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Benefits of Weighing Cattle

Selecting stock for marketing.
Weighing beef cattle on to the lorry before despatch will provide good management information once abattoir returns are received.
Weighing all growing cattle regularly to get a precise knowledge of daily liveweight gains, enables judgement on the quality of pasture or of the ration being fed.
It indicates whether beef cattle are performing to the expected or necessary liveweight gain to meet marketing criteria.
In all cases it enables appropriate diet changes to be made. A good example is the need to supplement grazing if performance drops.
Understanding the cost per kilo live weight gain per animal.
Routine weighing enables you to meet the weight specifications of your buyer, thus preventing losses by being over or under target.
Weighing regularly enables growth rates to be boosted to avoid costly winter housing, or enables housed cattle to be finished more rapidly.
Weighing enables the precise dosing of cattle with anthelmintics, preventing wasteful and expensive overdosing, while avoiding the risk of poor performance or the potential for developing parasite resistance through under-dosing.
Finally, weighing livestock regularly gives you much more management control of your livestock with the opportunity to improve their profitability.

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