What are the reasons the cattle drive ended?

Answer 1

Cattle drive came to an end because of the invention of the barbed wire and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Thousands of cattle also perished due to an outbreak of Texas Fever and the Great Winter of 1887-88, which also contributed to the end of the famous cattle drives of the Old West.

Answer 2

Cattle drives still exist as they did in the late 1800s, but not over the same extensive distances. The growth of towns and farms and extensive use of barbed wire blocked many of the traditional routes, and much of the open grazing land became private property. The advent of the railroads meant that it became cheaper in many cases to ship cattle by rail, so the drives were from the ranches to the local stockyards, where the cattle cars would be loaded.

Answer 3

Since the invention of the gasoline/disiel engine, cattle could be shipped on trucks and trains to distant destinations instead of being driven across country.

Answer 4

Railroads. Instead of driving cattle a long ways to sell them, you just take them to the railroad cars.

Answer 5

The cattle drives over the open range ended because of The Great Blizzard of 1888. The Cattle started slowly dying out.

Answer 6

because of barbed weather