To determine the letter or character under which a brand is filed or said, it should be read from left to right (straight away), top to bottom (stacked), or outside to inside.

Some examples are:

Two lazy two

Quarter circle Z stacked

Circle T

Cattle earmarks are registered by district rather than statewide. The same application process is followed to register an earmark. Sheep earmarks are recorded statewide. Recordable earmarks are described below:

Underbit right ear	Under half crop right ear
Swallow fork left ear	Under slope right ear
Crop left ear	Slit left ear
Hole left ear	Under seven right ear