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CattleMax I’ve been using it for years. Very economical and easy to use and access. You can access it from your phone, laptop, or desktop.

Yep, we're still running Longhorns. We still have some registered cows and also have started running some Longhorn x Angus crosses over the last few years. Some people love Longhorns and some hate 'em. Whatever the case may be, you have to raise what you like, whether you're motivated by...

To me, a brand is not only proof of ownership, it is also advertising. For example, if a ranch is selling private treaty heifers, a lot of times they want their brand on the cattle before they leave their property, even if you made an agreement to purchase the the animal before it was branded...

I believe the last 20% cubes I bought were around 9.75, which comes out to $390 ton. Normally around here they give you a .20 per bag discount if you buy a ton, which would be $382 ton. I would expect that coming into winter they'll be around 450 ton. We culled quite a bit last year and have...

What is the best test, other than palpation, for determing if a cow/heifer is pregnant? I'm looking for some alternatives to getting a vet out to palpate, as I am not qualified myself. In the past we have pretty much kept bulls out year round, but now we're trying to go to more defined calving...

Yes, it has been one amazing thread. Seems like a lot of people want to bash the hay producers or truckers for making a living. As for my experience, the hay producers out East (Miss, La, Ala, etc) have been doing a good job of providing hay to Texas at a reasonable cost, and not jacking up...

You know JH, this is the same type of thing I'm seeing all over Texas right now, and although I couldn't do it myself, I suppose there are others that have no problem with it. To me, it is kind of like going to Sam's club and buying a bunch of cold drinks for .25 and then re-selling them for...

I understand the profit margins are small for alot of hay producers, but it seems there is pretty good money to be made right now in the hay trading business. You can still get it trucked in for $70 - $80 a roll, then turn around and sell it for $140 - $150.

I know of someone selling bahia for around $130 - $140 a bale, and the bales weigh around 700 lbs (4x4's), so that's right around $400 a ton. That's around the Austin area.

I have a question for those that sell hay, and the question is - How much profit is too much to make when selling hay? In other words, is 25% profit too much, or 50% profit, or 75%, or maybe even 100% or more? The reason I ask is because, as you all know, we're in short supply of hay down here...

I agree 'stuff' happens, but I would ship her now. I agree with Tom Lasater that said every cow should have a calf in the weaning pen, no matter what.

Speaking of Remedy, does anyone know where it can be bought in a 55 gal drum? I know it can be purchased by the gal at TSC, etc. but would like to buy it in a bigger volume to save a little.

The way I see it, there are bascially to good ways to handle this. #1 - Saddle horse, load in trailer and drive out to pasture with another person. Unload horse, tell other person to stay back until you get the animal caught, and then bring trailer to you once you have it roped. Then ride...

Must have been my wife driving..... ;-)

Something like this: http://www.grangercattleco.com/haulinghay.html

It depends on the age. If you band a 2 week old calf they will fall off sooner than one that is older. I generally band when I work the calves at weaning, around 6 months old. At that age it takes 40-45 days for them to completely fall off.

Yes, I've used it to work everything from a big bull to small calf.

I don't normally run animals older than 1 year old down the small chute with a headgate; if not pushed too hard they can weave their horns thru some pretty tight places. The headgate works OK for stuff with around 30" or less of horn. In the first picture above, when loading large animals...

We are raising Longhorns also, and we have a 60'x60' steel pen, with a 9' alley that runs up one side into a 28"wide chute with a headgate. In the 9' wide alley, I built a medina hinge setup to work the big cattle. Below are a couple of pictures of the medina hinge. More can be found at...

Not sure about the alley gates, but for keeping cattle from backing up, I have welded horse shoes down both sides of our chute. A piece of 2 3/8" pipe will slide through the shoes, and the horseshoes keep the pipe from rolling backwards/forwards. This is not the chute, but you can kind of see...