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Thanx Texan, Looks like a tall order to fill.

Okay from lot's of reading I gather that I need to see what the slaughter houses are looking for inorder to gauge the qaulity of my cattle. I also understand that I should get involved in the Ranch to Rail program inorder to follow my cattle through slaughter. In the interm how would I go...

My undergraduate studies were in Chemistry and Biology and I have always enjoyed the chemistry aspect of things. So where did you study chemistry ? :)

I call my herd into the pens once or twice a week and feed them some sweet feed, corn and cattle cubes. They range on 621 acres the rest of the time and their stool seems really soft to me as well but not quite scours. Any thoughts ???? I was thinking that the grass was just to green but it...

And here's a USDA site that gives average carcass premiums (and discounts) every week. http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lm_ct155.txt I'd agree that you need to know how your cattle will gain and grade before you decide to retain ownership. Many states have some sort of retained ownership...

la4angus This is a lot of information , I really appreciate it. Think I will mull it over for a couple of days. Thanx Again!

I appreciate all of the information everyone has been sharing with me and would like to ask one more dumb question. I keep hearing talk of cattle being all over the grid ??????? I thought if I scratched my head long enough I could figure it out but all I get is balder. :?

Arnold, I really appreciate the information. I have sectioned the place off into 5 main pastures so as to rotate evenly through the quarters and allow for one resting period. Water is not much of an issue, the entire east side of the ranch is bordered by a constant level lake. Hunting is a...

Dave, \ I hope you are close to me ? Where are you located? I would be interested in working with you when you get started>

Thanks for the info D.R. Cattle, Hey are you the guy that the Department of Commerce is telling me about. The old Boy down in Florida that is exporting to Cuba ????? If you are it sounds like a sweet deal, if not you might want to look into it, being in the perfect geographical area and all.

Dun, Thanks for the reply. I have bought some calf cow pairs, 5 cows-5calfs. I need to figure out which way to head from here. I have 621 acres bermuda coastal mixed with the typical South Texas Mesquite. Yes, 5 pairs look pretty funny out there all alone. I would like to get serious...

Sounds like I should be building a calf/cow operation at the same time I buy a pen full of steers for the feedlot, am I thinking right ?

What type of volume ? Ultimately I would like to play with the big boys, just don't know how to start .

New ot the cattle world, bought some calf cow pairs and want to maximize the return. Do I sell the steers outright at 500-600 pounds or send them to a feedlot @ 700-800 pounds ? Help out a greenhorn.