A livestock economist says there has been a decline in beef cow slaughter. Kenny Burdine with the University of Kentucky says ...

Producers should look for cows that are not too old, are healthy but ... a low of 1 (extremely thin) to a high of 9 (extremely obese). A producer would like to sell a cull cow in BCS 4 to 6 ...

If the cattle aren’t rebreeding because they are too thin, Larson said, improving the diet of the females adds weight economically, for example. The key to the profitability of this management ...

AT the end of their productive lives, dairy cows have often been considered spent and therefore ideal candidates for culling ... results in a more desirable fat colour and gives producers the ...

While the kill is 2,702 stronger than the same week last year, the percentages of bullocks, heifers, cull cows and young bulls slaughtered are largely the same.