Cattle Foreman - Ulysses Feedyard

About the Company:

Cactus Feeders is an Amarillo, Texas-based cattle company. Originally founded by the Engler Family in 1975, today we operate 15 Feedyards and Outside Cattle Locations producing over a million head of fed cattle annually. The Company has locations throughout the Texas Panhandle, Southwest Kansas, and Eastern Colorado.

Location: Ulysses Feedyard – Ulysses, Kansas

Job Description:

The Cattle Foreman is an entry-level management trainee role responsible for overseeing cattle receiving, processing, treatment, and shipping programs while assisting with the supervision of the processing crew. This highly hands-on position blends animal husbandry, people management, and operational oversight as part of our Foreman Trainee Program. Foremen rotate through four key departments—Feed Delivery, Cattle, Feedmill, and Shop Repair & Maintenance—to gain broad experience and grow their career with the company.

Job Responsibilities:

• Animal Health: Daily supervision of cattle receiving and processing programs. Plan and deliver processing treatments based on the condition, health, and weight of the cattle. Visually appraise cattle following processing for signs of treatment response, illness, disease, or injury. Critical control points include proper cattle handling, accurate delivery of all animal health products, implants, and ear tags.
• Productivity: Supervise daily processing of all incoming livestock at appropriate head-per-hour targets for cattle type, weather, and seasonal workload.
• Quality Control: Ensure appropriate and effective dosages for all animal health products. Maintain the highest standards of animal husbandry in animal handling and treatment.
• Facility Maintenance: Preventative and scheduled maintenance on all cattle receiving & treatment equipment & facilities; scales, chutes, equipment, syringes, implant guns, etc.
• Safety Program: Responsible for personal protective equipment, inspections, training, behavioral audits, toolbox meetings, and accident investigations.
• Expense Budgets: Responsible for daily operating expenditures in the cattle processing area.
• Day to Day Supervision: New employee orientation and training of all Processing & Treatment employees. Deliver appropriate coaching, direction, and daily supervision of Processing employees against productivity, quality, and animal husbandry objectives.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Obtained a bachelor’s or associate’s degree in an agriculture-related field (preferred)
• Prior knowledge and experience in one or more of cattle production segments (cow-calf, stocker, cattle feeding) is preferred
• Horsemanship skills are a plus
• Other knowledge or related agriculture experience that demonstrates knowledge of cattle production and desire to work in the cattle feeding industry will be considered
• Strong work ethic Self-starter mentality and passionate about agriculture/cattle industry

Pay and Benefits:

• Salaried position with wages based on qualifications, skills, and experience
• Bi-weekly direct deposit payroll system
• Competitive benefits package – Health + Dental + Vision
• Company Paid Life Insurance 401K

Cactus Feeders provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.