Now now brown cow

[Kalamar]

So after I razed a town there was some cattle. After herding them across the map (which was quite annoying) I found I couldn't add them to a town so my question is the what can the cattle be used for?

 

[Orion]

Well, I don't think you can add them to villages & towns without having a quest to do so, but at the very least you could slaughter the cows and sell the beef somewhere.

 

[iRIA]

Poor cows.

I usually lead them (I use the tweak to make them follow) from village to village talking to town elders until I get a quest that wants cattle.

 

[CrazyJoeDvola]

Slaughter them and sell their juicy fresh beef to the market.

 

[Jamould]

Actually its How now Brown cow 

 

[ProjectAngel]

Actually its How now Brown cow 

This, though I don't know why brown deserves a capital letter.

As for the OP, just run away from them and leave them to their own fate.