Custom Grazing Available
The listings below have been submitted by those with forage-based, cattle-growing services to offer. BEEF shares this information as submitted by the respective producers as a free service. Contact those listed directly via the contact information provided with each listing.
If you would like your custom-grazing opportunity to be listed, please send the following information to Wes Ishmael at wesleysink@aol.com.
• Name
• Town/State
• Contact phone and/or e-mail
• Number of acres/forage type
• Historic average stocking rate—lbs./acre
• Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates
• Historic average gains (if available)
• Years of experience running stocker cattle
Alabama
Name: Chattahoochee Ridge Cattle Co.
Town/State: Shorterville, AL
Contact Phone and Email: (334) 235-4210 feedercalves@gmail.com
Number of Acers/Forage Type: Cattle would run on approximately 350-380 acers of irrigated small grains that include rye, triticale, and oats or a mixture thereof. Also some ryegrass and clover overseeded in permanent pastures.
Historic Avg Stocking Rate: We can comfortably stock 1,000 to 1,200 lbs. of cattle per acre.
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: Cattle can typically be on grazing by December 15th or possibly earlier, but most cattle will have to be off grazing by April 15th. Some cattle can be stretched to late April or early May.
Historic Avg Gains: 1.75 to 2.5 lbs/day
Experience: Many years of experience, references available
Arizona
Name: Wiese Livestock
Town/State: South central Arizona
Contact phone: 480-242-2666
Contact e-mail: wieselivestock@yahoo.com
Acres available/forage type: irrigated pasture for stocker or cow-calf/ full-care
Arkansas
Name: Henry F. Chase III
Town/State: Mean, AR
Contact e-mail: 479-923-4761; hchaseiii@aol.com
Acres available/forage type: 800 acres chicken and cattle farm: Forage clover, bermuda, fescue, dallas grass and phai; also 200 bales of hay and silage. We grass fed 365 days last year. Also have land available for custom-raising pairs.
Experience: 7 years
Colorado
Name: Virgil Valdez
Town/State: La Jara, CO
Contact e-mail: 719-274-5680
Acres available/forage type: BLM Pasture—1,205 AUMS—on 25 sections; good for mother cows.
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: Spring pasture: Dates 5/10 to July 1; Fall pasture: Dates 9/1 to January 5
Experience: 50 years experience with cattle.
Idaho
Name: Lanny Weston
Town/State: Soda Springs, Idaho
Contact e-mail: adustin@batc.edu
Acres available/forage type: Mountain pasture - Mt. Brome, Orchard Grass some Crested
Stocking Rate: Rate: 300 head per 3,000 ac
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: normal turn-in is May 01-May 15; Out-date is Sept. 15-Oct. 1.
Historic average gains: 2.0 to 2.5
Experience: 25 years
Kansas
Name: 4L Grazing, LLC
Town/State: Beaumont, KS
Contact Phone and Email: Keith Long, klong82@gmail.com,
620-843-2556 (ofc), 316-648-5304 (cell).
Number of Acers/Forage Type: 7000 acres native tallgrass prairie:
Historic Avg Stocking Rate: 350-400 lbs per acre.
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: April 20th to August 1st.
Historic Avg Gains: 225-250 lbs per head for the
season
Experience: since 1988.
Nebraska
New York
Name: Richard Hoskins
Town/State: Lions Falls, NY
Contact phone: 315-348-8184
Acres available/forage type: Estimated at 1000 lb/acre
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: April 20/Mid to late Oct
Historic Average Gains (if available):: 2.5 lbs plus ADG
Years of experience running stocker cattle: 2 years beef plus 5 years dairy
North Carolina
Name: Lowell and Karen Hart, Hart Farm
Town/State: Goldston, NC
Contact Phone and Email: Lowell and Karen Hart,
919-548-6743 , 919-548-1054 (cell).
Number of Acers/Forage Type: Cattle kept on small pastures and full fed high roughage TMR 400 head capacity
Historic Avg Stocking Rate: Averages with high risk fresh cut bulls weighing 550 lbs up to 900lbs-
60 or less 1 lb/day
90 days or more 1.5lbs
120 days or more 2lbs
Ration can be changed to suit customers weight gain goals.
Ave morbidity(high risk cattle-low end) 24%
Ave mortality(high risk cattle-low end) 2%
Ave Chronic(high risk cattle-low end) 1%
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: April 20th to August 1st.
Historic Avg Gains: 225-250 lbs per head for the
season
Experience: backgrounding and preconditioning for more than 25 years.
South Dakota
Name: Dean Lockner
Town/State: Ree Heights, SD
Contact phone: 605-943-5588; 605-870-3978
Contact e-mail: dptrsn@grm.net
Acres available/forage type: Native grasses on a rotational basis
Historic Avg stocking rate: 500 animal units
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: May 1 through October 1
Years of experience running stocker cattle: have been operating this ranch since 1992
Washington
Name:Stan Banks
Town/State: Graham, WA
Contact phone: 253-988-3082
Number of Acers/Forage Type: 285 acres consisting of 220 acres irrigated acres growing a five-grass mix including Timothy /Orchard /Clovers. 60 acres lightly wooded and brushy, providing good forage, too. Former dairy property. Substantial concrete and steel pipe fenced area for covered trough feeding, extreme weather shelter, and animal work. I also put up approx 1,200 tons of hay which is available for feed during extreme weather.
Historic Avg Gains: Up to 300 head per year; prefer to graze 500-600 lbs. because they are easier on the land. Have fed animals 365 days per year using Mob Grazing technique and portable hotwire. Requires animals of mild temperament or training time in the fenced areas.
Wyoming
Name: TA Land and Cattle (Tracy Terrell)
Town/State: Medicine Bow, WY
Contact phone: 307-379-2215
Contact e-mail: tracykterrell@gmail.com
Acres available/forage type: 35,000 acres; cattle would run on irrigated ground and rangeland
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: normal turn-in is May 01-May 15; Out-date is Sept. 15-Oct. 1.
Historic average gains: averages about 1.8 lbs/day. “A safe bet is around 200 lbs. average gain on a grazing season.”
Experience: 20 years running stockers, calves, cow-calf.
Wyoming
Name:Michael Genho
Town/State: Cheyenne, WY
Contact phone: 307-631-0568
Contact e-mail: mgenho@gmail.com
Acres available/forage type: 2,200 – irrigated and rangeland
Approximate turn-in and turn-out dates: Turn-in/Turn-out: May 15 – Sept. 15
Historic average gains: 1.5-1.8/day
Experience: 15+ years running stockers, cow/calf
Wyoming
Name: Tom or Barb Page
Town/State: Laramie, WY
Contact phone: 307-760-8429 or 307-760-1516
Contact e-mail: pagequarterhorsesandpaints@yahoo.com
Acres available/forage type: Pasture for 500 yearlings, would consider pairs; live water; asks that owner furnishes mineral.