Depends on the age, frame size and weight of these "cows." Most steers and heifers finish at around 1400 lbs.
That all depends on the size of the feedlot. A feedlot can be small enough to only hold 10 to 20 animals, or can be so large that it can hold over 100,000 animals.
To the slaughterhouse to be killed and hung for meat.
Battery cows don't exist. Cows are not caged like chickens are, but corralled in a drylot or feedlot. So no, it's not illegal because there's no such thing.
Stockers are beef calves that are weaned and ready for the feedlot, where they will be fed a high protein energy diet until they are ready for slaughter.
If you run out of cows in the feedlot then wait for more to grow up, which will take a few Burger Tycoon months. If you are out of cows in the fields, buy more by clicking on a field then selecting the bull icon.
Beef cows are put on feed for 3 to 4 months prior to finishing. Most cows may not need to go through the feedlot to be finished because either they are simply too wild or are fat enough to be able to go straight to the slaughter facility. These are female mature bovines who have had a calf we're talking about here, by the way, not "cows" in general or colloquially speaking. IF, however, we are referring to "cows" as far as colloquialism is concerned, this really depends on the age of the "cow," breed/type, and whether that "cow" has been backgrounded for several months before put on the feedlot or not. Majority of steers and heifers (proper term instead of "cows"), once weaned at around or between 3 to 6 months of age, will go onto a backgrounding operation first before being finished in the feedlot. Backgrounding usually takes around 8 months to a full year before they are heavy enough or at the right condition and frame size to be put on full-feed. Calves that have been weaned much later (such as around 8 to 10 months) will either go through a short phase of backgrounding or go directly to the feedlot to begin finishing. Steers and heifers will spend anywhere from 3 to 8 months in the feedlot to fatten up and be at the right condition and/or frame size to be ready for slaughter.
There are no more health risks living near a feedlot than living anywhere else in the farming community, except that you might not get used to the smell of the facility when the wind is blowing the smells your way. However, water contamination may be a problem if the feedlot doesn't have good manure management practices, but the water problem in itself is rare.
That all depends on whether you're referring to pasture, rangeland or feedlot space. Otherwise this question is pretty well unanswerable.
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Not all farmers, no. Only those that are feeding cattle in CAFO operations (feedlot and dairy) that are raised for only beef and/or milk and in those countries that do not prohibit hormones or antibiotics being fed to cattle will be feeding cows hormones.
Both terminal and maternal. The growth of Simmentals in accordance for feedlot makes the breed more suitable as a terminal breed, though calving ease in this breed is not the greatest.
According to the related link below (Wikipedia), the first feedlot was created in 1876 south of Chicago by Gustavus Swift. For more information on the feedlot, please see the related link below.
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