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    feedlot questions

    If you are in the business of just feeding cattle in a feedlot you probably arent doing just great(depending on feed costs). We calve in the spring and then when fall rolls around we run these calves along with alot more in our feedlot and our pastures. We added 1000 capacity to our feedlot a...
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    Summering Cattle leases

    Around these parts its about $12 per head for yearlings and $18 per head for pairs. This is going rate for most mountain meadow scenarios. Maybe higher prices if you are running on irrigation. I would be interested in possibly leasing from you if you are looking?
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    shots

    The most important thing to remember with these calves is you want to keep them happy. Stress kills and the quicker you can handle them, get them on fresh water and feed the better off they are going to be. The shot of LA will last 72 hours or about 3 days. The reason why some people...
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    shots

    Agree, you neednt give them both LA and Nuflor(actually may may have a very negative affect if given both). If you think the calves are healthy and dont need a shot you dont need to give anything besides wormer or whatever you have planned. If you get them home and for some reason his ears are...
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    shots

    Our ranch calves never get sick, but when purchasing from the sale barn and there are 10 different sellers on a reciept for a load of cattle, we get just about everything under the sun for sickness. Performance is gonna depend on where they came from, what they already have, quality of cattle...
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    shots

    Exactly, If they get sick again after the LA we use Nuflor.
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    shots

    how big of calves? For stocker calves in the fall(450-550lbs) as soon as we get them off the truck we give them, dectomax wormer, pyramid, 7 way, and 20CC of LA (oxytytriceclene) and they get branded. They go straight to a small pasture for the first week on grass and some alfalfa and then into...
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    Off Feed

    How big was your jump in grain from 6-18lbs. You say they still leave some of your 9lbs which sounds like more than 6lbs but less than 9 which in most cases would be normal. The hotter the feed or diet, the more gradual the increments need to be. try taking away their free choice hay. for...
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