Aest ag systems beef Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Dehorning - removal of horns in cattle for safety Cauterization - method of dehorning in young cattle Banding - method of castration in cattle Scooping - method of dehorning cattle when just buds neck band - placed around the neck that identifies the animal branding - method of identifying cattle tattoo - method of identifying cattle or pig usually in ear

Angus Beef Cattle-stocky body, red or black, small ears no hump on back of neck braford beef cattle - red and white. usually red around eyes, small hump on back of neck brahman Beef cattle - floppy ears, large hump on back of neck Brangus beef cattle - looks like angus but has small hump on back of neck Charolais beef cattle - white and stocky, small ears Chianina beef cattle - white and really tall Hereford beef cattle - red and white, all white around eyes, no hump on back of neck...

Purebred Operation First phase Register cattle Produce replacement heifers and bulls to be sold to cow calf (seedstock) cow-calf operation a management unit that maintains a breeding herd of cows and produces weaned calves for sale stocker operation Growing phase after calves are weaned and before feedlot Feedlot Operation primary focus is raising animals to market weight, often known as finishing Stocker Operation usually on land owned by the feedlot in states where grain and corn a...