Cattle & Ranching

[Errestaurants 2570]

I enjoyed the cattle thread on the shag so I'll start a new one for all things farming. Cattle, tractors, etc.

 

 

[Errestaurants 2570]

How is calving season going so far for everyone? We're pretty much at the end. Took a bull to the sale barn last week in Emory and got 1.80 pound for him. 

[cabowabo 4452]

Wrong forum dude. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

2 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Wrong forum dude. 

My bad. Where does it go?

[Amos Moses 795]

It's dry in the hill country.  What else is new?  Cows ran through half the hay stash this winter, and without some rain soon this year's hay crop will look pretty thin.  If that comes to pass, we'll be looking at thinning the herd by November.  We've got a good looking bunch of calves, though - hope they can put on some weight.

[Errestaurants 2570]

Yea, allways sucks running low.  How much is a round bale going for down there? What breeds u running? Angus, Angus crosses, Brahman crosses?

[EtOH 63]

This fits nowhere currently. Basically we’re all shoving each other over FEMA cots. Be patient. Pee in the corner. Heat up your chili mac. Forum trailers are on the way. 

And $1.80/lb?  What was he, 300 pounds?

[Errestaurants 2570]

1465!! Crazy. Forrester called my wife and asked if we had any more.

[Jkwellborn 6651]

I need to acquire some cows eventually. No one in my family would eat them when my grandmother would feed them out. Lol

[Amos Moses 795]

We haven't priced hay but I'm guessing now it's $60-$75 per bale.  

We're running black Brangus.

[EtOH 63]

Cripes. I need a new bull but danged if I’m paying Peter North money. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

5 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

I need to acquire some cows eventually. No one in my family would eat them when my grandmother would feed them out. Lol

That's funny.

[EtOH 63]

Coastal?  It was 55 last year in S Tx. We still have good grass down there and I don’t want to grease a baler this summer. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

2 minutes ago, EtOH said:

Cripes. I need a new bull but danged if I’m paying Peter North money. 

Yep. I went to mount pleasant 2 weeks ago and bought a new bull at the Northeast Texas Hereford Sale. Bought a bull and heifer. Wrote a check for $6200.  Sold some like I said at tge barn to help off set the costs. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

1 minute ago, EtOH said:

Coastal?  It was 55 last year in S Tx. We still have good grass down there and I don’t want to grease a baler this summer. 

55 not too bad for 2017 hay. 2016 is going for 40 up here. I custom bale for 25. 

[EtOH 63]

3 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

55 not too bad for 2017 hay. 2016 is going for 40 up here. I custom bale for 25. 

Dad and I customed. That’s a good price. Imagine you’re fully booked?

[Errestaurants 2570]

Stay pretty busy. Net wrap 5×6. 

[Brothahorn 10085]

Year is off to a very good start.

Ended the year with 4 calves leftover. By mid January had 6 more. Got 3 more this month.

Did lose a older heifer this month, though. She got down and couldn't get up. By the time I got there it was too late.

 

Edited March 28, 2018 by Brothahorn

[Judge Roybeanbag 11802]

How do you big dealers even round up these days?   Four wheelers?  Long gone are the days of riding a horse using a rope to haze them into the loading chute, I guess. Maybe not. Would like to know.  I haven’t sat a horse in at least 10 years.  

[Errestaurants 2570]

49 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

Year is off to a very good start.

Ended the year with 4 calves leftover. By mid January had 6 more. Got 3 more this month.

Did lose a older heifer this month, though. She got down and couldn't get up. By the time I got there it was too late.

 

Dang that sucks losing the calf. Been there.  Glad to hear everything else is good.

[Errestaurants 2570]

48 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

How do you big dealers even round up these days?   Four wheelers?  Long gone are the days of riding a horse using a rope to haze them into the loading chute, I guess. Maybe not. Would like to know.  I haven’t sat a horse in at least 10 years.  

We use horses. Of course feed sack broke cattle that you can bring into a catch pen is good. Most likely you need a good catch pen with a wing and feed them in there.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11802]

10 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

We use horses. Of course feed sack broke cattle that you can bring into a catch pen is good. Most likely you need a good catch pen with a wing and feed them in there.

Good on you sir.   That was the best time of my life.  

[Judge Roybeanbag 11802]

Running these felllas into a railroad car.  

[Jkwellborn 6651]

Nein. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

2 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Good on you sir.   That was the best time of my life.  

Yes sir. Tiip my hat to you.

[Reese Bennett 3605]

I miss my carefree youth baling hay in the summer. Wait, no I don’t. That shit was hard work. Carry on.

Edited March 28, 2018 by Reese Bennett

[Judge Roybeanbag 11802]

3 hours ago, Reese Bennett said:

I miss my carefree youth baling hay in the summer. Wait, no I don’t. That shit was hard work. Carry on.

Haha.  Don’t miss that.  Worst was feeding in winter, and coming up on an old south-facing running shed and thinking “oh yeah I’ll crawl in there and warm up for a bit,” and then you get in there and some old cow had died under it and is decomposing.  I have a wonderful story about an old man trying to pull one out with a Ford 9n and a chain.  

Edited March 28, 2018 by Judge Roybeanbag

[Royalfan5 2348]

I’ve got my fats locked in for early June movement and I’m going to buy a set for summer mob grazing, and then another set in the fall.

[Errestaurants 2570]

 Sounds like a good plan. Hopefully the grass is green and thick. Intensive grazing and rotating is a great way to use resources and good land management. 

[Royalfan5 2348]

44 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

 Sounds like a good plan. Hopefully the grass is green and thick. Intensive grazing and rotating is a great way to use resources and good land management. 

If I can get a place bought this fall, I'm hoping to get a much more permanent grazing feeding set up put together. The idea is to convert an old dairy into the base of operations.

[Errestaurants 2570]

11 hours ago, Royalfan5 said:

If I can get a place bought this fall, I'm hoping to get a much more permanent grazing feeding set up put together. The idea is to convert an old dairy into the base of operations.

where are you located? i run angus/brangus in and around cedar creek lake area.

[Royalfan5 2348]

5 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

where are you located? i run angus/brangus in and around cedar creek lake area.

I am in SE Nebraska. I work with and have cattle with a number of operations in KS,NE,SD and IA

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

14 hours ago, Errestaurants said:

 Sounds like a good plan. Hopefully the grass is green and thick. Intensive grazing and rotating is a great way to use resources and good land management. 

I'm in Chase county, Kansas, in the heart of the Flint Hills. If we don't get some rain soon it will be one of the worst grazing seasons in a long time. It's been so dry that most of the pastures are not burned yet. I think it has been better north of I-70

[Royalfan5 2348]

It’s been a little but stuffs still not great. The only place that guys seem happy is SW Nebraska for now 

[Errestaurants 2570]

19 hours ago, Royalfan5 said:

I am in SE Nebraska. I work with and have cattle with a number of operations in KS,NE,SD and IA

wow thats great. some great grazing up there historically. we have some nice pasture where I'm at. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

17 hours ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

I'm in Chase county, Kansas, in the heart of the Flint Hills. If we don't get some rain soon it will be one of the worst grazing seasons in a long time. It's been so dry that most of the pastures are not burned yet. I think it has been better north of I-70

been there with the drought. we had a bad one couple years back. once it started raining it didn't stop, I didn't complain. ill pray for some rain up your way. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

can someone move this thread to current events. i think thats what Cabo meant. 

[Royalfan5 2348]

16 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

wow thats great. some great grazing up there historically. we have some nice pasture where I'm at. 

It's really hard to understate how great the Nebraska Sandhills are for cows. You might have a shorter grazing season, but you have spring fed hay meadows to compensate.

[baboso 6050]

Well, we had good rain this year
Dad fed in some Charolais steers
got them way cheap out of Texas
Because of the drouth
We put them out on oats
They hadn't yet grown their winter coats away down south

It was barely even fall
But that blizzard got them all
Left them sprawled across the pasture Stiff as boards
You take a sharp knife in your hand
Skin them out while you still can
And curse the lord

Edited March 29, 2018 by baboso

[thrillhammer 683]

my feelings are still hurt that no one responded to my belted galloway post on the last thread.  i'm boycotting this thread, but am with ya'll in spirit. beef is what's for dinner.

[Errestaurants 2570]

2 hours ago, baboso said:

Well, we had good rain this year
Dad fed in some Charolais steers
got them way cheap out of Texas
Because of the drouth
We put them out on oats
They hadn't yet grown their winter coats away down south

It was barely even fall
But that blizzard got them all
Left them sprawled across the pasture Stiff as boards
You take a sharp knife in your hand
Skin them out while you still can
And curse the lord

nice. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

30 minutes ago, thrillhammer said:

my feelings are still hurt that no one responded to my belted galloway post on the last thread.  i'm boycotting this thread, but am with ya'll in spirit. beef is what's for dinner.

what was the question? belted galloway's makes good tasting meat. right up there with dairy cattle.

[Errestaurants 2570]

[Chooky 13296]

Had to wade into a creek to wrap a chain around a dead and bloated cow.  The oily, rainbow film of death juice floating around the cow was almost as awesome as being in the water while it was 38 degrees outside.  Ah, nothing like country life.  

[Errestaurants 2570]

15 minutes ago, Chooky said:

Had to wade into a creek to wrap a chain around a dead and bloated cow.  The oily, rainbow film of death juice floating around the cow was almost as awesome as being in the water while it was 38 degrees outside.  Ah, nothing like country life.  

thats tough. i had a cow struggling couple years back. she ended up laying down on a small island in the middle of a tank. leg of calf was hanging out, we chained it and the leg came off. 

[EtOH 63]

5 hours ago, Errestaurants said:

Damn. He’s out of my league. That’s prime on the left. And I don’t remember seeing whitefaces like that around here. You’re in business. 

[burntorangebongos 10681]

The fucker on the right with red eyes look cray.

[texas08 1599]

Nothing to add, good luck to all! hard work for damn sure

[Errestaurants 2570]

7 hours ago, EtOH said:

Damn. He’s out of my league. That’s prime on the left. And I don’t remember seeing whitefaces like that around here. You’re in business. 

We raise brangus, retain the heifers, and then put the Hereford on those. Little ultra black to with brangus over red angus. 

[Errestaurants 2570]

7 hours ago, bongos55 said:

The fucker on the right with red eyes look cray.

He’s a big teddy bear. Bought him at the Northeast Texas Hereford Association sale up in Mt. Pleasant. Bought some heifers also.