Beef records
Beef Cattle Record Keeping
Beef cattle record keeping starts with the animals and groups you work with. Keep calving notes for cow-calf herds, breeding notes for seedstock cattle, and weights for growing calves. Text or type what happened, then review the proposed record before saving.
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Say it how it happened
After a short web setup, text from your registered phone or type what happened. Ranch.Bot prepares dated notes attached to an animal or group. Review each draft before saving. Births use a separate review to record the dam and offspring.
Examples only. They are not customer records.
Bull 12 went in with group A on September 1.
Moved 24 steers from the backgrounding group to the finishing pen on September 6.
Weighed the calves on September 6: group average 210 kg.
Your note
Bull 12 went in with group A on September 1.
Draft to review
Bull 12: group A exposure
- Bull 12
- Group A
Bull turned in with group A.
What you can record
Keep birth observations and exposure dates as dated notes attached to an animal or group. Review the details before saving, then find them in that history.
- Calving observations for cows and replacement heifers in dated descriptions
- Breeding notes for bulls, with exposure dates and group details
- Measured weights for calves and steers, with units and observation dates
- Treatment observations and professional report details for cattle
- Movement notes between pastures or feeding groups, with group membership managed separately
- EID and visual tag identifiers
- Feed quantities and units for backgrounding or finishing groups in record descriptions
Check the fit for your herd
Keep dated notes attached to an animal or group and retrieve them when you need the history.
- Breeding and births
- Keep birth observations and exposure dates in notes. Births use a separate review to record the dam and offspring; an exposure note does not confirm conception. Ranch.Bot does not verify genetic parentage, plan breeding cycles, or provide species-specific reproduction reports.
- Growing and finishing
- Record weights, feed, and treatments. Dedicated feedlot management, closeouts, and ration balancing are not available.
Read more
- Essentials: Calving & Lambing Records
Keep dam and offspring IDs, dated birth observations, assistance notes and outcomes without guessing diagnoses or using a universal score.
- The Records Behind Your Cost to Keep a Cow
A cost-record worksheet for the cow enterprise: source documents, allocation methods, a stated denominator and clear gross-margin terminology.
- Keep or Cull: What Your Records Tell You
How lambing, calving, and health records give you real context for keep/cull decisions, and which records to check before sale day.
- Chute-Side Record Keeping on Working Day
What to capture on every animal at the chute (ID, product, dose, route, withdrawal, weight) on a worksheet for paper, spreadsheet, or app.
- Record-Keeping for Registered & Seedstock
Seedstock record keeping for registered cattle and sheep: identifiers, source records, association values, sale preparation, and current Ranch.Bot limits.
- Essentials: Breeding Records, EPDs & EBVs
Keep exposure dates, animal identities, source measurements and published EPD or EBV reports with their program definitions and provenance.
Common questions
Can backgrounders and finishers keep cattle records here?
Yes. Backgrounders can keep arrival weights, feed notes, and treatments for calves and steers. Finishers and feedlots can keep dated notes on finishing groups. Ranch.Bot does not provide dedicated feedlot management, closeouts, or ration balancing. Cow-calf and seedstock breeding details remain notes, not verified pedigrees.
What cattle records can I keep?
Ranch.Bot keeps animals, identifiers, groups, and dated notes attached to an animal or group. Each note has a name, date, type, and description. Check the details and links before saving.
How can I keep calving and breeding details?
Keep calving observations and bull exposure dates as dated notes attached to an animal or group. Ranch.Bot does not verify genetic parentage, plan breeding cycles, or produce species-specific reproduction reports.
Can I keep a mixed herd?
Yes. Cattle, sheep, goats, and bison can be recorded in the same farm. Each uses the same dated animal and group notes.
Run more than one species?
Ranch.Bot keeps mixed operations under one set of records. Each species is recorded in its own language: