About
the Beef Cattle Farm
The Beef Cattle Farm is basically a cow
calf operation. The Cow herd graze fescue during the spring and fall,
Bermuda grass during the summer and is fed hay, corn silage or graze winter
annuals during winter. Cows begin calving in January and end in March.
Breeding begins in April for Heifer and cows. Calves are weaned in September.
After weaning replacement heifers are retained, calves are assigned to
other research projects and surplus calves are sold. The cattle are
marketed through (1) Purebred Breed Sales (2) Clemson and Edisto Bull Test
Sales (3) Clemson Replacement Heifer Sales (4) Retained Ownership of steers
sent to Hitch II Feeders, Garden City, KS, to be fed, marketed, and carcass
data collected. (5) Brown Packing Plant, Gaffney,
SC (6) Taylor Livestock Auction, Anderson, SC (7)
Martin and Martin Livestock, Anderson,
SC.
The cattle at the farms are:
(1) Angus (purebred
cows) - 100
(2) Angus (purebred heifers)
- 41
(3) Angus (purebred calves)
- 88
(4) Hereford (purebred cows)
- 18
(5) Hereford (purebred heifers)
- 5
(6) Hereford (purebred calves) -
18
(7) Crossbred (Sm x An cows) - 156
(8) Crossbred (Sm x An cows) - 156
(9) Crossbred (Sm x An heifers) - 33
(10) Crossbred (Sm x An heifers) - 33
(11) Crossbred (Sm x An heifers) - 33
(12) Crossbred (Sm x An heifers) - 33
(13) Bulls- 5
