Selling/Trading Cattle and or Sheep.

[nk.stokesley]

I'm very new to this game and can find no way to Sell/Trade Cattle or Sheep that are surplus to my requirements.

[HiFive]

The excess cattle/sheep in each pen are killed for the meat. If you are producing more meat than what your population currently needs, then you can trade it at a Trading Post for other things that you need. You should always keep a large surplus of extra food stored in barns and the market for times when a catastrophe occurs. Die-offs are common, especially for new players. There can also be infestations/disease in pastures. The disease will spread to other pastures and kill off most or all of your livestock.

If you really don't want so many cows/sheep, then just don't let anyone work at that pasture and let the livestock die off. Or, you can schedule the pasture to be demolished.

[mbutton15]

You cannot trade any livestock. As HiFive mentions, all you can do is trade the meat produced from them.

Another way to manage the amount of livestock in a pasture is to adjust the slider, and that becomes the new size that the culling begins at.

[nk.stokesley]

Thanks for the prompt reply - I thought that may be the case. I also assume that 'Seeds' can only be bought in and can't be sold or traded by the 'Player'.

[olympe]

Indeed.

[Gladi8er65]

Originally posted by nk.stokesley:

I'm very new to this game and can find no way to Sell/Trade Cattle or Sheep that are surplus to my requirements.

What do you mean by "surplus" animals?

The very reason to have pastures is to grow and eventually butcher the animals in the pasture, and the animals that are chosen to get butchered are the "surplus" ones.

What I mean is that once a pasture is built, the animals keep "multiplying" over time, until the pasture finally reaches it's capacity... It's only after that capacity is reached, that all animals beyond that (surplus), are the ones that get butchered, while the main herd remains.

Aside from disasters (which I usually don't have activated), I have never seen a pasture drop below the max capacity, once it is reached, and only animals above and beyond the pasture limit, get harvested.

[nk.stokesley]

Sorry - surplus was perhaps the wrong word. I'm aware the number above the holding number are culled for Beef and/or you can sell excess Beef but I felt I had too many altogether and could perhaps sell a few at the high cost in exchange for goods required.
Thank you for your interest.