CattleBase

Animals on farm

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Cows in calf

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Calves to wean

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Heifers ready for bull

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Needs attention

Calves overdue to wean

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Cows due for pregnancy test

Serviced 60+ days ago, untested

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Heifers ready for the bull

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Births to notify to Logix

Registered calves not yet sent to Logix

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Recent activity

Animal	Quality	Type	Breed	Colour	Herd	Latest weight	Status

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Name—

Reg number—

Type—

Sex—

Breed—

Date of birth—

Herd—

Camp—

Status—

Value—

ADA (birth→205d)

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Weaning ratio

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Inter-calving period

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Notes

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Choose a bull

Tap a cow to assign the selected bull. Its colour tag marks the match.

Herd

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Service date

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Method

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0 selected for —

Preg testing—

Serviced — awaiting a result

No animals

Calving & weaning—

Carrying — due through the season

No animals

Animals to keep—

Calf on the ground — keep or sell

No animals

Complete—

Cycle closed — feeds ICP

No animals

Terminated—

Aborted or lost

No animals

Serviced, awaiting test Confirmed pregnant Calf born — keep or sell Cycle complete (feeds ICP) Aborted / lost

CattleBase supports multiple farms — switch the working farm any time from the picker at the top of the sidebar. Camps, herds and animals all belong to a farm; one farm is the default shown at start-up.

Total grazing

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Camps

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Herds

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Animals

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Draft

Date

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Venue

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Auctioneer

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Lot	Animal	Breed · Age	Sire	Reserve	Remarks

Lots

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Total reserve

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Birth notifications due

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All farms · not yet sent to Logix

Registrations submitted

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awaiting Logix results

Results this month

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Logix submissions

Animal	Submission	Logix ref	Date	Status

Calving per month — expected vs actual

2026 season

Expected (from service dates)Actual calvings recorded

Upcoming

Weaning days

Days from birth to intended weaning

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Calf-to-heifer age

Age a female calf becomes a heifer (days)

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Calf-to-bull age

Age an uncastrated male calf becomes a bull (days)

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Heifer-ready weight

Weight a heifer must reach to be ready for the bull

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Default breed

Pre-selected when adding animals

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Sticky notes on startup

Show pinned notes when CattleBase opens

Code	Breed	Description

Animal type	Default value
Bull	—
Cow	—
Ox	—
Calf	—

Used by the herd-value summary and auction reserve suggestions.

Code	Service method
NAT	Natural — normal conception
AI	Artificial insemination
ET	Embryo transfer

Code	Name	Description	Modified

Interface language

Also switch any time from the globe in the top bar

English (SA)

Fallback language

Used when a translation is missing

Afrikaans

Date format

How dates display across the app

DD Mmm YYYY

Number format

Thousands & decimal separators

1 234,56

Units

Weight & area

Metric — kg, ha

Currency

Values, reserves & valuations

ZAR — R

Languages ship as translation files, so more of South Africa's official languages can be added without a new build. Animal names, tags and reg numbers are data — they are never translated.