Cattle scales

Its the vibration more of a problem with a trailer. Just maje sure if an open trailer that any electrics are kept dry during transport

Depending on how much eaten 4-8%, it's much the same as a mart situation. Water access woild be an iussue as well, if trough was not cleaned they might not have drank either

I believe they are a critical piece of kit to a beef farmer. It shows what is happening it gives you an idea of difference between factory and marts and. Between different marts and factories. It will siow you how well you are doing weight gain wise

With schemes that require weighing anyway and the cost of rental, surely it's worth buying a scales and weighing a little more often to make use of the data instead of just ticking boxes.

DIY scales can be put together for a few hundred, or with the TAMS grant the budget end of retail options are probably just as attractive. Add an EID reader and it makes the job a whole lot easier too.

The only EID readers I know for sure work with Dini Argeo are the Agrident/Allfex AWR wands or APR handhelds.
The AWR 250 and APR 250 are the base models and will work. I presume you have the Bluetooth model DFWLB?

I have found the initial connection can be a little flakey though, you have to turn them on in the right order or the weights don't transmit after connection, but it will work away fine once you turn them on in order (I can't remember which needs to be first). I'd recommend connecting them and doing one test weight before loading cattle in the crush.

I've replaced the SPP Bluetooth module in a couple of them with an ESP32 to upgrade them to BLE which has proven more reliable, but once you are aware of the limitation it's not such a big issue either. The ESP32 needed programming, but can be used to connect almost any scales with a serial port too.

Out of the box every animal needs an EID tag to record weights, but there is an option available to developers which allows adding custom tasks. I could help you out with this.

Have you a scales already for larger cattle? You shouldn't need a different weigh head/clock for calves v bigger stock as they are the same for cattle/sheep/pigs etc. There is no issue weighing calves in a crate type scales, once they get out I run them through the crush and weigh them this way (but have to block the headgate with a sheet of stok board). But pre weaning I use a disbudding crate just sitting directly on the weigh beams, you can get calf/sheep weighing crates that are better sized for calves.