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What ear tags have you all had the best luck with? I would like to be able to put our name on them. The ones we use now seem to fall out a lot.

We preg checked all of our cows and hiefers today. 61 out of 64 are bred. Looks like we will have a busy February, March and April. All calves born in February will be AI calves from war party and SAV Prosperity. We also vaccinated all of our calves. Was a very busy day but enjoyable.

We are looking at getting a new cattle working system. Talking new everything, sweep tub, alley, hydraulic chute, and whatever else we need. I've been looking at WW a lot. I am looking for some feedback on brand. We want heavy duty. Also any suggestions on design. We will be building a barn...

Also what would you recamend for an alley, sweep, and hydro squeeze and head gate?

If you were going to design the pefect barn for working cows what would it have? Any design tips. We are going to build a new barn designed around working cattle. I'm wanting to make things as easy as possible as far as working the cows goes. Thanks for any ideas. We have a cow calf opperation...

Hey guys, I'm new to cattle sales. What do they mean by fall pairs? I'm going to the sydgen angus sale in November. They have a section called fall pairs. Does it mean you bidding on the cow and her calf? Also heifer pairs and bull calf pairs... Same question? Thanks for your help. The web site...

Pick of the heifer calf that was stuck :tiphat:

We had an interesting weekend this weekend. Started Friday when we went out to sort cattle for AI. We had to put in two groups. Group one was virgin heifers and group 2 was cows some with calves at there side. We got them all sorted with no problems and ready for Saturday morning. At 8:00 we...

His weight at the time of the sale was 1100. They say his ADG is 3.86 and his progected year weight is 1342. He was lot 20 in the book. Trust 1030

Hey guys, I bought a Sydgen bull a couple of months ago. He is a son of Trust. I was wondering what Frame score means and how you determine it? They say he has a Score of 6.1

Can anyone tell me what $B is for in beef cattle? I'm trying to pick a bull to AI to my Heifers this comming year. What do you all look for when picking a bull? Besides CED. I am looking at black angus. Any opinions on a good bull? I'm new to this so any help would be awesome.

Thank you for all the info. It will help me out a lot. :tiphat:

I live and farm in west central Illinois.

Hey guys, I'm new to beef cattle. I purchased 7 bred heifers. They are all AI to calving ease bulls. I'm wondering if they normally calve early? If so how early is typical? They are due jan 12. Last question is how do you all set up your calving pens?