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If u want a good herd sire it is very important that u get a vet to do a breed soundness exam, usully $30 at sale barn. U have to know how well the bull is able to breed. He may look like a the best show bull ever, but if he does not pass a BSE reproductive test then u will get poor results in...

Good information. Thanks

I try and shoot for protien levels of atleast 10 and a TDN of 55 and higher. To maintain these numbers and hopefully increseing them i will be planting a clover mixture into my hay and grazing pastures.

Thank you for the very informative response. I will be introducing 7 first time heifers into the breeding herd in sept, with about 10 mature cows. They are average milkers, but i do not know about the heifers ability yet. It will be unlikely that i will be suplimenting with feed grain. If it...

Ive reduced my inputs significantly by growing and cutting my own hay, only raising the cows that ive grown myself here at the farm, and taking advantage of other things that ive learned at our state master beef producer program. Now im working on getting my brreding and calving season where i...

Thank you. Im just trying to gather info and learn what i can so i make my farm as profitable as possible.

With the calving season that i want to set up, starting calving in sept and oct will get me the 6 to 7 months im shooting for by april. If i have to market into may to get the weight up that would be acceptable to, since yearly trends are less then .10 apart between them. But my main focus is...

I plan on keeping most heifers as replacements for nxt few years to build my herd numbers. I have a deal worked out with a breeder to swap reg. bulls every 2 to 3 years.

I raise purebreed angus. Bull is med. frame, young prob 11 to 1200 lbs. Cows are around 1100 lbs. glad to hear its achievable. My concern is just with only having about 6 months to reach my target weight of 600 on strictly pasture and hay.

I will likely wean straight off the cow. But the steers will have good access to pasture and free choice hay. I want to market them around 6 to 700lbs but just not sure if it will be achievable to do so within 6 to 7 months. If anyone is accomplishing this i would appriciate the advice. Thanks...

Ive been slowly getting into the cattle business. I am looking to market my future steers in april when prices are traditionaly at there highest. I want to get my steers into the 600 to 700 lbs range. What is the average time it is taking yal to get your cattle to that desired weight? I am...

Well it seems that giving her 1 bottle in the eve has caused her to stay hungry threwout the day. Therefore she has kept nudging on mama which has caused her to start producing more milk. Now weve got another young heifer who isnt far from calving and hoping that she will produce good, or...

She took the bottle alot better lastnite, didnt really have to fight with her. drank all 4 pints. Mama might be producing a little milk now. Going to continue to feed 1 bottle in the eve so she will keep nudging on mama threwout the day, so hopefully she'll produce more milk

I dont believe her tail was wagging when she was nursing on mama. she was just continually nudging her udders but not getting anything. When i gave her the bottle and she finally started sucking on it, after about 5 min of fighting with her lol, her tail was wagging and she took the milk well...

Yesterday we had our first calf out of a young heifer. And when i say young she is only 16 months or so old. But she had her calf easy and seems do be caring for it well. The only thing that concerns me is the mama has no milk and a very small bag. I dont know if this is atributed to the young...

Ok, thanx Yal 4 all the replies

I have sum angus cattle that gave birth within the last couple of months. My ? is this, while checking on them yesterday i noticed a few of the calves where grazing grass. Now i thot calves didnt wean until severel hundered lbs/months of age? Not saying that their not still nursing, but i didnt...