The Gauge: Why investing in quiet cattle will be good for your bottom line I'm a livestock producer. For most of my life I've been a wool tragic, and the benchmarking would suggest I do a reasonable job on sheep. But like many producers, I've increased my cattle numbers in recent years. Where a tractor can operate, the traditional pivot from sheep has often been to cropping, driven by gross margins. But at the moment, cattle are stacking up as well in the grazing country.