Junior Scene

Focus On The Here And Now

by Riley Smith, NALJA Secretary

More 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

37 BULLS

13 Yearlings • 12 18-month-olds 12 Coming 2-year-olds 4 FEMALES

2 Open Heifers • 2 Bred Heifers

SOUTH DAKOTA LIMOUSIN ASSN. BANQUET & BENEFIT AUCTION

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

6 PM Social, 7 PM Banquet/Benefit Auction Courtyard by Marriott, 580 WaTiki Way Box Elder, SD 57719

AUCTIONEER:

C.K. “Sonny” Booth (918) 533-5587 LIMOUSIN BREED REP:

Chisum Peterson (605) 730-4214 SALE-DAY PHONES:

Kiley McKinna (402) 350-3447 Wiley Fanta (320) 287-0751 Dean Summerbell (612) 963-3799

LIMOUSIN SHOW & SALE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SHOW: 9 AM MDT • SALE: 1 PM MDT The Monument, Rapid City, South Dakota

2021 GRAND CHAMPION BULL Bred by: Wulf Cattle, MN Purchased by: Chris Bartels, NE

CONSIGNORS:

Big B Cattle, IA • (712) 260-9465 Boyer Family Farm, IA • (641) 340-5963 Bruner Limousin, SD • (605) 482-8202 Duff Limousin, MN • (651) 245-1591 JLX Limousin, SD • (605) 310-0791 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 Peterson’s L7 Bar Limousin, SD • (605) 730-0705 ROM’N Limousin, SD • (605) 203-0733 Spring Creeks Cattle Co., WI • (608) 553-8070 Venner Family Limousin, IA • (712) 830-8381 Wulf Cattle, MN • (320) 288-6128

across the country on a livestock judging team, getting to know the president of Oklahoma Farm Bureau, and living and working on a university farm.

I challenge you to sit back with a positive mindset and think of how the small things you’ve completed in the past have helped you attain the big things you now possess. Keep an end goal in mind and put your nose down and work on the things you need to do to get there!

“Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.” Psalm 128: 1-2

2020-2021 NALJA BOARD

PRESIDENT, Shelby Hubbard ...............................................Miami, OK shelbyhubbard5276@gmail.com • 918-541-5276 VICE-PRESIDENT, Wiley Fanta ......................................... Starbuck, MN rbg.14@icloud.com • 320-287-0751 SECRETARY, Riley Smith .....................................................Macomb, IL riley.smith103z@gmail.com • 309-333-7772 TREASURER, Zane Gavette ............................................... Everson, WA zgcattle15@gmail.com • 360-389-7105 EX-OFFICIO, Clayton Schowe ...................................... Boonsboro, MD schowscattle@gmail.com • 636-377-3100

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Samantha Moore ....................................................Staunton, VA 0.samanthamoore@gmail.com • 480-338-8597 Tristan Gulotta .......................................................Independence, LA gulattatristan@gmail.com • 985-351-7643 Colton Barton ...................................................................... Jarrell, TX coltonbarton@hotmail.com • 512-966-2617 Brady Edge ..................................................................West Branch, IA edgebred@gmail.com • 319-540-2830 Landry Kleman........................................................ Nazareth, TX ltkleman@hotmail.com • 806-673-8331 Mikayla Askey.................................................... Queen Creek, AZ mimaas2003@gmail.com • 540-290-4339

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