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Contemporary groups: why you cannot buy a number with a feed truck
You have heard the gripe at the sale barn. A man’s bulls read high, and somebody leans over the rail and says, “Sure they do. Look how he feeds them.” Pour the groceries to a…
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What Is Inside a $Value
You have seen these in a sale catalog. A dollar sign, a couple of letters, and a number. $M 72. $W 58. $C 210. They sit next to the EPDs and they look like a…
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Every Number on the Bull Page
You are leaning on the fence with a sale book open, staring at a wall of columns: CED, BW, WW, Marb, $M. You know some of them. The rest just dare you to guess. This…
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What Counts as a Good Number
You are standing at the sale barn counter with a bull’s page in your hand. His weaning weight EPD reads +80. Somebody asks you if that is any good, and you realize you have no…
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What an EPD Is, in Plain English
You already do the thing an EPD does. You just do it with two animals at a time. Stand two bulls side by side and you can guess which one throws the heavier calves. You…
