u/Competitive-Memory35

Forgive the dumb question as I am still learning. Part time rancher in the southeast US.

We found one in our herd that was old. She had a calf this year and she just looked terrible afterwards. We culled her, took her to the auction today and discovered she was almost 16 years old. She always has had healthy calves, she seemed healthy, nursed well so I never realized how old she was until this year. We also agreed to keep better records so this doesnt happen again. Is this exceptionally old to he having calves?

What do most of you do with your herds? Sell the olders cowes at a specific age? Do you keep breeding them until they drop?

Please no hate. Just tryng to learn.