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The Midwest Cattleman · February 3, 2022 · P7
BUYING BULLS WITH A PLAN

Create your game plan before a bull sale for optimum efficiency.

By Taylor Grussing
Photo by Kasey Brown
Selecting new herd sires is only, cows only or both? By an-
an annual process for beef pro- swering this question, the flow
ducers. Before attending any chart suggests which expected
bull sale, or ordering semen progeny differences (EPDs)
from an artificial insemina- and indexes to consider based
tion (AI) rep, take the time to on your unique answers.
read through sale books and The remaining consider-
identify which characteristics ations on the flow chart gauge
are of most and least impor-
tance for the next herd sire to continued on page 14
contribute to your operation.
The ultimate goal is to choose
a sire that will enhance the
current cow herd in terms of
the reproductive success of the
daughters he sires, as well as
the performance of his termi-
nal progeny.
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rectories; however, the selec-
tion process will be unique to
each beef producer and their
herd goals based on the en-
vironment of their operation
and marketing avenue for
their cattle.

Cow herd vision
Select a herd sire that will
complement your herd. Take
time to objectively critique
areas that need improvement
in your cow herd. Identify
areas to improve the unifor-
mity and marketability of
future calf crops. Write a job
description for the bull, and
target improvement through
multiple-trait selection to
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avoid over-selecting for a sin- S
gle trait.
This beef sire selection deci-
sion flow chart is handy to as-
sist beef producers in defining BullsBulls
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example questions to ask
when setting up a breeding Females Red Angus | Salers | Composites
Females
objective:
• Will replacement heifers
be kept?
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will guide sire selection based W
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