January 15, 2022

Volume 33 Number 38 • January 15, 2022

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A Look Inside Winter considerations shared to curb invasive species spread. ........................................Page 6 UW’s CoANR launches new program for ranch management and ag leadership.........Page 10 Fertilizer costs expected to increase significantly.....Page 11 Dick Perue provides a look into the Denver Stock Show in 1915. ......................................Page 18

Quick Bits Grain Stocks Off-farm barley stocks in Wyoming on Dec. 1, 2021 were 2.63 million bushels, down 4% from Dec. 1, 2020, according to the Dec. 1 Agricultural Survey and December Grain Stocks Report conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Capacity of off-farm commercial grain storage in Wyoming totaled 11 million bushels on Dec. 1, 2021, unchanged from Dec. 1, 2020.

Petition aims to remove GYE grizzlies as an endangered species Cheyenne – On Jan. 11, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon fulfilled his promise to petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the population of grizzly bears in the Greater

Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) from the Endangered Species List.

“This is an extraordinary and monumental success story for species recovery and should be cele-

brated,” Gordon said. “The GYE grizzly bear is ready to join the ranks of the bald eagle, American alligator, peregrine falcon and brown pelican as receiving proper recognition as a thriving,

recovered and stable species.”

According to a press release from the governor’s office, the petition was filed with support from Idaho and Please see GRIZZLIES on page 7

On the up and up Cattle producers can look forward to strong market in 2022

Good news for cattle producers is coming in the new year. Over the last two years, several timelines have combined to create a positive situation. While normal challenges – drought, feed costs and labor – will likely still exist, there are enough reported changes in the market to help producers.

According to Oklahoma State University Professor of Agricultural Economics Derrell Peel, the U.S. cowherd peaked in 2019, with 2018’s calf crop serving as the height.

Feedlot numbers didn’t peak until 2021, and this, when

combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, creates a situation where lower supplies and higher demands should promote higher prices for cow products in 2022 to be translated through all segments.

“The supply side is supporting the market and will continue to support the market in 2022,” Peel said. “Part of the optimism is coming from the supply fundamentals.”

He continued, “Beef demand has been very good across Please see MARKET on page 5

WBC Positions The Wyoming Beef Council (WBC) has one existing vacancy and two upcoming vacancies for producer leadership. Terms for Timmery Hellyer, feeder, and Leslie Hendry, producer of range cattle, will expire on June 22.

WBC also has a vacancy for a dairy member. These positions will be filled by appointment made by Gov. Gordon, who will select producers from applications received by the WBC no later than May 1, 2022. The application can be found online at wybeef.org.

WLSB Meeting The Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) has scheduled a public meeting for Jan. 20 at 10:30 a.m. at WyoTech in Laramie. The executive session starts at 10 a.m. to discuss legal and personnel issues. The public meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. Topics include: approval of Nov. 16, 2021 minutes, update from the director, legislative committee updates, budget update, animal health updates, chapter rule reviews, 2017 Trichomoniasis board order, renewal of livestock brands and other administrative board business and matters.

FSA Deadlines

For nearly two years, producers have faced more frequent and intense natural disasters. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers financial assistance through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) and Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). Both of these programs have deadlines of Jan. 30, and producers are encouraged to submit applications.

Averi Hales photo

AFBF convention Packer concentration, input prices and sustainability hot topics during national convention Atlanta – The 103rd American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Annual Convention featured an address from U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and a taped message from President Joe Biden, along with a variety of workshops, the IDEAg Trade Show and the delegate session where policy was discussed and voted on for 2022. The convention ran from Jan. 7-11 in Atlanta.

President’s perspective Wyoming Farm Bureau (WyFB) President Todd Fornstrom, a diversified rancher from Pine Bluffs, attended several events tailored to state presidents.

“These meetings promote more relationship building and allow us to hear about the challenges each region of our country faces,” he said. “We visited about how we can help other county presidents and how they can help us.”

The 50 state presidents and Puerto Rico had the opportunity to meet with Secretary Vilsack in a session hosted by AFBF President Zippy Duvall.

“Secretary Vilsack was Please see AFBF on page 15

Root joins Roundup Kaitlyn Root joined the Wyoming Livestock Roundup team as an editor on Jan. 10. She was born and raised in Minnesota and is excited for her move to Casper.

Root enjoyed helping out on the family farm and being involved in FFA while growing up. She believes being raised in a small town with a farming culture helped develop her passion for agriculture.

Root graduated from North Dakota State University (NDSU) with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communication and a minor in animal science in the fall Kaitlyn Root of 2021. She worked part time as a caregiver for people with disabilities while attending NDSU. She fell in love with the role of a caregiver quickly, and it taught her how to have compassion for others and communicate effectively. Root says these are skills she hopes to bring to the Roundup and implement in her daily life.

Root was an active member of the Saddle and Sirloin Club and the North Dakota Collegiate Farm Bureau on campus. Her experience with these organizations has helped Root become an advocate for agriculture.

“I have always enjoyed talking about agriculture with Please see ROOT on page 5

Nebraska plans to implement water rights established in 1923 compact Lincoln, Neb. – Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts recently announced a $500 million plan to divert water from the South Platte River in Colorado.

Rickett’s plan is made possible due to the 99-year-old compact between the two states. The South Platte River Compact was approved in 1923 to ensure water consumption requirements were met by both states.

Ricketts said Colorado has recently announced nearly 300 projects with about $10 billion in water projects on Colorado’s side of the border.

“If these projects were to go for-

ward, it would dramatically reduce the amount of water coming into the state of Nebraska,” Ricketts said at a news conference. “Should all the long-term goals be affected, they would reduce the amount of water flow coming to the state of Nebraska by 90 percent.”

The compact outlines Nebraska’s right to access 897.6 gallons of water per second from the river during the irrigation season – April 1 to Oct. 15 – and 3,740 gallons per second during the nonirrigation season.

According to Ricketts, Colorado has

periodical

periodical

Please see WATER on page 16

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2022 Restaurant Trends Those in the business of beef, pork or lamb are usually watching the trends of the nation’s restaurants as close as they watch meat exports. When one part of the meat chain is not doing so well, the need for change is there. The bad part is, change is harder for some parts of From the Publisher the food supply chain.

Dennis Sun The restaurant side is more fortunate than other parts, as in my view, they can change management practices easier than others.

While it is usually nothing more than just changing pricing, management practices usually follow.

I found it interesting reading an article on the 2022 restaurant trends, as the meat industry depends on these restaurants. The pandemic had a big effect on restaurants, and now they are trying to recover.

To provide more insight into the current and future restaurant trends, Popmenue conducted a nationwide survey of 415 U.S. restaurant owners/operators in October 2021 and compiled the findings in a new report filled with mustknow trends and real-life examples. Bear in mind, this survey was taken before the latest COVID-19 surge we are now experiencing.

Most restaurant owners/operators in the survey are feeling either very optimistic – 30 percent – or cautiously optimistic – 60 percent – about their outlook for 2022, as they are implementing strategies that will change experiences for both diners and staff.

The findings, as reported in BEEF Magazine, say that like other industries, labor is a major issue for the restaurant industry. Seventy-one percent of restaurants estimate they lose $5,000 or more per month due to the labor force deficit and 37 percent claim they lose $10,000 or more per month.

But 28 percent surveyed anticipate opening a new restaurant in 2022, so this shows many are moving forward.

Eighty-two percent plan to increase wages and benefits along with offering signing and retention bonuses.

As you probably guessed, nine in 10 restaurants plan to increase menu prices as they learn to deal with supply shortages and costs. Restaurants also plan to keep increasing technology usage. Fifty-one percent plan to automate online operations over the next 12 months, while 41 percent plan to automate more on-premise operations.

Around half of all restaurant owners/operators surveyed will place greater emphasis on comfort and healthy food, which means more beef and lamb I hope. They also plan to offer more alcohol to-go and 29 percent will offer outdoor dining year-round. Outside dining will not fly in our region. Around 40 percent will increase investments in marketing and loyalty programs and offer more customized ordering experiences.

I’m not sure I want to sit down in a restaurant and order through a computer, but in some restaurants that will be normal, especially in more informal places.

It looks like restaurants, especially in the major urban cities, are having to change to stay competitive. Hopefully our western region will be slower in implementing some of these new changes, as we change less, and I like it that way.

I’m not ready to deal with a robot over how I want my steak cooked, but as long as the drinks are stiff, I can change, too.

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GUEST OPINIONS

How the EPA Can Stop Food Inflation from Getting Worse

By Guest Authors A recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed update to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will hurt America’s food supply chain and raise prices even higher for consumers.

In the proposal, the EPA recommends a sharp increase in mandated volume levels for advanced biodiesel, a biofuel which relies heavily on the same commodity used by virtually every human and pet food company in the U.S.: soybean oil.

If the proposal is finalized as-is, there will simply not be enough soybean oil to go around. Over the past year, and well before EPA issued its proposal, the competition for soybean oil between biodiesel refiners and food makers has been fierce, with

food producers often outbid and cut off from supply for this ingredient. Small and medium-sized food companies have been especially hard hit. If the agency’s plan isn’t changed, food makers, food retailers and foodservice entities that rely on their products could be completely out of luck.

The result? Fewer products on grocery shelves, in restaurants and in kitchens across America. Federal feeding programs, food pantries and hunger groups would face even more overwhelming challenges. It’s entirely within the realm of possibility that consumer prices for staples could be exorbitantly expensive, as in two to three times today’s prices.

Moreover, Americans are likely to see sparsely stocked

bread, cracker, snack, sauce and frozen food shelves and even more “out of stock” signs at restaurants. Soybean oil is simply irreplaceable in the food supply chain as it exists today.

America's hardworking farmers have seen their best soybean crop yields in years, but the demand for soybean oil – driven in part by the steadily increasing RFS mandate – has far exceeded domestic soybean oil refining capacity. Already, nearly half of all U.S. soybean oil goes toward biofuel production, and this proportion is only expected to grow. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects the quantity of soybean oil used to make biofuels will increase 25 percent over the next year.

Biodiesel refiners are

building new refining capacity, but it will take years for these new facilities to come online. In the meantime, biodiesel refiners must follow the dictates of the EPA’s RFS and produce a mandated level of biofuel, even if it means no soybean oil is available for food, which is exactly what’s happening.

As a result, food makers have been forced to import foreign soybean oil, which is more costly due to heavy tariffs at 19.1 percent. The U.S. was long able to meet our domestic soybean oil needs, but unfortunately and alarmingly, became a net importer of soybean oil in September and October of 2021.

For many months now, those in the food industry have sounded the alarm to Please see EPA on page 5

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NEWS BRIEFS RIDE group seeks input

Gov. Mark Gordon’s K-12 Education Advisory Group has released a short survey seeking input and ideas from Wyoming residents on how to create the ideal education system for the future of the state.

Announced in May 2021, the Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education (RIDE) Advisory Group is tasked to study and develop recommendations for elevating Wyoming’s primary and secondary education system into a position of national leadership. Its membership includes independent volunteers with an interest in Wyoming’s education system. Key to this effort is learning more about what families, communities and businesses expect from the state’s educational system.

“We want to hear from everyone who cares about Wyoming’s K-12 education system – parents, students, educators and employers,” Gordon said. “We want their opinions about what it is we’d like our schools to be able to deliver for our students.

Community listening sessions are planned for late spring and summer across the state. Additional information on the RIDE Advisory Group, and a link to the survey can be found on the group’s website.

“There is more to examine about our education system than just its cost,” Gordon added. “That is what I would like the RIDE group to look at, and a key component of that effort is gathering input from Wyomingites.”

To take the survey, visit wysac.uwyo.edu/RIDE.

WSGLT welcomes board member The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) announced on Jan. 13 that Marissa Taylor has been elected to the organization’s board of directors.

A Lonetree resident, Marissa is the business manager for Lonetree Ranch, located in southwest Wyoming.

The ranch strives to balance the art and science of ranching by mixing age-old practices with modern knowledge and ideas. Marissa is also a partner in Northway Ranch Services, which specializes in providing ranchers with administrative support.

Before returning to the family ranch, Marissa worked for Rio Tinto Australia as a social and economic impact analyst. There, Marissa created and institutionalized a framework for evaluating connection and importance of stakeholder networks.

Her experience with both mining and ranching have provided Marissa with a foundation to better understand man’s connection to country. Marissa holds a B.A. in management from the University of the Pacific and an International MBA from the University of Denver.

Members of the board of directors are responsible for establishing the organization’s mission, determining strategic direction, setting policies to carry out the mission and oversight of the organization’s finances.

For more information, visit wsglt.org.

Save the Date!

Plan to attend the

Annual Fremont County Cattleman’s Association Meeting and Banquet January 29, 2022

Lander Community and Convention Center Lander, Wyoming Business Meeting at 12:30 PM (lunch provided) Social Hour at 5 PM • Dinner at 6 PM Get an update on the happenings of the Association, the year ahead, Fremont County Fair updates, Regional and County happenings, legislative issues, Agency and NGO reports. Our speaker will be Colin Beal with Low Carbon Beef.

All paid 2022 members in attendance at the Business Meeting will be entered into a drawing for a free 200-head pregnancy test donated by Dr. Jake Hall of High County Vet Service.

Tickets will be sold until January 20.

Tickets will not be sold at the door.

UW hosts pesticide classes Park, Big Horn and Washakie counties will be offering five private pesticide applicator classes in February and March.

These classes are an opportunity for individuals to renew or obtain a private pesticide applicator license. Any landowner who anticipates applying restricted use pesticides must acquire a private pesticide application license through this class, complete the take-home workbook or pass the exam administered in the Extension office, prior to purchasing and use of said pesticide.

The class includes weed and pest district updates, worker protection standards, pest management, pesticide labels, pesticides in the environment, sprayer calibration, the license form and more. Class space is limited, please RSVP in advance.

Locations, dates and times are: Big Horn County Weed and Pest, Greybull, Feb. 1, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.; Park County Library, Grizzly Room, Cody, Feb. 9, 1.-5 p.m.; Big Horn County Weed and Pest, Greybull, Feb. 17, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.; Park County Fairgrounds, Homesteader Hall, Powell, Feb. 24, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.; Washakie County Extension Office, Worland, March 16, 9 a.m.; and Hot Springs County Weed and Pest, Thermopolis, March 8, 9 a.m.

For more information or questions, or to receive a takehome workbook, contact the Powell Extension office at 307-754-8836.

Spillway changes announced

CattleFax survey available CattleFax has introduced its annual Cow-Calf Survey. Information requested in the survey provides participants and the rest of the industry with valuable data regarding industry benchmarks and trends.

Survey participants will receive a results summary packet, with useful benchmarking information, which will allow managers and owners to evaluate their own operations. All individual results will be confidential and remain anonymous.

By completing the survey and submitting a valid e-mail address, participants will be entered in a drawing to win a $700 CattleFax voucher. The credit can be used for any CattleFax memberships, registration fees for education seminars and/or registration fees for the annual Outlook and Strategies Session.

The survey can be accessed by visiting cattlefax.com, selecting the About tab at the top of the page, and then clicking on 2021 Cow-Calf Survey on the sidebar. The deadline to complete the survey is Feb. 21.

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The Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec) will temporarily use the spillway at Alcova Dam instead of Alcova Power Plant to make scheduled water releases to the North Platte River. This action is necessary to accommodate scheduled maintenance activities in the power plant.

The river flow below Alcova and Gray Reef Dams will continue to be at about 450 cubic feet per second (cfs), as it has been all winter.

This water operation began Jan. 12, and will last until the end of March. All releases from Alcova Dam will be stored in Glendo Reservoir. When repairs are completed, the releases will again be made through the Alcova Power Plant.

Alcova Dam is on the North Platte River about 35 miles southwest of Casper. The dam forms a reservoir from which water is diverted into Casper Canal for irrigation of lands in the Kendrick Project near Casper.

Winter releases from Alcova Reservoir generally provide power generation and relocate storage water into Glendo Reservoir for delivery the following spring and summer. Alcova Power Plant is located just downstream of Alcova Dam and has two 20.7 megawatt generating units.

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NEWS BRIEFS

WGFD holds mule deer meetings

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) will host two public meetings to discuss mule deer management in the Upper Shoshone Mule Deer Herd Unit (Hunt Areas 110115) and the Clarks Fork herd (Hunt Areas 105, 106 and 109).

One meeting will be held Jan. 24 in rooms 105 and 106 at the Yellowstone Conference Center at Northwest College in Powell from 6-8 p.m. Another meeting will be held on Jan. 27 in Cody at the Cody Club Room from 6-8 p.m.

During the meetings, WGFD biologists will present information relating to the health and status of each herd, changes in the herds since management changes occurred three years ago and future management options. Participants will then have an opportunity to discuss the outlined options and their impact and provide feedback related to the short-term management of these mule deer herds.

In 2019, seasons were shortened after consideration of biological data, harvest data and diverse public feedback.

“We invite the public to attend a local meeting to learn about how the mule deer populations around Cody and Powell have responded to those changes and how to move forward based on this information,” said Cody area Wildlife Biologist Tony Mong.

These meetings will be held in addition to the regularly scheduled season-setting meetings in March to discuss proposed changes to hunting seasons. At this time, no changes to the seasons affecting these two deer herds are proposed; however, feedback from these meetings will be used in the development of 2022 season proposals.

WCHF nominations open

Land value survey begins In January and February of 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the Land Values Survey. NASS will reach out to more than 900 Arizona, Utah and Wyoming producers to accurately measure the value of farmland and buildings.

The survey asks participants to provide information about the market value of land and buildings owned, rented from others and rented to others. Other questions asked are cropland and pasture acreage, market value per acre, as well as percent change in total market value of all land and buildings.

“By responding to this survey farm operators, landlords and financial institutions will have accurate data to make informed business decisions about selling or renting land, and applying for business loans,” said Bill Meyer, director, NASS Mountain Regional Field Office.

As with all NASS surveys, information provided by respondents is confidential, as required by federal law.

NASS safeguards the privacy of all responses and publishes only aggregate data, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified.

Results of this survey will be published in the land values report to be released Aug. 5. For more information about NASS releases, visit nass.usda.gov/publications.

Nominations are now being accepted for induction into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) for the Class of 2022.

Nomination applications may be made until Feb. 28. All nominations must include biographical information and photographs of each nominee. The WCHF recognizes individuals who have spent a minimum time of 45 years working – for a livelihood – in the saddle. The predominant part of nominee’s work should have involved riding horseback and working livestock. The minimum age for a living inductee is 65.

Special circumstances can be considered. Inductees also may be honored posthumously.

Cowboy means cowgirl, too. Nominees do not need to have been born in Wyoming, but all nominees must have had primary residence in Wyoming and spent the majority of their time as a working cowboy in Wyoming. Ownership of a ranch – or even land – is not a requirement. The nominee could have spent his/her working time as a ranch hand. Cowboy work is the primary criteria. Families and couples may be nominated together, but all individuals must meet all requirements.

To obtain a nomination form, e-mail wchfassistant@ gmail.com or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to WCHF, PO Box 404, Saratoga, WY 82331 and a copy of the nomination form will be sent to you.

The nominations are considered by county committees and verified by the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame Board.

Final decisions will be made in late spring and announced in early June.

The WCHF will honor inductees for 2022 during a weekend of Cowboy Legacy Sept. 23-24 at Little America in Cheyenne. For more information, visit wyomingcowboyhalloffame.org.

EPA disapproves order

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Gov. Mark Gordon has issued the following statement criticizing the Jan. 12 announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposing to disapprove Wyoming’s revised regional haze State Implementation Plan at the Jim Bridger Power Plant.

On Dec. 27, Gordon signed a Temporary Emergency Suspension Order that allows Unit Two of the plant to continue operating for at least four months.

“While not completely unexpected, EPA’s decision to disapprove the revised State Implementation Plan is a disappointing reflection of a federal agency acting in bad faith,” Gordon said. “EPA’s backtracking and subsequent refusal to adopt an agreement previously approved by the regional office and EPA headquarters could impact the loyal workforce of the Jim Bridger Power Plant and coal mine.”

The proposed disapproval is expected to be published on the Federal Register on or around Jan. 18, which will begin a 30-day comment period.

Increasing flock productivity and improving the ability to deliver upon consumer demands is a major focus of the American sheep industry. The American Lamb Board (ALB) has gathered existing resources that address these topics of importance to all segments of the industry. This free Best Practices Resource Database is available at lambresourcecenter.com.

“A universal tool being asked for by all segments of the industry is a database that is easily accessible to search for existing resources that address a wide variety of production topics,” says Gwen Kitzan, ALB chair. “We’ve compiled these resources and made them available as a downloadable database that is searchable, but not an endorsement.”

A wide range of educational resources is included in the Best Practices Resource Database. Information formats include: videos; articles and fact sheets; textbooks; peer reviewed journal articles; webinars and online courses; and websites. Topics in the database include: animal handling; animal health; environmental stewardship; genetics and selection; survivability; nutrition; meat quality; reproduction management; birth management; forages and grazing.

Those who have educational resources that might fit this database can submit them through an online form. An editorial board will make final acceptability decisions.

Gordon applauds ruling

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Gov. Mark Gordon has issued the following statement applauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Jan. 13 which halts the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) vaccine mandate on private businesses.

The governor also expressed his disappointment at a second ruling by the court upholding a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate that applies to most healthcare workers.

“We are delighted the Supreme Court ruled favorably on our petition regarding OSHA’s authority,” Gordon said. “This is a victory for Wyoming businesses and their workers. The court rightfully recognized this action by the Biden administration for what it was – a blatant example of federal overreach.”

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MARKETS continued from page 1 wholesale, grocery stores, retail and even with disruptions. Experts will set new records in 2021. Even with two months left to report for 2021, we are well on the way to beat the old record set in 2018.”

Stocker operations This situation, Peel notes, could be advantageous for stockers and backgrounders looking to realize profit from feeding calves.

As feed costs are up, feedlots are also experiencing higher costs of gain and will likely be looking to purchase calves heavier than normal to reduce the amount of days on feed.

“This affects price relationships across feeder cattle,” Peel said. “If feedlots want bigger cattle, someone has to put weight on them before they go to the feedlot, and this is the stocker sector. So, with high-feed prices and high-feedlot cost of gain, this increases incentives for stocker production in general.”

He continued, “The value of gain on 500- to 800-pound calves is elevated. Generally, stocker producers are looking at some good opportunities and the futures market has optimism built into it.”

It is important to note some feedyards may also run their own feed mills, and a steady supply of smaller calves will be required. Peel recommends those in the stocker segment utilize the diverse variety of options for putting weight on cattle

to realize profits.

Beef exports The U.S. Meat Export Federation’s November report on U.S. beef and pork exports was made available during the first full week in January. Beef exports continued to break records in 2021.

“On the beef exports side in November, we were up about eight percent on a year-over-year basis,” Peel said. “For the year-to-date basis through November, we were up about 18 percent.”

Peel and many others in the beef industry are awaiting the December export report to determine just how big of a year 2021 was for meat exports. Throughout 2021, the three largest importers of U.S. beef – Japan, South Korea and China – were each set up for roughly $2 billion in sales.

Peel said U.S. beef imports were also up in November.

“In November, the imports were significantly higher on a year-over-year basis,” he noted. “They were up about 27 percent, but on a year-to-date basis, they are still down about 1.8 percent.”

According to Peel, imports of live cattle into the U.S. were down 32 percent in the first 11 months of the year.

Averi Hales is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.

EPAcontinued from page 2 government officials about the critical supply shortage of soybean oil. When the EPA seemingly ignored ag organizations’ pleas and proceeded to issue an RFS advanced biofuel category mandate that represents a nearly 13 percent jump for 2022 over 2021, many were shocked.

Under the RFS statute, EPA is obligated to consider current market realities when setting the mandate levels each year.

America’s fragile food supply chain has endured blow after blow during the pandemic.

Government might not be able to control every aspect of food price inflation, but when it comes to the market for soybean oil,

this is one area where government action can help.

The EPA should acknowledge the soybean oil supply crisis and temporarily lower the RFS mandate for advanced biofuel to allow supply to catch up with demand. Otherwise, the soybean oil supply crisis will escalate, and consumers will pay the price.

This opinion was a joint effort with input from the American Bakers Association, Association for Dressings and Sauces, Consumer Brands Association, National Council of Chain Restaurants, National Retail Federation, Pet Food Institute and SNAC International and was originally published on agri-pulse.com.

ROOT continued from page 1 people that are misinformed on the topic,” says Root. “There are a lot of misconceptions about agriculture in our world, and I find it important to help bridge the gap between consumers and producers.”

Root is eager to learn more about ranching and the way of life in the Cowboy State.

“There is always something new to learn in the world of agriculture, which is why I am so excited to have this opportunity,” Root says.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup Publisher Dennis Sun says, “We are looking forward to working with Kaitlyn and introducing her to Wyoming agriculture. We’re happy to have her on the Roundup team.”

Please join us in welcoming Kaitlyn to the Roundup. She can be reached at kaitlyn@wylr.net.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 - FEEDER & CALF SPECIAL FEEDERS Falls Ranch 400 Fancy Blk Strs, 650-800#, Weaned on Nov 1, 2 Rounds of Shots, Sired by Vermilion Blk Angus Bulls (Strictly Vermilion Genetics) Thaler Land & Livestock 250 Char-x Hfrs, 700-800#, Guaranteed Open, Weaned a long time, 3 Rounds of Shots, , No Implants, Home Raised Don Sherrod 162 Red Angus Strs, 700#, Weaned Oct 15th, Complete Modified Live Vac Program, Light Grower Ration, Out of Leachman Red Angus David Sherrod 117 Red Angus Strs, 800#, Weaned Oct. 15, 2 Rounds of Shots, Sired by Schuler Red Angus Bulls Z Lazy Y Ranch 124 Mostly Blk, few Red Strs, 750-800#, Branding & Precond Shots, Weaned October 15, Bunk Broke, On Light Grower Ration Nathan Otwell 70 100% Blk Angus Strs, 675-725#, Weaned Sept. 25th, Branding & Weaning Shots, Black Angus Verified, NHTC, thru IMI Global Mike Clarke 60 Blk/Bwf Strs, 800#, Weaned Nov. 4, All Natural, Branding, Precond & Booster Shots Jim Wiscombe 56 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 700-800#, Weaned 80 days, Been on Long Stem Hay, Full Zoetis Vac. Program Trowbridge Ranch LLC 52 Mx Hfrs, 1100#, PTO @ ranch, Full Vac. Program Pete Thompson 50 Blk Angus Strs, few Hfrs, 800#, Branding & Precond Shots, Weaned September 5th, On Grower Ration, Extra Fancy, High Elevation Ben & Lynn Seppanen 50 Blk/Bwf Strs, few Hfrs, 650-750#, Weaned a long time, Bunk Broke, Been on a Grower Ration, 2 Rounds of Shots Todd & Laura Schaefer 40 Mx Strs & Hfrs, 650-700#, Weaned 65 days, Birth, Branding, Precond & Weaning Shots, All Natural, NHTC, thru IMI WEANED CALVES TTT 500 Blk/Bwf Strs, 500-550#, Weaned since Nov., Running out on pasture,Branding & Precond Shots J Reverse J 500 Blk/Red Strs & Hfrs, 650-750#, Complete Zoetis Vac Program, Weaned 75+ Days, On Light Grower Ration, High Elevation Kennedy Ranch/Nick & Kelly Kennedy 450 Mostly Blk/Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 400-600#, Weaned 90 days,Branding & Precond Shots Lisco Ranch LLC 300 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 575-700#, Weaned 90+ days, Branding & Precond Shots Ken Fackrell 210 Mx Strs & Hfrs, 450-540#, Branding & Weaning Shots, Weaned 60 days, Hay Fed, No Implants Dan Mahoney/Pass Creek Land & Cattle 200 Blk Angus Strs & Hfrs, 425-525#, Weaned 75 days, Branding & Weaning Shots Doreangi Living Trust 180 Angus/Hereford-x Strs & Hfrs, 400-600#, Weaned 50 days, Barnding & Precond Shots Ron & Carol Eisele 126 Red/Blk Angus-x Strs& Hfrs, 625-635#, Weaned since Oct. 1, Branding, Precond & Weaning Shots Jennifer Scheer 100 Bwf/Rwf/Blk Strs & Hfrs, 525-650#, Weaned 75+ days, Branding, Precond & Weaning Shots Staman & Juhnke 105 Blk/Bwf Hfrs (few Strs), 550-650#, Weaned on Oct. 18, 2 Rounds of Shots Snowden Cattle Co./Travis Snowden 100 Blk/Bwf few Rd Strs, 500-625#, Weaned 60+ days, Branding & Precond Shots, High Elevation (8000’), Bennett Creek Co. 98 Blk Strs, 500#, Weaned 90+ days, Birth, Branding & Precond Shots, All Natural Snowhole Ranch Co. 94 Blk & Red Limo-Lim Flex Strs & Hfrs, 500-700#, Weaned Nov. 8, Branding & Precond Shots Dylan Hager 90 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 500-650#, Weaned a long time, Been on a Light Grower Ration, Bunk Broke, 3 Rounds of Shots CE Producers 85 Blk/Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 500-600#, Complete Vac Program, Weaned Long Time Alex Barney 70 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 300-600#, Birth, Branding & Precond Shots, Weaned October 9 Bob & Bev Yeik 70 Blk Hfrs, 550-650#, Weaned since Oct. 13, Hay Fed, Branding Shots Jeff Eddington 59 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 475-525#, Weaned a long time, Bunk Broke, 2 Rounds of Shots Dalles Ranch 56 Blk few Char Hfrs (few Strs), 400-500#, Weaned since Oct. 1, 3 Rounds of Shots, High Elevation Willis Stallman 46 Blk/Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 450-675#, Weaned Nov. 25th, Branding & Precond Shots, All Natural Bret & Kristi Hodsden 45 Blk/Bwf few Rd Strs & Hfrs, 500-550#, Weaned 60 days, Branding & Precond Shots Boot Ranch/Richard Cross 45 Blk/Rd Strs & Hfrs, 500#, Weaned a long time, Hay Fed, 3 Rounds of Shots: Modified Live Vac. Program William Hageman Trust 45 Blk Hfrs, 500#, Weaned 80+ days, Running Out, Full Vac. Program, All Natural Tom Rogers 45 Blk/Bwf Strs, 500-700#, Weaned a long time, Hay & Sorghum Fed, Complete Vac. Program, Home Raised Waddle Limousin 43 Mostly Blk few Rd Strs & Hfrs, 600-700#, Weaned 90 days, Birth, Branding & Weaning Shots Guy & Kathy Landers 38 Blk/Bwf few Rd Hfrs, 500#, Weaned 60 days, Birth, Branding & Weaning Shots John Wilinson 38 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 550-600#, Weaned 75+ days, Alfalfa Hay Fed, Complete Zoetis Vac. program, Bunk Broke Dean House 35 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 550-675#, Complete Zoetis Vac Program, Long Time Weaned, All Natural, will sign affidavit, Hfrs are Bangs Vac Mike Cushman 35 Mx Strs & Hfrs, 500#, Weaned, All Shots Danny & Susie Tadewald 34 Longhorn/Longhorn/Angus-x Roping Strs & Hfrs, 450-500# Raymond Jones 34 Blk Hfrs, 500#, Weaned on Nov. 1, Running out, Hay Fed, 2 Rounds of Shots Matt Kay 32 Mx Strs & Hfrs, 540-600#, Weaned on Oct. 1, Branding, Precond & Booster Shots Brent Mullock 31 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 500-600#, Weaned since Oct. 1, Branding ShotsAll Natural, No Implants 88 Land & Livestock 30 Blk Angus Strs, 550#, Weaning Shots: Pyramid 5 + Presponse, Weaned 75+ days, On Pasture, All Natural, Knife Cut H5 Cattle Co./Todd and Michelle Shults 30 Mx Strs & Hfrs, 500-600#, Weaned a long time, Branding & Precond Shots Gene & Kelly Roberts 30 Char-x Hfrs, 500-550#, Weaned since Oct., 3 Rounds of Shots: Vista Once, Vision 7, Wormed, All Natural Cole Cook 30 Blk/Rd Strs & Hfrs, 500-600#, Weaned 120 days, 3 Rounds of Shots Dennis & Judy Kieler 45 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 400-500#, Branding Shots

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 - ALL CLASSES MONDAY, JANUARY 24 ~ BRED COW SPECIAL

COMPLETE OR PARTIAL DISPERSALS Steve Holmes Estate 70 Blk/Rd Cows, Complete Dispersal, Running Ages, Bred to Reg Blk Limousin, CF: April 13 for 60 days BRED HEIFERS Jason & Molly Folot 79 Blk Hfrs, AIed to ABS Hitchock, CF: March 5th for 30 days ***56 Blk Hfrs, Bred to Blk Angus Calving Ease Bulls, CF: April 5th for 50 days, All have Full Vac Program, Poured w/Clean-up, Electric Fence Broke, Good Mineral and Nutrition Program, Originated from the Tillard Brothers and not re-branded Cobb Cattle Co. 60 Blk Hfrs, Bred to Low Birth Weight Booth Cherry Creek Bulls, CF: March 1 for 50 days, Shots: Vira Shield 6+VL5, Scourboss 9, Poured, Home Raised, Hight Elevation Von Forell Ranch 40 Red Angus Hfrs, 1000-1200#, Bred to Calving Ease Red Angus Bulls, CF: March 20 to April 10, Shot: Staybred, Poured ****40 Red Angus Hfrs, 1000-1200#, Bred to Calving Ease Red Angus Bulls, CF: April 11 to May BRED COWS Lawrence Ranches/Dan Lawrence 90 Blk Cows, 5-10 yr olds, Bred to Green Mountain Angus Bulls from Montana, CF: March 10 for 45 days EHM Ranch LLC 40 Blk/Rd Cows, Mx Ages, Bred to Red and Blk Angus Bulls, CF: April 1, Home Raised, High Elevation SALE RESULTS -BRED COW SPECIAL SALE RESULTS -FEEDERS/CALVES MONDAY, JANUARY 10 -2104 HD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 -6765 HD Hairpin Ranches Inc 10 Black Bred Cow 3-4yr/Mar-Apr 1263 1910.00H Morris Hochstetler 11 Blk Strs 648 184.50C Sullivan Ranch 154 Blk Strs 701 179.50C Carnahan Cattle Co 22 Black Bred Cow Cmg 3/Mar-Apr 1030 1860.00H Buckhaults Cow Co 232 Blk Strs 758 174.25C Hairpin Ranches Inc 18 Black Bred Cow 3-4yr/Mar-Apr 1258 1800.00H Dennis Isakson 11 Blk Strs 699 173.00C Carnahan Cattle Co 26 Black Bred Cow Cmg 5/Mar-Apr 1215 1800.00H Sullivan Ranch 67 Blk Strs 789 171.00C Carnahan Cattle Co 20 Black Bred Cow Cmg 3/Mar-Apr 1055 1775.00H Buckhaults Cow Co 67 Blk Strs 839 161.50C Carnahan Cattle Co 44 Black Bred Cow Cmg 6/Mar-Apr 1256 1650.00H Leonard Seeley 13 Blk Strs 816 159.50C Hairpin Ranches Inc 33 Black Bred Cow SM/Mar-Apr 1302 1635.00H Cris Allison 17 Blk Strs 827 157.50C Carnahan Cattle Co 6 Black Bred Cow Cmg 3/Mar-Apr 1303 1600.00H Von Forell 50 Red Strs 686 179.50C Carnahan Cattle Co 26 Black Bred Cow SM/Mar-Apr 1290 1525.00H Lon Eisenbarth 11 Blk Hfrs 720 156.00C Renegade Ranches 84 Black Bred Cow SM/Mar-May 1232 1400.00H John Twiford 22 Blk Hfrs 679 155.50C Hairpin Ranches Inc 12 Black Bred Cow SS/Mar-Apr 1369 1225.00H Brian Christensen 39 Blk Hfrs 747 151.00C Blair Hay Land 11 Black Bred Cow SM/Mar-Apr 1210 1200.00H Cris Allison 26 Blk Hfrs 759 150.00C Whitetail Ranch 9 Black Bred Cow SM/Mar-Apr 1388 1150.00H Jim Licking 5 Blk Hfrs 835 149.00C Renegade Ranches 16 Black Bred Cow SM/June 1125 1025.00H Roger Haefele 9 Blk Hfrs 970 132.00C Whitetail Ranch 23 Black Bred Cow SS/Mar-Apr 1320 960.00H Grizzly Ranch 12 Blk Str Cf 366 236.00C Renegade Ranches 43 Black Bred Cow SS/Mar-May 1192 950.00H Morris Hochstetler 3 Blk Str Cf 413 230.00C Greenleaf Land 16 Black Bred Cow ST/Apr-May 1362 935.00H Vince Rogers 23 Blk Str Cf 432 228.00C Renegade Ranches 20 Black Bred Cow ST/Mar-May 1181 825.00H LD Ranch 95 Blk Str Cf 506 225.75C Dietzler Farms 9 Black Bred Cow ST/April 1283 775.00H Cobb Cattle Co 235 Blk Str Cf 556 216.25C Dietzler Farms 11 Blk/Red Bred Cow ST/April 1199 700.00H Aaron Abbott 30 Blk Str Cf 484 214.00C Carnahan Cattle Co 32 BWF Bred Cow Cmg 4/Mar-Apr 1073 1850.00H Doug Barrett 4 Blk Str Cf 517 212.00C Carnahan Cattle Co 19 BWF Bred Cow Cmg 5/Mar-Apr 1211 1825.00H James Jankovsky 13 Blk Str Cf 485 210.00C Greenleaf Land 17 Red Bred Cow SS-ST/Apr-May 1395 935.00H Double M Ranch 14 Blk Str Cf 528 205.00C JP Werner & Sons Inc 10 Black Bred Heifer March 5 for 21 days 1067 1825.00H Cobb Cattle Co 91 Blk Str Cf 617 200.00C Trowbridge Ranch 10 Black Bred Heifer Feb 20 AI 1089 1650.00H Jason Loomis 11 Blk Str Cf 563 198.00C Trowbridge Ranch 26 Black Bred Heifer Feb 20 AI 1154 1585.00H King Ranch 65 Blk Str Cf 605 197.50C Josh Weaver 12 Black Bred Heifer Feb-Mar 1087 1535.00H Whitetail Ranch 14 Blk Str Cf 602 195.00C Trowbridge Ranch 13 BWF Bred Heifer Feb 20 AI 1136 1650.00H Berry Family Trust 11 Blk Str Cf 580 194.00C JP Werner & Sons Inc 19 Red Bred Heifer March 26 for 21 days 1095 1825.00H Von Forell 108 Red Str Cf 620 186.25C JP Werner & Sons Inc 15 Red Bred Heifer March 5 for 21 days 961 1825.00H Carbon Creek Cattle 19 Blk Hfr Cf 374 211.00C JP Werner & Sons Inc 12 Red Bred Heifer March 26 for 21 days 1093 1775.00H Asa Mercer 15 Blk Hfr Cf 445 207.00C JP Werner & Sons Inc 18 Red Bred Heifer March 26 for 21 days 998 1700.00H Carbon Creek Cattle 38 Blk Hfr Cf 411 203.50C Trowbridge Ranch 22 Red Bred Heifer Feb 20 AI 1171 1610.00H Whitetail Ranch 62 Blk Hfr Cf 488 193.00C Josh Weaver 3 Red Bred Heifer Feb-March 1135 1610.00H Asa Mercer 81 Blk Hfr Cf 523 185.50C Lynde & Petersen 29 Red Bred Heifer Mar 1 for 60 days 996 1385.00H John Riehle 151 Blk Hfr Cf 577 180.50C Trowbridge Ranch 8 RWF Bred Heifer Feb 20 AI 1183 1635.00H Rabou Ranch 13 Blk Hfr Cf 515 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Tips provided to avoid the spread of invasive species during the winter season Cheyenne – Awareness about invasive species is at its height during the warm summer months when people are hiking, biking, boat-

ing and otherwise enjoying the great outdoors. However, invasive plants, animals and microorganisms can still wreak havoc on eco-

For more information about Wyoming Weed and Pest Council, visit wyoweed. org and follow on Facebook and Twitter.

And to learn more about what you can do to help stop the spread of invasive weeds and species, visit playcleango.org.

www.reinke.com J&E Inc. 405 South 3rd Basin, WY 82410 (307) 568-3646 • www.jneirrigation.com

systems during the cold winter months.

“Invasive species never take a day off,” said Larry Smith, president of the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council (WWPC). “We have to remain diligent during the winter season to slow the spread of invasive species which threaten our ecosystem.”

When headed outdoors for winter fun, the WWPC

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GRIZZLIES continued from page 1 Montana – the two states included in a tri-state Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Wyoming which recognized the bear’s population and growth beyond suitable range – and affirms the GYE grizzly bear population has been fully recovered since 2003.

Tri-state agreement On Nov. 30, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved the tristate MOA to address the court’s concerns regarding delisting the bears.

According to a Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) news release, “The revised MOA recognizes the expanding number of grizzly bears which have grown beyond the edges of the bear’s biological and socially suitable range.

With refined population

estimates, data shows the population numbers more than 1,000 bears, far beyond all scientific requirements for a recovered, viable population.”

The revisions made to the MOA include the states’ commitments to the long-term genetic health of grizzly bears, which also provides for the translocation of bears into the GYE grizzly bear population to maintain genetic diversity.

The MOA required approval from both Idaho and Montana’s respective wildlife division commissions and directors before Wyoming could file the delisting petition to FWS. In his Jan. 11 announcement of the petition, Gordon shared his appreciation for the efforts and cooperation of Montana and Idaho.

MSLF comments on petition Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), which has for years been involved in litigation related to federally protected grizzly bears, welcomed news that Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has formally petitioned the federal government to remove the animal from the list of threatened species, with the support of Montana and Idaho, two other grizzly-impacted states.

MSLF Senior Attorney Joseph Bingham said removal from the list was necessary in order to give impacted states a stronger hand in managing the apex predator, and to allow residents of these states to protect themselves and others, as well as their livestock and other property, when dangerous bruin-human encounters occur.

“People have the right to defend their families and their animals against grizzly bear attacks,” said Bingham. “Returning management of the grizzly population to the states – the communities directly affected by grizzlies’ presence – is an important step toward appropriately balancing the competing interests at stake.”

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Petition factors Wyoming’s petition to delist the GYE grizzly bear populations found the bear is neither an “endangered species” or a “threatened” species as determined by five factors.

The first factor is consideration of habitat and range of the bear. Findings by the state note, “Ninetyeight percent of the recovery zone is federally managed land, including all of Yellowstone National Park, as well as portions of the Grand Teton National Park, the Shoshone, BeaverheadDeerlodge, Bridger-Teton, Caribou-Targhee and Custer Gallatin National Forests.”

Specifically, these areas – as well as a large proportion of suitable habitat outside of the recovery zone – are considered secure suitable habitat, which provides for and allows protections against human activities inside the

recovery zone.

The second factor analyzed the overuse of the species for commercial, recreation or education purposes, in accordance with FWS’ 2017 delisting rule. Based on analysis by both the state and FWS, no grizzly bears have been legally removed from the GYE in over 40 years for these purposes. In addition, the state’s outreach and education program has continued to develop to reduce conflict potential and decrease bear mortality.

Third, the state considered the current status of disease or predation, finding no issues related to disease or natural predation have been detected.

Fourth, the 2017 FWS delisting rule concluded, “based on the best available information and on continuation of current regulatory commitment, we do not consider inadequate regu-

Superintendent of Public Instruction Balow resigns Cheyenne – Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow is resigning from her elected position to serve education as the superintendent of public instruction for the state of Virginia. Kari Eakins, the department’s chief policy officer, will serve as interim superintendent.

“I am honored and deeply humbled to announce Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has asked me to serve as Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction,” Balow said.

With a focused drive to lead on the front lines of educational transformation in this country, I have accepted.

Serving as state superintendent for the last seven years has been the greatest honor and challenge of my life.”

Youngkin has placed education at the center of his gubernatorial campaign, and Balow said Virginia was on the “cutting edge” of the battle of the future of K-12 public schools.

She said, “The work we will do to restore parents’ voices in education, push for innovation and student success, enhance school choice

and to eliminate political ideology from the classroom will set a new tone in Virginia and the nation. We have made great progress on these very items during my tenure in Wyoming.”

Gov. Gordon has issued the following statement thanking Superintendent Balow for her service to the state.

“I have enjoyed working alongside Superintendent Balow for the past seven years in my roles as treasurer and governor, making her the secondlongest currently serving statewide elected officer,” he said. “We will miss her experience and expertise.

She has worked to improve our state’s education system, and I thank her for her efforts. Her service to the state has been exemplary, and I wish her well in her new role.”

The superintendent’s resignation is effective January 16. Gordon has informed the Republican Party Central Committee, which will have 15 days to submit three candidates to the governor for consideration. Gordon will then

have five days to appoint a new superintendent from the names submitted. The

individual selected will serve for the remainder of Balow’s term.

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latory mechanisms to constitute a threat to the GYE grizzly bear now or in the foreseeable future.” The petition mentioned, since the 2017 delisting rule was adopted, Wyoming has considered and adopted further regulatory framework to ensure the future management of the bears.

The final factor took into consideration other natural or man-made factors which might affect the continued existence of the bear’s populations.

“Since the 2017 delisting rule was adopted, no additional science or new information would nullify the FWS’s original findings with respect to genetic concerns; invasive species, disease and other impacts to food supply; or human attitudes toward grizzly bear recovery,” the petition stated.

State efforts “Grizzly bears in the GYE are fully recovered

and their management is now best entrusted to the experienced and capable institutions of the states,” Gordon said. “After all, Wyoming has invested more than $52 million and dedicated countless hours of WGFD expertise to reach this point.”

Following the submission of the petition, the FWS has 90 days to review the petition. During this time, the petition can be denied or approved for additional review. Further review will provide FWS up to 12 months to analyze the state’s request and make a final decision.

“We’re optimistic FWS will review the petition favorably, and we look forward to working with them on delisting,” Gordon concluded.

Averi Hales is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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Neighbor helping neighbor: Expanding broadband in the Cowboy State Gillette – Have you ever referred to someone you don’t actually live near as your neighbor? If you grew up in a small, rural town, you probably have. In this kind of tight-knit community, the owner of the shop down the street, the local librarian or even residents in a town several hours away are your neighbors.

This is exactly how those living in the state of Wyoming feel. They have a genuine care and concern for each other and only want what’s best for their fellow Cowboy State residents.

This sentiment is shared by brothers Brian and Greg Worthen. They are the managing partners of Visionary Broadband, which focuses on providing quality internet service by customizing products for underserved and rural markets, with a recent emphasis on fiber technology.

The company was founded 27 years ago in a small blue house, by three friends who merely wanted internet of their own. Once they figured out how to get themselves connected, they

“During the pandemic, my daughter needed access to her school, and without internet access, we were stuck. Our only option was to drive into town – 40 minutes away – each day so she could do her schoolwork.” – Stasi Shippy began getting requests to grant others access as well.

Friends and family began paying the group $20 a month – most of which was placed in a dresser drawer for a later date.

Back in 1994, the friends had no idea where their business would lead, they just wanted to get on the internet like everyone else. Today, 27 years later, Visionary Broadband employs around 160 people.

The idea that the internet could and should be available to anyone was the reason Visionary Broadband came to be. While individual success was a motivator, the group had a bigger purpose – to connect Wyoming.

The organization began with dial-up and quickly moved through wireless, DSL, T1 and is now providing fiber internet in a three-

More information on Visionary Broadband Internet can be found at vcn.com. Visit wyobbmap.org to learn more about the Wyoming State Broadband Program.

state-plus region. While the company has continued to grow – helping more than 20,000 customers get connected – their “vision” for Wyoming success doesn’t stop there.

Struggling to connect Stasi Shippy is a wife and mother who lives on a ranch with her family. At the beginning of 2020, any sort of internet access was miles away.

“During the pandemic, my daughter needed access to her school, and without internet access we were stuck,” she said. “Our only option was to drive into town – 40 minutes away – each day so she could do her schoolwork.”

Shippy added, “It was never a financial issue – we could pay for internet, but there were no towers near us. My husband is an engineer and couldn’t even download a drawing he needed for work while at home. Working from home was not a reliable option for him.”

On Dec. 17, 2020, things

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changed for the Shippy family – this is the date they finally got connected.

Thanks to funding through Wyoming Business Council’s ConnectWY Program and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act fund, Visionary Broadband was able to build a tower near their ranch.

Shippy says roughly 15 families in her area have benefited from the tower, noting, “The benefits of being able to work from home, access telehealth, complete schoolwork or even stream a show on Netflix have been wonderful.”

When Greg Worthen was asked how funding has helped expand broadband throughout the state, his answer was simple – it fills in the nooks and crannies.

“Up until now, it wasn’t a good business decision to install a tower that would only provide access to a few families,” said Worthen, who serves as managing partner, special project engineering and business development for Visionary Broadband. “The cost was great and return on investment was small.”

“The other issue was finding the staff needed to complete these projects,” he added. “It required a lot of manpower. The funding has given us the ability to reach areas of Wyoming we never could before and provide numerous jobs to our community.”

Serving their Wyoming neighbors Wyoming is a large state, ranking ninth in square miles in the United States. However, it is also very widely dispersed – the entire state has only two Target stores, for example. Residents are also spread out – a

tower may only grant access to a few families, making it difficult to select the best locations.

So, how does Visionary Broadband decide where the towers go? Experience.

“We know Wyoming.

We have been providing broadband to this state long enough to know the areas that are currently unserved,” said Worthen. “We have friends and family in other communities that are asking for us to bring broadband to their area.”

The Wyoming State Broadband Program, Visionary Broadband and residents from the Cowboy State all have one thing in common: They want to help their Wyoming neighbors. They are proud of where they come from and want the best for the great state. The past few years have shown Wyoming still has some work to do to help its residents live their best lives.

Worthen said right at the beginning of the pandemic, when schools were shut down and everyone was learning from home, he got a call from a superintendent at a local school district. This particular district was not a client of Visionary Broadband, but they were caught in a tough situation.

The school’s internet stopped working, and the larger provider they were under contract with was no help. The superintendent called Worthen over a weekend asking what he could do: school was starting on Monday, and his staff needed to be able to teach remotely.

Though he was under no obligation to help, Worthen and his team stepped up anyway. Visionary Broadband fixed the problem,

which allowed the school and its students to continue their education.

Why? They did it for their Wyoming neighbors.

Big goals, more resources Getting a school connected during the pandemic is just one of the many success stories from a state that prides itself on moving its residents into the future. As more and more people relocate to the Cowboy State, and remote work becomes the norm, it is imperative Wyoming residents have the access they need.

The Wyoming State Broadband Program is urging residents to visit wyobbmap.org to take a Speed Test and Student Connectivity Survey. Data from these short surveys will help the Wyoming State Broadband Program identify underserved areas and allow providers like Visionary Broadband to address the areas that are lacking adequate internet.

Visionary Broadband’s hope is to “give the best possible experience to the end user, an experience which starts with having adequate access to broadband,” said Worthen.

Wyoming has set big goals, and for the first time ever, resources are available to achieve these goals.

As a Wyoming based provider, Visionary Broadband provides the perfect glimpse into how the state is facing the challenges of connectivity for all. After all, it’s about being a good neighbor.

This is part two in a series of three, produced by the Wyoming State Broadband Program, profiling internet service providers who are taking action to connect Wyoming.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 38 • January 15, 2022

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NASS releases Wyoming Annual Crop Production Report The 2021 corn for grain crop is estimated at 10.43 million bushels, 58 percent above last year’s production of 6.59 million bushels, according to the Dec. 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

The average yield of 132 bushels per acre is 10 bushels per acre above last year.

Area harvested for grain in 2021, at 79,000 acres, is 25,000 acres above last year. Acreage cut for corn silage is estimated at 12,000 acres, down 13,000 acres from last year, with production estimated at 276,000 tons compared with 500,000 tons produced last year, and the lowest corn silage production in Wyoming since 1959 when 242,000 tons were produced.

Wyoming’s barley seeded area, at 82,000 acres, is up 3,000 acres from last year. Harvested area, at 70,000 acres, is up 3,000 acres from 2020.

Barley yield, at 91 bushels per acre, is down five bushels per acre from last year and the lowest yield since 89 bushels per acre in 2013. Barley production in 2021 is estimated at 6.37 million bushels, down one percent from the

previous year.

Winter wheat production in Wyoming, estimated at 3.04 million bushels, is up 30 percent from 2020.

Winter wheat producers seeded 115,000 acres in the fall of 2020 for harvest in 2021, down from 120,000 acres seeded for the previous year’s crop, and the lowest since 112,000 acres were seeded in 1938. Acreage harvested for grain increased 5,000 acres from last year to 95,000 acres in 2021. Winter wheat yield, at 32 bushels per acre, is up six bushels per acre from last year.

All hay production for 2021 is estimated at 1.97 million tons, down 27 percent from the 2020 total, and the lowest all hay production since 2012. Alfalfa hay production is estimated at 1.32 million tons from 470,000 acres harvested, down 575,000 tons from 2020, and the lowest alfalfa hay production since 2014.

Average yield for the 2021 crop is 2.8 tons per acre, 0.3 ton per acre below last year.

All other hay production totaled 658,000 tons from 470,000 acres harvested, down 141,000 tons from 2020. The average yield of 1.4 tons per acre is 0.3 ton per acre below last year. New seedings of

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alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures in Wyoming are estimated at 30,000 acres, up 20 percent from 2020.

As of Dec. 1, producers in Wyoming were storing 1.15 million tons of all hay, down 23 percent from the 1.50 million tons stored last year.

The state’s sugarbeet crop of 903,000 tons for 2021 is down less than one-half percent from the 906,000 tons produced in 2020. Producers harvested 30,600 acres in 2021, unchanged from 2020.

Average yield is estimated at 29.5 tons per acre, 0.1 ton per acre below 2020.

Dry edible bean production is set at 378,000 hundredweight, 26 percent below the 2020 crop of 509,000 hundredweight.

Average yield is estimated at 2,410 pounds per acre, 240 pounds per acre above last year. Harvested area, at 15,700 acres, is 7,800 acres less than last year. Pinto bean production in 2021 is 308,000 hundredweight, down 17 percent from last year.

Winter wheat seedings last fall for the 2022 crop year are estimated at 100,000 acres, down 13 percent from 2021 and the lowest winter wheat seedings since 1927 when 97,000 acres were seeded.

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Producers, selected by states, make up the federation board. This structure ensures that producer interests and opinions flow from the grassroots up for national consideration.

Currently, Wyoming has three producer representatives serving on the Federation of State Beef Councils. One of these directors is serving a term that will expire Feb. 28: Spencer Ellis, Lovell. Ellis has served two consecutive terms as a federation director and is not eligible for reappointment.

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CoANR launches new Ranch Management and Ag Leadership Program Laramie – Information from Wyoming ranchers and other agricultural sectors molded a new ranch management and leadership program being launched this winter in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CoANR) at the University of Wyoming (UW).

The Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership (RMAL) program has two approaches: one to meet the needs of students and another to meet the needs of community members already engaged in ranch management and agriculture.

Much of the communitybased, non-formal learning opportunities in this program will involve UW Extension.

“I am very supportive of this program that has been developed based upon clearly defined needs from stakeholders and with their support and ideas,”

said CoANR Dean Barbara Rasco, who is co-teaching the for-credit course.

Program development Program Interim Director Kelly Crane said the RMAL development flipped the usual process of creating an academic program.

Most programs start by convening a campus committee and developing a curriculum based on existing courses and faculty expertise. The initial effort in developing this program was listening to people across the state and region.

“We want the curriculum and educational experiences in RMAL to reflect the specific needs for the future workforce in ranch, natural resource and agricultural management,” said Crane.

College personnel heard from ranchers, ag business leaders, elected officials and ranch managers at a May 2018 summit convened by former UW President Lau-

RMAL information and registration is at uwyo.edu/uwag/rmal.

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“We asked the group what their workforce needs were for students coming out of our college and if we were meeting their needs,” said Crane, who also serves

as the director of UW Extension.

Program developers learned the CoANR is known for training good rangeland managers, agribusiness professionals and animal scientists.

“But, from their perspective, what was needed were students who could integrate all the disciplines of agriculture with a blend of soft skills, interpersonal communication, understanding of public policy and the ability to interact with diverse audiences,” Crane said. “We thought this was an opportunity to develop an integrated program in our college that really meets all those needs.”

College personnel spent the last year and a half traveling the state listening to workforce needs, in addition to those received at the summits.

A gift from Farm Credit Services of America, plus a state match from the Wyoming Legislature provided about $3 million to start the effort.

Available opportunities To encourage interaction

between UW students and leaders in the fields of ranch management and agriculture, RMAL is offering an on-campus course that will be live-streamed with five different educational events held throughout Wyoming this winter.

Four three-hour workshops will be held this winter/spring in Sheridan, Riverton, Evanston and Laramie. These sessions are open to the public and can be attended in person or via Zoom.

“We hope our students on campus benefit from this opportunity to interact with real issues and real people addressing natural resource, agricultural and leadership challenges in Wyoming,” said Crane.

Topics include rangeland ecosystems, beef production, managing through winter and new developments in technology, said Rasco.

Much-needed program Crane said the college’s aspirations for the program has resonated with ranchers and federal agencies.

“The needs for the workforce and for the kinds of students we turn out in natural resources have really evolved,” said Crane.

“They’re embroiled in public policy and public lands issues. We still hope science provides the answers for everything, right? But it doesn’t.”

The issues are complex, and students need professional networks to work with complex issues, he said.

“We’ve had several people say this is exactly what needs to happen,” said Crane. “Recent alumni say they wish this program was here when they went to school.”

Tiered agricultural leadership The RMAL has three planned aspects. An undergraduate program will offer an integrated bachelor’s degree in ranch management and ag leadership with a focus on ag business, rangeland management, animal science and leadership skills.

The second part is an RMAL institute for a select

group of students. Up to 20 students may be chosen to attend.

“Individuals accepted to the RMAL institute will get more intensive training, more expectations for internships and networking with professionals and more experiential learning opportunities,” said Crane.

RMAL institute graduates may obtain a master’s degree in ranch management or a certificate in ranch management and ag leadership.

Details of the RMAL program continue to develop.

“We are just initiating the program development stage on campus,” said Crane. “Many of the details regarding curriculum, degrees, program names and timelines will reflect our future conversations with UW faculty and administrators.”

The third part of the RMAL has been created from discussions around the state, said Crane.

“This is to deliver community-based, professional development educational opportunities for existing ag producers, ranchers, ranch managers and natural resource managers,” he said. “That’s where Extension comes in, because that’s our job.”

The public option and student option have a required one-day leadership session scheduled in Casper.

“One of the resounding messages we get when we talk to people who hire our graduates is they need what is termed ‘soft skills’ – interpersonal communication, writing and public speaking skills,” said Crane.

“It’s not just about training how people manage ranches,” he said. “We hope we grow our next generation of leaders in ag business and in federal and state agencies, as well as ranchers.”

For more information about the RMAL, contact CoANR Director of Development Pepper Jo Six at 307-766-4133 or pepperjo@ uwyo.edu.

This article is courtesy of David Keto, the manager of communications and technology for UW Extension. For more information, visit uwagnews.

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Texas A&M Agricultural and Food Policy Center projects significant fertilizer cost increase disruptions to the U.S. cattle market and proposed estate tax legislation.

Rocketing fertilizer prices The AFPC report found, as the nation continues to maneuver through supply chain disruptions and agricultural input availability, there are impacts on both fertilizer availability and costs. Last August, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute in Missouri projected only a 10 percent increase in fertilizer prices in its forecast model, but recent spot prices have forecasts reaching as high as 80 percent more for the 2022 planting season.

Anhydrous ammonia increased by as much as $688 per ton or $86,000 per 1,000-acre AFPC representative farm through October 2021. The AFPC representative farms are from across the country and are used to calculate and project potential implications on future production.

“The current farm safety net is not designed to address these types of rapid production cost increases, which will continue to be a growing concern for farmers across the country, creating an emerging need for assistance,” Outlaw said.

The report found the largest whole-farm impact would fall on AFPC’s feedgrain farms at an average of $128,000 per farm and the largest per acre impact

would hit AFPC’s rice farms at $62.04 per acre.

AFPC economists went back to the 1980s, finding fertilizer prices typically tend to rise as corn revenues increase.

Grain market, production implications Jason Johnson, AgriLife Extension economist, said during the Blacklands Income Growth Conference grain farmers really need to do some crop budget forecasting for 2022.

Grain farmers will not only have to cope with record-high fertilizer prices, but also price support pressure from carryover supplies of grain coupled with drought in some of the major wheat production areas.

“If fertilizer prices are way up, how can you (as a farmer) reduce costs?”

Johnson said. “Make sure you are not wasting fertilizer and that you are being very strategic in your crop management planning.”

With higher fertilizer prices, Johnson said farmers are going to have to be increasingly mindful of their crop production budgets. He also suggested, to cope with inflation, grain farmers should consider putting some of their cash to work such as buying input needs ahead of time.

“Also, when was the last time you we had an increasing interest-rate environment?” Johnson said.

“What about experiencing four interest rate hikes within a year? Do you have anything financed with a variable interest rate? 2022 is going to be an increasing rate environment. How is that going to impact your operation and net revenue?”

He said farmers can counter with locking in

future contracts by selling a portion of their crop throughout the year.

“Pencil out cost exposure,” Johnson said. “Look

at what your costs are going to be in relation to relative profit. Crop budget forecasting can be used to your advantage.”

This article was written

by Blair Fannin and is courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife Services. For more information, visit agrilife.org.

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Farmers and economists are wringing their hands on how to get a handle on record-high fertilizer prices heading into the 2022 crop year, and a new report compiled by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University suggests prices may not be done going up due to several factors.

Joe Outlaw, co-director of the AFPC and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist, told farmers at the Blackland Income Growth Conference in Waco that fertilizer prices could escalate as much as 80 percent this year as supply and demand gyrate at never-before-seen levels.

A recently completed AFPC report, which analyzed the economic impacts of higher fertilizer prices on 64 representative farms, was compiled from a study initially requested by U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA).

Outlaw said producers are not only experiencing sticker shock, but may see product shortages.

“Coupled with current COVID-19 supply chain issues, this will further stress the production environment for agriculture across the country,” Outlaw said.

The fertilizer report is the most recent in a series of analyses by AFPC, which has previously released impact reports on supply

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Partial Budgeting: A Crucial Risk Management Tool

An old adage says, “Planning is everything.” Starting out as a new producer in any business is challenging enough—day-to-day decisions and duties can add up and quickly become overwhelming.

The more planning you can accomplish, especially in the form of budgeting, the more prepared you will be to deal with uncertainty in your business. Budgeting helps organize and allocate resources for the most profitable outcome. Budget focus is best aimed at achieving long term objectives.

PARTIAL BUDGET APPROACH

Partial budgeting is often one of the first steps in budget planning. It offers a quick method for evaluating the effect of a management decision or change in net income. Changes could include business or enterprise expansion, machinery/equipment purchase, a change in marketing strategy, or a choice between custom hire and owning equipment.

The partial budget approach provides a comparison of risk management alternatives as well. Breaking down the effect of simple changes in business operation can help a manager better understand the related changes in overall risk exposure. This understanding can inform future risk management decisions to streamline decision making when timelines are short. It is extremely important to evaluate business decisions carefully, in today’s high-cost environment and looming inflation.

A partial budget breaks down decisions by classifying potential effects into one of four categories: added returns, reduced costs, added costs and reduced returns. The net effect of the change is calculated as: benefits (added returns and reduced costs) minus the Figure 1. Partial budget format costs (added costs and reduced returns), Figure 1.

It is important to include only items that differ due to the management decision when assembling a partial budget; do not include items such as costs that remain constant. For example, if a producer is looking at the effects of a change in crop rotation, fixed costs such as land payments or property insurance would not be included, because they remain the same regardless of the crop planted. Items such as different seed, fertilizer, or tillage operations would be included.

It is also necessary to include all revenue and expense changes that might be possible when putting together the budget. This is critical to ensure an accurate and realistic estimate of the financial impact. It also important to be realistic when estimating cost and revenue values, such as commodity prices, input expenses, increased sale price, etc. Changes in these values can dramatically influence the bottom line of any analysis.

EXAMPLE PARTIAL BUDGET

The Smith Brothers*, Miles and Matt, are entering their third year of farming. The two are fresh out of college and trade school, respectively, and entered into a partnership on their Bighorn county farm purchased on contract from their uncle. They have been utilizing custom farming and spraying services for several field operations since getting started because they had limited resources for machinery purchases. In planning for the coming growing season, they notice there are disadvantages to this strategy, particularly hiring a sprayer.

Timely application is becoming a problem. They feel it is negatively affecting crop yields, especially in their barley and sugar beet crops. Miles believes it would be more profitable to purchase a sprayer and eliminate the custom applicator, while Matt is uncertain whether the high purchase cost will allow them to earn a profit.

Miles also believes purchasing a sprayer could allow them to move to a reduced tillage system for several crops, again allowing them to spray on their terms and not needing to wait for a custom applicator. This is exactly the sort of question a partial budget can help evaluate.

Under added returns, Miles feels they are consistently giving up crop yield due to weed pressure resulting from untimely spraying.

He estimates that by spraying themselves, they could gain at least ten bushels/acre for their malt barley ($80/acre at $8/bushel) and two tons per acre on their sugar beets ($45/ton or $90/acre total).

Figure 2. Smith brothers’ sprayer purchase estimated added returns.

Figure 3. Smith brothers’ sprayer purchase estimated reduced costs.

Figure 4. Smith brothers’ sprayer purchase estimated added costs.

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Reduced costs for the Smith brothers include $7.50/acre for custom spraying that is no longer needed. Owning a sprayer would allow them to cut down on tillage and move to a reduced tillage system, saving at least one primary tillage pass with a disk before barley is planted at $40/acre. They would also eliminate using a cultivator on beets, saving $15/acre. Savings can also be realized in the form of lower repair and maintenance on tillage equipment, saving an added $10/acre. Total reduced costs are estimated at $72.50/acre. There would be no reduced returns under this scenario.

Under added costs, they have located a sprayer they could pull with an existing tractor for $20,000. The resulting loan payment would be $4,619.50/year, assuming a five percent interest rate.

This cost would be spread over 1,200 acres (300 acres sprayed four times each year), resulting in an annual, per-acre cost of $3.85.

Miles estimates the operating costs at $6.50/acre and repairs and maintenance at $10/acre. Miles expects to apply an additional herbicide application, valued at $50/acre, to cut down on tillage and move towards a reduced-till operation, if the brothers purchase the sprayer.

The next step is to calculate the total net benefit for the strategy.

Added returns ($170/acre) and reduced costs ($72.50/acre) total $242.50 per acre. Added costs total $70.35/acre. Subtracting total costs from total benefits results in a net benefit of

Figure 5. Smith brothers’ sprayer purchase estimated net benefit.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Many online resources are available for new and beginning producers offering opportunities to learn about partial budgeting and its application. Visit RightRisk.org, the National Ag Risk and Farm Management Library at agrisk.umn.edu, or the Beginning Farmer and Rancher toolbox at farmanswers.org/toolbox for online tools, templates, courses, and other material.

$172.15/acre, Figure 5. The Smith brothers should explore the purchase of the sprayer in greater detail, given these assumptions.

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

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An important consideration the Smiths should keep in mind as they move forward with further analysis—cost and revenue values are generally entered as assumptions. This is fine for preliminary estimates. The problem becomes when these assumptions are inaccurate or where they are expected to remain constant. Suppose, for example, the Smith brothers were too optimistic in their estimate of the yield gains from owning the sprayer. Without the $170/acre in added returns, the net benefit would be $2.15/acre. For this and other reasons, it is important to estimate changes in costs and returns as realistically as possible, or account for the inherent variability in your numbers. This can be accomplished by using a range of values or by using a more advanced partial budget approach, like the Risk Scenario Planner available at RightRisk.org. * The Smith brothers’ operation is a case study example created to demonstrate RightRisk tools and their application. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, or agricultural operation is intended nor should be inferred.

James Sedman is a consultant to the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and John Hewlett is a farm and ranch management specialist in the department. Hewlett may be reached at (307) 766-2166 or hewlett@uwyo.edu.

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OBITUARIES

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Charles Anthony Larsen June 7, 1953 – Jan. 5, 2022

Charles Anthony “Chuck” Larsen was born June 7, 1953 in Sioux Falls, S.D. to Charles E. Larsen and Phyllis M. (Wachendorf) Larsen. He passed from this life Jan. 5, at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, S.D. after a

brief illness, with family at his side.

Chuck was an amazing man. He truly loved people and never met a stranger.

Everyone who knew him loved him and he loved them all.

Chuck retired in June of 2015 after 36 years with Carbon Power and Light in Saratoga where he worked as a groundsman, became a lineman, engineering tech, head engineer and then the general manager. After retirement, Chuck and his wife Linda moved to Hulett where Chuck spent his final years living out his dream.

He loved the area, the people and got to be horseback almost everyday.

Chuck was also a cow-

boy poet. He wrote all of his own material and loved entertaining people with his jokes and stories and poems.

He met so many wonderful entertainers over the years. He always said they were just like family to him and he loved them all.

Chuck had a very special way of writing, whether it was his poetry or articles he wrote for the Wren magazine. He always made everyone feel like they were part of the story. He was so much fun to watch when he was entertaining.

His poetry could be visualized as well as heard.

Chuck leaves behind his wife Linda; son Chris and his wife Jessica and

their children Maren, Kohin and Lachlan; daughter Beth, her husband Dave and their children Maxwell, Miles and Aubrey Sue; step-daughter Lisa and her partner Sandy; and step-son Scott and his wife Cindy and their children Elijah, Sage and Silas. Chuck loved being a dad to all four kids and loved being grandpa to all of his grandchildren.

Chuck is also survived by his dad Charles, his brother Rich and his children and his sister Cathy and her children.

Chuck also liked to hunt deer and elk. In Saratoga, he spent many years packing into the mountains with his horses and mules and his best buddies setting up hunting camp.

Chuck was “camp cook” and took the job very serious. He spent hours going over menus and his supply list to make sure everything went just as planned.

Chuck was also fortunate to go on two hunting trips to Alaska. On the first hunt, he shot a caribou and on the second hunt he shot a Dall sheep which was listed in Boone and Crocket as an alltime record sheep scoring 172 and he was honored at their 28th Annual North American banquet in Reno, Nev. as having the third largest sheep for the years 2010-12. The same year, he finally drew a tag in Wyoming for a Bighorn sheep and had a very successful hunt thanks to his guide Tanner and his old hunting buddies.

Chuck and Linda bought some other acreage besides their home place outside Hulett that Chuck liked to hunt on as well as ride on, as well as ride on, cut firewood, clean up and just enjoy being in nature. He was calling coyotes over there last year and was able to

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Chuck and Linda’s living room is full of his trophies. Hunting with his grandsons and Scott and Zac Palus, whom he called “Deer slayer” were some of his favorite hunts.

Chuck’s last big adventure was building his wife a cabin over on the other property.

Chuck proudly served in the United States Air Force. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and American Legion in Hulett.

Services for Chuck will be held Jan. 22 at the Greater Hulett Community Center in Hulett at 10 a.m. Following the service, there will be a cowboy music and poetry memorial, starring many of the entertainers he performed with over the years.

A lunch will follow.

Online condolences may be written at fidlerisburgfuneralchapels.com.

On Jan. 9, Lucy Anne McClintock Sullivan passed away. She was 92 years old.

Lucy was the proud mother of six children, 10 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

Born May 11, 1929 in Mooresville, Mo., Lucy was the daughter of Warren and Hazel (McMillen) McClintock. She was raised in Mooresville and went to school there through ninth grade when the family moved to Casper in 1944.

Lucy went to Natrona County High School and graduated in 1947. She worked for Mountain Bell Telephone from 1946 until she was married in 1949.

During her life, she donated her time to numerous philanthropic organizations, including the National Wool Growers Association, 4-H Club and volunteered at the local hospital.

Lucy married Frank Sullivan on Nov. 26, 1949.

Together they owned and operated the 2-C Land and Livestock Ranch, and through the years had six children. Lucy’s greatest

love was her family, and she dedicated her life to being a mother, grandmother, wife and helping her husband run the ranch.

Lucy is preceded in death by her parents, Warren and Hazel McClintock, husband Frank Sullivan, son Stephen Thomas Sullivan, brothers George McClintock and Jerry McClintock and sisters Lynette McClintock Webber and Lois McClintock Marvin.

Lucy is survived by her children Kathryn Sullivan Amato, Judi Sullivan (Steve) Dunning, Joe (Peggy) Sullivan, Tammy Sullivan (Tommy) Crimm and Frank (Suzette) Sullivan. She is also survived by many adoring grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The family thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Lucy was happiest trailing livestock up to the Big Horn Mountains with her family members by her side. We know she is in heaven enjoying being reunited with relatives.

Services will be conducted at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Casper on Jan. 22 at 1 p.m.

Newcomer Funeral Home in Casper is honored to serve the Sullivan family and invites friends to view and sign the online registry at newcomercasper.com and share favorite memories of Lucy. Visit hamlettdobson.com to leave an online condolence for the Sullivan family.

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AFBF continued from page 1 the best option we had to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). I believe he will work towards good solutions for agriculture,” Fornstrom said. “One interesting point during our presidents’ meeting with him is he said those involved in dairy need to figure out what they want because if they can’t agree, the USDA can’t do anything for them.”

In addition, presidents met with the organization’s sponsors, including Corteva, Bayer, John Deere, Case IH and Caterpillar, who spoke on what’s going on in the industry.

During the resolutions session, farmer and rancher delegates adopted policies to guide the organization’s work in 2022. Key topics ranged from milk pricing and beef market transparency to urban agriculture.

Other discussion covered federal broadband projects, diesel biofuels and the need for employee stabilization and reforms to the guestworker program.

Fornstrom explained a common thread at this convention and in the delegate session was the massive rise in input costs. He said, “The fact, even with projected higher commodity prices, the input costs going through the roof don’t help us. In addition, there was stimulating discussion about packer concentration and cattle market transparency.”

This sentiment was reflected during a lengthy debate over imbalances in the meat industry, which led to calls for greater transparency in livestock markets. However, concerns were expressed about having the federal government involved in the private cattle market sector.

“Being able to sit on the delegate floor, hearing the discussions amongst the regions, and being part of the discussion is what Farm Bureau is all about,” Fornstrom said. “Since this was the first meeting since COVID-19, it was good to be back in the swing of things. It’s always great to go to these; having interaction with your people and with those in other states is a good reminder of why we get together.”

Supporting agriculture

WyFB Executive Vice President Ken Hamilton attended several of the workshops. One of the best, he believed, was a presentation by Dr. Stepehen Koontz, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University.

“He presented a lot of information about packer concentration and having a requirement for packers to buy more cattle on the open market wouldn’t provide any help to producers; in fact, it would result in $50 per head less than a cattle producer would have received,” Hamilton reported. “He also believes we have a good chance of seeing two dollar calves in the coming years.”

Another workshop, Perspectives from the Food Supply and Beyond, featured a panel with a representative from Tyson, Environmental Defense Fund, Bayer Crop Science and Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Oregon.

“Two interesting points were when Callie Eiderberg with the Environmental Defense Fund said her counterparts at other environmental organizations don’t realize how much work is in farming and ranching and don’t understand what’s involved,” said Hamilton.

“My other thought was Justin Ransom with Tyson said there has to be a lot more transparency in the supply chain, especially production agriculture, yet nobody questioned why Tyson is so untransparent. It was an interesting presentation.”

Optimism in agriculture WyFB Vice President Cole Coxbill echoed Fornstrom’s sentiments regarding the convention.

“It’s always great to get back with long-time friends from across the country and talk about policies and issues going on at home. It’s refreshing to learn that they are dealing with something similar; you’re not alone,” the diversified farmer from Torrington said. “Everyone is passionate about agriculture, as that’s our family history, and we’re all working toward the same goal – to continue to produce an abundant food supply not only for consumers in this country but across the world.”

Discussing upcoming policy – WyFB Vice President Cole Coxbill on the floor during the AFBF Delegate Session where policy is voted on for the coming year. Rebecca Colnar photo

He admitted there there are hard times with the drought and worries about input costs, especially the extreme rise in fertilizer prices.

“In many people’s opinions, COVID-19 has been used as an excuse regarding the big increase in input prices,” Coxbill said. “However, agriculturalists are true optimists, as well as original environmentalists, and despite worries, we are still positive about the future of agriculture.”

Coxbill was able to attend the History of Atlanta Tour, which included a visit to the Atlanta History Center where the group learned about the founding of Atlanta – when the area was called Trasherville in 1839, Atlanta’s role in Civil War history, as well as the Civil Rights Movement and more.

Rebecca Colnar is a corresponding writer for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.

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Solving agriculture issues – Wyoming Farm Bureau President Todd Fornstrom visits about massive hikes in commodity pricing with Arizona Farm Bureau President Stephanie Smallhouse. Networking with other presidents during the convention offers an excellent way to share concerns and develop solutions.

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WATER continued from page 1 been issuing water usage permits which “infringe upon” the 3,740 gallons per second amount of water Nebraska is entitled to during the nonirrigation season. He is concerned water flow to Nebraska may drastically decrease if water isn’t directly diverted from the river.

Diverting water for ag and consumption The compact allows Nebraska to construct and operate canals on Colorado’s land in order to transfer water to Nebraska.

Nebraska can purchase land from Colorado landowners along the South Platte River or use eminent domain to secure the land.

Nebraska began to build a canal system before WWI, near Julesburg, Colo., and the abandoned project still exists.

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said it’s time for Nebraska to finish something that has needed to be completed for a long time.

Colorado released a report this month projecting a 42 to 70 percent growth of population living within the river basin between 2015 and 2050.

Peterson acknowledged Colorado’s current water shortages and projects saying, “It’s imperative that we finish this element and then go forward in exercising further rights

For more information on current snowpack, view the water supply report at wrds.uwyo.edu/.

under the contract.” He said the compact is Nebraska’s vital legal right.

According to Ricketts, Nebraska is the largest irrigated state in the country, with nine million irrigated acres. He believes agriculture in Nebraska will suffer without diverting the water.

Aside from agriculture, there may be a shortage of drinking water, which will not only affect cities near the river, but large cities like Lincoln and Omaha as well.

Ricketts said it’s time for Nebraska to take action.

“Nebraska has a long history of working to preserve, protect, manage and steward our water resources,” Ricketts said.

“Water is incredibly important to us.”

Kaitlyn Root is an editor for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

Wyoming water supply outlook According to the Wyoming Basin and Water Supply Outlook Report for January 2022, snowpack or snow water equivalents (SWE) is 91 percent of median with a basin high of 121 percent in the Little Snake and Upper Bear River Basins and a basin low of 51 percent in the South Platte River Basin. At this time last year, the state median was 77 percent, and in 2019 it was 109 percent.

During December, basin precipitation was 135 percent of median with a basin high of 180 percent to 185 percent in the Laramie and Lower Green River Basins, respectively, and a basin low of 75 percent in the Tongue River Basin. Water year precipitation is 115 percent of median.

Natural Resources Conservation District Hydrologist Jim Fahey says it’s too early to tell what summer irrigation and water supplies might look like, but the data is promising.

“So far, it looks much better than last year at this time, but we still need to see what happens with moisture this spring,” he said.

Although precipitation levels across Wyoming were above normal October through December, reservoir storages are down from last year.

Across Wyoming, reservoirs are currently averaging 67 percent of capacity, down from last year’s 78 percent of capacity.

The reservoir storages for late December were 87 percent of median, down from last year’s 101 percent. The Wind River Basin had the highest average reservoir storage at 105 percent and a storage low of 25 percent in the Snake River Basin.

Snowmelt runoff stream flow volumes are projected to be above median at 105 percent with the highest across the Little Snake and Upper Bear Basins at 130 to 140 percent and the lowest across the Powder and Cheyenne drainages at 75 percent of median.

The data shows an overall good start to the year, but spring moisture will be needed before predicting water supplies for summer irrigation.

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Dan Busch of Select Sires Inc., discusses several management practices producers need to consider in order to have a successful artificial insemination (AI) season.

Busch shares his knowledge in several different areas, including equation of reproduction, cattle facilities, pregnancy weights and body conditions, growth promoting reproductive tract implants and scores, in addition to several other considerations.

Equation of reproduction Busch explains reproduction is a systems approach. Several factors which may affect the overall success of the synchronization within AI programs include estrus response, inseminator efficiency, herd fertility and semen fertility.

Busch provides several examples and discusses each synchronization factor. In one he shares, if estrus response is 100 percent and multiplied by an inseminator efficiency of 90 percent, herd fertility at 90 percent and semen fertility at 90 percent, this will equal an overall success rate of 73 percent.

If inseminator efficiency drops below 50 percent, this will greatly affect the overall success score, he adds.

“Producers can see a pretty drastic reduction in the overall success rate if any of these factors are affected,” Busch says.

Cattle facilities Busch notes it is important to consider cattle facilities during the AI process.

Producers should be able to gather cattle in a reasonable and efficient timeframe, keep cattle calm and work them consistently, he shares.

“It can make life a lot

easier if there are facilities to get this task accomplished,” he says. “If operations don’t have anything specific to AI, there are a few tweaks, additions or changes here and there, which can be really beneficial as far as the flow of cattle through the facility.”

Producers can look at obtaining portable corrals, alley ways, chutes or an AI barn, Busch notes.

“A lot of these are investments either farmers or ranchers make or investments that companies have invested in to make this process a little simpler and easier,” says Busch. “Anything causing stress to a cow in this process will affect the overall result and the success of the AI program.”

Pregnancy weights and body condition Pregnancy weights are also a determining factor when looking at the success of an AI season.

“Ideally, producers should look for 80 to 95 percent of their heifers conceiving during a 60-day breeding season to be good candidates for an AI program,” Busch says.

He continues, “If producers are struggling to get 75 to 80 percent of their heifers bred in what I would call a controlled 60to 80-day breeding season, there’s probably some other things they need to address or restart the synchronization program before starting an AI program.”

In a synchronization program, producers will need to evaluate body conditions scores at calving and prior to calving, as well as at or right before the artificial synchronization program.

“Ideally, we want to see cows in the five, six and seven body condition score Please see AI on page 17

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CropWatch website hosts dry bean 2021 variety trials from UNL research center Results of the 2021 variety trials for dry edible beans conducted by the University of Nebraska (UNL) Panhandle Research and Extension Center have been posted on the Nebraska Extension CropWatch website.

The direct link for variety trial results for dry beans – as well as other crops such as field pea, millet, sunflowers and oats – is cropwatch.unl. edu/varietytest/othercrops.

Or, navigate to the Other Crops Variety Trials page from the main CropWatch page at cropwatch.unl.edu by clicking on these links: management > variety testing > other crops.

Results for the most recent three years are listed on that page. In addition, older variety trial results are archived on a separate page which is linked to the current variety-trial page.

UNL photo

Dry bean variety trials Nebraska’s dry edible bean variety trials have been operated for 40 years as a service to the dry bean industry to evaluate which dry bean varieties and experimental lines

AI continued from page 16 range,” says Busch.

Reproductive tract health “There’s data out there which shows growth promoting implants can affect reproductive development and the physiological maturity of heifers implanted at a young age,” explains Busch.

While heifers may look normal physically, their reproductive tract may not be fully developed, he says.

“Reproductive tract scores are done by rectally palpating the uterus and ovaries to evaluate reproductive development maturity,” says Busch, noting a reproductive tract score of a four or five would indicate heifers have started cycling.

Producers can use estrogen detection patches, neck collar base systems or ear tag systems to get an idea of how many heifers are cycling before the synchronization program begins.

“Ideally, producers like to see 50 percent or more of heifers cycling before you start a synchronization program,” he adds.

Other considerations Busch recommends producers use an a.m./ p.m. rule when using estrus detection.

“If females are standing in estrus in the morning, they would be inseminated in the evening and if females are standing in estrus in the evening, they would be inseminated the following morning,” says Busch.

He also notes one of the biggest considerations producers should consider is to

keep the AI supplies clean, organized and maintained.

In addition, crew members working the cattle need to be capable of handling the task at hand. He notes those fresh out of AI school should start on smaller groups of cattle.

“If you just finished an AI class, I would recommend trying your hand at synchronizing and AI’ing a group of 10 to 15 cows to make sure you’re competent and confident in your skills,” Busch says.

Additionally, it is important to consider straw storage and straw size.

Straws should be kept in a well-maintained liquid nitrogen tank.

When making sire selections, Busch recommends producers do their homework and get as much information as possible.

“The breeding decisions producers make today are the breeding decisions they will see within the next 10 years,” he says.

Lastly, Busch notes, “Keep records, as they allow producers to troubleshoot any issues and evaluate their results, plan ahead, keep things consistent as possible following AI and reach out to the industry and university professionals to ask questions.”

Information in this article was sources from an Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Online Convention session held Oct. 11, 2021.

Brittany Gunn is the editor at the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

“If operations don’t have anything specific to AI, there are a few tweaks, additions or changes here and there that can be really beneficial as far as the flow of cattle through the facility.” – Dan Busch, Select Sires Inc.

are best suited for western Nebraska. The 2021 trials were planted at two locations: the Scottsbluff Ag Lab at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center and the Mitchell Ag Lab, five miles to the north.

UNL staff under the direction of Dry Bean Breeding Specialist Carlos Urrea did the planting, fieldwork, harvest and analysis of results.

The dry bean report includes a description and

summary of the trials, and tables that list yield adjusted at 14 percent moisture, test weigh and other data for each variety within the market classes. In addition, the report includes detailed information about

TIPTON RANCH

plot management, such as planting dates, seeding rates, herbicide treatments, row width, irrigation and harvest dates.

A total of 10 trials were conducted at the two locations: two plots each of Great Northern (20 entries), pinto (40 entries), light red kidney (15 entries), black beans (14 entries) and navy (12 entries).

Results were compiled by Urrea. He also acknowledged Panhandle Center Farm Manager Gene Kizzire and his team and the summer crew for help with agronomic management, and thanked the Nebraska Dry Bean Commission for its financial support.

In addition to the website, the report will be published in the Bean Bag newsletter published by the Nebraska Dry Bean Growers Association.

“Everyday is sale day!”

Annual Private Treaty Sale Begins January 22, 2022

60 Two-Year-Old Hereford Bulls (Horned and Polled) for sale at the ranch North of Lewellen, NE. The Private Treaty Sale will begin January 22 and will continue until all of the bulls are sold.

It’s proven THERE IS A DIFFERENCE between a “good one” and the “industry average.” You can prove it to yourself by using our bulls on your cows and heifers.

We are fortunate to be able to objectively compare “ours” against “theirs” and use the data to constantly improve “ours.”The information from our feedyard, grazing program, commercial cows, the closeouts and carcass results and ultimately the check from the packer at harvest time have helped us get better and provide a more profitable product for all segments of the cattle industry.

When our customers wean their calves sired by our bulls and they weigh 32-84 pounds more than the other genetics in their herd, it’s a good thing!

When the baldy heifers sired by our bulls wean calves 30-55 pounds heavier than the straight breeds, it’s a good thing!

These bulls represent the same proven genetics and the same common-sense development program that has kept our past bull customers, as well as ourselves, in business for the past 49 years. Come see for yourself or call us and we will select the bulls that fit your needs – the “Sight Unseen Guarantee” assures your complete satisfaction.

When our feeding customers tell us the steers and heifers sired by our bulls beat the yard average for yield, gain, cost of gain, and ultimately profitability, it’s a good thing!

• Developed on grass with minimal supplement • Complete vaccination program • Volume Discount • Guaranteed first breeding season • Sight unseen purchase guarantee • Cooperate on delivery

Two of the Proven light birth weight “Power Bulls” used in our program.

Mike’s cell: 308-770-0080 | Belinda’s cell: 308-770-0090 | House: 308-778-5381 Call for Actual Bull Data and EPDs or go to tipton-ranch.com

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CALENDAR

SALES Jan. 18

Submit your events to: Editor, Wyoming Livestock Roundup, P.O. Box 850, Casper, WY, 82602, or e-mail to roundup@wylr.net.

Jan. 20

EVENTS

Jan. 22

Jan. 16-23 Jan. 18

Jan. 19-22 Jan. 20

Jan. 20 Jan. 21-22 Jan. 24 Jan. 24 Jan. 25

Jan. 27

Jan. 27

National Western Stock Show, Denver. For more information, visit nationalwestern.com.

Leading Farm and Ranch Employees Virtual Seminar Series, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Zoom. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/Leading_ Employees.

American Sheep Industry Association Convention, San Diego, Calif.

For more information, visit sheepusa.org.

Leading Farm and Ranch Employees Virtual Seminar Series, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Zoom. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/Leading_ Employees.

Wyoming Livestock Board Meeting, 10:30 a.m., WyoTech, Laramie. For more information, contact the Wyoming Livestock Board at 307-777-7515.

Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation/South Dakota Farm Bureau Young Farmer & Rancher 2022 Conference, The Lodge at Deadwood, Deadwood, S.D. For more information, visit wyfb.org/yfr/yfr-conference.

BLM Sage Grouse Planning Virtual Public Meeting, 6:30-8 p.m. To register, visit eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2016719/530.

WGFD Cody Area Mule Deer Management Meeting, 6-8 p.m., Yellowstone Conference Center Rooms 105 and 106, Northwest College, Powell.

Leading Farm and Ranch Employees Virtual Seminar Series, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Zoom. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/Leading_ Employees.

Leading Farm and Ranch Employees Virtual Seminar Series, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Zoom. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/Leading_ Employees.

WGFD Cody Area Mule Deer Management Meeting, 6-8 p.m., Cody Club Room, Cody.

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Please visit to fill out an application and view auctions.

Jan, 13 - 180 Hd. BULLS Fieldgrove Ranch LLC - Buffalo 1 Red Bull, 1635# .....................$9300 Johnstone, Casey - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Bull, 2330# .......................$9000 Kirby Creek Ranch Ltd - Thermopolis 1 Blk Bull, 2095# .......................$8800 Paint Rock Angus Ranch - Hyattville 1 Blk Bull, 2145# .......................$8450 Hogg, Ronee - Meeteetse 1 Blk Bull, 1775# .......................$8400 Mueller, Terry - Shell 1 Blk Bull, 1415# .......................$7950 Hoffman, Ron & Faye - Thermopolis 1 Blk Bull, 1830# .......................$7900 BRED COWS Heart Mountain Cattle Co. - Powell 1 Blk Bred Cow, 1200#.............$7000 1 Blk Bred Cow, 1675#.............$6500 1 Blk Bred Cow, 1520#.............$6000 Shirran Revoc Trust - Hyattville 1 Blk Bred Cow,1335#..............$5950 COWS Brown, Matt - Thermopolis 1 CharX Cow, 1420# ................$6800 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1415# ...........$6350 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1543# ...........$6150 Nye Livestock LLC - Cody 1 Blk Cow, 1710#......................$6650 1 Blk Cow, 1550#......................$6450 1 BWF Cow, 1225# ..................$6350

1 Blk Cow, 1350#......................$5900 Hampton Sheep Co. - Worland 1 Blk Cow, 1345#......................$6550 1 Blk Cow, 1365#......................$6350 1 Blk Cow, 1255#......................$6050 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1250# ...........$6050 Hoggs Blk Diamond Cattle - Meeteetse 1 BWF Cow, 1350# ..................$6450 1 Blk Cow, 1305#......................$6050 Crowfoot Ranch Inc. - Worland 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1308# ...........$6350 1 Blk Cow, 1495#......................$6350 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1318# ...........$6250 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1423# ...........$6150 1 Blk Cow, 1375#......................$6050 1 Blk Cow, 1345#......................$6000 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1363# ...........$5950 1 Blk Cow, 1385#......................$5750 Heart Mountain Cattle Co. - Powell 1 Blk Cow, 1670#......................$6250 Greer Land & Livestock - Hyattville 1 Red Cow, 1430#....................$6200 1 Red Cow, 1060#....................$5800 2 Red Cows, avg. 1115# ..........$5500 1 Red Cow, 1275#....................$5350 Hampton Sheep Co. - Worland 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1360# ...........$6200 Hogg, Michael - Meeteetse 1 Blk Cow, 1425#......................$6200 Rio Bravo Cattle Co. - Colorado Springs 1 Blk Cow, 1330#......................$6100 1 Blk Cow, 1600#......................$6100 1 Blk Cow, 1220#......................$6000

Johnstone, Casey - Ten Sleep 1 BWF Cow, 1670# ..................$6000 1 Blk Cow, 1390#......................$5600 Daniels, Darlene - Thermopolis 1 Red Cow, 1295#....................$5950 Russell Land & Livestock - Basin 1 Blk Cow, 1275#......................$5800 1 BWF Cow, 1355# ..................$5600 Slipknot Livestock LLC - Alcova 1 Blk Cow, 1295#......................$5500 HEIFERETTE Hampton Sheep Co. - Worland 1 Blk Hfrette, 1080#................$10000 3 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 848# ..........$8700 Brown, Matt - Thermopolis 1 Blk Hfrette, 970# ....................$9500 1 Blk Hfrette, 1115# ..................$7450

• Upcoming Sales • Jan. 17 – Monday Feeder & Weaned Calf Special - Feeder Cattle Only Jan. 20 – All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat Jan. 27 – Bred Cow Special w/ All Class Cattle Feb. 3 – Weigh-Up Special Feb. 9 – Wednesday - Durbin Creek Bull Sale Feb. 10 – No Sale

Consignments – Monday, Jan. 17 Feeder & Weaned Calf Special • 3,000 Head Expected Nick & Karen Geis – 220 mixed blk 650-750#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, grow ration, no grain • Hampton Sheep Co. – 200 mixed blk, 600-700#, weaned, 2 rounds of shots, light grow ration • Jake Nicholas – 175 blk strs, 550-650#, weaned, 2 rounds of shots • Nessenthaler Ranch – 150 blk strs, 500-600#, weaned, 2 rounds of shots, silage/hay • Rankine Livestock – 140 blk/red strs, 600-700#, 2 rounds of shots, slow grow ration, 60 blk/red hfrs, 550-650#, 2 rounds of shots, on pasture • McCumber Ranch – 130 mxd, 80% blk, 20% red, 425625#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay fed • Greer Land & Livestock – 125 mixed red, 400-500#, complete vacc at branding • Charter Place – 110 hfrs, blk, 500-600#, complete vacc at branding • Cook Livestock – 86 strs, red & CharX, 550-625#, 21 hfrs, CharX, Precon 90, running out • TD & Sons – 110 blk strs, 600-700#, 3 rounds of shots, on pasture • Brewster Ranch – 30 blk/BWF strs, 75 blk/BWF hfrs, 450-650#, 2 rounds of shots, on pasture • Dobson Ranch – 75 strs, blk, 25 hfrs, blk, 550-650#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, fed silage, hay & straw • Rolling T Livestock – 100 mixed blk/red, 500-550#, spring shots, fall Mulitmin, poured • Dale McIntosh – 53 CharX strs, 600-700#, 45 hfrs, 550-650#, weaned, 2 rounds of shots • Casey Johnstone – 90 strs, blk, 700-750#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay and silage, no grain • Justin Reed – 90 hfrs, blk, 500-600#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay fed & mineral • Hoodoo Ranch – 95 Red/Char strs, 400-525#, knife cut, 53 Red/Char hfrs, 350#, 33 blk hfrs, 560#, weaned, full vacc, hay fed • Jay Neeves – 80 mxd blk, 600-650#, hay/ beet pulp, 2 rounds of shots, poured • Jack & Ellen Baird – 70 strs, blk & BWF, 425-525#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay fed • Dale Lyman Ranch – 62 mxd blk, 300-500#, avg. 425#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned 60 days • Mark Hoyt – 60 hfrs, blk, 500-600#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay fed & a few pounds of corn • Rusatt Ranch – 60 mixed blk, 450-550#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, running out • DN Livestock – 40 blk hfrs, 550650#, hay fed • Mendez Brothers – 40 mixed blk, 600-650#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned 60 days, fed hay & silage • Keith and Lisa Bower – 40 mixed blk, 600-650#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay fed • Dale Fabricius – 40 mxd blk, 500-600#, complete vacc at branding, running out with cows • Dale & Cynthia Bodtke – 26 blk strs, 13 blk hfrs, 650-750#, weaned, 2 rounds of shots, poured • Gordon Price – 20 mixed blk, 500-600#, weaned, hay with corn • Robert & Sara Good – 12 blk strs, 700#, 13 blk hfrs, 600#, shots at branding, weaned 90 days, hay fed with a little corn • Nye Livestock – 28 mxd blk, 500-550#, weaned Sept., on pasture, poured, complete vacc at branding • Nick Apland – 20 mxd blk, 500-525#, shots at branding, weaned, bunk broke, fed silage & grain • Rice Ranch – 20 hfrs, red, 500-550#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay fed • Shawn & Drenda Scolari – 20 strs, blk, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, running out, grass hay • Jeff Friesen – 18 strs, blk, 600-650#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, hay fed • Bryan & Marti Warner – 16 hfrs, blk/red, 550-650#, 2 rounds of shots, Bangs vacc, weaned • Parsley Red Angus – 12 strs, red, 600#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, poured, bunk broke • Pete & Darlene Scipps – 10 red strs, complete vacc at branding, 450-550#, weaned • Lazy T Ranch – 8 red calves, weaned, complete vacc at branding, 500-600#, pasture & hay fed • Jake Miller – 8 mixed blk, 600-700#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, poured, starter ration • Tom Shirran – 7 mxd red calves, 500-550#, weaned, hay fed • Jeanette Tolman – 5 mxd blk, 450-550# • McLean 91 Ranch – 5 mxd blk, 500550#, shots at branding, weaned, hay fed • Jim Whipps – 5 strs, blk, 650#, shots at branding, weaned, poured, pastured on corn stalks & hay fed • Jack Lindsey – 4 hfrs, blk, 550-650#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned, free choice hay • Bob & Lori McMillin – 1 fancy blk hfrs, Bangs vacc, 550#, complete vacc at branding.

Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 27

Ken Haas Angus 41st Annual Right Combination Bull Sale, at the ranch, LaGrange, 307-834-2356, kenhaasangus.com Thomas Angus Ranch Wyoming Bull Sale, Cheyenne Frontier Days Event Center Building, 541-524-9322, 541-403-0562, thomasangusranch. com Little Goose Ranch 5th Annual Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo, 307-751-1535, 307-751-5793, littlegooseranch.com Bullis Creek Ranch Spring Production Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wood Lake, Neb., 402-376-4465, bulliscreek.com Marcy Cattle Company & Marcy Livestock 61st Annual Angus Bull Sale, Gordon Livestock Auction, Gordon, Neb., 308-638-7587, 308-4302005, marcycattlecompany.com Valley Video Hay Markets Hay Time Auction, 308-235-5386, valleyvideohay.com

POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

Show Week in Denver Week of January 18-23 Will Be Hot Time In the Old Town.

Thus reads the headline and subhead in the Jan. 14, 1915 issue of the Saratoga Sun. Below is the following news item.

The National Horse Show and Midwinter Fair will be held at the Denver Union Stockyards Jan. 18-25 inclusive under the auspices of the Gentlemen’s Driving and Riding Club, backed by the commercial organizations of Denver.

In addition to the horse show, which promises to be the most extensive and interesting in the history of the event, there will be held a poultry show, of national magnitude, a Baby Health Contest, a most extensive agricultural exhibit, a dog show, a sportsmen’s exhibition, a display of Colorado-made goods by the Manufacturers’ Association and all the novelties incident to the idea and plan of a midwinter fair.

Special efforts are being made toward making Monday and Saturday nights especially attractive. The railroads are making the usual low rates for this week and Denver is preparing to entertain a record-breaking crowd.

During horse show week, the Denver Press

Club will give its annual “Brand Iron” dinner and grand ball. The dinner is planned along the same lines as the famous Washington, D.C. “Gridiron” banquet.

There will be held in Denver during horse show week, about 20 conventions, delegates to which are assured of a right royal time during every moment of their stay.

The national character of the horse show is evidenced by the character and number of the stables coming from various parts of the United States. Miss Loula Long of Kansas City, who has not exhibited in Colorado for two years, is coming again with a new stable of 10 harness and four saddle horses. One of the latter she has just purchased for $12,000.

The John R. Thompson stable of Chicago, winner of many blue ribbons in Denver, is coming again as is the string of O. J. Mooers of Columbia, Mo. That the visitors, however, will have to look to their laurels is shown by the fact that A. T. Lewis has purchased what he calls a “mystery” horse. Although he declines to disclose the identity of this new acquisition, he is confident it will make visitors go their

best to win in this particular class. Dr. Sherman Williams, whose Denver stable is always a feature of the entertainment, has also just purchased a new horse which recently arrived and is now in training.

The stadium has already been put into commission and is properly heated and arranged for the convenience of the horses which have already started their preparation.

A unique feature will be a “milk” show, although it will not be possible to have on exhibition the prize-winning milk cows, the modern hygienic processes of handling milk and manufacturing products and by-products will be exhibited. There will be demonstrations of the proper methods of sterilization, pasteurization, separating, measuring butter content, butter making and the like.

The idea of the sportsmen’s show is most practical. It aims to have on display the articles which will indicate to the motorist, the hunter, the fisherman, the prospector and all others loving the out-of-door life just what kind of an outfit will fit his needs.

As an adjunct to the poultry exhibition, there will be held the annual Colorado competition between pet animals.

Ribbons, cups and merchandize prizes will be awarded.

While the educational features will be unusually strong, the purely entertainment features are also going to be especially emphasized and a special committee is working to secure every possible midway attraction.

W. W. Axton wagon and mule team on display in the concession area at the 1909 National Horse Show and Midwinter Fair in Denver. Photo from National Western Stock Show history page on the internet. Historical Reproductions by Perue

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MARKETS

LIVE CATTLE FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Compiled from USDA Market News Service information and other sources

Location Volume PAYS 1-12

400-500 600-700 700-800 UnUnder 400FOR THE500-600 WEEK ENDING

Steers Heifers

203 168.50

1555

163

Centennial 1-7

165

165-194 133-153

172.50

Crawford 1-7 6227

214 180

198-220.50 155-192

186-216 158-192

176 141-146.50

Over 800 Sltr Bull May 24, Sltr 2019 Cows

152 139

69-84 44-64

167.50-182.75 139.50-168

St. Onge 1-7

81-100 47.50-95.50 220-236 189-216

201-230 178-203.50

187.50-225 164-180.50

171-200 155-169.50

200-219 170-179.50

171.50-214 164-182

170.50-198 155-170.50

144.50-178 135-154

165-179.50 153.50

157.50-161.50 149

150.50-166.25 160.50-162.25 144.50 102-135

Big Horn Basin 1-13 180 Billings 1-13 3202

210-215 162.50-192

192-218 150-187

160-208 158.50-174

56-103

155-179 130-165

142-156 142-158

136-154 110-153.50

$950-$1910 83.50-111 52-115 79-93 53.50-68

59.50-70

72.50-90.50 41-80

52-111

PAYS

Feeder Lambs

Slaughter Lambs

Slaughter Ewes

Stock Ewes

Month

1519

St. Onge

1880

Week Prev

This Week

162.58 167.28 171.08 173.43 181.15

162.93 166.73 170.48 172.65 181.98

Change +0.35 -0.55 -0.60 -0.78 +0.83

WHEAT FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

7.46 7.50 7.49 7.52

7.47 7.49 7.42 7.45

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

Change +0.01 -0.01 -0.07 -0.07

CORN FUTURES SETT PRICE

Slaughter Bucks

Week Prev

This Week

6.04 6.04 6.02 5.67

5.87 5.89 5.88 5.67

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

No Report

Centennial

-0.35 -1.47 -0.73 -0.68 -0.55

SETT PRICE

$750-$1675 $685-$1060

WEEKLY SHEEP AUCTIONS Volume

137.00 140.98 136.85 136.40 140.58

Change

FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES

Month

Auction

137.35 142.45 137.58 137.08 141.13

JANUARY MARCH APRIL MAY AUGUST

140-169 143

Riverton 1-11 1831 Torrington 1-12 8878

Stock Cows Pairs

51.50-80 158-199 145-170

This Week

FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE AUGUST OCTOBER

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 14, 2022 WEEKLY CATTLE AUCTIONS

Week Prev

Change -0.17 -0.15 -0.14 NC

OATS FUTURES 280-375

220-320

181-391

Daily Grower Bids Region Price US #2 Yellow Corn Southeast WY 5.5250-5.9750 US #1 HRWW Southeast WY 6.9975-7.0975 US #1 Black Beans Min-Dak 45-46/cwt US #1 Dark Red Kidney Beans Min-Dak 45/cwt US #1 Great Northern Beans Den-Rate 30/cwt #1 Light Red Kidney Beans Min-Dak 50/cwt Den-Rate 50/cwt US #1 Pea (Navy) Beans Min-Dak 42/cwt US #1 Pinto Beans Min-Dak 42-45/cwt Den Rate 44/cwt Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Greeley, CO National Sheep Summary As of January 7, 2022 Compared to last week slaughter lambs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter ewes were weak to 8.00 lower. Feeder lambs were not well tested. At San Angelo, TX 3,664 head sold. Equity Cooperative Auction sold 350 slaughter lambs in North Dakota. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested.

2,208 lamb carcasses traded with no trend due to confidentiality.

All sheep sold per hundredweight (CWT) unless specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 San Angelo: wooled and shorn 130-140 lbs 275.00-276.00; 150170 lbs 195.00-200.00.

Ft. Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 110-140 lbs 265.00-285.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 115-150 lbs 230.00-238.00, few 245.00-270.00; 150-165 lbs 226.00-230.00.

Billings, MT: wooled and shorn 110-115 lbs no test.

Equity Coop: wooled and shorn 130 lbs 230.75.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2 San Angelo: hair 40-60 lbs 400.00-440.00; 60-70 lbs 375.00401.00, few 405.00-426.00; 70-80 lbs 354.00-390.00, few 400.00; 80-90 lbs 320.00-365.00, few 370.00; 90-110 lb 280.00-336.00. wooled and shorn 93 lbs 328.00.

Ft. Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 260.00-270.00; 80-90 lbs 290.00-305.00. hair 76 lbs 265.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 58 lbs 365.00; 60-70 lbs 355.00-365.00; 78 lbs 395.00; 80-90 lbs 310.00-345.00; 91 lbs 335.00. hair 73 lbs 380.00; 91 lbs 305.00.

Billings: no test.

Slaughter Ewes San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 160.00-186.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 170.00-200.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 150.00-186.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 130.00135.00; Cull 1 90.00.

Ft. Collins: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 180.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 140.00215.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 145.00-175.00; Cull 1 no test.

South Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 140.00-176.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 163.00-175.00, hair 200.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 165.00-185.00; Cull 1 140.00-145.00.

Billings: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.

Equity Coop: no sales.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: 59 lbs 350.00.

Ft. Collins: 55 lbs 290.00; 79 lbs 280.00; 90-100 lbs 280.00305.00; 100-110 lbs 290.00-307.50; 123 lbs 235.00.

South Dakota: 105 lbs 200.00; 144 lbs 218.00. Billings: no test.

Equity Coop: no sales.

Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: hair ewe lambs 89 lbs 370.00/cwt; mixed age hair 115140 lbs 196.00-232.00/cwt. Ft. Collins: no test.

South Dakota: bred yearlings 385.00/head; bred young 335.00-410.00/ head; bred middle age 335.00/head.

Billings: no test.

Sheep and lambs slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 35,000 compared with 32,000 last week and 34,000 last year.

Source: USDA AMS Market News, San Angelo, Texas Wyoming Hay Summary As of January 13, 2022 Compared to last week: Reported hay trades sold steady to weak

160-200 141-180

177.50

150+-255 91-116

on a light test. Trade and demand are moderate and sporadic and supply is limited. Snow expected in the next week in Eastern regions of the state.

Eastern Wyoming Alfalfa - Premium Large Square 230 Alfalfa Pellets Suncured 315 Western Wyoming Alfalfa - Premium Small Square, 3 tie 240-260 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 200 Alfalfa Cubes 320 Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Premium Large Square 270-280 Barley - Good Large Square 180 Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Nebraska Hay Summary As of January 13, 2022 Compared to last week: Comparable trades of baled hay in the Platte Valley and Central Nebraska sold steady to weak.

Ground and delivered hay throughout the state remained steady. Demand was moderate with sporadic trade within the state - most cattle remain on cornstalks and require little supplementation. Trade and inquiries continue from the states west and north of Nebraska. Contacts reported little to no precipitation throughout the state over the past week.

Central Nebraska Alfalfa - Good Large Round 132-150 Alfalfa/Oat Mix - Good Large Round 95 Corn Stalk Large Round 45-60 Grass - Fair/Good Large Round 125 Eastern Nebraska Brome Grass - Premium Large Round 130 Large Round 165 Platte Valley Nebraska Alfalfa - Good Large Round 150 Large Round 140-150 Alfalfa - Delivered Ground 180 Alfalfa Pellets Suncured 260 Pellets Dehydrated 280-290 Alfalfa/Orchard Mix - Premium Medium Square 135/bale Cane Large Round 110 Corn Stalk - Delivered Ground 95 Large Round 60-65 Western Nebraska Alfalfa - Premium Large Square 200-210 Large Square 210-220 Alfalfa - Delivered Ground 225 Orchard Grass - Premium Large Square 240 Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Kearny, NE South Dakota Hay Summary As of January 13, 2022 Compared to last week: All classes of hay steady. Good to very good demand for all types and qualities of hay, good demand for straw and corn stalk bales as well. Last week’s arctic like weather was replaced with temps near or above 50 degrees helping to lessen the need for supplemental feed to maintain body condition. Snow forecast for East River at the end of the week as a large system moves south but will miss western South Dakota where snows are needed to fill stock dams. Corn stalk bales remain in high demand, compared to previous years, as cattle producers grind and blend the stalks to cheapen their forage cost.

Alfalfa - Supreme Large Round 250 Large Square 250 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 225 Grass - Premium Large Round 170 Grass - Fair Large Round 145-160 Grass - Utility Large Square 100 Corn Stalk Round 50-70 Wheat Large Square 100 Oat Small Square 6/Bale Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Worthing, SD Colorado Hay Summary As of January 13, 2022 Compared to the last report: Trade activity light on good demand for horse hay markets. Trade inactive on dairy and feedlot

SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

6.70 6.42 6.00 5.23

6.23 5.97 5.66 5.14

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

Change -0.47 -0.45 -0.34 -0.09

SOYBEAN FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

JANUARY MARCH MAY JULY

This Week

13.77 13.87 13.96 14.01

13.65 13.77 13.87 13.95

Change -0.12 -0.10 -0.09 -0.06

CUTOUT VALUES CUTOUT VALUES Primal Rib Primal Chuck Primal Round Primal Loin

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

270.18 416.10 226.29 223.34 343.97

267.79 433.25 220.23 219.75 336.69

206.76 343.33 179.23 178.52 261.27

5 AREA WEEKLY WEIGHTED CATTLE PRICE Live Steer Live Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer

This Week

138.41 138.09 219.98 219.99

Prior Week

139.59 139.06 220.89 221.31

Last Year

111.27 111.56 175.79 176.01

markets. All markets sold steady this period. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s High Plains Summary for January 11, 2022, substantial precipitation (over 0.5 inch) was generally restricted to higher-elevation areas in Wyoming and Colorado.

Heavy precipitation has been common across the higher elevations of central and northern Colorado in the past couple of months. Some of these mountains received several inches more than normal precipitation in the last 90 days, resulting in abundant snowpack that prompted drought improvement through this region. The next available report will be Thursday, January 20, 2022.

Mountains & Northwest Timothy Grass - Premium Medium Square 135 Northeast Forage Mix-Three Way - Premium Small Square 10/bale Southeast Prairie/Meadow Grass - Premium Small Square 10/bale Source: USDA-AMS Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO

The latest markets data can be found by visiting USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service at

https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 38 • January January 15, 15, 2022 2022

CLASSIFIEDS

Marketing Specialists

Marketing Specialists P.O. Box 633 North Platte, NE 69101

307-234-2700 • 1-800-967-1647 • Fax: 307-472-1781 • E-mail: jodym@wylr.net or denise@wylr.net Website: www.wylr.net. Weekly Deadline: Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.

Notice

Notice

Help Wanted

NOTICE BLM PERMITTEES Applications for range improvement funds for the Washakie Resource Area will be received by Keith Hamilton, secretarytreasurer of the Worland District State Grazing Board, PO Box 9, Hyattville, WY 82428.

All applications must be postmarked no later than Feb. 5, 2022 orCan brought to the meeting.

I please update our post to BLM may provide $250 additional funding for reservoir rehab. say “Wyoming Sugar Company BLM approval is required for all applications on BLM land. is now hiringyour for aattendance full-time, Also, we welcome at the Public Board Meeting, 11 AM at TheAgriculturist.

Brass Plum in Worland on Feb. 10, 2022. year round View

the job description and apply

NOTICE: Publication in this at WyomingSugar.com.

307newspaper does not guaranHelp Wanted tee the legitimacy of any offer 347-3261” Can this run for 4 or solicitation. Take reasonable steps to evaluate an ofweeks? fer before you send money GOTTSCH or provide personal/financial LIVESTOCK information to an advertiser. If FEEDERS you have questions or believe LLC you have been the victim of Red Cloud, fraud, contact the Wyoming NE Attorney General’s Office, Come Join the Gottsch Consumer Protection Unit, Livestock Feeders Family!

123 Capitol Building, CheyGottsch Livestock Feeders enne, WY 82002, 307-777is looking for Cowboys/Pen 7871 ............................. TFN Riders for their feed yard in Red Cloud, NE. The main focus of the Cowboy/Pen Help Wanted Riders are spotting, pulling, diagnosing and taking cattle to the hospital and shipping fat cattle. This person will GOTTSCH need to be a team player LIVESTOCK who is seeking a long-term FEEDERS position. You will have the LLC opportunity to work with Red Cloud, and learn from some of the NE best in the industry. We Gottsch Livestock Feeders offer a benefits package that in Red Cloud, NE is looking includes health insurance, for Processing Assistants. dental, vision, 401(k), health Job responsibilities include savings, life insurance and paid vacation. If you are processing and sorting of interested stop by and fill both incoming and existing out an application or visit our cattle, monitoring and sorting website at of cattle and transporting www.gottschcattlecompany.com cattle from different areas in the yard. These individuals Call Brandon Furr at must have a good work ethic 402-257-7769 or and be a self-starter. Our 402-746-2222 full-time benefit package for more information. includes: Health, dental, vision, life insurance, health FARM/RANCH HAND: Expesavings account and 401(k). rienced, reliable for year-round Individuals must be able employment. Duties include, but to work some holidays not limited to irrigation, haying, fence repair and livestock hanand weekends. If you are dling. Housing provided, pay interested stop by and fill depending on experience. Cenout an application or visit our tral Wyoming location. Send website at resume or letter of interest www.gottschcattlecompany.com to Farm/Ranch Hand, PO Box 850, Casper, WY 82602 or eCall Adam Cotton mail jodym@wylr.net ........2/5 402-879-1814 or 402-746-2222 WASHAKIE COUNTY SCHOOL for more information.

DISTRICT #2 IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION: Are you seeking a Bus route driver position. This long term career position will be approximately 2 in agriculture? hours a day. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. WCSD#2 Dinklage Feed does not discriminate against Yards is hiring Pen Riders any employee or job applicant and Vet Techs at our Fort because of race, color, religion, Morgan and Proctor, national origin, sex, physical or Colorado Feed Yards. Pen mental disability, or age. These Riders must own their own positions are open until filled. horses. Dinklage provides Anyone interested, please feed and a tack allowance. contact Ten Sleep School at 307-366-2233 .................... 1/29 Housing available at some

locations. Dinklage offers an outstanding benefits package including 100% Dinklage paid health insurance and life insurance; dental, vision, and emergency ambulatory insurance; 401(k) with 5% Dinklage match; health reimbursement; and paid time off. Qualified applicants should apply at the following locations: Fort Morgan – Cory Carritt @ (970) 867-4977 Proctor – Roy Waitley @ (970) 522-8260 Visit our website

www.dinklagefeedyards.com

for job descriptions, application and detailed information regarding benefits.

Dinklage Feed Yards, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer.

RANCH HAND WANTED: Fulltime experienced ranch hand wanted for cow/calf operation in northeast Wyoming. Must be experienced in feeding livestock, calving, haying, as well as maintaining and servicing equipment. Housing provided with competitive wage. Call 307-685-8213, e-mail resumes with references to denise@ wylr.net ............................1/15 DIESEL AND FARM EQUIPMENT SERVICE TECH WANTED: Experience preferred, but not necessary if willing to work and learn. We can provide schooling and on the job training. Working in a near new facility with modern tools and good working environment. We are presently franchise dealers of several farm equipment lines.

Cherry County Implement in Valentine, NE. For more information, call Rich, 402-3402175..................................1/15

Wyoming Sugar Company is now hiring for a full-time, year-round agriculturalist. View the job description and apply at wyomingsugar.com.

307-347-3261

Services

Financial Services AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ranch and all commercial loans. RATES AS LOW AS 3.5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial financing and management for years.

LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and on all your financing needs. WE CARE AND HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS designed for the farmer/rancher and not the banker. Please call Steve, 303-773-3545, or check out our website www. agrionefinancial.com. I will come to you and get the job done!! .......................... 1/29

Services

Field Reps:

Joe Vodicka • Spearfish, SD • 307-351-2024 • bhjoev@yahoo.com Michael Crews • Miles City, MT • 406-853-3859 drybeanlivestock@gmail.com

Rod Wright, Owner • 308-530-4537 Visit www.bredcowswrightlivestock.com or find us on Facebook @wrightlivestock

Connecting the right people with the right cows for 35 years.

Brands

Angus

REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC, RHH, renewed through Jan 1, 2027. Branding irons available. $1,500 OBO. Call or text 307349-6055 ............................. 1/29

YEARLING ANGUS BULLS: These bulls are grown, not fattened, will get out and cover cows. Many will work on heifers.

We will deliver. Call Joe Buseman, 605-351-1535 ..........2/26

REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: Paid through 2026. LRC, LSH and a freeze iron included, $5,000. 307-575-0985 ......1/22

Cattle

Dogs

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Full Service Professional Firm with the expertise and a wide range of services designed to help you protect your best interests.

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Solar Water Pumping Systems Water Well Services • Well & Pipeline Design Submersible Pump Specialist Scott Blakeley, Owner ppr@pronghornpump.com www.pronghornpump.com

(307) 436-8513 • Cell: (307) 267-1022 CROSSROADS DIESEL SERVICE IS YOUR MOBILE DIESEL MECHANIC reaching out to customers throughout Wyoming and neighboring states.

Book with us now through March 15, 2022 and save 10%!!

Please contact Troy, 307-3512960 with further questions and to schedule an appointment .................................1/29

Check out wylr.net

Auctions

Torrington Livestock Markets 307-532-3333

www.torringtonlivestock.com

AUSSIEDOODLE PUPPIES: Striking, exclusive, AKC parents. Tails, dewclaws, shots, etc.

Medium sized, $2,000-$2,400.

Located in Loveland, CO. Can text/email photos and video. Call Gina, 719-582-0283. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ..................... 1/22 RANCH RAISED STRAIGHT BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES. Dad is registered, the mom isn’t registered. Out of working genetics. One male, 6 females. Call for more information, 435-757-1661.......... 2/5 AKC REGISTERED TRI AND SABLE PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI PUPPIES, males and females. For more information, call 307-286-6074. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds ..... 1/29 PUREBRED AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES: Black and brown tri-colors, tails docked, ready Jan. 10, first shots and wormed, $400. Call 307-689-3407 ............... 1/15 FIVE BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES FOR SALE. Black and white, one month old. Contact Chris Limmer at 307-2626956, leave a message if no answer ......................... 1/29

DOG PROBLEMS???

All of our ranchers have been very satisfied with our operations for the last 15 years. Let us PAY YOU to kill your prairie dogs and we promise you will be satisfied.

Dick 406-366-3858 AKAUSHI CATTLE FOR SALE: 80 half-blood heifer calves, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified; 80 half-blood steers, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified; 15 3/4 blood heifer calves, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified and EID tagged to insure authenticity; 10 full-blood heifers, calving April 1, exposed to fullblood Akaushi bull, Bangs vaccinated; 20 full-blood 2-yearold bulls; 10 older Angus cows, exposed to full-blood Akaushi bulls, calving April 1. Located in Bethune, CO. Call 719-7400403 ................................ 2/5

GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES FOR SALE, ranch raised. For more information, call 406-207-7674 ........... 1/2

200 HEAD F1 BWF REPLACEMENT HEIFERS: Topend, very tame, no brands, weighing 775 lbs. WILL SELL on Jan. 19 at Platte Livestock Market in Platte, S.D. For more information, contact Kirsch Farms, 605-6801928 or 605-680-1900 ....1/15

Angus

Red Angus

FOR SALE: Registered and commercial Black Angus BRED heifers. Three groups AI bred to these elite calving ease sires; MAF Gunner N327 ($12,000 Ashland son sold to Stevenson Diamond Dot, MT.) Connealy In Focus 4925, RBM Next Step. Two groups, pasture bred to “sleep all night” low birthweight, calving ease Black Angus bulls. Group #1, due March 16. Group #2, due April 10. Group #3, due April 11. Group #4, due April 1 for 30 days. Group #5, due May 1 for 21 days. Vaccinated and poured/dewormed. Available FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Delivery and volume discounts available.

MILLER ANGUS FARMS, Estelline, S.D., Kody, 605-6901997 or Brady, 605-690-5733 ....................................... 2/5

REGISTERED RED ANGUS BRED COWS AND HEIFERS: Medium frame, deep-bodied.

Registered Red Angus, ten 4- to 6-year-old cows, weighing 1,250-1,300 lbs., four 2-year-old heifers weighing 950-1,000 lbs. All AI’d to Collier Finished Product (RAAA No. 3681137). Pregged in September. Will calve March 15. On a modified live spring vaccination program, full-time mineral supplement, poured Dec. 1. Easy handling on foot or horseback. Located near Sheridan, WY. Registration numbers, other data and more pictures available on request.

Price for cows $1,950, heifers $1,800. Would consider less if you take them all. Call 307461-7023. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ............................... 2/5

Clay Creek Angus Jim & Lori French 3334 Rd 14 Greybull, WY 82426 307-762-3541 • www.claycreek.net

PRIVATE TREATY

120 Yearling Bulls • 80 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls 120 Replacement Heifers

by Popular Sires: S A V Bismarck, Rito 707, S A V Resource, Connealy Spur, Connealy Countdown and Coleman Charlo

Wyoming Wyoming Livestock Livestock Roundup Roundup • Volume 33 No. 38 • January 15, 2022

Hereford

Hereford

Durbin Creek Ranch

Bull Sale Feb. 9, 2022 • Worland

100 PAP Tested, Range Ready Hereford Bulls 250 F1 Baldy Females Wyatt Agar (307) 921-8825 • DurbinCreekRanch.com

Simmental

Simmental

Saturday, March 19, 2022

1 p.m. • Centennial Livestock Auction Fort Collins, CO

Selling 120 Bulls with Nuts, Butts, and Guts!

60 Black & Red Simmentals 60 Super Baldy SimAngus™ Includes 40 Age Advantaged 18 Month Old Bulls

Bulls are PAP Tested Willie & Sharon Altenburg • 970-481-2570 • Fort Collins, CO willie@rmi.net • www.altenburgsuperbaldy.com

SimAngus

Family & Nurse Cows

S I M M E N TA L / S I M A N G U S BULLS FOR SALE: Yearlings, 18-month-olds and 2-year-olds.

Sired by S A V Rainfall, E W A Peyton, Baldridge Bronc, W B F Iron Clad, Gibbs Deacon, Gibbs Broad Range, Koch Big Timber, T J Teardrop, and sons of Gibbs Pirate, WC United, Crouthamel Protocol. Call James, 970-3968791..................................1/29

BROWN SWISS BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE: Will calve March and April. Bred to Brown Swiss/Jersey bull and Brown Swiss/Shorthorn bull.

Have had all shots: Bangs, Anthrax, Triangle 7-Way with Humopolis, Triangle 4 K and prebreeding. Poured with Ivomec on regular basis. Also poured with StanGuard and Exit Gold fly repellant. TB tested and current health papers. Nice, gentle, outside cattle, in good shape and well fed. Delivery options available. For pictures or more information, call Larry W. Carlson, 605224-6100 (home) or 605-2803879 (cell) if no answer leave message. Pierre, S.D. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds.................1/29

Limousin

2-year-old registered Limousin Bulls

Sheep

LAMB SCAN

Joe Freund 303/341-9311 Joey Freund 303/475-6062

Pat Kelley 303/840-1848

SHEEP & GOAT ULTRASOUND

TODD REINESCH 605-680-4719 25317 364th Avenue Kimball, SD 57355 rchoice@midstatesd.net

Read it in the Roundup Limousin

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AI Schools

Hay & Feed

SCHLEINING GENETICS, LLC, BOVINE REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES, 2022 AI SCHOOLS AULT, CO: Four day courses ● All supplies provided ● Extensive hand-on experience with live cows ● Earn college credit ● March 10-13 Ault, CO, $700 if registered

by Feb. 14, $800 starting Feb. 15 for late registration. April 21-24 Ault, CO at Schleining Genetics, $700 if registered by March 14, $800 starting March 15 for late registration. For more information, call Dallas Schleining 970-420-0267 or visit www.schleininggenetics.com ..................... 2/5

QUALITY COLORADO HAY FOR SALE: Horse or cow quality hay. Big and small squares.

Call for pricing and availability 570-395-0184 ................. 1/15

Custom Feeding

Pasture Wanted

Pasture Wanted

ISO: SPRING GRASS LEASE Looking for spring grass for 150 head of fall-bred cows.

Currently based in Hyattville, WY, but will consider all locations. Registered Red Angus cattle. Financial and landlord references available.

Please call/text Rachael Calvo, 605-830-2313 or e-mail: calvorachael@yahoo.com

PASTURE WANTED FOR 2,000 YEARLINGS AND 500 PAIRS. Can be split into smaller bunches. Call 701-523-1235 .......................................1/29 WANTED: 2022 summer pasture for 125 cow/calf pairs. Would like from May 1 until Dec. 15 or any time frame in between. Any number of cattle per pasture, would not have to all go to one pasture.

ALSO, in search of farm ground, farms to lease or a ranch to lease on a short-term or long-term basis. Please contact 307-250-6900, leave message or text..........TFN

Horses SWANEY HORSE & CATTLE CO. OFFERING colt starting/ horse training. Call Brit, 307391-0628 ..........................1/15 HORSES: BUY, SELL, TRADE. Will pick up. Call Dennis Black, 307-690-0916 ...................1/15

Saddles & Tack

IN THE ROCKIES ONLINE SALE FEB. 1, 2022 Elite Limousin and Lim-Flex yearling heifers and bulls.

Sale hosted on L365 Auctions at www.limousin365.com/online-sales/ Pictures and details at www.woodardlimousin.com Contact Rodger Woodard, (719) 439-2011 or Kiley McKinna/MC Marketing Management (402) 350-3447

SELL YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS IN THE ROUNDUP CLASSIFIEDS, CALL TODAY! 800-967-1647 or 307-234-2700

GOOD SUPPLY OF PREMIUM QUALITY STRAW in large square 3x4 bales. Delivered by the truckload. Volume discounts available. E-mail calebredriverforage@gmail. com. Call/text 204-712-6509 ....................................... 2/5

WIGGINS FEEDYARD, ACCEPTING CATTLE OF ALL CLASSES: Cows, yearlings or calves to background or finish. Call 308-262-1140 (office), Steve, 308-279-1432 (cell) or Sue, 308-279-0924 (cell) ............................ 1/29

WANTED: 2022 summer pasture for 35-45 cow/calf pairs.

Looking for a 5 month arrangement beginning either May 15 or June 1. Interested in a full-care or split-care arrangement, preferably in eastern Wyoming. Please contact 308760-7465 ........................1/29

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MOSS SADDLES, BOOTS AND TACK!! We appreciate all your past patronage and look forward to serving you and yours in 2022!!

20% off HONDO, BOULET boots and TWISTED X (boots and shoes). WE CAN ship!! Shop Moss Saddles, Boots and Tack, 4648 West Yellowstone Highway, Casper, WY; 307-472-1872.

Our family serving yours for 50 years!! Check us out on Facebook or our website...........1/29

Leatherwork LS CUSTOM LEATHER: Belts, tack, cell phone cases and much more!! Can personalize belts. Please visit www.lscustomleather.com. Contact Lester, 307-631-1053, leave a message ............................2/5

Equipment

FOR SALE: Alfalfa hay in large round bales. ALSO, oat hay and sorghum-Sudan hay in large round bales. Call 308765-0300 ...................... 1/22

HAY FOR SALE: 2021 first and second cutting alfalfa.

2021 corn stover. 2021 CRP clean/green, sprayed in the spring for weeds. 2021 Haybet barley and milo. 2020 first cutting alfalfa. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, 701-690-8116, please send a text if no answer or keep trying ...................... 2/5

PASTURE WANTED FOR UP TO 200 HEAD: Year-round would be best, but seasonal would work as well. Southeast Wyoming, southwest Nebraska Panhandle, north central Weld County Colorado preferably. NOT looking for full care!

GREAT references. Calls only please, 303-233-0604.........2/5

Equipment

Hay & Feed HAY FOR SALE: Round bales and mid-square bales. Grass hay or alfalfa. Call 605-8423125 ............................. 1/15

307-532-1840 • CHUGWATER, WY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: CIH 290 Magnum tractor; IHC 766 tractor with loader; two challenger MT585D tractors; Artsway 425 grinder mixer; Roto Grind tub grinder; Modern Mill (mix mill) feed mill; IHC 415 24’ roller harrow; Vermeer R23 rake; MF 2190 4x4 baler; Sitrex 17 wheel rake; CIH WD2504 swather with 19’ rotary head; Rogater 854 sprayer; Merritt 48’x102” cattle pot; Hyster 50T lowboy trailer; IHC 80 bbl vac truck; Dragon 130 bbl vac trailers; Dragon crude oil trailer; Trailmaster crude oil pup; Mobile Tech 9 yd. volumetric concrete mixer; Sicard 8’6” snowblower with Ford engine; Degelman 570 rock picker. Call 406-254-1254 .......................1/29 1978 GMC CABOVER 400 CUMMINS: 13 speed transmission with jake brake; 1979 TIMPTE GRAIN TRAILER with new tarp; 1994 F350 CREW CAB, 4x4, flatbed, new transmission, front end and radiator; JOHN DEERE 643 CORNHEAD. For more information, call 970-302-3705 or 307286-4409 ..............................1/29

Vehicles & Trailers 2015 CHEVY, 3/4 ton, crew cab, short bed, Duramax, loaded, leather, 147,000 miles, light hail, 4WD, $49,500. 2004 DODGE, one ton, crew cab, dually, diesel, 5 speed, 2WD, new rear end, runs great, approximately 190,000 miles, $14,500. 2015 FORD TAURUS, ex-highway patrol, twin turbo, AWD, $75,000. Contact Wyoming Auto Auction at 307-632-8648...... 1/29 2015 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK FOR SALE: Platinum package, 4x4, crew cab Lariat, 156” WB styleside, 6.7L Power Stroke V8 diesel, 6 speed automatic transmission. Extras: Tonneau cover, installed 50 gallon diesel tank, added chrome. Has 5th wheel hook up available.

Exterior Ruby Red Metallic, interior black leather, 71,300 miles.

Very sharp truck in excellent condition!! Selling due to death in family. $55,000. For more information, call 605-341-3002 or 605-3908942. To view photos, go to www. wylr.net in the classifieds ....1/22

HAY FOR SALE: Grass, grass/alfalfa and alfalfa hay.

3x4 square bales. Delivery available. Western South Dakota. Pricing starts at $250/ ton and up. Call Joe, 605515-0858 ...................... 1/29

FOR SALE: Farmking 8’ snowblower with hydraulic spout. John Deere 716A chuckwagon with John Deere running gears and bunk feeding extensions. H&S 7+4 18’ chuckwagon with 12 ton gear. Meyer 4516 chuckwagon with tandem running gear. Two Kory 260 bushel gravity boxes with 10 ton running gear. Wilson portable wheel corral. Case IH 496 21’ rock flex disc. Willmar 4550 Wrangler wheel loader with 5’ bucket and pallet forks, 4x4, 4,000 lb. lift capacity, new tires.

Meyerink 3612, 12’ box scraper with tilt. All in very nice condition!!

Call 605-999-5482 ...............1/22

EAR CORN FOR SALE. Call 308-631-1665 or 308-6725731 ............................. 1/29

Livestock Equipment

Livestock Equipment

ALFALFA HAY: Barn stored 3x3 bales. Farson, WY. Call 307-350-0350 ............... 1/15

RUBBERMAID 100 GALLON STOCK TANKS FOR SALE. Nearly new, $60/tank. Call 605-347-3403 or 605-4999088 ...............................1/15

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA HAY, large rounds, approximately 1,200 lbs. Call 308-631-2617 or 308-631-5767 .............1/15

Heating Equipment

STRAW FOR SALE: Clean, excellent quality small squares, oats, wheat and barley straw, $3.50/bale at the farm. Greybull, WY area. Call 307-762-3878, leave a message ............................. 1/15

ELIMINATE ● RISING ● FUEL COSTS: Clean, safe and efficient wood heat. Central Boiler Classic and E-Classic Outdoor Wood Furnace; heats multiple buildings with only 1 furnace, 25-year warranty available. Heat with wood, no splitting! Available in dual fuel ready models. www.CentralBoiler.com. WE ALSO HAVE whole house pellet/corn/biomass furnaces. Load once per month with hopper. www.

Maximheat.com. A-1 Heating Systems. Instant rebates may apply! Call today! 307742-4442. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ............................. TFN

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HORSE AND COW HAY FOR SALE. Mountain grass and millet. ALSO, have little squares of straw. Located east of Cheyenne, WY. Delivery available. Buy one or as many as you want, semi loads available. Call Kent, 307631-3917 ...................... 1/29

Fencing LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRIBUSINESSES SINCE 1975!!

Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bedding. SEE US at www.lodgepoleproducts.com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! ................................TFN

500 TONS OF ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE. First cutting, no rain. 4x4 bales. In Riverton, WY, $250/ton. Call 307-7092375 ............................. 1/15 HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, grass and grass/alfalfa mix, big square bales, round bales and small square bales. All sizes, all qualities and all quantities.

ALSO HAVE STRAW AND CORNSTALKS FOR SALE. Delivery available!! Call 307630-3046 ........................1/22 EXCELLENT HORSE HAY FOR SALE: 3x3x8 bales, 900 lbs., stored inside, $150/bale.

Rapid City, S.D. Call 605-3914968 ............................. 1/22

VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Wyoming and western Nebraska hay available. Call Barry McRea, 888935-3633. www.valleyvideohay.com ....................... 1/15 ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: Delivery available from the Panhandle of Nebraska. For more information, call 308279-0497 ...................... 1/15

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Pipe

Pipe

Property for Sale

Property for Sale

LARGE GOSHEN COUNTY CATTLE AND CROP RANCH: 4,065+ acres with center pivots and 3 1/2 miles of Horse Creek.

Huge cattle barn and steel shop. 1,618+ acres water rights.

Three homes. Adjoins Hwy. 85. $5,400,000. Call Casey Essert, Land Broker, Empire Realty, Torrington, WY, 307-532-1750.

More listings available at www.buyaranch.com ......TFN

HDPE Pipe for Ranch Water Systems Fair prices, good service, rancher owned.

Quantities up to a truck load.

Delivery available throughout the West.

775-657-1815 OILFIELD PIPE: RPJ Enterprises, Inc. Used for fencing, corrals, cattle guards, etc. ALL SIZES!!

2 3/8 at 31.5’ long on average per joint. OTHER available sizes are 7”, 5.5”, 4.5” and 3.5” pipe in stock. Sucker rod, cut/notched posts. Delivery available. Pierce, CO. Call 970-324-4580, e-mail rpjenergy@gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds...................... 4/9

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All locations considered. Registered Red Angus operation.

Financial and landlord references available.

Please call/text Joe Calvo, 605-830-2210 or e-mail: calvorachael@yahoo.com

Hunting & Fishing

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Property for Sale

BOYD RANCH: 5,420+ total acres including BLM and state with 7 pivot sprinklers in western Montana. Located between Virginia City and Alder, MT. Great water rights. Fishing ponds with deer, elk and birds. Puts up 2,000 tons of hay. Newer buildings. A must see!! Call for price. Sidwell Land & Cattle Co., Richard Sidwell, 406-861-4426, 406322-4425 or e-mail sidwell@ sidwell-land.com ......... 2/26

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ARIZONA RANCHES FOR SALE: 22,000+ acre ranch, 200+ head year-long, plus up to 2,500 stockers seasonally, Arizona state plus small BLM grazing leases, small feedyard, modest headquarters on 10 deeded acres, $1,200,000; 550+ head year-long, plus seasonal increases. 400+ deeded acres plus state, USFS and small BLM grazing leases.

Shipping corrals on paved highway, $4,000,000. LARGER RANCHES also available.

Harley Hendricks Realty 877349-2565 e-mail HarleyHendricks@HarleyHendricks. com ................................ 2/5 READY TO GET OUT OF THE WINTER CONDITIONS OF THE NORTHERN STATES??

Here’s an opportunity for a nice winter home in sunny southern California in the Imperial Valley! 120 miles east of San Diego, CA, 60 miles west of Yuma, AZ and 9 miles from El Centro, CA. Three bedroom, 1 bath home with 12 acres of farmland. $599,000. For more information, call 307-2720975 or visit www.facebook. com/pg/cowboyauctioncompany ..............................1/29

JAN. 28: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: Pine Bluffs 9:30-9:45 a.m., lot across from Sinclair; Burns 10:10-10:20 a.m., Antelope Truck Stop (drive thru call, Greg); Cheyenne 11:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m., Tractor Supply; Chugwater 12:40-12:50 p.m., Chug Chug Gas (drive thru) Wheatland 1:20-1:50 p.m., Wheatland Travel Plaza; Guernsey 2:20-2:30 p.m., Crazy Tony’s (drive thru call, Greg); Fort Laramie 2:45-2:55 p.m., Haystack Hills Trading (drive thru); Lingle 3-3:15 p.m., Ty’s Pit Stop; Torrington 3:30-3:50 p.m., Gary’s Gun Shop; Scottsbluff, NE 4:50-5 p.m., Murdoch’s (north side).

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Reinke Manufacturing recognizes Killebrew Irrigation

Fun at AFBF National Convention – WyFB President Todd Fornstrom brought second place in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s State President’s Football Challenge back to Wyoming. AFBF convention attendees spent the evening at the Chick-Fil-A College Football Hall of Fame. Rebecca Colnar photo

Reinke Manufacturing, a global leader in irrigation systems and technology, has recognized Killebrew Irrigation in Lander with a Gold award in recognition of their success in the past year.

“We are proud to honor the team at Killebrew Irrigation with this award,” said Chris Roth, Reinke president. “They’ve dedicated themselves to supporting the growers in their area. We appreciate those efforts as Reinke continues to develop and implement irrigation equipment and technology designed to increase agriculture production.”

Reinke dealerships from across the United States and Canada come together annually for the company’s sales convention to recognize select Reinke dealers for their hard work and commitment to serve growers.

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on a dealership’s exterior and interior housekeeping and maintenance, indoor and outdoor displays, safety, retail environment, merchandising, professionalism, promotions, event participation and market share.

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Reinke is a continued leader in industry advancements as the first to incorporate GPS, satellite-based communications, and touchscreen panel capabilities into mechanized irrigation system management. For more information on Reinke or to locate a dealership, visit reinke. com.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 38 • January 15, 2022

It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

Know-It-Alls Never Do I have a hard time taking advice. I gladly accept advice from people who have far more experience than myself, but when people start telling me how to do things they’ve never done before, I stop listening.

Conversely, I’ve always found it frustrating people who really are experts in their field go out of their way to keep their secrets to themselves. In all the years I’ve been trying to become a better leatherworker and engraver, I’ve had dozens of some of the best saddle makers and engravers in the country in my shop and I can count on one hand the times one of them has told me one of their secrets on how to do something.

My wife and I have always been savers, not spenders, so when we started out, we saved money by living in some less-thandesirable neighborhoods with less-than-desirable neighbors.

One next door neighbor was a portly guy whose yard was overgrown with weeds, an old boat was parked in the front yard and his house looked like it would fall down in the next earthquake. On the other hand, we kept a tidy place and every time I’d start a new project, whether it was painting the house or working on my truck, the uninvited neighbor would come over and start telling me how to do it. I quickly learned free advice was the costliest kind.

When we finally had enough money to buy 100 cows, we leased a run-down ranch because it was cheap.

I wasn’t going to spend our money on another man’s place so I didn't waste any on improvements.

Every time I’d run into a certain cattleman, he told me I needed to fix my fences and build a better loading chute. He also told me my bulls weren’t good enough and I needed to supplement more. All this from a guy whose calves wouldn’t weigh 400 pounds at weaning.

I had a great friend who was a very talented woodworker, but who’d never worked with leather in his life. I’d made him several useful objects which he liked and he asked me if I’d make him two identical soft-sided briefcases.

For the next week he was in my shop daily telling me how to tool and construct them. One day I'd had enough and I sat him down and said, “I want to tell you an old story that I think is pertinent and timely.”

The story went like this: An old cowboy was sitting on his horse by the

side of a road when a guy drives up in a fancy Mercedes, wearing a pair of $500 sunglasses and an

expensive Italian suit. He stuck his head out the window and engaged the cowboy in some friendly chit chat. Wanting to impress the cowboy, the dude says, “I bet I can tell you exactly how many animals you have without leaving my car and if I do will you give me a calf?”

The old cowboy ponders this proposal and says, “Why not?” So, the dude gets out his computer, con-

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nects it to his cell phone and surfs to the NASA page on the internet. He uses a satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on the ranch, which then tells a NASA satellite to scan the area in ultra-high resolution. Then, he downloads this information into a special program that counts the animals.

The dude says, “You have exactly 1,505 animals on your ranch.”

The cowboy looks at

the dude in amazement and says, “That’s exactly right.

I guess you get one of my calves.”

So, the cowboy looks on as the dude tries to stuff the small animal into his Mercedes. Then the cowboy asks, “If I can tell you exactly what business you’re in, will you give me back my calf?”

“Why not?” says the dude.

“You're an emissary of

the U.S. government.”

“Wow,” said the dude, “how did you know?”

“I know because you showed up even though no one called you, you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show how much smarter than me you are and you don’t know a damn thing about cows... this is a flock of sheep. Now, give me back my dog.”

730 Females Sell 525 – Bred Commercial Heifers 150 – Bred Commercial 2 Coming 3 Year Olds

Bryan Ratzburg: (406) 937-5858 Cell: (406) 788-3272

Ernie Ratzburg: Cell: (406) 788-3244

175 Bulls Sell

75 – Yearling Bulls 55 – Fall Yearling Bulls 45 – 2 Year Old Bulls

25 – 8 Year Old Registered Cows 30 – Ten Year Old Commercial Cows

BOBCAT EMRALD J2

BOBCAT KLONDIKE J6

Dam of the $50,000 Bobcat Blue Sky sells as Lot 171

Lot 6

Lot 5

+*20124655

+*20122211

CED +3 | BW +2.3 | WW +77 | YW +134 | MK +27 CW +62 | MB +.50 | RE +.52 | Fat +.043 | $M +67 $W +80 | $F +107 | $G +40 | $B +147 | $C +258

BOBCAT EMERLAD J74

Lot 171 - Bobcat Lass 411 #+*17853247 CED +4 | BW +2.9 | WW +63 | YW +109 | MK +26 CW +52 | MB +.65 | RE +.92 | Fat +.021 Progeny in sale sell as Lots 2, 3, 4, 12, 46 & 77

Sire lineup includes:

• Bobcat Blue Sky (*18880272) • Connealy Emerald (*19257149) • Apex Klondike (*19337906) • Circle L Gus (*17993084) • Mohnen Upstream (*19562466) • Musgrave Exclusive 316 (*18130471) • Jindra Megahit (+17731559) • SydGen Enhance (18170041) • Sterling Pacific 904 (+*19444025)

ring Free winte ull of minimum ld b two year o r o ll 2022: fa y n on a until April e lu a v 0 0 $40 ring free winte As always ing bulls. rl on all yea

CED +12 | BW +0 | WW +73 | YW +136 | MK +37 CW +55 | MB +.66 | RE +1.20 | Fat -.014 | $M +73 $W +90 | $F +99 | $G +60 | $B +160 | $C +281

BOBCAT EXCLUSIVE H162

Lot 11

Lot 75

*20165805

CED +9 | BW +.3 | WW +83 | YW +144 | MK +19 CW +61 | MB +.86 | RE +1.08 | Fat +.020 | $M +73 $W +80 | $F +101 | $G +65 | $B +166 | $C +288

BOBCAT BLUE SKY H168

20201844

CED +2 | BW +2.6 | WW+78 | YW +127 | MK +33 CW +53 | MB +.77 | RE +.75 | Fat +.013 | $M +88 $W +93 | $F +86 | $G +57 | $B +144 | $C +275

BOBCAT BLUE SKY H92

Lot 133

Lot 76

19840609

20122199

CED I+12 | BW I+1.3 | WW I+80 | YW I+137 | MK I+25 CW I+55 | MB I+.73 | RE I+.63 | Fat I+.025 | $M +69 $W +79 | $F +105 | $G +53 | $B +158 | $C +274

17th ANNUAL

CED +5 | BW +4.5 | WW +84 | YW +145 | MK +29 CW +70 | MB +.64 | RE +.63 | Fat +.041 | $M +79 $W +81 | $F +115 | $G +48 | $B +163 | $C +290

Production Sale

12:30 | SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 Western Livestock Auction | Great Falls, MT www.bobcatangus.com bobcatangus@northerntel.net

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Marcy Cattle Company & Marcy Livestock

In one day you can select from a program with more than 75 years of superior genetic selection.

61st Annual Angus Bull Sale

220 Bulls Sell

With the

Marcy Cattle Co. Registered Heifer & Semen Complete & Final Dispersal

30 Two-Year-Olds • 190 Yearlings

Marcys Scale Crusher 42 Sons and Grandsons Sell

85 Registered Angus Heifers Sell 2,000+ Units of Semen Sell

Thursday,

January 27, 2022 • 12:30 p.m. MST

Gordon Livestock Auction, Gordon, Neb. Carried live on the Internet at www.northernlivestockvideo.com (866) 616-5035

Selling sons and daughters of: Marcys Scale Crusher • Marcys Scale Breaker N Plus Marcys Panhandle 214-9 • Bubs Southern Charm AA31 Tehama Tahoe B767 • LT Converse 8011 • U2 Coalition 206C Square B Atlantis 8060 • HA Prime Cut 4493 • Connealy Spur

Marcyivestock L

Bubs Southern Charm 35 Sons and Grandsons Sell

Call, write or email for your free sale catalog

3950 470th Road • Hay Springs, NE 69347

Tom & Kim Marcy (308) 638-7587• cell: (308) 430-0370 marcycattle@hotmail.com George & Andrea Marcy Cell: (308) 430-2005 marcylivestock@msn.com

www.marcycattlecompany.com

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Tuesday, January 11 Market Report • 1,813 Head Sold Representative Sales Early Consignments COWS TEN SLEEP 11 Cow, 1055# .................................. $95.50 6 Cow, 1046# .................................. $85.00 FARSON 1 Cow, 1105# .................................. $67.00 1 Cow, 1715# .................................. $66.00 TEN SLEEP 5 Cow, 1204# .................................. $65.50 FARSON 4 Cow, 1286# .................................. $63.00 HYATTVILLE 5 Cow, 1303# .................................. $61.50 CROWHEART 3 Cow, 1436# .................................. $59.00 SHERIDAN 3 Cow, 1258# .................................. $57.00 EVANSTON 12 Cow, 1079# .................................. $54.50 FARSON 2 Cow, 1217# .................................. $53.00 CROWHEART 3 Cow, 120# .................................... $51.50 LANDER 7 Cow, 1197# .................................. $50.00 TEN SLEEP 14 Cow, 1188# .................................. $49.50 JEFFREY CITY 16 Cow, 1026# .................................. $47.50 BULLS RIVERTON 1 Bull, 1135# ................................. $100.00 HYATTVILLE 2 Bull, 1155# ................................... $98.00 1 Bull, 1165# ................................... $95.00 SARATOGA 1 Bull, 1935# ................................... $89.50 DUBOIS 2 Bull, 2112# ................................... $88.00 JACKSON 1 Bull, 1840# ................................... $88.00 CODY 1 Bull, 2225# ................................... $85.50 DUBOIS 3 Bull, 1893# ................................... $85.00 THAYNE 2 Bull, 1977# ................................... $84.50 DUBOIS 1 Bull, 2135# ................................... $83.50 HYATTVILLE 4 Bull, 1757# ................................... $81.00 BRED HEIFERS/BRED COWS DANIEL 139 Bred Cow, 1080# (SM) ........... $1,675.00 21 Bred Cow, 1046# (SM ............. $1,650.00 DANIEL 31 Bred Cow, 1165# (SM) ............ $1,585.00 BASIN 4 Bred Cow, 1377# (SM) ........... $1,525.00 HYATTVILLE 9 Bred Cow, 1113# (SM ............. $1,425.00 THAYNE 31 Bred Cow, 1340# (SM) ........... $1,375.00 LANDER 12 Bred Cow, 1189# (SM) ............ $1,375.00 HYATTVILLE 14 Bred Cow, 1260# (SM) ........... $1,260.00 LANDER 30 Bred Cow, 1321# (SM) ........... $1,225.00 JEFFREY CITY 30 Bred Cow, 1182# (SS) ............ $1,175.00 58 Bred Cow, 1188# (SS) ............ $1,100.00 LANDER 19 Bred Cow, 1246# (SS) ............ $1,100.00 JEFFREY CITY 39 Bred Cow, 1205# (SS) ............ $1,085.00 HYATTVILLE 34 Bred Cow, 1257# (SS) ............... $975.00 LYMAN 17 Bred Cow, 1457# (SS) ............... $925.00 LANDER 47 Bred Cow, 1245# (ST) ............... $910.00 KINNEAR 17 Bred Cow, 1280# (ST) ............... $875.00

HYATTVILLE 56 Bred Cow, 1275# (ST) ............... $825.00 RIVERTON 16 Bred Cow, 1173# (ST)................ $775.00 LANDER 14 Bred Cow, 1223# (ST) ............... $750.00 12 Bred Heifer, 1213# .................. $1,550.00 JEFFREY CITY 92 Bred Heifer, 1022# .................. $1,525.00 RIVERTON 11 Bred Heifer, 1073# .................. $1,500.00 BASIN 2 Bred Heifer, 1227# .................. $1,500.00 LANDER 2 Bred Heifer, 1075# .................. $1,400.00 10 Bred Heifer, 903# .................... $1,275.00 RIVERTON 30 Bred Heifer, 866# .................... $1,250.00 HEIFERETTES DANIEL 3 Heiferette, 773# ..........................$111.00 LANDER 15 Heiferette, 791# ......................... $110.00 6 Heiferette, 897# ........................... $91.00 TEN SLEEP 3 Heiferette, 930# ........................... $91.00 DANIEL 4 Heiferette, 860# ........................... $85.00 EVANSTON 6 Heiferette, 820# ........................... $82.75 RIVERTON 6 Heiferette, 940# ........................... $81.00 FARSON 11 Heiferette, 1005#.......................... $65.00

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18

WEANED CALF SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS • CALVES @ 10:30 AM RED COWS Diamond D - 40 Blk Ang/SalerX ST Bred Cows. Bred to big, stout Composite Bulls to calve March/April. One brand, high elevation.

YEARLINGS KD Cattle - 60 Blk Open Yearling Hfrs 700-775# CALVES Dustin Eaton - 450 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Received Nasalgen & Vision 8 at Branding; Vista Once SQ, Vision 8 w/ Somnus & poured w/ Cleanup @ Weaning.

Weaned 12/1. Hay fed & mineral program. No implants.

High desert. Fancy!

Fleur de Lis Cattle Co - 340 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 550-650# 40 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 550-650#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, 7-way & Dectomax injectable. Long time weaned. Bunk broke. Conditioned for grass! High quality!

Ruby Ranch - 320 Blk Ang/AngX Hfrs 450-550#.

30 Blk Ang/AngX Strs 400-450#. Rec C & D @ Birth; Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding. Rec Vista Once SQ, Once PMH IN & poured @weaning (11/1). Sired by Lucky 7 & Popo Agie Blk Ang bulls. Reputation, high desert! Green!

Chuck & Tracy Martin - 250 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Vista Once & 7 way w/Somnus @ branding & weaning. Weaned 90+ days. Poured this fall. Bunk broke, on hay & silage, mineral program & no implants.

Sired by Sim/Ang & Lucky 7 Angus Bulls.

Mark & Amanda Huffstetler - 200 Blk Ang Strs 550-650#.

Rec Nasalgen & 7-way @ Branding; Vista Once, 7-way w/ Somnus @ Weaning. 90 days weaned. Hay fed & bunk broke. 100% Blk Ang sired. Green, high elevation!!!

KD Cattle - 150 Blk Strs & Hfrs 600#. Rec Nasalgen, Once PMH, Vista 5, Vision 7 w/ Somnus @ Branding & Weaning. Safeguard & Cleanup @ Weaning (10/7). Long time weaned. Fancy!

Horton Land & Livestock - 90 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 675#.

50 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 600#. Rec Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse & 7 way w/Somnus @ branding & weaning & poured (11-1). Weaned 90 days. Sired by Paint Rock

Black Angus bulls. Been on hay & silage, no implants, Choice feeder calves!!

Dale & Amy Hamilton - 90 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 600-650#.

Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 8 w/ Somnus, Nasalgen, Safeguard & Cleanup. Weaned 11/7. Hay & silage ration.

Conditioned for grass. One brand, one raising! Fancy, high desert heifers!

Tim & Anna Rodewald- 85 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-650#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, 7-way w/ Somnus, Safe-Guard Dewormer & Clean-Up Pour-On. Weaned 120 days. Knife cut. Bunk broke. Fancy!

Nick Aullman - 85 Blk Strs 625-675#. Rec Vision 8 @ Birth; Inforce 3 & Ivomec @ Branding; Bovishield Gold 5, Ultrabac 8 & Ivomec @ Weaning. Weaned 45 days. All natural, no implants. Hay fed. High elevation.

Pennoyer & Son - 83 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 500#. Rec Bovishield Gold 5, Ultrabac 7 @ Branding; Bovishield Gold 5, One Shot, Ultrachoice 7 & poured @ Weaning. Weaned since Oct. Bangs vacc. Grass hay fed & Nutralix tubs.

4 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 500# C & D Livestock - 75 Blk Strs & Hfrs 450-500#. Comp vacc.

Weaned on Nov 1st on long stem hay. High elevation.

Frank Ranch - 70 Blk Ang Strs 600-650#. Rec Vista Once SQ, 7-way w/ Somnus @ Branding & Weaning. Weaned 10/15 & received Safeguard & Cleanup. Sired by SO Cattle Co Blk Ang bulls. High elevation, one brand, reputation!

Abernathy Ranch - 60 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500550#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse & 8-way @ Branding & Weaning. 75 days weaned. High desert.

Bartlett Ranch - 60 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 500-600#. Comp vacc @ Branding & Precon. Weaned Nov 6th. 100% Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired. Bangs vacc. Fancy, high desert Heifers!

Dode Givens - 50 Blk Ang Heifers 450#. Rec Vista Once, 7-way w/ Somnus & Nasalgen. 100% Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired. High desert. 45 days weaned. Reputation!

Flying A Ranch - 50 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-550#.

Comp vacc @ Branding & Precon. High desert.

Jim Yoder - 45 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550-600. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 w/ Somnus, Nasalgen & poured. 45 day wean on hay & pasture.

Steve & Neal Robertson - 45 Blk Strs & Hfrs 600-675#.

Rec Cattle Master 5 & Ultra 7 @ Branding & Weaning.

Weaned on long stem hay & out on pasture.

Vacher Ranch - 40 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-525#.

Rec two rounds of shots. Sired by Power Genetics bulls.

90 days weaned on aftermath. Green & fancy!

Darwin Griebel - 30 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Rec Vista Once & 7-way @ Branding & Precon. Weaned 45 days out on pasture. Hay fed. High desert.

Brodie Livestock - 30 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 650-700#. Rec Vista 5 SQ, 8 way & poured @ weaning 11/1. Hay fed.

Lucky 7 & Diamond Peak Blk Ang sired. High elevation.

Josh Paskett - 30 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Rec Inforce 3, Bovishield BVD @ Branding; Bovishield Gold 5, Once Shot & Ultra Choice 8 @ Precon. Weaned 90 days. Hay fed.

Cody & Danielle Post - 23 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 425-475# 12 Blk Ang Hfrs 600-650#. Comp vacc & poured. 120 days weaned. Hay fed. High elevation.

Mike Federer - 17 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 600#. Comp vacc. Long time weaned.

Tony & Cindy Spriggs - 15 Blk Ang Strs 700-750#. Comp vacc @ Branding & Weaning. Wormed w/ Safeguard & Cleanup (10/15). Sired by Popo Agie Blk Ang bulls. Hay fed.

Dwayne Aragon - 15 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500#. Comp vacc.

Diamond X Ranch - 15 Blk Ang Strs 500-550#. Comp vacc. Long time weaned. High elevation.

Brent Keen - 7 Blk Hfrs 650#. Rec Virashield 6, MycoplasmaB; 7-way & Ivomec @ Weaning. Weaned 60 days.

WEIGH UPS Keyhole L - 15 Weigh Cows

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 FEEDER SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS Luke Fidler - 22 Blk Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Rec 7-way.

Weaned since Oct. Bunk broke. Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired.

Comp mineral program. Fancy!

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8 BRED COW SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS • BREDS @ NOON

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15 FEEDER SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY MARCH 1 FEEDER SPECIAL W/ SO CATTLE BULL SALE (1:00 PM) START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 LUCKY 7 ANGUS BULL SALE START TIME 12:00 PM (NOON)

TUESDAY MARCH 8 BRED COW SPECIAL W/ HANCOCK ANGUS BULL SALE (1:00 PM) START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY MARCH 15 FEEDER SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY MARCH 22 BRED COW SALE W/ 44TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST ANGUS BULL SALE (1:00 PM) START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS Northwest Angus Association - 65 Blk Ang Yrling Bulls - Obsidian Angus, Wagler Angus, Blue Sky, Hoggs Angus, Davidson Angus, WYO Angus, Earhart Angus, & JOH Ranch. Bulls are known for calving ease & growth. PAP, Semen & BVD Tested, Proven Sires!

(1:00 PM) Contact Fred & Kay Thomas 307-868-2595 or any Breeder

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

Contact: Riverton Livestock Auction (307) 856-2209 • Jeff Brown (307) 850-4193 • Tom Linn (307) 728-8519 • Mark Winter (580) 747-9436 • www.rivertonlivestock.com • Also watch our live cattle auction at www.cattleusa.com

1490 South 8th Street East • River ton, WY 82501 • (307) 856-2209