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I've know cattle buyers to put together entire pens of rat tails, then feed them out and sell across the grid. Said they made more money off of them because they were cheap to buy, cheap to feed, and brought a premium across the grid.

If you tried hard enough you could produce a Wagyu carcass with no marbling....

Basically thats only because they buy into the packer deal of wanting bigger frame cattle. The guys buying them at discount are making more per head across the rail because they finish cheaper and are going to grade the same. They also discount rat tailed cattle. I knew a trader who bought every...

Having been in the business for 50 years, the real question is who are they valued by, and why do they value them? Black Angus are only "valued" because of a long term marketing ploy by the Angus Association. If anyone wants to talk about being dishonest, look at that program. As long as the...

Predation strategies have nothing to do with phenotypes nor grazing patterns/migrations. Grazing behavior (and herd migration) is dependent on feed quality and density, not predator pressure. Recently I was taking care of 800 sheep, sent to me from two different ranches. At first they grazed...

"Your time is worth something. More cows = more labor." Sorry, but after spending the last 50 years working on everything from a 100 head registered ranch, to 10,000 head of cows (and retaining yearlings,) labor is more relevant to management style than numbers of cattle.

On the average a cow will eat roughly 3% of their body weight. 1600 cow X .03 will consume 48 pounds of forage a day. an 800 pound cow X .03 will consume 24 pounds of feed a day. Reboot herd instinct in your herd so that they eat only the top third of the plant (which contains the most...

Start doing a true regenerative program and you will take care of the weeds without sprays while building your grass. Red Angus bulls tend to take the horns off (not sure why it doesn't work quite as well with Black Angus.) That breeding will give you heavier calves as well, Only problem is...

#4....Today's young registered bulls are actually proven by the time they are two through extensive AI programs. Composite breeds begin as crossbred, but develop over time into the composite breed. I worked for Leachman Cattle Company back when they were starting their Balancer and Stabilizer...