Abstract: A livestock lift apparatus comprises two U-shaped gripping arms hinged together at their open ends. The rounded ends of the gripping arms are bent toward each other. A locking mechanism comprises a locking handle rotatably mounted to locking handle mount plates carried by a cross member of one of the gripping arms, a chain catch rotatably mounted on the locking handle, a length of chain engageable by the chain catch, the chain attached to an eyelet of a threaded ready rod extending through a hole in a cross member carried by the other gripping arm, and adjustment handle threaded to the ready rod. The lift apparatus is place over the hip sockets of a cow and tightened and adjusted with the locking mechanism to securely hold the cow's hip sockets for rehabilitation, lifting, and transport.