Went with feed crew today.

[gcreekrch]

Cattle are looking great. We still need to sort second calving cows off and mix with heifers but most are in good shape.
Heifers


Coming threes to mature.

 

[Lucky]

Cattle look great!!

A friend of mine that knows nothing about cattle ask me why when he goes up North the cattle all look big, fat, and healthy and here in our part of Texas were there's an abundance of grass the cattle are thinner....had to tell him I don't understand it either. Might be because they'd die of a heat stroke?

 

[Ky hills]

Good looking cattle, and a lot of them.

 

[gcreekrch]

Cattle look great!!

A friend of mine that knows nothing about cattle ask me why when he goes up North the cattle all look big, fat, and healthy and here in our part of Texas were there's an abundance of grass the cattle are thinner....had to tell him I don't understand it either. Might be because they'd die of a heat stroke.

I can’t tell you that. I know cattle with more flesh/ fat on them handle cold better. I would be interested what feed value your grass has too.

 

[kenny thomas]

From a wildlife aspect most animals in the north are bigger than in the south. Whitetail deer and Racoons are the best examples I can think of. It seems the body has to carry more fat to withstand the cold temperatures.

 

[regolith]

Cattle look great!!

A friend of mine that knows nothing about cattle ask me why when he goes up North the cattle all look big, fat, and healthy and here in our part of Texas were there's an abundance of grass the cattle are thinner....had to tell him I don't understand it either. Might be because they'd die of a heat stroke?

same here but backwards... closer to the South Pole cattle are more productive, larger and in better health. As it's a relatively small country and in the temperate zone from top to bottom I reckon most of the reason is how well the various fungi, or insects, thrive as you go from winters with hard frosts and maybe snow, to barely perceptible winters.

 

[Lucky]

We also have trouble moving cattle from West of us and getting them acclimated. If we buy cattle from the East of us they tend to get along pretty good.

 

[Dave]

SIL sold out in Arizona this year and bought a place on the Oregon Nevada line. He was getting bred cows shipped up from Arizona for a cheap price delivered. This was in October. He asked if I wanted some. I passed. In the spring maybe but with winter coming on...... Ship a cow out of 90 degree weather to 25 degrees and potential snow sounds like a train wreck to me.

 

[kenny thomas]

If you could give one piece of advice to someone just getting started with cattle, what would it be?

Don't

 

[Lucky]

If you could give one piece of advice to someone just getting started with cattle, what would it be?

Figure out what YOU want and how to make that work.

 

[farmerjan]

If you could give one piece of advice to someone just getting started with cattle, what would it be?

DO NOT start with bred heifers.... NO NO NO...... and right now, my advice is to NOT get into cattle...

Start with something that you will be turning over in a few/several months... feeder cattle that are over 5-600 lbs... a LITTLE less chance of them dying... have plenty of pasture and a relationship with a vet PRIOR to getting them... Something that does not include calving and dealing with momma's and babies... You need to know something before you go that route...

Make sure after having them for a couple months, that you really want to do this.