I think you have your year wrong. Probably 1886, part of a 5 year volcanic winter following the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Seventy five% of cattle were lost in 1886. Also several other major volcanoes around that time.
https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/now-thats-cold-the-worst-7-winters-in-american-history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_volcanic_eruptions_of_the_19th_century
Thank you for the correction. The hard winters of the late 1880s were devastating to the beef industry.
The comments concerning the serious brucellosis are correct. The largest of buffalo hunter teams could process about 125 buffalos per day. The normal sized team could do 20 to 25 per day.