Five Rivers Cattle Feeding · 3 months ago
Pen Rider
Hartley, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
New Grad, Entry LevelFive Rivers Cattle Feeding is seeking a Pen Rider to monitor and move livestock in their feedlot. The role involves utilizing a horse to identify and segregate sick animals, assist in the shipment of cattle, and maintain the cleanliness of facilities while ensuring compliance with safety rules.
Food and BeverageFood Processing
Responsibilities
Utilizes a horse to ride through assigned pens daily and identify sick animals by observing outward signs of distress; segregates sick cattle for treatment by driving them to nearest hospital pen; calls deads in for removal
Assists in the shipment of fat cattle by opening gates, driving cattle to shipping areas for weighing; counting cattle and separating strays; checking withdrawals
Moves/drives cattle from one area of the yard to another by utilizing humane low-stress techniques including the slow movement of cattle
Returns treated cattle to home pens from hospitals
Returns stray animals to home pens
Rides horse safely by awareness of surroundings and exercise of caution in dangerous situations
Maintains appearance of break room by properly disposing of trash, wiping feet upon entering, and sweeping/mopping according to the posted schedule
Maintains cleanliness of horse facilities by sweeping floors and cleaning stalls
Reports observed pen maintenance issues to appropriate yard employee for repair (broken water tanks, bunks, holes, etc.)
Alerts supervisor to possible problem pens through observance of unusual trends (including concerns about feed, conditions of cattle received, etc.)
Complies with all applicable safety rules and policies
Qualification
Required
Ability to ride a horse in a safe manner
Ability to furnish gentle horse and tack
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to apply these functions using units and weights
Knowledge of cattle breeds and characteristics
Flexibility to work varied hours should shipping necessitate it
Company
Five Rivers Cattle Feeding
Five Rivers Cattle LLC provides cattle feeding services. It also manages a feedyard in Brooks, Canada. It is a sub-organization of Five Rivers Solutions.
Founded in 2005
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2018-03-16Acquired
Recent News
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2025-06-22
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