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Genetics AI date was no different for pregnant and open heifers, so the best predictor of heifer pregnancy in this data was older, heavier weaning weights rather than weight gain during development. This is why we don’t cull the heavier heifers early in development: they are more likely to conceive. Unfortunately, the Nebraska retrospective study doesn’t allow us to follow the heifers to evaluate their mature size relative to these developmental criteria. We do know the genetic relationship between weaning weight and mature size are positive, so simply selecting replacements based on reproductive success may indirectly increase mature cow size. The bottom line brings us back to genomic testing. It’s an unsurpassed opportunity to identify key sorting spreads in the females we seek to identify for breeding without discovering five years later our replacement selection method was inadvertently at odds with our goal of mature size moderation. I Our Newest Addition Wulfs Escalop 7314E Your visit is always welcome! Source: Ohio Beef Cattle Letter Homo Black • Homo Polled • Lim-Flex Sire: TMCK Burton 123B • Dam’s Sire: Wulfs Yardstick 1017Y CED:7 BW:2.8 WW:85 YW:120 MK:27 CEM:7 SC:0.50 ST:6 Doc:20 YG:0.0 REA:0.55 CWT:42 MB:0.27 $MTI:65.32 Joining our program is this powerful 4/1/2017 brood cow prospect from the Wulf Cattle Sale. She has a balance EPD profile ranking in the top 4% of the breed for weaning, top 10% for yearling and carcass and top 15% for marbling. She is bred to RUNL Stetson to calve next spring. Watch for updates. Sleiter Limousin 50495 250th Street Morris, MN 56267 Dennis and Monica Sleiter 320.589.4119 Email: [email protected] LIMOUSIN Today | 159