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My corral has a chute, but no head gate on it. Whole corral is metal pipe. Will a head gate just weld up to it, or should i drill holes and bolt it on? Which brand/kind are good. Wont ever have more than 30 cattle on this place. We always slipped a pipe after the cow so they cant back up...

How rough is it getting a dairy cow to put calves on vs bottle feeding? Id imagine its probably all up to the cow and how receptive she is taking calves on?

A bull with a CED of 3 or 3.2 would be horrible for heifers compared to a .5 or 1 CED bull? The way i read it a 1 is easy calving 2 is light pull 3 is heavy pull 4 is c section 5 is still born At leat according to the agri life youtube video

Went to the auction yesterday. Went just to see what cattle like im wanting (black angus/brangus) were going for. They were consistantly higher. Steers are selling for more than heifers, which suprised me, but the feed lots/butchers were buying them up it looked like. I played with numbers...

I was on this board a year and a half or so ago, reading and asking questions... cattle prices were high, and i got married and built a house in the mean time.. So now im looking back into it... prices seem lower now. So thats better for me. I have 200 acres, lots of grass, all grown up...

Ive though about getting into cows for several years, but wasnt quite in the right spot to do it. Our lives have changed a little for the better, and prices have gone down some so im considering getting into cattle again.. I have 4 acres next my house that im going to fence in. Then i have...

Lets say I buy calves (or cattle) from the auction, I bring them home, put them in my corral... What are the medicines, wormers, respiratory meds, etc that we should administer to calves and cattle in general before turning them out in the pastures? I know that cattle from the sale barn are...

What is the consensus here, what do you think about purchasing 200-400lb calves at auction, feeding them out for a while and selling em when they hit 8, 900 lbs or more? I'm thinking about doing this some as my first moves to hopefully make some money to put back into cattle to slowly help me...

Down here in south central texas what seems to be the norm for a breeding schedule? It doesnt really get cold enough or cold for very long maybe a day or two during the winter then we end up with a few days in the 60s again... im more worried about heat than cold... i see MANY that just leave...

Im not totally sure how to ask what im wondering, but heres a stab at it.. ENVIORNMENTAL CONDITIONS EQUAL****** Pure bred calves vs an f1 cross calves, vs f2.. and lower quality genes... , i assume as with all other animals a pure bred would yeild higher earnings per head as to selling...

What do yall reckon is the best cost efficient way to go about starting up a herd? Buy smaller 400lb range calves and raise em up? Buy a cow and calf pair, raise up the calf and sell it to recoop cost some and end up with only the cow... Raise and sell calves and keep rolling the money over...

On market reports you see example 200lbs - 300lbs , 335-360 What exactly is this saying? 200 -300lbs calves sold for between $335 and $360? But then you see example: 800lbs to 900lbs 265-350 A bigger calf would sell for more right... thats why i dont understand how this is all read..

What do yall see that sells good in central texas breed wise? Has a good track record...?

I have land and its all set up on a silver platter for me to get cattle to raise and sell... i want to start off small... 6-15 head... ive been around it all my life... Im not a total newbie... what im looking for is where to start and info on how to figure out/research what breed/s i need...