It’s 2 a.m. and you are in the calving barn with a newly minted mother cow. She was your favorite heifer replacement pick two years ago and now as she fails to clean off her calf and eyes you intensely you wonder if you chose wrong. Many a cattle producer have been in this situation, and while there are no fool proof selection criteria for picking the next generation of your cowherd, there are priorities to consider.  Back in November, B.W. Ochsner of Torrington, Wyo. gave attendees of the Range Beef Cow Symposium his selection considerations for replacement females....

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