Pregnancy Checking
The Pregnancy Checking screen is the ideal place to record pregnancy check results in CattleMax. Pregnancy check results update the Breeding and Calving Screens, the animal’s individual Breeding tab, and her Breeding Status.
Important: An animal must have an active breeding record before you can record a pregnancy check and change her Breeding Status to Pregnant.
For each of the steps below, click the Pregnancy Checking icon on the Dashboard.
Customizing or Printing the Pregnancy Checking Page
In the upper-right corner of the Pregnancy Checking screen, click the Settings icon to refine the list of animals displayed.
To print the page as a list or worksheet, click the Printer icon.
Entering a Pregnancy Check
Select the Cows you would like to pregnancy check by placing a checkmark next to each Cow ID.
Scroll to the bottom of the list and click Continue to Pregnancy Checking for Selected Cows.
On the next screen, you can enter:
- Check Date
- Check Method
- Pregnancy Status
- Time Pregnant, if known
- Technician
- Comments
The Group Update section lets you quickly enter the same information for multiple animals.
Enter the desired information in the Group Update fields, select Overwrite Existing Values if needed, and click Pre-fill Values. The information will then be added to the individual animal rows below.
This is especially helpful for information such as the Check Date and Check Method, which are often the same for all animals being checked.
You can still update any pre-filled information for an individual animal before completing the pregnancy check.
Entering Pregnancy Check Results
Scroll down to the individual animal rows to enter or adjust the pregnancy check results for each cow.
For animals confirmed Pregnant, enter the number of days pregnant. Values 1–9 are interpreted as months, while values 10 or greater are interpreted as days.
For animals determined to be Open, change the Pregnancy Status to Open. The active breeding will be archived, and the animal’s Breeding Status will change from Exposed to Open.
If an animal needs to be checked again, select Recheck. Her active breeding will remain in place, and she will remain Exposed.
Once all pregnancy check information has been entered and reviewed, click Create Pregnancy to record the results.
The pregnancy checks will now be saved to each animal’s record.
💡CattleMax Team Tip: Pregnancy checks can also be recorded by selecting exposed cows from a Group or Pasture and clicking Group Update Actions > Add Pregnancy Checks. This will take you to the same Pregnancy Checking screen.
Using the Advanced View to archive breedings
These cows had AI Breedings followed by NS. The rancher wants to show only the breeding that will produce the calf.
Select the animals to be pregnancy checked > Continue to Pregnancy Checking for Selected Cows.
On the right-hand side, choose Switch to Advanced View to archive the breeding that did not take.
All Breedings are displayed on the animals being pregnancy checked.
Example: These cows were AI bred on July 4, 2026, and then exposed to a clean-up bull through Natural Service from July 15 through August 25, 2026.
At the time of the pregnancy check, the cows were determined to be 45 days pregnant. This timing corresponds with the July 4 AI breeding rather than the later Natural Service breeding.
The Natural Service breeding can therefore be archived while leaving the AI breeding active.
With the Natural Service breeding archived, only the applicable estimated calving date from the AI breeding will display on the Calving Screen
