3) An Angus bull, Edgar, has a weaning weight EPD of +72. The average weaning we

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3) An Angus bull, Edgar, has a weaning weight EPD of +72. The average weaning weight for the population of beef cattle is 565 lbs. a) If Edgar is mated to cows of average genetic merit from this population, what do you expect the average weaning weight of his calves to be (assume the average environmental effect is 0)? (1pt) b) A cow, ivian, has a weaning weight EPD of +14. What do you expect the weaning weight of Vivian and Edgar's calf to be (assume the average environmental effect is 0)? (1pt)

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62 percent of calves were weaned between 170 and 230 days of age and replacement heifer calves had an average weaning weight of 532 lbs while bull and steer calves had an average weaning weight of 559 lbs.

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