Beef Cattle

“Life on the ranch was really good for about 7 or 8 years on Redmond. Then my foreman decided to "save us money." He found he could get regular salt at the feed store for $2.00 a bag less than the Redmond Mineral Salt. I didn’t know he had made the change until I started seeing a lot more bills coming across my desk for the expensive mineral we feed. I wondered what had changed to cause the cows to go through so much of it again, so I made a trip to the ranch. When I stepped out of the pickup truck and saw our cows, I knew things were bad. The shiny, glossy hair coats were gone, and this fall we had more open cows than we had had for 7 years. We learned the hard way what the Redmond Mineral Salt was doing for us. We went back to Redmond Salt and things are good again. ”

A.T.Wyoming

“Here at our feedlot, we use the Redmond Salt and the Redmond Conditioner all the way through from start to finish. We like what the Redmond Minerals do for the cattle. Our gains are good, but our yields are really great. In this business standard yields are 63 to 63.5%; we consistently get 64.5% or more all the time, and that increase is significant.”

Ed KaupWest Point, Nebraska

“I used to feed a formulated mineral package free choice to my Devon Beef cows. Then we put out Redmond Natural Trace Mineral Salt and Redmond Conditioner mixed with kelp. My cattle chose the Redmond products and quit consuming the formulated mineral. We no longer buy the formulated mineral. I know my cows’ bodies and their coats are shinier and the skin condition they were suffering from went away after feeding the Redmond products and kelp. The cows seem to be getting progressively better all of the time.”

Lindley Farm and RanchMineola, Texas

“I had 87 fall heifers that had been on Kentucky 31 Fescue pasture that had been bred with bulls (no A.I.) and he had one open cow in all 87. In a second set of heifers, he had 1 open in 65. These cows get 25 lbs of alfalfa hay, but no grain or mineral except Redmond’s Selenium 90 with added vitamins A, D, E.”

Jay PayneMissouri

“With Redmond Conditioner we get much higher numbers of prime and choice.”

Clint Johnson

“I buy junk cattle at the auction and finish them. I have always finished around 65% choice and prime. After including Redmond Conditioner in the rations I constantly get over 85% choice and prime now.”

JayNebraska

“Redmond products have really been a blessing. I use Redmond #10 Fine Salt because we used to have lots of trouble with the toxicity and fevers that come during Fescue season. When we add 10 Fine into our ration, these problems never come. My animals’ body condition scores are the best he has ever had.”

KellyKentucky

“Feeding Redmond 10 Fine has really helped the cattle. They have much shinier hair coats and are in much better condition.”

Tom BruceWyoming

“I’ve fed Redmond salt for many years to all types of stock including cattle, hair sheep, goats, and horses—and to my family. I’ve had great results. This year (2014) I mixed Redmond Salt with high selenium and high iodine 50/50 with Redmond Conditioner. The results were outstanding. The cattle were in the best condition they have ever been at the end of the year. We had absolutely no bloat, no pinkeye, no foot rot, and great breed up on 900 head of cattle. In our heifer development program, we had 8 open heifers out of 200 head; previously we would have had 20 to 30 open heifers. Also this year there were very few late breds. Redmond Conditioner kept the cattle’s digestion moderated so the manure pats stayed perfect all season—even when the cattle were grazing on extremely lush clover and grasses. I believe this is what contributed to the overall health and condition of the cattle. Even one week old calves are anxious to eat the Redmond Salt/Conditioner mix. The economic value of the Redmond program was huge for us. We plan to expand our use of Redmond Salt and Conditioner in the future.”

Greg KoetterWalnut Mt. Ranch, Iowa

“On our Wyoming ranch we had always fed a really expensive mineral with salt next to it because we didn’t want the cows eating the expensive mineral if they were just salt hungry. When we learned about Redmond Minerals, we changed the salt to be Redmond Salt and when we did, our animals’ consumption of the expensive mineral went down nearly in half. I would have been concerned about their not eating that mineral except that the cows got a shine in the hair coat that we had never seen before so we knew they were getting what they needed. And that fall we had fewer open cows than we had ever had.”

A.T.Wyoming

“We have been using Redmond Salt and Condition for the past two years. We have found a noticeable difference in the health of our cattle. Our calves handle the weaning stresses much more readily without the sickness that used to plague us. In the winter the cows are more active and energetic since being supplemented with the Redmond salt and conditioner.”

Butch & Loreen Grandy

“When we feed Redmond to our cows they have no pink eye, no foot rot, no sick calves, and so few open cows that they don't even preg check cows anymore.”

GeneT Chair Livestock

“I have been using the Redmond Salt now for about 6 years. Since being on Redmond, I don't have to doctor near as many cows as I used to. My herd just is healthier and I attribute a lot of that improvement to the minerals in Redmond products.”

Blaine ShermanNebraska

“I feed beef cows here in upstate New York and I had always wondered if the Redmond Salt was worth the extra cost I have to pay for it. Recently I ran out of the loose Redmond salt for the mix and it wasn't convenient to get more, so I got some regular white salt at the local feed store. Since I felt that this plain salt was not as good as the Redmond, I put 20% more salt in the mix than I had been doing. As soon as the cows started eating that batch of feed, they immediately began licking the Redmond Dura blocks like as if I had not put any salt in the mix at all. That told me the minerals in the Redmond Salt were more important to my cows than what I had thought. Seeing that, I made the effort to have Redmond Salt available for the next batch of feed. As soon as the cows were back on feed that had the Redmond Salt mixed in it (at the normal lower level), they quit hitting the pressed Redmond blocks. I had always wondered if the Redmond Salt was worth the extra cost I have to pay for it; now I know that it is.
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G.K.New York

“My neighbor and I have adjoining pastures separated by a fence and each of us has a bull in our fields. Recently I was watching my neighbor’s bull walking the fence line like he was looking for a place to get through the fence. I figured he was wanting to come over and fight with my bull. Eventually the bull found a weak spot in the fence and got into my pasture. Rather than head for my bull, he walked 300 yards straight over to my tub of Redmond Natural Mineral Salt and began eating. After eating all he wanted, he turned around and went back across the field, through the hole in the fence, and back into his field.”

Jonathan AukerMinnesota

“I had a lady come in a while back that bought a 50lb bag of 10 Fine for her horse. She just dumped it out in a trough for the horse. There were two cows that shared the same pasture with the horse. The cows chased off the horse and between the 8 of them polished of the minerals in less than 2 days! The funny part is that she had 2 commercial mineral blocks in the cow trough and to this day they still will not eat them after having had the Redmond! People just don’t get how good Redmond is until they try it!”

Frank (Redmond Dealer)Florida

“With all the rain Nebraska has received lately the concern and talk of the town is calf scours. The head of the SCS/NRCS has been preaching Redmond Minerals because his calves are eating our salt and they aren't scouring. Likewise, our calves don't have scours.”

Casper CoorfieldNebraska