Lee Marriott

A TECHNOLOGY TIMESAVER

He maintains a robust health program, giving calves three rounds of shots by the time they are weaned. Lee also raises all his own replacement heifers for his central Missouri operation. He holds his cow herd to a high standard when it comes to fertility and longevity.

That doesn’t leave much time for the stocker side of Lee’s operation.

Lee Marriott’s goal is simple – raise good cattle. He doesn’t take shortcuts.

Working smarter, not harder

To get the job done, Lee has always put in the long hours and hard work. He got some much-needed help in 2020 when he started using Performance Beef.

He was a little skeptical at first. You see, Lee knows cattle. Computers and technology, not so much. “Once it was explained to me, it was as plain as the nose on your face,” says Lee. “I don’t know how you can come up with anything simpler than the way we use Performance Beef.”

Cattle feeding, simplified

Lee uses Performance Beef to manage yearling and cow rations. Gone are the days of handwritten notes. “It’s saved me so much time there,” he says.

He has 11 different traps where he runs stocker cattle. Traditionally, he used handwritten notes to track the number of head in each trap, how much feed went where, ingredients for stocker rations and cow rations, plus how to mix them.