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The Alabama Cattlemen's Association, with over 12,500 members, is one of the largest cattlemen's associations in the nation. Every county in the state has its own county chapter. It works to protect, promote, and advance the state's $2 billion beef cattle industry. The Alabama Cattlemen's Association works on behalf of livestock producers to educate consumers, influence farming legislation and promote beef. The "Alabama Cattlemen", the association's monthly magazine keeps members current on new ideas, equipment, and cattle sales.

The livestock industry is one of Alabama's largest agricultural products in terms of cash sales. Many operations consist of small herds having less than 20 brood cows. Cattle operations are located throughout the state with many of them owned by part-time cattlemen on small farms.

Alabama ranks 9th in the U.S. in the number of farms with beef cows. USDA figures show there are 25,000 farms in Alabama with beef cows. Only Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, Kansas, Iowa and Arkansas have more beef cattle operations. Alabama cattle ranchers are mostly cow-calf operators with feeder calves shipped to out of state feedlots for finishing. A statewide network of 27 stockyards provides easy and ready markets for most Alabama cattlemen.

USDA Market Reports

Southern Direct Slaughter Cow And Bull Carcass Report

Opp Stockyard (Thu)

New Brockton Stockyard (Fri)

Moulton Stockyard (Thu)

Linden Stockyard (Thu)

Letohatchee Stockyard (Wed)

Clay County Stockyard (Wed)

Alabama Feeder Cattle Board Sale (Seasonal)

Russellville Stockyard (Tue)

Arab Stockyard (Wed)

Alabama Auctions Summary (Tue-Fri)

Alabama Weekly Auction Summary (Fri)

Fort Payne Stockyard (Wed)

Montgomery Stockyard (Tue)

Uniontown Stockyard (Wed)

Dothan Stockyard (Tue)

Florence Livestock Auction (Tue)

Kilpatrick Stockyard (Thu)

Roanoke Stockyard (Thu)

Brundidge Stockyard (Tue)

Cullman Stockyard (Fri)

Decatur Stockyard (Fri)

Livingston Stockyard (Thu)

Ashville Stockyard (Tue)

Boaz Goat Auction (1st & 3rd Mon)

Brewton Goat Auction (Mon)

Elgin, Alabama Goat Auction (3rd Mon)

Cullman Goat Auction (Fri)

Alabama Goat Summary Weekly (Mon)

Alabama Feeder Cattle Wtd Avg (Fri)

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When to Breed Heifers
by Nesikep (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:30:44 GMT)
Good information indeed, though I found the graph a bit wonky... I can't call it misleading, but I figured out after a while that at 50-55% mature weight you had 35% MORE heifers cycling than at 45-50%

For us, where most mature cows are in the 1500ish range (plus/minus about 200 lbs), heifers should be at 1000 lbs at breeding time. So far so good for the group we have, they're all in the mid 800's and we start breeding around may 21st, so they should be close to 70% mature weight. Back when we bred at 2 years (which increases mature weight about 10-20% BTW), we fed them lousy hay, but since we've come back to breeding at 15 months, I give them 3rd cut alfalfa if I have it, and give them as much as they'll eat. Of the two heifers we kept last year, they were both close to 1100 lbs and are now touching on 1250-1300.
As for weaning, I think heifers should be about at 650 lbs at 205 days, which is around 45% mature weight for us

fertilizer cost
by tncattle (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:28:15 GMT)
This seems like a good way to figure the cost. When purchasing fertilizer, figure your price by the pound of nutrient - not the ton of product.

Cost Per Ton of the Fertilizer divide by % Nitrogen per Ton of Fertilizer x 2,000= Cost per Actual Pound of Nitrogen

Does anyone do it this way?

bloat - waiting to see
by regolith (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:23:46 GMT)
All survived the night. I'll try remember to take photos of the pasture late, looking good with all that rain. The whole farm is very clover dominant but I don't know what percent, could even be as high as 70% in some areas?
I'm leaning towards it being metabolic but... what you can sometimes see is free gas bloat induced by milk fever caused by other mineral imbalances. Wasn't seeing any milk fever last night and one of the ones that died was a 2 yr old. The fertiliser (chicken litter) was tipped in that paddock and spread from there. I calculated I've grazed it five times since and twice found cow(s) dead next time I went to get them.

It's very, very tedious is all I can say. That paddock will need to be grazed & I don't have the energy to do that again within a week... will plan to put them in there in daylight, after drenching and on a weekday when I've got time to watch them and the vets are sitting twiddling their thumbs at the clinic just in case I call.

Financing for stockers?
by JSCATTLE (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:19:22 GMT)
I use the farm credit bank here. Only problem I've had is they don't have a clue about cattle . I bought some 3 year olds about 2 years ago this year when I renewed my loan the tried to make me pay more out of pocket by depreciating the cows . This will be the last bunch I buy threw them . But it was the only way I could get started . Just stuck with them to long IMO

A Story
by Isomade (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:17:19 GMT)

Australian Talk.
by jilleroo (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:14:20 GMT)
Ah yes, the low is right over Winton now they say.....but there's no rain, just wind and a bit of mist. Town had 25mm, there were good falls way west of Winton but very little elsewhere. The only hope now is for some random storms after its gone. I think it'll give the Charleville area huge rainfalls tonight. Just typical of our luck at the moment!

baseball
by VanC (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:12:58 GMT)
Baseball is my favorite sport, partly because of the history and partly because it's the only sport I was half good at in my younger days.

I'm a Cubs fan, and even though they've been a pretty poor organization down through the years, I wouldn't want it any other way. I don't expect them to be competitive for a couple of years but at least we're gonna see some fresh faces. New owner, new GM, new manager and quite a few new faces between the white lines. I'm probably looking forward to this season more than I have in quite some time.

As for the NL Central I'd say the Reds have as good a shot as anybody. But even without Pujols and LaRussa the Cards will still be pretty good. We'll see. Don't see anyone else in that division doing much, but you never know.

Two cows down
by ousoonerfan22 (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:06:43 GMT)
My bad just reread it again.

How far have you shipped a bull for natural service sire?
by Nesikep (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:02:58 GMT)
I think 15 head is a reasonable number to keep your own bull for... especially if you plan on keeping the guy for an extended period of time...

As for the minimum 'service life' of the bull, we routinely keep a bull 6 years (we only run 1 bull typically), and we keep replacement heifers. We do linebreed him to his daughters, but don't keep any of their offspring. I think we had one bull as long as 8 years once (we were breeding at 2 years old in those days though).

I would go with buying a bull, as buying semen and doing the AI is not only a routine expense, but also a routine PITA for both your and the cows. Also, you can be sure that not all cows take the first time around, which means you have to go about the whole business all over again in a month, and you're going to end up wanting a clean up bull before long. Ideally, you could "share" the bull with someone in the area and have one calve in the fall, one in the spring... though not many people do fall calving

Ladies on the CT Board . . .
by Kathie in Thorp (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:41 GMT)
Caustic Burno wrote:Kathie in Thorp wrote:dieselbeef wrote:we have officially been derailed...

pussifucation of america...
Dieselbeef -- I don't pick on you in particular. You just have one of the shortest posts to respond to . . .

I find it not so funny but confusing . . . . that some of the guys that post or comment jokingly and often here about female anatomy and/or have touted their maleness, and make bad jokes that include sexual inferences, at the same time get so upset that maybe a little fun has been poked at them, as a side to a feminine interest post . . . . that it rolls to propounding socialist agendas and demeaning religious beliefs, purports to promote bad things with children, and whether someone is fit to do business with.

I started it not Dieselbeef. I am sure he can defend himself.
The part I find appalling is the queer eye for the straight guy, watching such shows support's and condone's perversion.
The media show's the stuff and people come to think that is normal behavior.
To many American's have bought into the propaganda of perversion , low moral character and violence.
It is no different than the occupy Wall Street crowd is our leading citizen's as protrayed by the media.
Nuff said

You totally missed part of my comments . . . what's okay for the good old boys to say, that we shouldn't take offense to, while you rattle on about what YOU think some of us are espousing, when we don't at all.

Starting Again
by Workinonit Farm (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:47:02 GMT)
hillsdown wrote:TexasBred wrote:Today's word is "calibrate".

So the letter today is C and the word is Cal li brate ,calibrate .

Now are we the Electric Company or Sesame Street ?

Either one! And it's too bad that this whole deal that ILH is going through can't be settled in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood!

Katherine

Happy Birthday Cattleman 200
by slick4591 (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:38:45 GMT)

Cow won't let calf nurse....
by Workinonit Farm (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:26:29 GMT)
pdfangus wrote:if you have to catch a cow regularly in the chute for anything.....
feed her while she is there. They will soon be going in there on their own.....

I've been doing this for a bunch of years now. Once I started this practice, it made my life a whole lot easier and made things run smoother. Very helpful since most of the time I'm doing much of it by myself.

Katherine

Neighbors dog attack my cows
by gimpyrancher (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:24:12 GMT)
If your neighbor fell on severe hard times and didn't have enough food to feed his family, would you have given them that cow? I guess it depends on how you handle it and what this could do for your future as neighbors. Sometimes stuff happens and there is no real way to say your sorry. Do you think your neighbor feels bad? Can you afford to let it go?

1) No dogs welcome except your own. Post it.
2) Never allow your dog to leave your side or stay in the truck.

It could even be what you both look back at as one reason you're still good neighbors years from now.

3rd round of our bull photos
by Isomade (Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:21:20 GMT)
Red Bull Breeder wrote:Don't see the Quailty in the red angus cattle around here i do in yours Brian.
That's for Dam sure here too.

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ADAMS RANCH 33RD ANNUAL SALE AVERAGES $3,100
Adams Ranch held their 33rd Annual Cattle Sale on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at the home ranch in Fort Pierce, Fla.
REPOPULATION AFTER DROUGHT SPAWNS NEW RULES
Looking into the future has always been somewhat tricky in the beef business. Far sighted visions or crystal ball predictions stemming around what next year's calf crop is going to look like or where future prices will be are often put on hold by more immediate tasks at hand. Planning ahead can often be tied to the immediacy of Mother Nature.
SOUTHEASTERN CATTLE PRODUCERS COULD MAKE MONEY WITH STOCKERS
“Rain or shine, wet or dry, do you want to make more money from your cows next year?” asks a Texas AgriLife Research forage scientist.
WATER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NUTRIENT FOR CATTLE
Many producers take water for granted. They have ponds in many pastures or they make sure the float valve in the metal stock tank is working properly, keeping the tank full. But what happens if the pond is low or dry or if the flow to the stock tank is interrupted?
IT'S THE PITTS -- WHAT'LL YOU HAVE?
Did you read where scientists have been successful in implanting human genes into cows? This is no joke. It seems that scientists wanted to make cow's milk more like human milk so that soccer moms will never have to be inconvenienced to nurse their young.
TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT SCOURS IN CALVES
Many ranchers experience a few cases of diarrhea in young calves, and some years are worse than others. Scours can be caused by certain kinds of bacteria, viruses or protozoa.
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOOTER MCCORMICK -- WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
Lonnie Johnson had plenty of phobias if you paid close attention, or if you'd known him since he was a kid like Hooter and the gang had.
STUDY CONFIRMS BEEF'S ROLE IN A HEART-HEALTHY DIET
In a first of its kind study, researchers at The Pennsylvania State University demonstrated that eating beef everyday as part of a heart-healthy diet can improve cholesterol levels.
SOUTHERN CONNECTION CHAROLAIS SALE AVERAGES $2,286
The Southern Connection Charolais Sale was held October 22, 2011, in Calhoun, GA.
IT'S THE PITTS -- FROM LEEUARY TO PITTSTOBER
Whenever I get the much-appreciated free calendars at the start of every year there are a few months I'd like to tear out right then and there and be done with them. Sadly, I have to go through the process of living through these much-dreaded months.
PROPER NUTRITION REQUIRES RESEARCH AND PLANNING
This article is the fifth and final installment of a series discussing supplementation options, considerations and strategies. Given the challenges that 2011 “enjoyed” every producer is looking for a bit of breathing room in the coming year.
HUNTIN' DAYLIGHT -- TIME TO PATCH THE ROOF
By all reckoning, 2012 is going to be one of those years when cow-calf producers will have the economic opportunity to fix what needs fixing, be it genetics, management, facilities and whatnot.
BLACK INK -- COMMON GROUND
They say it takes all kinds to make the world, and the adage is all about people. Look around the mall, watch TV or check out the Internet and you find ready evidence of the individuality of individuals.
I AM ANGUS AIRS TONIGHT AT 6 PM CENTRAL ON RFD-TV
A special Christmas edition of the American Angus Association®'s popular I Am Angus television series will air at a new time, Monday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Central) on RFD-TV.
ENERGY REQUIREMENTS IN FEED NOT AS CLEARLY DEFINED
Over the last few weeks we've been discussing supplementation basics and economics – and how these can be applied by the cattle producer. Up to this point we have largely focused on meeting the protein needs of the animal, the different forms and some of the costs.

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