Missouri Lowline Cattle, LLC

04/05/2022

Missouri Lowline Cattle, LLC updated their website address.

Missouri Lowline Cattle, LLC updated their website address.

08/31/2021

After almost 8 years, we are winding down Missouri Lowline Cattle LLC. Increasing input costs and declining prices paid to producers simply made our margins too small to be worth the continued effort. We'd like to thank our customers, friends, and family who have supported us over the years. We are retaining a few cattle for ourselves and may restart the business if the economic situation changes.

05/18/2021

SOLD.. We have a small half (approximately 150 pounds when cut) available at $6/pound. First come first serve. Minimum is 1/4 (75 pounds).

05/03/2021

Last calf of the season. A big heifer.

05/01/2021

Our young bull is ready for his second season. He needs to work off some of the spring grass. We have been extremely pleased with his calves this spring.

04/20/2021

Just 1 quarter (50-75 pounds) available to reserve from our June processing appointment. After that we do not expect to have cut beef available until 2022.

04/09/2021

Cut beef update: We are about 90% sold in just a few days. Reserve now!

All available meat for May delivery has been sold.
We will be making a delivery run to Dunwoody (Atlanta), GA on May 14th.

We have 3 quarters available mid-late June.
We will be making a delivery run to Houston, TX in late June or early July.

We do not expect to have any more beef available after this until Spring of 2022.

$6/pound. Quarters will be 50-70 pounds depending on the size of the steer.

04/07/2021

Taking orders for cut beef, by the quarter (about 50 pounds), half (100 pounds), or whole steer (200 pounds). Raised on grass. Hormone-free. Meat should be ready for pick up around 10 May. All beef will be boneless. Call or message to reserve yours.

For our Atlanta area customers, we will be delivering beef to Dunwoody on May 14th.

03/19/2021

Some new heifer calves the past few days

02/27/2021

5 calves on the ground. 4 bulls and a heifer.

02/21/2021

We added two bred Galloway cows to our herd. These two won't be hard to find when they calve out in 45 days.

02/21/2021

Our calving season continues with a black baldie bull calf. 50% Hereford, 25% Angus and 25% Aberdeen.

02/20/2021

Calving season begins. A nice vigorous bull calf out of 10C. 37.5% Aberdeen. Sure glad he waited for most of the cold snap to be over with.

10/15/2020

Yearling heifers available. $625 or $2400 if you take all four. Contact us for more info. (G7, G12, G13 and G17). 50-75% Aberdeen (Lowline).

10/15/2020

Our fall calves are doing great.

09/02/2020

Fall calves.

08/18/2020

Falling calving season begins with a big vigorous heifer!

06/24/2020

Frances Lin KOLR 10

We were interviewed today on how Covid-19 has impacted our business.

Terrell Creek Farm, Camelot Cattle Company & Missouri Lowline Cattle, LLC explain how they've been doing since the COVID-19 pandemic tonight on KOLR10 & Ozarks Local News.

05/20/2020

SOLD OUT. Not sure when we will have our next steers ready.

We are offering quarters and halves of two animals that will be processed in late July with meat available at the end of the first week of August. Each quarter will be about 100 pounds of beef (approximately 60 pounds burger, 20 pounds steak and 20 pounds of roasts) not including short ribs and organ meat. $5/pound plus your share of the processing fees (approximately $150--varies by hanging weight). There are 6 quarters available as I write this. Contact us if you would like to reserve a quarter.

04/26/2020

New Wyoming Law Lets Local Ranchers Sell Cuts of Meat Directly to Consumers

Support expaned rights for ranchers to sell their meat products in state. Ask your state Representative and Senators to support a change in Missouri's Revised Statutes modelled on Wyoming's law. https://reason.com/2020/04/04/novel-new-wyoming-law-lets-local-ranchers-sell-cuts-of-meat-directly-to-consumers/?fbclid=IwAR1fG_iODlvtFmTatBxeRrA5A2O9r8zzCufCtPIuZnITLQVP2aMjW1xgsWU

Wyoming’s first-and-best-in-the-nation food freedom law just keeps getting better.

04/26/2020

Spring calving season is here!
This is a first time cow and her heifer. Both doing great.

04/06/2020

Available small frame heifers:
(G tags were born in 2019, F tags in 2018)
Will be priced as feeder heifers using the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center market report minus 10 cents a pound.
G12 388 pounds
G13 423 pounds
G14 409 pounds
F8 SOLD
F26 SOLD

01/19/2020

Calf race

The calves are having fun and staying warm despite wind chills around 10 degrees.

01/10/2020

Some of our 2020 heifers. They are Angus/Aberdeen crosses.

01/09/2020

Calving information that is good to know in advance.

Bovine Obstetrics 101

There are three stages of labor in a cow. Stage one usually lasts between 1 and 4 hours but may last up to 24 hours. This is the very start to labor when you see nesting behavior; the cow is restless and may be trying to find a suitable place for calving. Some visible signs are softening of the pelvic ligaments, dropping of the tail head and you may sometimes notice a tiny kink in the cow’s tail because she's feeling uncomfortable.

Stage two of labor is when the calf enters into the pelvis. This is when you can see the water bag and will note forced abdominal contractions. This lasts anywhere between 30 minutes and two hours and ends with the expulsion of the calf. A heifer may take a little bit longer than a cow in stage two, but should still be making progress every hour.

Stage three of labor is the expulsion of the placenta. The placenta is usually expelled four hours after birth but can take up to 24 hours to occur. Note that even if the placenta has not been expelled after 24 hours although it is considered a retained placenta, it is not an issue unless the cow becomes systemically ill. Only if the cow becomes depressed, is off feed and has a fever do we address the situation with a standard treatment protocol of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.

Some general rules of thumb to think about during these stages of labor are as follows. Assistance is required if:
acow or heifer is straining for more than 30 minutes with no progress; the calf is stressed: facial swelling, yellow meconium staining; the dam is stressed: excessive bleeding, exhaustion, down for excessive periods.

One thing to keep in mind is that I encourage you to do a va**nal exam if you are unsure on the progress of the labor, if you have any cause for concern or maybe just have that spidy sense ‘feeling’. Do not hesitate to intervene as you're not going to cause any harm as long as you are clean and gentle.

Here are a few simple steps for a va**nal exam:
After restraining the cow or heifer, scrub up the va**nal and re**al area using a disinfectant soap (I use prepodyne scrub) and rinse well.
Apply clean OB gloves and apply a generous amount of l**e over your hand.
Gently insert your hand and begin feeling for the calf. Ensure cervix is fully dilated.
Locate 3 things: either 2 front feet and a head OR 2 back feet and a tail.

Note that your vet is willing to help you here. If you are new to this process or are feeling something that you are not familiar with, give your vet a call. I coach my clients through this all the time and encourage them to know how to do a proper va**nal exam. If we can’t figure it out together over the phone, I am more than willing to come out and assess the situation.

We won’t discuss anything about correcting malpresentations right now, as I would need to write a whole other article.

If you have done a va**nal exam and have decided that you need to assist by pulling the calf, there are a few things to keep in mind. L**e is your friend, always use generous amounts of l**e. I encourage you to stay away from J-L**e because if a cow needs a c-section and J-l**e has been used research has shown an increase risk for chemical peritonitis, aka infection. Instead, pump in lots of obstetrical l**e (this is generally pink or clear l**e that is already mixed up). First, make sure that the cervix is fully dilated, it will feel wide open from the va**na into the uterus. If its not dilated, you may feel a circular band at the va**na/uterus junction, or it may be closed altogether. Then essentially, we're going to be looking for three things: either two front feet and a head OR two hind feet and a tail. To determine if you are feeling front feet or back feet we feel for the direction of the joints. If you have a front foot, the joint right above the hoof is going to bend in the same direction as the next joint above it which is the knee. You will have flexion in one direction and then flexion in this same direction to determine it is a front foot. When it's a back limb the first joint will bend in one direction and the next joint above it bends in the opposite direction, which is the hock joint.

When you have determined you have 3 things (2 front legs and a head or 2 hind limbs and a tail), you can go ahead and hook up the chains. You can use one long chain or two shorter chains, but the important thing is to apply the chains correctly. You want to make sure you have a loop around the cannon bone and then a half hitch around the fetlock joint just below where the dew claws are. See picture below. The top of your chain should be running along the front part of the leg. And that's important because the force distribution will be all along that arch the chain creates. If you were to have your chains on the opposite side, you would be pulling upwards against that that arc causing damage such as broken legs. So far in my career of pulling calves I have always taken the time to place the chains properly and I've never had any broken legs or caused major trauma.

If you cannot get the chains in place before you start to apply traction, then take a minute when you have the opportunity to re-place the chains properly. Another important thing when assisting a cow is to only pull when she pushes. You want to utilize the power of her abdominal contractions along with your pulls. Be patient, wait and watch; you will see her push and strain and at that time you can pull. In most cases you should be able to pull the calf with just one or two people and that should be all that's needed. If you use the force of more than two people you can cause damage to the calf and the cow. You must also take this into consideration when using manual calf pullers. Fetal extractors can pull with the power of more than four strong men, which as you can imagine can cause a lot of damage. Extractors are not meant to be used to their fullest capacity, so please make sure that when you're using a calf puller that you're using it appropriately and gently.


A good rule of thumb that I always give myself and my clients is the rule of 30 minutes. If you are correcting an obstetrical problem like a breech, head-back, or leg-back if you are not making progress within 30 minutes, you need to change your plan. You need to call either a more experienced obstetrician whether that be a friend or neighbor, etc. or you need to call your veterinarian. I give myself the same rule too because I can very easily lose myself in two hours of trying to reposition a calf that I almost got. If I'm not making any progress within 30 minutes, I'm going to try something else which might mean I need a different tool, that I need to do a C-section or maybe I need to call another vet or get another set of hands to help me out. I have become a more experienced obstetrician and I now know within a few seconds of my va**nal exam whether or not I need to do a C-section, but this has taken years of experience.

Hope this helps

Happy Calving!!!

12/26/2019

A Boxing day surprise. Twin heifers.

12/25/2019

Slow Beef

This makes sense. Wish we could share the article.

Eat Better Beef! The worst beef I have ever eaten was 100% grass fed and finished. And the best beef I have ever put a knife into was also 100% grass-fed and finished. My wife and I call that ribeye the “crying steak” because it brought tears to my eyes as we ate the succulent, marbled slab.

12/18/2019

Enjoying the hay after our minor snow/ice storm.

12/18/2019

Very true.

10/04/2019

A 75% bull calf born this morning by CRL Mr Chain B4 out of Fenwick's Valerie ALR.

09/12/2019

We will be down-sizing our herd this fall to allow us to renovate pastures. We've just installed a solar powered well to provide water in some of our pastures.

Weanlings and yearlings available soon. Last call on CRL Mr Chain B4, a NWSS breed champion. He's a great 6 year old that we've bred for four years--$1250.

06/15/2019

We added a black Hereford heifer to our herd. Vicky is 5 months old and 450 pounds.

04/24/2019

Eyes on Time will be our main bull for the 2020 breeding season. This registered Hereford bull is the son of a National Western Stock Show grand champion bull. His dam is also by a National Western Stock Show grand champion bull. Can't wait to see how hecrosses on our Aberdeen cows and heifers.

03/10/2019

Another new arrival today. A bull calf by CRL Mr Chain B4 out of JJ Miranda 2Z. He is a 75% Moderator.

03/10/2019

Newborn Aberdeen Moderator calf

Newborn moderator 50% calf by CRL Mr Chain B4 (50%) out of HJ Caria (50%). Maybe we can catch it someday to see if it is a bull or heifer calf.