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<blockquote data-quote="East Caney" data-source="post: 474575" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>JWhisper,</p><p></p><p>I won't get extremely detailed as I don't wish to hijack this thread. There is plenty of website reading that will tell you about EPDs. To keep it simple, compare apples to apples, oranges to oranges...angus to angus, beefmaster to beefmaster, etc. Some sites will try and provide "across breed" epds. EPDs are "expected progenty differences". Just like it sounds, it's how you can expect an animal's progeny (calves) to perform compared to another animal of the same breed. If bull A has a birth weight (BW) epd of 2.5 and bull B has a BW epd of 4.5, under like circumstaces, one would expect bull B's calf to weigh 2 more lbs at birth than bull A's calf. The same goes for all other EPDs...it's a comparison amongst the breed. </p><p></p><p>I apologize for the partial hijacking. I can's see the picture at this time (from this computer). I'd love to comment as soon as I can. Hope this helps you who didn't comprehend EPDs.</p><p></p><p>EC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="East Caney, post: 474575, member: 2960"] JWhisper, I won't get extremely detailed as I don't wish to hijack this thread. There is plenty of website reading that will tell you about EPDs. To keep it simple, compare apples to apples, oranges to oranges...angus to angus, beefmaster to beefmaster, etc. Some sites will try and provide "across breed" epds. EPDs are "expected progenty differences". Just like it sounds, it's how you can expect an animal's progeny (calves) to perform compared to another animal of the same breed. If bull A has a birth weight (BW) epd of 2.5 and bull B has a BW epd of 4.5, under like circumstaces, one would expect bull B's calf to weigh 2 more lbs at birth than bull A's calf. The same goes for all other EPDs...it's a comparison amongst the breed. I apologize for the partial hijacking. I can's see the picture at this time (from this computer). I'd love to comment as soon as I can. Hope this helps you who didn't comprehend EPDs. EC [/QUOTE]
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