Translation for "cattle were" to spanish

Cattle were

• el ganado era
• ganado estaba

Translation examples

el ganado era

The cattle were their wealth, their livelihood, their status.
El ganado era su riqueza, su subsistencia, su estatus.

ganado estaba

My cattle were checked, given their antibiotics. The government knows that.
Mi ganado estaba controlado con los antibióticos al día y el gobierno lo sabe.

My own cattle were so bad, I didn't want to risk bringing' 'em up.
Mi propio ganado estaba enfermo... y no quise arriesgarlo, así que lo vendí en Salinas.

I suppose he claimed he didn't know the cattle were sick. What do you think?
Apuesto que dijo que no sabía que el ganado estaba enfermo.

there was little grass left, and the cattle were skin and bones.
quedaba poco pasto y el ganado estaba en los huesos.