There is no scale to measure sins. But there could be sins that are legally classified as those who can be given harsh punishment and others that’ll be let off with a warning or smaller punishment. Stealing cattle may be an act of stealing, but it is the most gruesome of all. Because those who rear cattle, have the deepest emotional bond with the animal. It is more than an animal to them. That they are also dependent on that for economic means is a very small aspect of cattle rearing. The loss caused by a lost cattle cannot be measured by money alone.