Thanks for all the comments. I personally like the bottom heifer alittle better, alittle more volume and width to her. I would gladly give up some feminity to the top heifer. The top heifer was the heavier calf at weaning and slowed a bit at yearling, which is a good thing in my opinion. The top heifer's dam is probably the most proven cow we own with over 10 calves as a 10 yr old, she was used as a donor at the place we bought her. The impressive thing about the donor cow is they flushed her twice and she bred back and qualified as a pathfinder female while they were "Stealing" those flushes on her. The bottom heifer was a show heifer this year so she had a higher level of nutrition which should contribute to her been alittle too fleshy for a heifer 60 days from calving.
Doc,
Nice catch on the leg set, her dam is alittle cow hocked. She is better than her dam but certainly not perfect. The bottom heifer (#2) will be a lot larger than 1250#, she was that in April. I hope to keep her under 1400#, the top heifer (#1) will be the more moderate heifer, even though the pedigree certainly does not line up that way.
Thanks for all the comments but I think the overall volume, width of the bottom heifer will be my pick. The most important things in a female we have yet to find out about these two (milking/mothering ability, fertility, and fleshy ability).