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Across the top of the nose is the sweet spot to land a blow on a cow. It makes an odd hollow sound when you really connect and they HATE taking a shot there. I agree with Texan and with Dun. Don't wait to apply it, make it count and don't do it without a plan of retreat, such as into the bed...

Thanks for the vote of confidence LA. lakading, he's right. I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. I was talking about making selling decisions and scales not being necessary for that. A rancher hardly ever buys calves so there's no need for scales on that end. If buying private treaty I...

IMO an order buyer who, after seeing calves go across the scales, has to change them to different orders on a regular basis isn’t worth his salt. But, back to the point, scales simply aren’t necessary for a cow/calf operation. You can generally eyeball them to within +/- 25 pounds and that’s...

If you’re a rancher running commercial cattle you measure with your eyeballs.

In that case you could haul them to a public scale. You would have to sell a trainload of calves to make a scale pay for itself.

Why not just agree on a price and buy them by the head?

I don't like loner cows. I'd replace her.

People aren’t taking offense at the notion of a calving season. For crying out loud, it’s not some kind of new concept. People are taking offense at being told they don’t know what they’re doing or they’re lazy if they don’t practice a calving season. And rightfully so. Anybody who has never...

Outstanding advice. Bama's comments were also excellent.

What a thread

Boy is that ever the truth. In commercial cattle the money is made on the front end.

Another thing that might help you is to bear in mind that the auctioneer is talking a lot but he's not really saying that much. For instance on a set of cows he might start one off with a basic description and a short sales pitch but once the bidding gets going he's basically repeating the...

Maybe she’s really hacked off about something. Does she beller when she’s wagging her tongue? I've seen Muslim women do that on TV after Israel blew the @#$%& out of their house which doubled as a bomb making factory.

We run bulls year round. Our health program is pretty simple in that we don't get into a tizzy when a calf hits the ground. We don't even know it until we count which is once or twice a week at best. We vaccinate the calves when we catch them which is when it's convenient. Our cattle are...

I agree with those who don’t care how old she is if she can raise a good calf every year. If you’re new at it you might stay away from heifers and anything obviously over the hill in some way. Outside that, a proven middle-aged cow is hard to beat. You know she's proven if she's half decent...

I had a Scotsman tell me that in his country the definition of a farm is “a small piece of land surrounded by a large number of regulations.”

Same here.

Well I’m late to the thread but the first thing I thought was “Dang! Look at the head on that thing!” Psssst – hey Caustic. You did fair. I’ll prove you’re in the money with her. I’ll give you $400 and you can clear a cool $20. But don’t tell anybody.

Well put. Over the decades there have been a lot more cattlemen make money off sale barn cows than there have who made money off registered. A lot more.

Count me in with you Bez. We eat them straight off the pasture and momma's teat. Some grain at the end will not hurt any but it's generally not worth the time and trouble to me. Aging definitely helps with the tenderness. Maybe it's because I was raised on grass finished beef but IMO the...