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A Comparison of Trucking and Trailing Beef Cows and Calves to and from Summer Range¹

Squaw Butte-Harney Range and Livestock Experiment Station^,3

Abstract

A study of the effects of trucking and trailing beef cows and their calves to and from a summer sagebrush range in eastern Oregon was conducted. The trail distance between winter headquarters and summer range was 40 miles.

Trucking resulted in no significant advantages in cow or calf weights at weaning following a summer when grazing conditions were poor. However, trucking resulted in a significant advantage in average body weight of 27 pounds for calves and 16 pounds for cows at weaning following a good summer grazing season on sagebrush range.

Fluctuations in body weights during the 3-week period following fall trailing emphasized the need for caution in the use of beef cattle weights immediately following periods of stress.

¹ Approved for publication as technical paper 837 by the Director of Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.

² Present address, Route 2, Kearney, Nebraska.

³ Burns, Oregon. Jointly operated and financed by the Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior, and Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon.