Mort & Co's Grassdale Feedlot 'Bud Box' cattle handling system being demonstrated at a public showing last Tuesday. As a high cattle turnover business Mort & Co’s Grassdale feedlot has implemented a ...

“A Bud box is simply a small rectangular corral named after Bud Williams, one of the livestock low-stress handling pioneers. Williams used it on a ranch he managed and has since built and promoted Bud ...

A bud box, he said, is a square holding pen in which the handler has to move the cattle to the alley for processing, while a tub is a circular system that the cattle move through. “After the cattle ...

Stress on cattle reduces profits because of decreased feed consumption, poor weight gains, increased susceptibility to diseases, a shorter life span and a less desirable carcass. In addition, stressed ...