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PREMIUM QUALITY LIVESTOCK SCALES AND WEIGHING EQUIPMENT IN THE VAAL TRIANGLE

Livestock scales can be an asset to cattle owners in the Vaal Triangle and everywhere else. 

It allows the cattle or livestock owner to have more accurate data and understanding of their animals, which assists with making better decisions.
 

What is a livestock scale?

​​Livestock scales are mechanical or electronic scales that are used for weighing large animals such as cattle.

There are different livestock scale designs – some of which comprises of a pen, platform and neck clamp.  

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What are the benefits of livestock scales?

Accuracy

​​Estimating the weight of your livestock is not benefiting you or your livestock in any way and if your weighing equipment is inaccurate, it could negatively affect your profits and assessment of how well your business is performing.  

Using accurate livestock scales from Beesskaal.com will ensure you receive readings you can count on.  It is also important to make sure that the scales are calibrated and properly maintained.

Durability

​​Due to the nature of the environment surrounding cattle and cattle farming, it is necessary that your livestock scale is made from tough components and steel.  

Livestock scales are built strongly to ensure that it can handle an environment where there may be animals kicking and shoving. 

Evaluation of performance

​​Livestock scales enable you to weigh your cattle or other livestock at different stages of their lives. This information can be used to assess and evaluate feedlots.

Feed and medicine calculation

​​When it comes to medicine and inoculation dosage, it is necessary to know the weight of an animal. The amount necessary is determined by the weight and it can make the world of difference if the weight is accurate and known.

Feed amount is also determined by the weight of the animal and giving the correct amount of feed for the specific weight could go a long way towards the overall wellbeing of the animal.

Correct feed and medicine amounts can affect the animals’ performance for the better.

Animal friendly

​​Livestock scales are designed to be low profile (close to the ground) which makes it comfortable for the animals to be weighed with. 

Automatic

​​Livestock scales are electronic and easy to handle which causes it to be less laborious to use.  The indicators also have internal memory, which makes it easier to reference previous weights taken.

User friendly

​​Livestock scales are made of steel and have flat decks, which assist with the ease of loading and unloading animals that have to be weighed.

The inclusion of memory components reduces the need for separate equipment to collect the weight data.

Tailorable

​​Most livestock scales can be tailored to suit your specific requirements. Some people use a weigh crate and neck clamp while others just use a platform.  These can all work with the same weigh bars.

Read more about our weigh bars at: https://www.q-weigh.com/weighbars

How accurate are livestock scales?

​​Livestock scales are designed to consider the animal’s non-stationary behavior.  This is one of the main problems that needed to be solved when it comes to livestock weighing.  The scales are designed with a capture mode to lock animal weight while they are moving.

People seeking livestock scales in the Vaal Triangle can have peace of mind that the scale readings are reliable.

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