Jim we move our cattle to the summer pasture about April every year and we’ll sort out anything between #350 to #600 or so and drop them off at the sale on the last load. We’ll do the same again in October or November when we move them back for the winter. We’ll keep back good looking heifers as needed to replace old momma cows that die or don’t breed back.
We only have about 80 head of good mommas so it’s just a side job as we all have other jobs. Raise about 80 acres of wheat pasture they graze in the winter and cut about 120 acres of grass hay every year for winter feed and sell the surplus. All of our places have good water on them that runs year round so we don’t have to worry with that aside from keeping the well pump going, old Sears pump Grandad put in in 69 is still chugging along. Fuel for the tractors and trucks and buying feeder cubes is the biggest expense. We don’t vaccinate, just band and ear tag as they hit the ground or when we get them up. Pretty easygoing operation compared to you guys’ bigger outfits and luckily we normally don’t have the crappy weather to contend with.
