The bedding covers the strange smell of the ramp. Wash blood off restraining chutes in order to reduce balking of cattle. Don't yell and scream at livestock. Their ears are more sensitive than ours. Shaking a plastic garbage bag will move cattle easily and playing music can help to calm animals.
Loud noise stresses livestock.
Put rubber bumpers on clanging gates and fix air leaks in pneumatic gates or truck brake lines to reduce balking. Air exhausts should be piped away from the animals. Don't leave a single steer, heifer or cow by itself. It is likely to injure itself trying to jump a fence in an attempt to rejoin its herdmates. A single animal can be very dangerous to the handler.