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Circle 5 School for Cattleman
How much does an
open cow cost producers?
A price range anywhere
from $250-$630 is where
we would land, depending
on the time frame of when
she was determined open.
According to the USDA,
only 18% of beef cow/calf
producers utilize some type
of pregnancy diagnosis.
Here at Circle 5 School
for Cattlemen we would
like to change that. To this
date we have helped over
150 cattlemen and women
discover the fundamentals
needed to rectally palpate
their cows and improve
their bottom line. Our
courses are held at Pat-
ton Junction, MO once a
month and we also utilize
host ranches in other parts of tracts are utilized to help visu- our website at www.circle5cow-
Missouri, Kansas, and Oklaho- alize what the palpater should school.com or call our instructor,
ma throughout the year.
Our courses are focused on making a pregnancy diagnosis.
pregnancy checking with the Before a student leaves here hosting one of our schools, feel
biggest majority of class time they will have practiced on over free to contact us at any time.
spent chute side, practicing on thirty head of cows and will
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By J. Micah Bristow, Instructor increase in July, are down 7.1
have a good understanding percent year over year for the
of the reproductive parts last six months. Marketings
of the cow, their functions, dropped dramatically in April
heat cycle, and be able to and May (down 25.6 percent
palpate their own cows for year over year in those two
pregnancy. months) and are down 6.0
Typically, courses start percent in the six months
on a Thursday evening at 5 from February to July.
p.m. and conclude on a Sat- One of the biggest concerns
urday by 2 p.m. Course reg- in fed cattle markets is the
istration is $450 per course extent to which the backlog of
and a discount is given fed cattle created in April and
for more than two people May still remains. Although
from the same ranch. All June and July marketings
classes are maxed out at were about equal to one year
ten students to afford as ago, a significant portion of
much practical experience those marketings were likely
as possible. Besides the fed cattle that were carried
pregnancy checking course over from April and May. The
we do also offer a course in reductions in placements as
Artificial Insemination. In- far back as February have
terested producers can find reduced the number of cat-
all stages of cows. Reproductive out more information on tle finishing starting as early
as June. Not only were total
placements down in the Feb-
be locating and feeling when J. Micah Bristow 573-208-8125. ruary to July period but more
If you would be interested in of the reduction was in heavy-
weight placements, further
reducing the number of cattle
finishing now. In the last six
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