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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1128943" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Same here redcow.</p><p>MCE is a top selection consideration, as I'm always breeding for the females, and want them to spit that calf out quick and easy.</p><p>MCE way below average put me off from Grandmaster early on - and the farm manager would never let me use a SM bull with WW that low - even on virgin heifers. I know a lot of the show folks like him, and maybe commercial folks, too - but I won't use a bull of any breed with MCE that far below breed average. </p><p>Bigger BWs here this winter too, due to the cold and increased DDG feeding to make up for poor hay. SM-sired calves were about normal, out of cows - avg~84#, but the SH-sired calves were heavier - avg 96.6#. Only one needed assistance, and him only because he had an elbow hung on the pelvic brim. But, they were bigger than we usually get - and we'd used some of the same bulls in the past and had an idea what to expect of them, but got a bit of a surprise with this group.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1128943, member: 12607"] Same here redcow. MCE is a top selection consideration, as I'm always breeding for the females, and want them to spit that calf out quick and easy. MCE way below average put me off from Grandmaster early on - and the farm manager would never let me use a SM bull with WW that low - even on virgin heifers. I know a lot of the show folks like him, and maybe commercial folks, too - but I won't use a bull of any breed with MCE that far below breed average. Bigger BWs here this winter too, due to the cold and increased DDG feeding to make up for poor hay. SM-sired calves were about normal, out of cows - avg~84#, but the SH-sired calves were heavier - avg 96.6#. Only one needed assistance, and him only because he had an elbow hung on the pelvic brim. But, they were bigger than we usually get - and we'd used some of the same bulls in the past and had an idea what to expect of them, but got a bit of a surprise with this group. [/QUOTE]
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