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    selling butcher beef

    We used to do it quite a bit up to 10 calves a year but people got to where they wanted 1/4 and only rears so we would get hung with the fronts so we started going halves or wholes and people could not afford them so we just kinda quit ours were grain fed. I thought all meat was natural I took...
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    Blue Roan Heifers and Meyer 734 Heifer for Sale

    What are you asking for the fall borns and what was the breeding date on them and do you have any pics of them thanks
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    Semen Tank for Sale

    Would really like to know your location and possibly a price to ship to MO
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    Castrated calf and his hock is now swollen

    Is it hard or soft? Is it warm to the touch compared to the rest of the calf? Lots of things you can do but have to answer these qauestions first to know a little more about the knot if it is soft you can suck it off with a needle and a syringe or put a large needle in it at the lowest point and...
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    Are hogs easier than cattle?

    I raise hogs to pay the bills not show pigs but regular hogs it is easier to get financing for the hogs than for cattle I farrow 122 sows every 3 weeks then move them on to the nursery I have a few cows to eat the grass on the 35 acres the hog barns sit on so I dont have to mow i spend a lot...
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    Heatwave heifer for sale

    What is her age
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    Bull to heifer Ratio

    100% bulls so far and about 3 cows left to go
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    Frame Score Questions?

    I know an order buyer that sends a lot of 600-700 lb calves to the dakotas to be put on feed he got in trouble because the last group he sent would no tget big enough finished a t 1350 feed lot owner told him the bigger the better he wants cattle that finish at 1550 to 1600 lbs that is gonna...
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    Retained placenta

    My Vet says 72 hours then we clean them out be careful not to tear it and leave part in there THen give her a shot of penicilian and the vet gives her some boluses place in the uterus Check with your usual Vet
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    ear tags

    usually only have that problem if they get the tag caught on something and pull it out bale feefer, barn door ro a tree only had 1 cow do it
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    ear tags

    I tag all calves with cow number bulls initials and birthdate calves have yellow tags bulls right ear heifers left ear Cows all have an orange tag we cut them out of all show cattle then have to put steer ones back in before county fair pain calves are tatooed but they are to lazy to read them...
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    Weird objects found in your feed

    Calves will lay there I  got a nieghbor that was clipping pastures and hit a 300 lb calf that just laid there he never saw it split it right in half
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    Clipping

    I use the flathed clippers on the head dont remember the # of blade then a medium for blending and an Xblock for thick hair or anything wiht glue in it
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    President's Speech

    Dont forget to add China in there somewhere as they are willing to keep buying us or at least our debt
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    Home Phones! non cattle

    We have a landline for the DSL internet but it does not have any long distance there is also 2 land lines at the farm one is for emergencies in the shop and the other is hooked to the alarm i the hog barns
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    GRAND STEER AT SA

    both sometimes multiple calves for one or vise versa, sometimes money, Congrats on the steer hope you find out for sure
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    How many acres for a pair

    I figyre 1.5 to 2 acres per cow per year plus hay this year wet I got 9 cows on one11acre  pasture that have been out there since may and had 4 bales of hay this winter still grazing and started calving out there
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    Big Butt

    I ha one today that was thick topped he was about 1 hour or less old and his top was quite a bit wider than my hand was stretched out and he had the butt to go with it problem is he is out of a no name herd bull simmi no papers  we got and a sim-angus cow so nobody will want to look at him...
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    Feeding Cooked Corn

    If you want the large cookers sullivans did carry them but they are High we use the 18quart roasters from Walmart about $30 you can cook oats if there is space in the cooker we cook oats and corn together
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    STEER TROUBLE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

    Do what Brent says you can also get a bag of milk replacer and top dress his feed with it most of it has stuff in it to keep calve from scouring I have done this on show calves that always seem to be loose and it works the bolusses are faster but the replacer works over a long time if you have...
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