls that I see being sold (especially to Herbster) from many, many years ago have minimal calves to their credit listed in the EPD's. Some bulls have THOUSANDS, and some of the SAV bulls have tens, maybe a hundred. That says a lot to me. Why on earth are you paying $250K for a bull and not breeding everything to it? If the quality is so good, shouldn't it be a genetic goldmine worthy of registering everything? [/QUOTE]
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