What part of the country are you in?
There is a weed with the common name of beef steak weed or Perilla Frutescens that has been identified by the University. It causes a ton of problems with swelling in joints, lameness, mimic footrot, lose tails, poor doing and death. Thankfully it does not hurt them long term for replacements or feeding them out.
It has what is suppose to be a minty type smell when you pull it or break the leaves. The calves love it. The idea is calves won't eat it if they have something else to eat and it thrives in dry soil. But ours will pick at it for no good reason.
We were suppose to be too far north for it but we have a ton. If you do have it pull it and burn it. You can kill it with Forefront but it needs to be removed completely.