Description
The Cattle Manager will be directly responsible for care and health of all feedyard cattle, as well as all activities relating to cattle including transmittal of appropriate paperwork. The cattle manager will lead and work with the pen riders and custom processing crew. Supervises employee adherence to company policies and prepares employee performance reviews of cattle department
employees. They will be responsible for assisting all medicine and processing pharmaceuticals and supply inventories, including, product usage, and inventory control. They will work closely with the Yard Manager, Assistant Manager, Feeding Supervisor,
Maintenance Supervisor, and consulting veterinarian.
Specific Job Functions:
Essential
- Supervises cattle movements including movements from home pasture to hospital, pasture backs. Supervises reconciliation of the hospital.
- Supervises veterinary treatment of sick cattle by Cattle Doctor and treatment entry into the vet computer system. Oversees treatment regimes, cattle health, and sick animal recovery.
- This position will be boots on the ground, leading and communicating with the teams to meet day to day operational goals.
- Oversee and support when shipping and receiving cattle. Evaluates condition, type and background of cattle and writes receiving forms. Communicates cattle receiving’s to all affected feedyard staff.
- Prepares processing work order and schedules processing of cattle with processing crew.
- Transmits daily or supervises the transmission of all cattle activity paperwork to the Cattle Analyst including receiving paperwork, pen movements and pen pulls, shipments, and death notices.
- Supervises pen riders and daily cattle checks.
- Communicates needed repairs and maintenance to the Yard Maintenance Supervisor.
- Coordinates with the Feeding Supervisor regarding feed schedules and cattle movements.
- Prepares weekly medicine and processing supplies order, counts inventory at month end and prepares inventory reconciliation.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years’ experience working in feedyard, ranching or similar cattle experience
- Ability to identify and diagnose sick cattle
- Must be a team-oriented player
- Must be self-motivated
- Able to lead and direct people to achieve operational goals
- Proven horsemanship and stockmanship experience
- Provide 2 to 3 good horses to utilize on the yard
Compensation: We offer a very competitive wage and excellent benefits that include family health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k match and paid vacation.
Skills Required
- 3-5 years experience working in feedyard, ranching, or similar cattle operations
- Ability to identify and diagnose sick cattle
- Proven horsemanship and stockmanship experience
- Ability to lead and direct people to achieve operational goals; supervisory experience
- Team-oriented and self-motivated
- Provide 2 to 3 good horses to utilize on the yard
- Experience assisting with medicines, pharmaceuticals, and inventory control
What We Do
Beef Northwest Feeders is a diversified agribusiness and progressive cattle feeding company operating across Washington, Eastern Oregon, and Idaho. Committed to profitability and sustainability through operational excellence, they specialize in high-quality beef production using advanced animal husbandry and technology. They serve a diverse range of clients, from small family ranches to large investors, while focusing on animal welfare and food safety.
