COMMERCIAL beef producers now have access to a bull earning capacity calculator tool to help predict the estimated earning capacity of a given bull, based on his dollar index value and estimated number of cows to be mated.
The tool is designed to help bull buyers avoid two common pitfalls when buying bulls:
- Paying too much for an apparent ‘super bull’ when economically the second best bull is better value.
- Paying too much for the worst bull in the catalogue because he was ‘cheap’.
Users can apply a bull’s index values as an initial screening tool, after which it is strongly…
