Downloadable computer software and mobile device applications for use with managing livestock management databases; downloadable computer programs and mobile device applications for use in testing electronic devices and in communication with, and capturing real-time data directly from, electronic devices including RFID and UHF readers and weigh scale indicators; downloadable software for transferring stored data from electronic devices to database applications; downloadable software applications to capture the movements of individual animals and groups of animals and which includes functions which automate the importing of data, namely, carcass data, the automation of data exports to external databases, data warehousing and cloud based data management systems, database synchronization and replication, animal procurement management, tracking of animal and production costs, forecasting of animal profitability, and recording animal disease diagnosis and management; downloadable computer software and mobile device applications which capture data and report on livestock breeding, livestock feeding and the management of inventories associated with livestock production systems