JUNIOR SCENE Focus On The Here And Now by Riley Smith, NALJA Secretary
M
ore times than I can keep track of, I have been caught asking myself, “Does what I am currently doing have any meaning toward where I want to be in the future?” If you know me, you know I have a mental plan to go back home and continue to grow our family farm after I finish college. I want to start my own cowherd, start renting and farming some of my own land, make my own hay, and live at my own place. I know I have a long way to go before I arrive at that destination, because there is so much more I need to learn. But some days when I sit inside the classroom, I lose track of what the professor is talking about and get this feeling of, “I could do something more relevant right now.” Naturally, as a 20-year-old male, I feel like I already have enough knowledge to be successful on my own, and I find myself wanting
to go home to start doing my own thing. But when I really think about it, the many valuable lessons I learned growing up continue to help me every day, and I know there’s much more I have yet to learn. My high school teachers taught me the importance of diversified learning. At football practice, I learned that being strong and being smart are two totally different things, but they can both come in handy. My dad taught me how working slowly can end up being faster in the end. As young adults, I think we get caught up in what we want to have in 10 years, rather than focusing on where we are now and what we need to do to get there. Looking back, without taking the initiative to attend college eight hours from home, I would have missed out on things like traveling
SALE OFFERING
CONSIGNORS:
37 BULLS
Big B Cattle, IA • (712) 260-9465 Boyer Family Farm, IA • (641) 340-5963
13 Yearlings • 12 18-month-olds 12 Coming 2-year-olds
Bruner Limousin, SD • (605) 482-8202
4 FEMALES
Duff Limousin, MN • (651) 245-1591
2 Open Heifers • 2 Bred Heifers
SOUTH DAKOTA LIMOUSIN ASSN. BANQUET & BENEFIT AUCTION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022
JLX Limousin, SD • (605) 310-0791
LIMOUSIN SHOW & SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2022
SHOW: 9 AM MDT • SALE: 1 PM MDT The Monument, Rapid City, South Dakota
6 PM Social, 7 PM Banquet/Benefit Auction Courtyard by Marriott, 580 WaTiki Way Box Elder, SD 57719
Leishmann Performance Limousin, NE Leon Leishmann • (402) 651-7211 Matt Bruner • (605) 480-0217 Ludens Family Limousin, SD • (605) 661-6470 Lura Limousin, MN • (605) 695-3129 Mill Road Cattle, WI • (715) 665-2605 Nolz Limousin, SD • (605) 999-0919
AUCTIONEER:
Peterson’s L7 Bar Limousin, SD • (605) 730-0705
LIMOUSIN BREED REP:
ROM’N Limousin, SD • (605) 203-0733
C.K. “Sonny” Booth (918) 533-5587 Chisum Peterson (605) 730-4214
Spring Creeks Cattle Co., WI • (608) 553-8070
SALE-DAY PHONES:
Kiley McKinna (402) 350-3447 Wiley Fanta (320) 287-0751 Dean Summerbell (612) 963-3799
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2021 GRAND CHAMPION BULL Bred by: Wulf Cattle, MN Purchased by: Chris Bartels, NE
• JANUARY 2022
Venner Family Limousin, IA • (712) 830-8381 Wulf Cattle, MN • (320) 288-6128
