Your thoughts on this bull's EPD's....

[Walker]

What do you think about this Gelbvieh Bull's EPD's for breeding heifers and young cows? We will consider keeping heifers from this bull.

EPD's
CE- 108
BW- 1
WW- 46
YW- 92
Milk- 20

Performance
BW-82
WW- 683
YW- 1243
FS- 5.7
SC- 38.2

 

[JMichal]

Everything there looks great, but I would like to see the rest of the EPD's. There are alot of bulls with those type of numbers, now lets look at ma, re, cv, sc, st, etc. You are only showing 1/2 the picture. Also, the most important thing, what the heck does his confirmation look like.

If I see the epd's and the actual performance lining up that means the genetics are working. Especially if the parents epd's have high acc. But you definetly want to see the phenotype.

An ultrasound is an important tool also, often overlooked.