and makes the cattle more com- fortable.” Most all of Burkholder’s new ar-
rivals come in with at least 1 or 2 rounds of vaccine already on board and have fairly short hauls, which helps keep morbidity and mortal- ity rates very low. She says they typically don’t pull more than 10 percent and rarely does her death loss exceed 1 percent. “We pull early and put them
back in the home pen. There are very few retreats and we don’t rail many cattle either.” For the program to be successful,
Burkholder says the initial exercis- ing session is especially important for several reasons. First, it attri- butes food and comfort to the home pen. The calves start to associate that the home pen is where they want to be. Second, it allows Burkholder the
opportunity to work with the cattle in terms of their handling. “I get all kinds at my yard. Some
transition well, but some are wild. They need the extra handling. It teaches them a routine.” It also makes it easier when it’s
time to ship the cattle. “They learn how to empty the
pen. The last thing you want to do when you’re shipping cattle to har- vest is have them run around and round in circles for half an hour to get them out. I can walk in the pen, ask them to leave and they’ll all walk out the gate and down the alleyway,” she says. Although stocker operators
aren’t shipping cattle to harvest, an easy trip to the shipping pens is ideal no matter what stage of production the cattle are in. Exercising and training the cat- tle to respond to Burkholder on foot
also makes it easier to sort the cattle down the road. “Sometimes I’m sorting these
cattle for shipping when they weigh 1,400 pounds. I want them to sort off easily to load the truck. If I’m back there getting 3 to bring up, I don’t want to argue with them when they weigh 1,400 pounds. This teaches the cattle to be handled and sorted easily.” Seeing the benefi ts of exercis-
ing and acclimating the cattle has made a believer out of Burkholder. From the fi rst day the calves arrive at her place until the day they ship out, she is rewarded with calmer, quieter cattle that perform better on feed and on the rail. And no mat- ter how many cattlemen give her a strange look when she explains her exercise program, this city girl turned feedyard manager says it’s all worth it.
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