Frequently Asked Questions

SEVERAL THINGS DETERMINE THE PRICE. SOME OF THE THINGS ARE AGE OF CATTLE, NUMBER OF CATTLE AVAILABLE IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY, AND PAST RESULTS OF THE BLOOD LINE. ALSO THE AMOUNT GENETICS YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE TO THE ANIMAL (IE- DOES QUALITY GENETICS GO BACK MORE THAN ONE GENERATION, DOES THE ANIMAL HAVE QUALITY GENETICS ON BOTH THE DAM AND SIRE SIDE, ETC..)

I AM JUST GETTING STARTED AND NOT SURE WHICH BLOOD LINE I SHOULD GET. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SUGGESTIONS?

IT DEPENDS ON YOUR BUDGET. THE MORE EXPENSIVE CATTLE ARE GOING TO PRODUCE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF GOOD BUCKING BULLS AND COWS THAT PRODUCE GOOD BUCKING BULLS, BUT IF YOU ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF CAPITAL IT MAY BE BETTER TO DIVERSIFY AND BUY A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING SO YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR CHANCES BY NUMBERS INSTEAD OF PUTTING YOUR ENTIRE INVESTMENT IN A SMALL QUANTITY

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HEIFER AND A COW?

BOTH ARE FEMALES. A HEIFER IS A FEMALE THAT HAS NEVER HAD A CALF AND A COW IS A FEMALE THAT HAS HAD A CALF BEFORE (SLANG - MAMA COW)

AT WHAT AGE DO HEIFERS HAVE THEIR 1ST CALF?

IT DEPENDS, BUT SOME OF THE BIGGER HEIFERS WILL BREED FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY ARE FOURTEEN-EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD. ON MOST OF OUR CATTLE WE DO NOT EXPOSE THEM TO A BULL UNTIL THEY ARE CLOSER TO TWO YEARS OLD WHICH MEANS THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST CALF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 2 1/2 OR 3 YEARS OLD.

HOW LONG DO FEMALE CATTLE REMAIN PREGNANT?

THE GESTATION PERIOD (TIME FROM TIME BRED UNTIL BIRTH OF CALF) IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS A HUMAN. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 285 DAYS OR 9 1/2 MONTHS.

IS CALLED WEANING THE CALF. ON A HEIFER'S 1ST CALF ITS APPROX 6 MONTHS. ON A MAMA COW IT IS APPROXIMATELY 8MONTHS

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