By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator
The spring bull sale season is underway. Producers are studying catalogs, comparing EPDs and individual animal performance numbers and choosing which bulls will be the next herd sires. This article includes a link to a spreadsheet producers can use to figure actual bull costs, and addresses some of the things producers should consider before heading to the sale. Hint: It’s more than just the lunch menu.
What do you want your cowherd and the calves you produce to do? What genetics will do that?
Clearly identifying goals for what cattle are…