Commercial cattle producers: bull selection criteria

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Commercial cattle producers: bull selection criteria

Simms, D.D.; Geske, J.M.; Bolze, R.P.
A survey of 312 commercial cattle

producers was conducted to determine the

relative importance of selection criteria used

in buying bulls. Calving ease was a major

consideration of a high percentage of

producers, and individual performance was

being emphasized more than expected

progeny differences (EPDs). Only 23% of the

producers included EPDs in their first three

selection criteria. Visual appraisal focused on

structural soundness, length, and muscling.

Keywords: Beef; Bulls; Selection; Breeding; Expected progeny differences
Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1994, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 4, 1994
Starting Page: 57, Ending Page: 60
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Date: 1994
Conference paper
Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4965
 

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