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October 17, 2018 BY
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Find the Livestock Equipment You Need With Timely Delivery

When you are looking for new, dependable, quality handling equipment to stock a new operation in a new location, you don’t want to have to take unnecessary time away from planning changes, arranging transportation, or expanding space and all the other things on your plate.

Whether you are looking for livestock equipment because of expansion, or simply managing and transporting a herd and you need new equipment, you don’t want to have to wait around for it to arrive. At D-S Livestock Equipment located in Frostburg, Maryland, we are proud to offer our customers a large inventory of high-quality livestock equipment, including gates, chutes, handling and weighing equipment, and more.

Thanks to this inventory, we are pleased to be able to ship most livestock equipment orders within one week, both nationally and worldwide. And around 95% of our orders are prepared and shipped within 24 hours of placement.

If you own and manage a rural livestock operation, whether it is for sheep, goat or cattle, you may also want to have access to printed materials in case you don’t have the wireless internet signals you prefer. This is why we offer our customers a printed catalog at no extra charge, no matter where you reside around the world. In fact, we have been supplying customers all over the U.S., and Canada, Japan, Africa, Costa Rica, among others. In fact, we have helped supply large-scale products to ranches and other livestock operations to all corners of the globe.

Another benefit we offer our customers is easy approval for financing unlike that of many banks and financial institutions. Our interest rates are not only fair, but competitive, and our inventory is readily available as outlined above. We can also assist by arranging minimal down payments to maintain your monthly cash flow as well as outline potential tax deductions.

So if you are currently looking for quality livestock handling equipment and possible financing, please call 1-800-949-9997 to speak to one of our helpful representatives at D-S Livestock Equipment. And if you would like to request a FREE catalog of our livestock for cattle, sheep and goats, just fill out our online form HERE. We look forward to assisting you with your livestock needs.
September 19, 2018 BY
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Keep Your Livestock Healthy All Year Round With a Mineral Feeder

Whether you are raising cattle, sheep or goats, your animals depend on you to provide them with the protein and nutrients they need to stay healthy. To make sure they get what they need, you can supplement their feed with mineral augmentation, especially since winter is coming and foraging won’t be as plentiful as it is during other seasons.

Let’s look at the nutritional needs of your cattle. Whether your cows are beef or dairy cattle, supplements can be a great help. If your cattle have a protein deficiency, you’ll often see diminished appetite and weight loss, poor growth, lower levels of milk production, and even diminished reproduction performance. When it comes to protein supplementation, the most optimum time to offer it is during the summer, with July and August being the most crucial months.

You can supplement your cattle’s feed with the following minerals for optimum health:

Phosphorus – your forages diminishes in this mineral in late Summer and Fall and is lowest in the Winter.
Magnesium – lowest in late Winter and early Spring, and can result in grass tetany, a metabolic disease.
Salt (sodium chloride) – necessary for maintaining your cow’s nervous and muscular system function all year round.
Calcium – provides strong bones that resist breakage. If your cows are lactating, calcium will help maintain milk production.
Zinc – helps with male reproduction, immunity, skin and hoof health.
Copper – deficiency occurs in the late Winter or Spring, it can impact fertility, postpartum interval, or a depressed immune system.
Selenium – low levels can lead to white muscle disease in new calves, weakness, and lowered immunity.

Other minerals they need include potassium, sulfur, manganese, cobalt, iron, and iodine. The good news is, you can find mineral supplements in either a mineral block your livestock can lick or in a loose mineral form that you can add to their feed or in a separate mineral feeder. We’ve found that the most cost-effective way to contain loose minerals is in a mineral feeder. Our heavy-duty containers effectively keep your livestock’s minerals out of the inclement weather.

With D-S Livestock Equipment, you can rest assured we have a track record of providing quality equipment with a wide range of livestock equipment. We understand how important a mineral feeder with sufficient capacity is for healthy livestock, especially during all kinds of inclement weather.

We offer two kinds of mineral feeders; the MF1 and MF2. These mineral feeders are each a one-piece molded polyurethane feeder that comes in a round, 36-inch steel base which rotates with the wind to help minimize the feed’s exposure to rain, sleet, snow, and other forms of precipitation.

Our MF1 holds about 50 pounds of mineral supplement. The MF2 holds around 20 pounds of mineral. You’ll find that the feeder edge on MF1 is 15-inches while MF2 is 13 inches from the ground.

If you are in the market for a high-quality mineral feeder for your livestock operation, you can give us a call at 800-949-9997 to get the information you need. We ship throughout the United States as well as internationally, and up to 95% of our orders can be shipped within the first 24 hours after your order.
August 27, 2018 BY
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Quality Loading and Hauling Equipment Helps With Fall Transition

As the warm winds and sweet grasses of summer gradually give way to the bracing wind and tumbling leaves of fall, many livestock operations will start to move their herds toward winter grounds and shelter. In the northerly latitudes, the seasonal transition might also call for dividing herds into groups that can be kept indoors during the deepest cold of winter.

Of course, minimizing stress is important for maintaining healthy animals. With inclement weather looming on the horizon, efficiency in sorting, loading and eventual hauling become critical both for the well-being of the animals and the profitability of your operation.

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment, we have been providing quality equipment to goat, sheep and cattle operations since 1982. Our decades of experience help us streamline the process to deliver the equipment to you in as timely a manner as possible.

We maintain a large inventory, which allows us to ship orders faster than most of our competitors. Our products can be shipped throughout the United States as well as internationally. Up to 95% of our orders ship within the first 24 hours.

Our LR96 portable loading ramp is designed to be durable enough to move large numbers of sheep and goats. Its 10-inch wheels help maintain comfortable balance and ease of movement, allowing you to quickly reposition the unit for loading into a livestock trailer. The unit can be adjusted to five different height settings, depending on the loading area. The angled sides also help prevent a spooked animal from turning around.

For moving small numbers of sheep or goats, we also offer truck boxes in three convenient sizes. The TR36, TR46 and TR48 all come with a 24-inch wide door with a spring-loaded latch. The bars are tightly spaced to reduce the chances of a smaller animal inserting its head or getting a limb trapped. It can be easily installed in a truck box in just a matter of minutes. Complete assembly only requires eight bolts.

After you are done sorting, loading and hauling the animals, the truck boxes can be easily disassembled to be stored until spring.

If you have a sheep or goat livestock operation and you need quality loading and hauling equipment for the fall transition, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to one of the helpful representatives at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment.
July 30, 2018 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

Head Gate Options for Your Sheep, Goats and Cattle

Giving your livestock a good headgate can help improve the care and management of your sheep, goats or cattle by making catching, sorting and restraining easier. At D-S Livestock Equipment online, we provide a wide variety of your livestock handling equipment, include headgates. Today we’re spotlighting the four headgates we offer our customers.

#1 Manual Headgate
If you have sheep and goats, this headgate is a good choice. One of the benefits is that you can connect it to your handling system at the most affordable level. Coming in at a weight of only 35 pounds, the HG1 can be easily moved around, making it one of our most portable options.

#2 Automatic Headgate
This headgate is the first one designed for sheep and is for serious shepherds. It’s designed for use in a raceway, but also securely holds the sheep to keep them still when you need to medicate them, take a pregnancy test, deworm or place an ear tag. As the sheep’s head comes through the gate it is immediately locked. Once you pull the handle, the sheep can make its way down the raceway for sorting. This headgate is spring loaded on one side of the gate to help prevent injury, while the other side of the gate can be adjusted to the size of the animal. The weight of this gate comes in at a hefty 73 lbs.

#3 V-Style Manual Headgate
This sturdy head gate comes in at 190 pounds and is reversible. You can work the gate from either side. The height at the bottom of the gate can be adjusted between 5-12 inches. This versatile gate can be bolted onto the 3 different chutes we offer or bolted onto wooden posts.

#4 Traditional Self Catch Headgate
This is our heaviest gate, coming in at 225 lbs, and has long been the standard for self-catch. You can use the gate from either side and both doors open towards the livestock, making a bigger opening for the animal to come through. With a 7-foot chain designed to restrain the head, when the animal’s head enters the gate and pushes ahead, the doors close and hold it securely in place.

#5 Spinlock Self Catch Headgate
Coming in at 245 lbs. this headgate is the most advanced and fastest self-catch version out there. Employing spinlock technology on a pulley/cable system at the rear chute, you can operate the gate or do it manually as the livestock moves through the opening. In less than a second, the spinlock shifts from lock up set to close and lock. The result? You never again have to worry about cattle escaping with this system.

Whichever head gate you need for your animals, we are here to make sure your equipment arrives quickly, thanks to our large inventory. If you have any questions or concerns about livestock equipment, please give us a call at 1-800-949-9997, and one of our experienced operator’s will be ready to help.
June 21, 2018 BY
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Make Working with Your Animals Easier with a Better Work Platform

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment, we are committed to making high-quality products to users nationwide and around the world. Our livestock equipment is heavy duty, and we focus on making sure our products last for years to come all while pinpointing the necessities of what you need.

One of our newest products is the BB2010 billy buster work platform. This 24-inch high deck comes with a 5-foot long ramp leading up to it with an attached drop gate at the top-end of the deck. It’s the ideal tool for working on sheep and goats, making their environment stress-free and your workspace comfortable.

This platform is great for giving shots, deworming, trimming feet, ear tagging and more. The tread plate flooring prevents slipping and makes for easy cleaning on the deck and ramp, and the head cage at the front has its own unique fit. It can also swing open to allow easy access to the animal.

The manual head gate is located just before the head cage, and it opens wide enough to allow the animal to come forward without letting them all the way through, and it doesn’t need to be adjusted to size (Reminder: they do not work with horns!). The headgate easily opens and allows the animal to back up to exit from the left or right side access doors.

You may be asking how this platform is any different than regular platforms. You not only have an accessible head cage that can open, but our new version has a removable floor that allows you to place a digital weight platform, saving time by adding another element that makes it easier for you and the animal.

If you have any more questions, feel free to give D-S Livestock Equipment a call at [phone] today for more information or to ask about any of our other products. We’ll be happy to help!
May 16, 2018 BY
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An Electric Lift Work Platform Can Help With Raceway Procedures

Providing goats and sheep with seasonal veterinary care, general inspections, weight monitoring and other procedures play an important role in many livestock operations. Manual components and manual handling can be challenging with some animals especially when attempting to groom a stressed buck or ram.

Here at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment we have years of experience providing quality equipment to a wide range of sheep, goat and cattle operations. We maintain a large overhead inventory at our Frostburg, Maryland, headquarters which allows us to ship orders quickly.

Our WS8000 Electric Work Platform can be integrated with most raceway designs. The unit can rise from ground level to a height of 36-inches in 15-seconds and has a weight capacity of 390 pounds, which can accommodate large animals such as a buck Boer goat.

The Electric Work Platform includes a ground Rollin’ Stop Gate which allows it to hook into your raceway. The unit includes also incorporates a bi-fold gate on work deck.

When the animal enters the platform, you pull the overhead bar which weighs it. The headgate can then be opened enough to entice the sheep or goat to enter before you lock them in the unit. The platform has double access doors, which allows you to work on the animal at a height that is comfortable for you. When you are done, you can release the animal straight through the headgate or out the side doors.

If you have a goat or sheep operation and you need to incorporate a durable lifted work platform to your raceway, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to a representative at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment.
May 9, 2018 BY
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A Quality Cattle Chute Helps With Sorting and Grooming

A quality and durable cattle chute plays a range of roles in seasonal operations. Not only does the unit help with the sorting and transporting of animals, it can also help with the administration of important veterinary care as well as grooming.

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment headquartered in Frostburg, Maryland, we are proud to offer a wide range of high-quality cattle chutes and other essential livestock equipment.

Our MC78 Cattle Chute can be converted with a GB 1-2 attachment to help with grooming treatments. Its strength and durability can help you safely groom an animal that is stressed or ill-tempered.

The MC78 chute is made from 2-inch by 14-gauge steel tubing. The rear and side doors are constructed from 1½-inch square tubing and are solid up to 32-inches high. The doors have a heavy ¾-inch spring-loaded latch pin made from solid steel that extends from the bottom to the top.

Its rear door can be mounted at two different heights. The MC78 also has a 6-inch opening near the front and side doors to provide you with easy access to the animal’s neck for giving injections.

There are three different head gates that can be combined with this cattle chute depending on the size of animal you are handling.

If you have a cattle operation in need of new chutes, or other handling equipment, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to one of the representatives at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment.
April 25, 2018 BY
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Handling Animals on the Show Circuit Calls for Quality Equipment

Showing your animals on a professional level is a point of pride and opportunity for many livestock operations. Presenting your prized sheep, goat or cattle not only shows off your breeding capabilities, it can also serve as a chance to network with other industry professionals.

Of course, minimizing the animal’s stress level throughout the show season is important. Not only does this apply to transportation and scheduling, you also need to factor in preparing the animal for presentation.

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment, we pride ourselves on providing high-quality equipment for a wide range of operations.

Our S1100 Fold-Up Trimming Stand is designed to be very durable while also being lightweight. It folds up for easy transportation and storage. The unit includes our HP1 headrest, which can be adjusted to accommodate different animal heights and sizes.

The SL8-34 Scissor Lift Stand can be quickly adjusted in height ranging from 8-inches to 34-inches and includes a 5,000-pound lift jack. The heavy duty stand includes a quality headrest and can have side rails added for extra security.

Our S1102 Clutch Winch Stand has an 800-lb brake winch. The unit can rise from 4-inches off the ground, up to 19-inches. The headrest is fully adjustable whether the deck is up or down. Our R02 side rails can be incorporated into the stand. The headrest is 3-inches ahead of the deck which provides the clutch winch stand with a 53-inch top. It has a single wheel which allows you to maneuver it through tight spaces like a wheelbarrow.

If you show livestock and you need high-quality show equipment, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to one of the representatives at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment.
April 18, 2018 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

A High-Quality Calving Table Helps Expedite Calving Season Activities

If you maintain a cattle ranch or other livestock operation, then calving season is likely a time of frenetic activity. Making sure that the mother and offspring are healthy and comfortable will go a long way toward expanding your operation while also remaining profitable in the long term.

A high-quality calf table can often help expedite the process of monitoring calves, as well as preparing them to join the main herd. It can be a key component for minimizing stress while providing the animal with necessary veterinary care.

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment, we understand that a quality calf table is a significant investment. We pride ourselves on providing only the highest quality handling equipment to help maximize the value of your investment in our products.

Our RM 6000 Matador Calf Table is electroplated with zinc. The galvanized metal helps to prevent rust by preventing direct contact between water and the underlying steel.

The Matador Calf Table includes a solid floor and sides which allow calves to enter comfortably without some of the distress associated with V-type manual headgate. The RM 6000 has the capacity to manage animals between 300 to 350-pounds. The unit was designed so that the sides of the chute squeeze evenly from both sides to center the calf in the gate which helps maintain balance if they need to be rolled over.

Our Matador Calf Table also includes an adjustable head table to hold the animals head securely when rolling. The back of the RM 6000 also has a 12-inch strip of carpet-like material that further helps prevent movement while maintaining the calf in a stable position.

If you have a cattle operation and you need a high-quality calf table, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to a representative at D-S Livestock Equipment.
March 23, 2018 BY
IN Livestock Equipment News

Fast Order Fulfillment Helps With Cattle Herd Management

Cattle operations tend to be very active with herd management and expansion during the late spring as well as throughout the summer. Sorting, managing and transporting an expanding herd might also call for installing new panels, pens and chutes. Timeliness can be a major factor for operations that need to sort and transport mature weight steers.

Here at D-S Livestock Equipment headquartered in Frostburg, Maryland, we maintain a vast inventory of high-quality chutes, panels and gates. This allows us to ship most orders within a week. Our products are available throughout the United States as well as internationally.

Our alley supports and alley gates easily attach to chutes and panels. The PC3030 Pal Cage connects behind all three styles of our chutes. Each of the side doors swings both ways and can lock in place to effectively block off the alleyway to provide you with access to the rear of the animal held in the chute.

Our AB36 R or L Anti Backup gates prevents your cattle from backing out of an alleyway. The unit can be mounted on the left or right side of the alleyway and bolts firmly with our solid panels. The spring-loaded gate swings out to 14-inches and folds flat as the animals move past. If necessary, the gate height can range is 14 to 50-inches high.

If you have a cattle operation in need of new chutes, panels and sorting equipment, you should call 800-949-9997 to speak to a representative at D-S Livestock Handling Equipment.

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