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STATE RAM SALE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 — MONDAY 8 AM – DEADLINE FOR ALL RAMS TO BE IN PLACE Consignors MUST have sheep in pens by 8 AM 9:30 AM – SIFTING OF ALL CONSIGNED RAMS WILL BEGIN 3 PM to 5 PM – SHEEP PRODUCTION WORKSHOP Location: Wyoming State Fairgrounds, Ruthe James Williams Center, Douglas, WY Dr. Whit Stewart, University of Wyoming Sheep Extension Specialist and Dr. Cody Gifford, Assistant Professor, Animal Science • Demystifying lamb quality, fabrication and preparation: Putting the pieces together • Drs. Stewart and Gifford will provide hands-on lamb fabrication, preparation and a tasting panel in an interactive format to provide some new insights • Rusty Burgett from the National Sheep Improvement Program will talk about the "Nuts and Bolts of NSIP" 6 PM - 9 PM – BUYER & CONSIGNOR APPRECIATION DINNER Location: Moose Club, 120 N. 2nd St. Douglas, WY 6 PM – Happy Hour 7 PM – Lamb Dinner Everyone Welcome!

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 – TUESDAY 11 AM MDT Wyoming State Ram Sale Location: Wyoming State Fairgrounds Touchstone Center

Welcome from Wyoming Wool Growers Association President On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association (WWGA), I am pleased to invite everyone to the 93rd Annual Wyoming State Ram Sale to be held in Douglas, Sept. 13-14 at the Wyoming State Fairgrounds.

We will have an excellent Sheep Production Workshop featuring the following topics and speakers: “Demystifying Lamb Quality, Fabrication and Preparation: Putting the Pieces Together”

by University of Wyoming Sheep Extension Specialist Dr. Whit Stewart and Assistant Professor in Animal Science Dr. Cody Gifford, as well as “Nuts and Bolts of NSIP” with Rusty Burgett from the

National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP).

This program will begin at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept.

13 at the Ruthe James Williams Memorial Conference Center located near the Wyoming Pioneer Museum at the fairgrounds and is open to all producers. We will also host a wonderful dinner and reception at the Moose Lodge in downtown Douglas.

On Tuesday, Sept. 14, the sale will start promptly at 11 a.m.. If you aren’t able to join us in person, you may participate and bid online using DVAuction.com. Visit DVAuction.com to register.

Please note you must apply for bidding at least 24 hours before the auction begins. If

you need additional information, call 402-316-5460.

We are excited to offer outstanding genetics. All rams will be penned on the sale grounds by the morning of Sept. 13 in time for a rigorous sifting process. You can be assured all rams will be sound and ready for service. This set of rams represents the best quality from some of the top breeders in the West. Some of these producers have been working at improving their sheep for multiple generations using the latest and best technologies.

I know much of our region has been suffering under extreme drought conditions. I pray many of you have received some relief with

recent moisture. I know in the Big Horn Basin we did, and I hear reports of some moisture in other areas as well.

We in the sheep business at least can be thankful for lamb prices at an all-time high. I doubt any of us could have for seen this coming a year ago. What to credit this to is open for lively discussion.

Some give a lot of credit to the pandemic, others the growing ethnic market, yet others to drought and market conditions in Australia and New Zealand.

Still others to simple supply and demand.

The reasons for the surge in lamb consumption are as varied as the topography of our great nation. I do believe we must work together to take

advantage of this change. The lamb board is doing so with a very limited budget.

I want to just take a minute and let you know your Wyoming Wool Growers organization pays annual dues to the American Sheep Industry Association for all sheep counted in the agriculture census in Wyoming. This means sheep producers who are not members of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association (WWGA) are not taking advantage of the benefits offered to them and others are paying for you.

Please take a look at what the WWGA has to offer. We are one of the oldest livestock organizations in the state and we are solely focused on

sheep, no matter what breed.

We have targeted our focus, we have improved our outreach and we continue to work on behalf of all sheep producers in big, wonderful Wyoming.

Again, I warmly invite you to come socialize with people of the same interest and concerns in Douglas and take a look at the tremendous sheep offered for sale. This is everyone’s opportunity to support the sheep industry while improving their flock and bottom line. Hope to see you there!

For more information or a catalog, go to wyowool.com or facebook.com/wyowool.

Regan Smith President, Wyoming Wool Growers Association

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EXTENSION EDUCATION

By Whit Stewart, PhD Assistant Professor, Extension Sheep Specialist

Considerations for purchasing and managing rams There are approximately 215,000 breeding ewes in Wyoming, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service 2020 Report.

Assuming a ram-to-ewe breeding ratio of three rams per 100 ewes, there will be roughly 6,456 rams utilized during this year’s breeding season. An estimated 30 percent replacement rate of rams would mean roughly 1,936 young rams are being purchased to replenish the annual turnover rate in rams. In order to set rams up for success, important considerations must be taken into account.

Too often it appears all the emphasis is placed on the myriad of selection criterion that goes into picking out the “perfect” ram, but too little consideration is given to help him be successful beyond his first year. Even the most advanced selection strategy is all for naught if ram management strategies are lacking.

Protecting the investment of purchasing a ram doesn’t have to be complex. The following might help serve as a reminder when gearing up for ram purchases this fall.

Ram acclimation A good strategy after purchasing a ram is a minimum quarantine protocol of 14 to 21 days where rams are kept separate from other sheep in the flock, including nose-to-nose contact. Observing anything out of the ordinary during this two- to three-week protocol is important with the hopes of not introducing an infectious agent to the rest of the flock.

At unloading, a pour-on external treatment and internal parasite drench may be warranted so parasites are not brought in. A combination deworming drench – a full dose of two different dewormers administered separately – may be needed given increasing frequency of internal parasite resistance to many common dewormers in the region.

If operating in irrigated areas, running rams through a footbath can also help ensure footrot causing organisms are not introduced to the flock. Asking ram sellers about their flock health protocols and biosecurity practices prior to purchase can be especially informative to ram buyers. Purchased rams should improve economically relevant traits, including pounds of lamb weaned, wool and growth, while avoiding introduction of infectious organisms which will limit the flock’s potential.

Adapting a ram to his new environment should begin with asking a seller about the type of diet and environment

the ram was reared in. Many rams are familiar with the feed bunk in a drylot environment, but may be less familiar with grazing resources where they are intended to work during the breeding season. Consequently, we need to make sure we minimize the stress associated with this transition.

Breeding season management Most breeding rams, whether ram lambs or yearlings, may likely be overconditioned at purchase and should be adapted to their new-found reality of a rangebased diet. A medium-quality hay fed during quarantine and the weeks leading up to breeding can help them nutritionally adapt to a forage-based diet. If producers will be supplementing an unfamiliar feed byproduct or supplement to the rest of the flock during breeding, acquainting rams with these types of feed prior to turnout is helpful.

Diets too high in crude protein – greater than 16 percent – can exacerbate the formation of pizzle rot or ulcers on the ram’s sheath, which are painful for the ram and can decrease drive to breed.

Access to a palatable mineral upon arrival, and leading up to breeding, will help ensure building up critical trace element reserves prior to breeding season demands.

Remember rams will travel two to five times farther per day than ewes, with eight to 13 services per 13-hour period during the breeding season. Consequently, rams will lose body condition throughout the breeding season and should be monitored throughout the breeding season to avoid excessive weight loss.

Undernourished rams have decreased testicular size and circulating hormone concentrations. When rams lose more than 15 percent of their live body weight, 37.5 pounds for a 250-pound ram for example, during the breeding season, they will experience a dramatic decrease in libido and lose interest in staying with ewe-flock. Seeing rams, especially blackface rams, on larger range flocks disassociate with the flock toward the end of the breeding season is not uncommon. This can be an unfortunate cue the ram has experienced significant nutritional restriction and has lost interest in the ewes.

In contrast, the little bit of grain fed to the ram and ewes while in the breeding pasture for a good flush can also help the ram maintain stamina.

Monitoring ram condition and supplementing accordingly with additional energy has been documented to increase

testicular size and stamina during the breeding season.

Ram lambs should be monitored more closely as excessive weight loss during their first breeding season is harder to remedy than long-yearling or mature rams.

Post-breeding nutritional management Ensuring rams receive adequate nutrition post-breeding is critical and often overlooked in our region. The knee-jerk impulse with ram longevity problems is to criticize the breeder or underlying genetics when much of the problem can be solved with adequate nutritional and animal health interventions postbreeding. While I do agree rams should be easy keeping and adaptable to their environment, they cannot defy their physiology and thrive under impossible conditions.

Ram longevity can only be achieved in as much as we help the ram recuperate from excessive weight loss post-breeding. The cost per ram when mated to 40 ewes at a purchase price of $800 is approximately $20 per ewe in the first year. Assuming producers can achieve a conservative three breeding seasons or 120 ewes across a threeyear breeding season, this cost is reduced to $6.60 per ewe over three years.

Survey data collected from producers across the region indicates ram longevity is an issue with the average terminal-sire “black face” ram averaging less than two breeding seasons, whereas wool breed ram longevity across ranches surveyed averages four years. Many of the ranches surveyed indicated they do not implement a specific post-breeding strategy for their rams.

Even with the cost of feed this year, producers can’t afford to nutritionally mismanage rams post-breeding.

A seven-year study at Colorado State University evaluating over 11,000 rams in western flocks found rams in below-average body condition were significantly more likely to have substandard semen characteristics. An extra one to two pounds of supplement, in addition to free-choice hay or adequate pasture, can go a long way in helping improve ram longevity post-breeding.

Teeth wear and alignment Generally, teeth issues come in the form of excessive wear and poor alignment of incisors with the upper dental pad. Excessive wear refers to shortening or widening gaps between the lower incisors.

Oftentimes, poor body condition is correlated to excessive incisor wear in rams and ewes and can help indirectly point to rams which should be culled.

Proper alignment of teeth with the upper dental pad is important because it directly affects functionality and longevity on Wyoming’s challenging landscapes. Specifically, it relates to the friction or “nip” force between the lower teeth, or incisors, and upper dental pad, which cuts plant material. The inability to properly sever the forage limits the ability of animals to consume adequate forage.

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Proper teeth-to-pad contact reduces the stress at the tooth root and will result in proper wear. Bottom teeth have to align with the upper dental pad. Broadly speaking, the upper dental pad cannot extend beyond the lower incisors, resulting in parrot mouth, nor can the lower teeth extend beyond the upper dental pad, resulting in bulldog mouth.

I’ve observed most parrot mouth sheep are identified and culled, yet there is far too much tolerance for bottom teeth sliding above the upper dental pad. Slide a finger along the front of the teeth and dental pad, paying attention to the protrusion of either the teeth or dental pad, which helps prompt more visual observation.

Still, I’m also a realist, and understand the costs associated with developing rams and all the other important criteria in ram selection. Taking the chance on a poorly aligned mouth is risky considering this ram is siring the next three- or four-years’ worth of replacement ewes and rams.

Legs and feet Evaluating hooves for lameness and integrity at least one month prior to ram turnout will allow trimming feet and observing any subsequent discomfort in the weeks after.

Alternatively, moving rams to dry or rocky pastures where they can naturally wear off any excess growth on the hoof wall, far enough in advance of breeding, can help separate truly lame sheep from situational discomfort.

An afternoon of cull/keep exercises with the ram battery far enough in advance of the ram sale will allow an accurate inventory of breeding rams and determine the number of rams that need purchased for the upcoming seasons.

I’m often asked the optimal ram to ewe ratio, which I often will respond, “It depends.” It depends on the age of the ram, age of the ewes, breeding environment including pasture size and terrain and whether producers regularly conduct breeding soundness exams.

The standard three rams per 100 ewes is generally appropriate for our region in a mixed-age ram breeding group. Adding more rams when breeding ewe lambs and yearlings is the one major adaptation to consider due to their “silent” breeding activity. If the topography and size of the breeding pasture results in a very dispersed grazing of ewes, increasing the ram-toewe ratio from three rams per 100 ewes to four rams per 100 ewes may be warranted. With $2.50 lamb prices, assembling ram-to-ewe ratios that minimize the chance of open ewes should be a priority.

This brings us to the importance of selecting rams that can withstand the rigors of Wyoming’s unforgiving winter breeding environment.

Proper structure of legs and feet is extremely important, and this takes on slightly different meanings in different segments of the industry – commercial and exhibition – overall, it estimates the ability of rams to travel with ease to cover ewes.

Broadly speaking, determining proper structure requires observing the movement of a ram to identify discomfort in legs or restrictions in movement. Looking for proper flex in the knee and the correct tracking of the back legs can help determine discomfort or limitations of movement. Oftentimes, short, rapid steps with clear head movement when the affected hoof touches the ground can suggest stiffness or underlying discomfort.

Unfortunately, a ram exhibiting soreness and stiffness coming out of a drylot environment will not improve in the breeding pasture.

A scoring system for each component of the leg and feet is helpful to select future replacement ewes and rams.

In theory, this could entail a repeatable numerical scale system based on visual similarities for a specific component in an animal.

We’ve utilized a hybrid Australian system in some of our ram test evaluations on campus. Specifically, we emphasize the front legs, back legs, pasterns and hock shape.

Selection goals Finally, no sheep article would be complete without a final plug reminding of the importance of establishing ram selection goals prior to sitting down in the sale arena.

The best place to start begins with the current level of production on your operation.

How many pounds of lamb weaned per ewe do you produce? When and what size of lamb do you usually try to market? What grade of wool do you market, does it make adequate staple length?

What are your major revenue sources? Do you have too many bum lambs each year?

These questions should ultimately help you decide where you want to improve your flock productivity.

Chances are if you don’t

know where your operation’s level of production is, genetic improvement becomes more of a chance than choice. Criteria can be quite different between a commercial and seed stock operation, but suffice to say, any criteria must be your own, based on your production environment and ultimately tied to an economic value.

Evaluating the ram battery and selecting the next generation of rams is one of the most important times of the year. Keeping an eye on ram management pre- and post-breeding can decrease ram turnover and keep ram replacement costs to a minimum. Defined criteria related to structural soundness will also help ensure rams can readily breed ewes year after year.

Scheduling time for these ram evaluation events well in advance of breeding will ultimately help sheep producers make fewer last-minute decisions which often make force compromise on the criteria previously discussed.

Wyoming State Ram Sale For 93 years, Wyoming’s sheep producers have converged in Douglas, for the Wyoming State Ram Sale – a milestone worthy of celebration. Excellent lamb prices will only add to the optimism and excitement that comes with selecting the next rams for the 2021-22 breeding season.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Ram Sale Seminar, held 3-5 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the Ruthe James Williams Memorial Conference Center at the Wyoming Pioneer Museum on the Wyoming State Fairgrounds as well as catching up on sale day at 11 a.m. Sept. 14 at the Wyoming State Fairgrounds.

Whit Stewart is a professor and the University of Wyoming Extension sheep specialist. He can be reached at whit.stewart@uwyo.edu.

Conformation scoring system – Adapted from the Australian Wool Innovation and Meat and Livestock Australia, Dr. Whit Stewart recommends evaluating front legs, back legs, pasterns and hock shape when considering rams for purchase. A score of three in each of the systems is optimal. Courtesy Whit Stewart

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A true skill: Traveling LAI technician shares opportunities leading to career in sheep industry Today it is more common to hear about laparoscopic artificial insemination (LAI), compared to almost 40 years ago when the technology began influencing genetics in small ruminant flocks across the world.

LAI involves the synchronization of estrus and a well-timed insemination by way of minor surgical procedure through the abdominal wall of small ruminant animals. Glen Erickson, a resident of Wellsville, Utah and owner of New Frontier Genetics, has been involved in the sheep industry for as long as he can remember.

“I have raised sheep all my life,” he began. “I started showing lambs when I was eight years old, but it all started with my dad. He raised sheep and showed competitively in southern Utah.”

“He ended up selling out of the sheep business when he went back to school and always said if he knew his kids would have be interested in sheep, he would have kept them,” explained Glen.

Finding a place in the industry Glen originally planned on attending school to become a veterinarian. However, vet school didn’t go as planned and after he thought about it, he didn’t want to work with sick animals every day.

Glen graduated with a

bachelor’s degree in animal science with a minor in pre-veterinary medicine and eventually pursued a master’s degree in animal reproduction. After completing his undergraduate degrees from Utah State University (USU), he began working for the university as the shepherd.

“I worked at USU for nearly 20 years running their animal science farm,” Glen said. “I was in charge of the sheep program and part of the cattle program there.”

While at USU, Glen decided there needed to be an improvement in genetics at the farm, and the quickest way to complete this task was through artificial insemination, especially when it came to raising purebred sheep.

“I started by collecting rams from around the area, specifically from Brigham Young University (BYU),” he shared. “They had a ram I wanted to buy to improve our Suffolk flock and they weren’t willing to sell him to me. But, they were interested in trading semen.”

After he collected semen for BYU, the word was out and people started calling him to collect their rams.

“I got a call and someone wanted to pay me for the work I was doing,” he explained. “I said ‘Hello, this is a great opportunity.’”

Seizing a new opportunity After only collecting

semen from rams for a few years, he decided he should probably learn how to use the semen and breed sheep through LAI. “I watched Dr. Gourley years ago, and after that I was mainly self-taught for years and years,” Glen said.

“I bred at just the university for many years improving their genetics. In 2007, I had the opportunity to add whitetail deer to the small ruminants I was inseminating and the income was improving.”

He continued, “The size of the farm demanded incredible volume for breeders such as myself, and after several busy years of very high conception rates, I decided to begin breeding commercially on the side.

Balancing the demands of both industries was difficult as demand was surging in the agriculture industry for LAI breeders with high conception rates, so I left the university and New Frontier Genetics was born.”

Creating a career Glen hit the road running, artificially inseminating all over the country.

“It’s been almost 30 years since I began inseminating and the need and want has grown exponentially,” he said. “Dr. Gourley was the first to travel around the country, and when he moved into whitetail deer

redland targhee and suffolks

specifically, I found I could travel much more. Every weekend during the summer has turned into an every day, full-time job.”

The full-time job has proved to be valuable, because it has led Glen down different paths learning new skills and visiting different countries.

“I went to Australia

to learn embryo transfer, and I went to the Ukraine to teach artificial insemination for six weeks,” he shared. “I have also been in South Africa and New Zealand to train and learn new skills.”

“Every step I complete in the LAI process is for a reason, whether I learned the skill or taught myself

the step,” Glen said. “It is something I really enjoy – I love all the components of what I do. It’s choosing life everyday, creating the next generation of animals and advancing the future.”

Cameron Magee is an intern for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

Correction made In the Aug. 28 edition of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, it was reported the Champion Market Goat and the Champion Market Lamb of the 2021 Wyoming State

Fair were exhibited by Candee Coxbill.

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OBITUARIES

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John Cowdin

We welcome obituaries. Obituaries are printed free of charge and can be sent to roundup@wylr.net.

June 28, 1945 – Aug. 19, 2021

Brian Scott Allmer

attended Casper College before moving back to the Medicine Bow area.

John joined the Air National Guard in 1965. On Dec. 17, 1966, John married Sue Cooper. The couple has four children – Traci (Rich) Schneider, Stephanie (Pat) Neely, Kristie Cowdin (Tyson Twitchell) and Jamie (Savannah) Cowdin. The lights of John’s life were his grandchildren Cooper and Jaxson Neely, Hadlee Cowdin and Josie and Tallon Twitchell.

John was a fourth generation Carbon County native who never forgot his roots.

He was actively involved in his community, including the fire department, city council, serving as mayor and in the American Legion. He was instrumental in building a new arena for Medicine Bow Days and served on the Conservation District board for 18 years, as well as the Carbon County Fair Board for 25 years.

John’s background in agriculture benefited him throughout his life. He sold Moorman’s Feed for 10 years before joining NutraLix, Inc. where he stayed for 25 years.

He and Sue spent countless hours delivering mineral across the area where

June 17, 1966 – Aug. 26, 2021

Brian Scott Allmer, 55, of Briggsdale, Colo. passed away on Aug. 26 in Greeley, Colo. He was born June 27, 1966 in Greeley to Floyd and Lillian Christine (Dye) Allmer.

He lived in Broomfield, Colo. until the age of five and then moved to the Centennial family farm just outside of the small and wonderful community of Briggsdale where he attended Briggsdale High School. There he met his beautiful wife and the love of his life, Connie Jean Hart, and they graduated as two-fifths of their graduating class in 1984.

Brian and Connie were married on Sept. 20, 1986 and celebrated 34 years of life together. They raised two amazing children and took in nine foreign exchange students from Germany and Iceland over the course of six years.

Brian believed heavily in the investment of the youth of the world, the nation, his home state and his local communities. His countless hours and unsurpassed dedication to the success of this insurmountable

and noble task he took on with great pride and heart.

The numerous individuals he impacted in his wake is simply unfathomable.

Brian was always involved in agriculture from managing the family farm to working at Lextron Animal Health and Colorado Equipment and then for 1010 KSIR radio. He was a trailblazer in ag radio, creating The BARN (Brian Allmer Radio Network), FarmCast Radio and Colorado Ag News Network.

He participated in FFA and 4-H as a youth and continued supporting those organizations professionally throughout his life. Brian was a member of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), the Colorado FFA Foundation, the Colorado 4-H Foundation, the Colorado Farm Show Committee, 1867 Club Board Member, Denver Ag and Livestock Club Member, the Weld County Fair Board, the Briggsdale FFA Advisory Council, Briggsdale 4-H Club Beef leader and founder and the coordinator of the Briggsdale Classic Open Jackpot Show, a memorial of his sister Harlene, to just name a few.

He also supported Colorado High School Activities Association through broadcasting, events and benefits.

Brian was a great man who loved his family fiercely, a dedicated friend and an asset to the agriculture community. He had an

eye on the greater good and never backed down from a fight. He was a giant and a legend in the industry.

Much like his hero, John Wayne, he believed “A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.” Moreover, Brian was a man of great faith and he and Connie attended Upper Room Ministries.

He firmly believed it “was always important to take time out of his day to tend to what mattered most.” Brian had a knack for making everyone he met feel super special and let them know they were important.

Thankful to have shared his life include his wife Connie Allmer; daughter Samantha (Nate) Munson and three grandchildren and son Tucker Allmer (fiancé Lindsay Miller); mother Lillian Allmer; brothers Gerald Allmer, Steve (Penny) Allmer and sister Brenda Durland; uncles and aunts Duane, Bonnie and Eddie Durland, Arlene Neese; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Brian was preceded in death by his father Floyd, stepfather Charlie Durland, sister Harlene Fiscus and sister Jennifer Durland.

A visitation was held Sept. 1 and a celebration of life was held Sept. 2. Memorial gifts may be made to “Brian Allmer Memorial Ag Media Scholarship Fund” in care of Adamson, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.

Friends may leave condolences at adamsoncares. com.

UW names department heads Two department heads have been named in the University of Wyoming (UW) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, according to Barbara Rasco, dean of the college.

Associate Professor Bledar Bisha, who has been serving as interim head in the Department of Animal Science, has been named head of the department.

Associate professor Jay Gatlin in the Department of Molecular Biology has been named head of that department.

Bisha received his master’s and his

doctorate in food science and technology from Iowa State University in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He received his postdoctoral training in food microbiology at Colorado State University from 2009-13, when he joined UW. Gatlin received his doctorate in cell and molecular biology from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2005 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill until 2010, when he joined UW.

After a courageous battle against pancreatic cancer, John Gilbert Cowdin, 76, passed away Aug.19 at the Hospice of Laramie surrounded by his family.

John was born June 28, 1945 in Laramie. He was the son of Warren and Adrienne (Irene) Cowdin.

As an infant, John’s family lived on the Jim Horn Ranch south of Medicine Bow before moving to the family ranch at Leo. They moved to the Cardwell place near Prior Flat in 1946, where he attended a one room schoolhouse with his teacher and his lamb.

One of the fondest memories John had of his schooling was living in McFadden with Don and Mary Sims and attending McFadden Elementary. John graduated from Laramie High School and

he was raised. He shared many stories and memories of his childhood as they bounced over the two track roads.

John was passionate about camping and hunting. He found joy in tagging along with his children and filming their hunts.

Over 25 years, he and Sue spent their December anniversary in Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo. John was known for his infectious laugh, his sense of humor and his famous, “I have a story to tell you.”

John is survived by his wife Sue, his children and grandchildren, sisters Carol Mayfield and Cathy (Fred) Bohnsack, several cousins, nieces and nephews and his beloved aunt Mary Bensen.

A celebration of John’s life will be held on Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. in Medicine Bow at the Medicine Bow Community Hall.

Donations may be made to Hospice of Laramie, 1754 Centennial Drive, Laramie, WY 82072 or the Meredith and Jeannie Ray Cancer Center at 255 North 30th Street, Laramie, WY 82072 in John’s memory.

CELEBRATE OUR COWBOY CULTURE Sept. 18, 2021

Sheridan, WY

ENJOY AN EVENING OF COWBOY POETRY AND MUSIC FEATURING COWBOY POETRY BY ANDY NELSON

Cowboy poet Andy Nelson co-hosts the “Clear Out West” (C.O.W.) radio show. His stories of cowboy life will engage the audience as the headliner of this event. Additional cowboy poets and musicians will set the stage for a great evening.

WYO Theater • Sheridan, WYO

7 - 9:30 PM • Doors open at 6 PM • $30 per ticket Available at www.wyotheater.com, click on Event tab.

November 5 to 16, 2021 Call Cruise Vacations toll free 1�855�530�0131 Visit � Clear Out West.com –OR– Cruise�Vacations.ca for more details.

Call WYO Theater Box Office, 307-672-9084 or e-mail Cindy Garretson-Weibel, wylead@gmail.com with questions.

The event will be live-streamed for those who cannot travel to Sheridan.

Purchase tickets on the same event page listed above.

Sponsored by the Wyoming Ag Leadership Council

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CLASSIFIEDS

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: Publication in this newspaper does not guarantee the legitimacy of any offer or solicitation. Take reasonable steps to evaluate an offer before you send money or provide personal/ financial information to an advertiser. If you have questions or believe you have been the victim of fraud, contact the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Unit, 123 Capitol Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, 307777-7871 .............................TFN

Events THE SANDHILLS CATTLE ASSOCIATION’S 82ND ANNUAL CONVENTION WILL BE HELD SEPT. 20-21, 2021, IN VALENTINE, NE!! This year’s speakers: Dr. Darrel Peel, Hannah Connealy Raudsepp, Sustainable Beef LLC and more. Then laugh the night away with Brent Reed - the Heavyweight of Clean Comedy. Other events: Trade show, cookoff, golf classic, bred heifer contest, scholarship benefit auction and so much more. For more information, visit www.

SandhillsCattle.com or call 402-376-2310 ....................... 9/4

Help Wanted GOTTSCH LIVESTOCK FEEDERS LLC Red Cloud, NE Join Our Team! Gottsch Cattle Company, Red Cloud, NE is looking to hire motivated and dependable feed truck drivers. Our full-time benefit package includes: Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, and 401(k). If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at www.gottschcattlecompany.com Call Russ Weber at 402-984-8485 or 402-746-2222 for more information.

GOTTSCH LIVESTOCK FEEDERS LLC Red Cloud, NE Come Join the Gottsch Livestock Feeders Family!

Gottsch Livestock Feeders is looking for Cowboys/Pen Riders for their feed yard in Red Cloud, NE. The main focus of the Cowboy/Pen Riders are spotting, pulling, diagnosing and taking cattle to the hospital and shipping fat cattle. This person will need to be a team player who is seeking a long-term position. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best in the industry. We offer a benefits package that includes health insurance, dental, vision, 401(k), health savings, life insurance and paid vacation. If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at www.gottschcattlecompany.com Call Brandon Furr at 402-257-7769 or 402-746-2222 for more information.

RANCH HELP WANTED: Looking for individual or family to ranch in northeast Wyoming Arvada area. We pay very competitive wages. Includes housing, 1/2 insurance, one week paid vacation and contributed IRA, to a motivated and experienced individual. Duties include: Farming, haying, calving, maintenance of equipment and infrastructure. Call Cathy, with Crump Land and Livestock, for more information, 307680-6815 ..........................9/18

Help Wanted

Services

Services

BUILT ON GRIT

PROUDLY SERVING WYOMING’S

Fleur-De-Lis Cattle Co. LLC Riverton, WY FDLC IS LOOKING FOR A MOTIVATED, HARD WORKING, FULL-TIME, LONGTERM FARM FEEDLOT MANAGER. Duties include employee supervision, cattle management, implementing feed program and general feedlot oversight (cattle health, nutrition and feedlot facility maintenance).

Must have heavy equipment experience/knowledge for feeding and crop production.

CDL license a plus.

Submit resume to mj.fleurdelis@wyoming. com. References required.

Pay and benefits will be based upon experience.

PART-TIME DRIVERS NEEDED FROM WORLAND TO CASPER, WY. Nighttime hours, $28/hour to start. Must have CDL, pass background check and clean MVR. E-mail resumes to dingoboy6342@ yahoo.com or call Matt, 801641-4109 ...................... 9/11 RANCH WORKER POSITION, SR CATTLE CO. RANCHESTER, WY: Responsibilities include cattle work, feeding, irrigating, haying, routine maintenance of equipment and fencing. We use horses for cattle work, ATV’s for irrigating, checking water and putting out salt/ mineral. Located at the base of Wyoming’s beautiful Big Horn Mountains. There will be times of working alone, as well as working with team of 3-5 others. Salary plus housing. Send letter of interest, resume with references to tkane@rangeweb.net or call 307-751-3634 ............... 9/18 SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA RANCH/FEEDLOT AND FARMING OPERATION LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED HELP: Housing, insurance and other benefits included. References required.

Contact Kelly Raichart, 308340-9948, Chance Raichart, 308-882-0159 or send resume to mraichart@bwtelcom.net ....................... 9/18 EXPERIENCED GUIDES WANTED!! Immediate openings. Horseback riding, ATV and UTV. Provide salary, accommodations and good tips.

After training, possible yearround management position.

For more information, call 970-389-1567 or 719-8362700 ............................... 9/4

Auctions

Torrington Livestock Markets 307-532-3333

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PRIVATE LANDOWNERS. We have the experience to take your vision and make it reality; from due diligence to construction, management, and permitting ultimately ownership transition. We work with all types of properties including production agriculture, farms, cattle ranches, equestrian estates, ranchettes and sporting ranches.

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Visit us online at westernhce.com for more information and to learn how we can help make your next project a reality.

Financial Services

Limousin

ALL TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE FINANCING. Great service!! Great rates!!

Call Chuck Brown at C. H. Brown Co. WY LLC 307-3223232 (office), 307-331-0010 (cell), or e-mail chuckbrown@ wyoming.com....................9/4

2-year-old 2-year-old registered registered Limousin Limousin Bulls Bulls

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!! ......... 9/4

Brands

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Tough Times Call For Tougher Measures!

Protect your investment, property rights and livelihood with our Staff’s 150+ years combined experience in Water Resources, Civil Engineering and Land Surveying.

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

Timely completion. Statewide service. Reasonable cost.

Honest estimates. References. We care! wywaterrights.com • 307-347-8329

PROVIDING INNOVATIVE

DESIGN-BUILD SOLUTIONS. Expanding on our years of experience in natural resource and agriculture engineering, WURX is a quality focused construction company. Our expertise and creative approach provide solutions for your construction needs.

LAND DEVELOPMENT•IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE CROPS & WATERSHEDS•STREAMS & PONDS AGRICULTURE IMPROVEMENTS•WILDLIFE HABITAT CIVIL SITE DEVELOPMENT•ROADS & UTILITIES OIL & GAS•DAMS & RESERVOIRS Visit us online at wurx.us for more information and to learn how we can complete your project.

Request A Quote: 307-877-7570 | info@wurx.us

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

Farm & Ranch Insurance

Farm & Ranch Insurance

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE FOR PASTURE, RANGELAND AND FORAGE Ranchers, are you tired of drought putting your assets and operation at risk?

We can now insure pasture, rangeland and forage with Federal Crop Insurance. No proof of loss or financial information required. Must sign up by November 15, 2021. Government pays first half of premium, no payment/if any will be required from producer until Sept. 30, 2022.

Call Russ Renner, 307-272-8235 or reach out on Facebook Russ Renner/Risk Associates

REGISTEARED WYOMNG BRAND: RSC, registered until 2027.

Branding irons, $2,000 OBO. 307-461-0356 .....................9/4

Dogs SIX HEELER PUPS FOR SALE: Three red and 3 blue, 4 females and 2 males. Out of working parents, 5 weeks old, ranch raised. $300 firm. Call 307-921-0582 or 307-851-3912 .......................9/18 AKC LAB PUPPIES: All colors available, whites, blacks, yellows, dark chocolates and dark reds.

Excellent hunters, family companions. Full AKC registration. Shots, wormed, dewclaws removed. All puppies are cute, but it’s what they grow into that counts. Not all Labs are the same. Proud to own!! Been raising quality AKC Labradors for 20-plus years. Look at the rest but buy the best. Both parents on site for viewing. Will sell quickly!! $200 deposit, picking order is when the deposit is received. Doug Altman, Mitchell, S.D. Call/text 605-999-7149, click the our labs tab on the website for pictures www.southdakotayellowlabs. com......................................... 9/4 REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS WITH WORKING BLOODLINES. Parents are working dogs. For more information, call 307-921-8379 ................ 9/11 BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES FOR SALE. Working parents.

Serious ranch or trial prospects.

Alexa x Bo, born July 5. Bloodlines are Biscuit, Star, Craig, J.R. Red, etc., one left. P.R. Bob Kat x Gus, born July 23. Bloodlines are B.J. Bob, P.R. Zeke, Rooster, Snowball, J.R. Red, etc., three left. P.R. Miss Kitty x Gus, born July 5. Bloodlines are P.M. Ruby, B.J. Bob, Buck, Rooster, Snowball, J.R. Red, etc., four left. Call Kelvin Hostetler, 314-330-3474 or Karl Hostetler, 660-988-8422, please no Sunday calls ..... 9/11 STOCKDOG AND PEOPLE TRAINING for cattle, sheep and goats. All breeds welcome. Lessons and online assistance available. ALSO, occasional dogs for sale. For more information, call 307-351-6005 ......................... 9/4 GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES FOR SALE, ranch raised. For more information, call 406-2077674 ........................................ 9/4 PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES out of working Border Collie parents. One male, three females, ready to go. 307-8505671....................................9/4

Angus

Limousin Bulls Longhorn registered 2-year-old

REGISTERED TEXAS LONGHORNS FOR SALE: Featured September 2020 American Beef Producer. Gentle pairs, steers, heifers, solid and colorful bulls.

Foraging, hardy, low-maintenance cattle, traffic stopping colors. Easy calving, excellent maternal outcome. Cross-breeding for robust calves resistant to disease. Fascinating, fun to show, simple handling, great for youth. Westhaven Ranch in California, 209-274-9917, email swestmoore@gmail.com or website www.westhavenlonghorns.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .......................... 9/18

Custom Feeding FLYING TRIANGLE RANCH HAS FEED for cows, bulls and calves, silage/hay/beet pulp, 12602 U.S. Hwy. 26, Riverton, WY. For prices call Cliff Henderson, 970-260-0892 .....9/25 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) ............................ 9/11

Pasture Wanted WANTED: Family looking for long-term lease or ranch to possibly work into buying. Would like 200-500 head unit. Got cows and kids, just need a place to raise them!! Please call 605-6692328 or 605-280-9408 ...... 9/25

Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.

- Jef I. Richards Angus

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

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Ranch Lease Wanted

Ranch Lease Wanted

ISO RANCH TO LEASE Looking for a year-round 400 - 1,000 head ranch OR farm/ranch combination to lease.

Preferably long term. All locations considered.

Registered Red Angus operation. Financial & landlord references available.

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

Horses 10TH ANNUAL SANBAR RANCH PRODUCTION SALE SEPT. 11, 2021: Preview 1 p.m. Sale 3 p.m. ConToy Arena, Mt. Pleasant, UT. Cow bred performance horses. Blue and bay roans, black and bay colts. Rope horse and barrel horse prospects. Contact us at 435-469-1232 or www.sanbarranch.net, Facebook and Instagram: Sanbarranch. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .....................9/4 REGION 2 AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. 15-19 RAPID CITY, SD. Three AQHA point shows in addition to our region championship. Buckles for first place in all Region 2 classes, AQHA sponsored buckles for all level 2 amateur and youth classes, top 10 awards for all classes. Grand Stay Suites is the host hotel. For more information, visit www.aqharegion2.com or e-mail region2show@gmail.com. Follow us on Facebook .....................9/4

Saddles & Tack BACK TO SCHOOL SAVINGS!! Large selections with great prices!! HONDO, BOULET, JUSTIN CASUAL SHOES AND WORK BOOTS, TWISTED X (boots and shoes) and more!! PURSES, belts, WALLETS, socks etc… 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........................9/4

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 ..........................9/18

Sheep ARE YOU IN NEED OF A NEW HERDER CAMP OR A PERSONAL RANGE CAMP FOR YOUR FAMILY? Contact us at Western Range Camps and see what we can build for you. We specialize in quality, handcrafted camps built to your specifications.

Contact us today to design the camp that is just right for you.

Western Range Camps, 435462-5300, heidi@wrcamps. com, 1145 S. Blackhawk Blvd, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647 ...... 9/4 FINE WOOL TARGHEE YEARLING BUCKS FOR SALE: 40 big, growthy, open faced, all natural, range raised, born May 2020. For more information, call 605-866-4828 if no answer please leave message ........9/4

Seed TRITICALE SEED FOR SALE. Contact Tom Marcy, 308-4300370..................................10/2

Hay & Feed FOR SALE: Alfalfa hay in large round bales. ALSO, oat hay and sorghum-Sudan hay in large round bales. 308-7650300 ................................ 9/18 HAY FOR SALE: Grain and CRP hay. ALSO, last year's hay.

Call for pricing 701-690-8116, please send a text if no answer or keep trying ....................9/25

Hay & Feed

Ask about our Social Media & E-blast Advertising Call 800-967-1647 or 307-234-2700 Hay & Feed

HAY AUCTION

September 14, 2021 • 6:00 PM (MDT) Vetal Fire Hall 14 miles east of Martin, S.D. on Highway 18 Approximately 3,500 bales of 2nd, 3rd and 4th cutting irrigated grass/alfalfa mix round bales, tested and net wrapped.

Contact for more information: Jeff Johnson • (605) 208-7152 Nick Risse • (605) 441-0092 WINTER CARE AVAILABLE FOR COWS STARTING MID TO LATE OCTOBER: Range and hay on hand. Supplement and mineral is included in price.

Not a feedlot. Price starting at $2.50/day. Good water and good protection. Minimum of 250 head. Please contact me for rates and more information. Chase, 402-822-0318, email chollenbeck23@gmail. com ...............................9/25

Equipment

VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Wyoming and western Nebraska hay available. Call Barry McRea, 888935-3633. www.valleyvideohay.com ....................... 9/25 MEADOW CANARY GRASS HAY: Round bales 4x5.5. Also, 4x6 bales upon request, approximately 1,000 lb. bales. For more information, please call 507-6497086, no texts.................... 9/18 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 ............9/18 HORSE HAY FOR SALE: Grass and grass/alfalfa mix, big square bales and small square bales. ALSO, have all sizes, all qualities and all quantities with delivery available!! Call 307630-3046........................... 9/4

Trucking BENNY HERNANDEZ IS IN THE AREA AND HAS PLENTY OF HELP TO HAUL YOUR CROPS. Please call 307-4317160..................................10/9

Equipment 2014 4060-L SERIES KUBOTA TRACTOR: Loader, cab, air and heat. Stored inside. Like new, 800 hours!! $37,000..For more information, call 406-6287731 ................................ 9/25 HYDROVAC 300 GALLON CATTERPILLAR MOTOR, only 900 hours. Model #307-9831, serial #C6K01503. Cat water pump and Gardner-Denver vac pump. $7,000 OBO. ALSO, post hole digger $1,000; Sportsman 500 $1,000. 307-358-1866 ............................................9/4

Equipment EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: CIH 290 Magnum tractor; IHC 766 tractor with loader; two challenger MT585D tractors; Loral Turbo Magnum IV fertilizer spreader; Rogater 854 sprayer; Cornhusker tri-axle grain trailer; Hyster 50T lowboy trailer; RWay and Midland tri-axle belly dump trailers; Transcraft 53’ stepdeck trailer; Western Star winch truck; Freightliner FLD sleeper trucks; 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; Cat 246C skid steer, heat/ac, auxiliary hydraulics; Marflex 60’ pu sprayer; New Holland 195 manure spreader; Gehl 125 grinder/mixer; Alberta 56’x60’ man camp. Call 406-2541254 .................................. 9/25

PLACE PICTURES WITH YOUR CLASSIFIED ADS ONLINE Equipment

BOLINGER INC. 307-684-5515, 307-684-5515,Buffalo, Buffalo,WY WY••www.bolingerinc.com www.bolingerinc.net

Hydra-Bed Bale Beds 30 Series in Stock Reliable and Easy to operate Remote Options Available

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 ............................. 9/25 WANTED WANTED WANTED!! Porsches and exotic cars, any year. Vintage cars and trucks 70s, 80s and older. Motorcycles, gas pumps, signs, guns and collections.

Pocket knife collections. Additional collectibles considered.

I will help clean your garage.

Fair cash prices paid. Call or text Glen, 801-361-4022.

WANTED WANTED WANTED!! ............................... 9/4

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Livestock Equipment Ulrich Manufacturing has launched website for over 55 livestock products! Easily find photos, dimensions and dollar amounts at www.UlrichManufacturing.com. Customize a trailer load to your budget! Call Damian Ulrich, 701-209-0313, to order and schedule 24/7 Loaded-Mile Delivery or Welding Shop Pickup. On website, you’ll find stout FREE STANDING (18 design options), chute, alley, bud box, bow gate, windbreak, feedthrough, calving pen, trailer hay rack and more ........ 9/18

Hay Equipment

S AV E F E E D ! ! !

Windrows too thin to bale?

You can salvage tons of winter feed from hay fields you thought were a total loss. Cut and bunch it. 8’ John Deere dump rake with factory tractor hitch. Excellent condition. Easy to pull.

Located between Spearfish, SD and Sundace, WY. $995.

Call 307-290-2896

1049 NEW HOLLAND STACK WAGON (serial no. 3779), fair condition, runs good, $12,000.

ALSO, 575 NEW HOLLAND BALER (serial no. 791664), good condition, extended bale shoot, re-built pickup head. Bales great!! $8,000. Call 303-589-7413, hoganoutfitters@yahoo.com ... 9/11

Equipment Restoration DBL TREE TRACTOR RESTORATION LLC: Tractors, stock trailers and flatbeds, total repair, sandblast and paint. Please call Mike, 406-930-0720 ...........9/4

E-mail Denise **Also specializing in Bolinger flatbeds and custom trailers**

Cannonball Bale Beds Cannonball Bale Beds Offering both Stocking and traditional and installing dealer.

One day bale/dump beds.

Stocking and turn around! installing dealer.

One day In stock now!

Ainsworth Motors turn around!

Ainsworth, NE Ainsworth Motors 800-210-1681 www.ainsworthmotors.com Ainsworth, NE 800-210-1681

www.ainsworthmotors.com

Livestock Equipment

THE “ORIGINAL” BOLINGER OVERHEAD BIN QUALITY TRUSTED BY CUSTOMERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS!

FOR SALE: MacDon 974 36’ draper head with John Deere hook up. CIH 564 big round baler, net wrap and twine tie, 5,444 bales, shedded, very nice. Rowse 9’ sickle mower with New Holland heads.

Rowse 18 wheel high capacity V-rake with wind guard panels on wheels. John Deere 2550 2WD tractor, sound guard cab, ac/heat, 2 hydraulics, 2,666 actual hours. Willmar 4550 Wrangler wheel loader with 5’ bucket and pallet forks, 4x4, 4,000 lb. lift capacity, new tires. John Deere 714A and 716A chuckwagons with John Deere running gears and bunk feeding extensions. H&S 7+4 16’ chuckwagon with 12 ton gear. Meyerink 3612, 12’ box scraper with tilt. All in very nice condition!! Call 605-9995482 ............................. 9/25

Be prepared for winter feeding! Call for pricing and delivery of bins.

Place Your Equipment Ad Here

BOLINGER INC. 307-684-5515 BUFFALO, WY

to Adver tise d e n i s e @ w y l r. n e t Livestock Equipment

Pipe PIPE FOR SALE!! 2 3/8, 2 7/8, both regular and heavy wall.

4” drill pipe, 4 1/2 casing, 7” casing. ALSO, have rods and guardrail!! Culverts, line pipe cut offs, 12” O.D. and 16” O.D. NEW SHIPMENT of HDPE pipe, several sizes. Call Mike, 602-758-4447. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .............................12/25 OILFIELD PIPE: RPJ Enterprises, Inc. Used for fencing, corrals, cattle guards, etc.

ALL SIZES!! 2 3/8, 2 7/8 at 31.5’ long on average per joint.

ALSO, have 7”, 5.5’, 4.5’ and 3.5’ pipe in stock. Sucker rod, cut/notched posts and portable 5x12 fencing panels. Delivery available. Pierce, CO. Call 970324-4580, e-mail rpjenergy@ gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ..................................10/9

Heating Equipment 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! 307-742-4442. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ...................TFN

Property for Sale FOR SALE: Exceptional custom country home on Sage Creek!

This move-in ready 4 bedroom, 3 bath home features wood and tile floors, solid surface counters, 2 story great room, over-sized heated garage, custom wood accents, solid wood doors, detached garage/shop/man cave, landscaping, mountain views and more!! All nestled at the end of the road on 11 acres with Sage Creek running through the property! CALL RICK BRASHER AT COLDWELL BANKER ANTLERS REALTY, INC. 307-5875533. To view photos, go to www.codyproperty.com, MLS# 10017076, $989,000 .......... 9/18

Fencing

FOR SALE: 3,850 ACRE WORKING CATTLE RANCH NESTLED IN THE SOUTH FORK VALLEY: Features 2 log homes, a guest house, horse barn, utility buildings, indoor arena, ponds, pivots, 490 acres of irrigation, 950 deeded acres, 2,900 acres of BLM and Wyoming State leases, stunning views, wildlife and more!!

Located just 8 miles from Cody, WY. Book your exclusive showing today! CALL RICK BRASHER AT COLDWELL BANKER ANTLERS REALTY, INC. 307-587-5533. To view photos, go to www.codyproperty.com, MLS# 10015261, $5,750,000 ......................9/25

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

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. Casey Essert, Land Broker, Empire Realty, Torrington, WY, 307-532-1750.

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

Pipe

Pipe

HDPE Pipe for Ranch Water Systems 30 & 40 ton hopper bottom bins

www.bolingerinc.com

Fair prices, good service, rancher owned.

Quantities up to a truck load.

Delivery available throughout the West.

775-657-1815

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GOING, GOING, GONE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SAY WITH ROUNDUP CLASSIFIEDS Property for Sale

Property for Sale

We list and sell ranches.

Global Exposure - Local Presence

chasebrothersllc.com 844.WYO.LAND LAND FOR SALE: 60 acres total, 24 irrigated, located on Missouri Valley Rd., Riverton, WY, $2,000/ acre. For more information, please call 307-850-2204, if no answer leave message ..................... 9/11 ARIZONA RANCHES FOR SALE: 30,000+ acre ranch, 600+ head year long plus seasonal stockers. Arizona state, USFS and small BLM grazing leases. Extremely well watered ranch with elevations from 3,600 to 4,700 feet, tremendous feed and a very shallow water table.

Headquarters with all utilities on paved highway, $4,000,000.

22,000+ acre ranch, 200+ head year-long plus up to 2,600 stockers seasonally, Arizona state plus small BLM, small feedyard, modest headquarters on 10 deeded acres $1,200,000. Harley Hendricks Realty, 877-349-2565, email HarleyHendricks@HarleyHendricks.com .................... 9/4

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Tips provided for keeping rams sound and healthy throughout the year tice, Mahoney shares, “We do soundness exams at the end of the breeding season to detect issues which may have developed during the mating season.”

Ideally, by noticing problems at the beginning of the off-season, there is less time and money invested into bringing rams back into breeding condition.

In addition, Mahoney adds, evaluating rams following a breeding season helps to make herd management and culling decisions, noting, “We sell some rams after breeding so we are not maintaining the ram for an entire year just to have him come up bad before the next season.”

Another reason Mahoney conducts a soundness exam after breeding season is to evaluate the productivity of the ram. Breeding season can be strenuous

on a productive ram, so this evaluation requires advanced sheep knowledge.

Mahoney shares, some of the most productive rams will be in the poorest condition following breeding season, especially if working through a drought or in rough terrain.

During a standard breeding soundness exam, Mahoney examines lymph nodes on the ram’s underline and jaws as well as preforms breeding palpations. While the sheep breeder stresses the importance of exams after breeding season, he suggests conducting exams multiple times throughout the year.

“Producers handle rams three or four times a year, and every time the rams are handled, they should receive a soundness exam because issues develop over time,” Mahoney shares. “The more often a breeder can give a

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thorough look the better because rams are the working force behind a herd.”

Mahoney continues, “Herds have to have a healthy ram in a healthy position in order to breed sheep.”

Feeding protocol Throughout the year, rams require different levels of nutrition to keep healthy and maintain body condition. Once rams are pulled from ewes, it is essential to get them back in shape.

“To get rams back up to ideal condition it is important to make sure they are on decent feed,” says Mahoney.

“When the ram comes out of the herd, producers need to make sure they have quality feed to recover,” he continues. “Once recovered – after about 30 days on feed – the rams don’t require high-end nutrition.”

After rams recover, it is

ECO-SHRED BEDDING

The importance of healthy, productive rams is well-known as a foundation of successful sheep flocks.

Keeping rams in good condition throughout the year can help improve breeders’ success.

Ryan Mahoney, a sheep breeder from northern California, joined the Sheep Stuff Ewe Should Know podcast on Aug. 11 to share more about his experience in keeping rams in shape at different points of the year.

Soundness exams At Mahoney’s operation in northern California, breeding season ends in June.

According to Mahoney, after breeding is a critical time to examine ram health.

“When we pull rams out, we evaluate them and we basically conduct a soundness exam,” Mahoney says.

Explaining his thought process behind this prac-

important to maintain their nutritional intake, Mahoney shares.

“We don’t necessarily need to keep them on the best feed, but producers do need to make sure rams are taken care of,” Mahoney says.

For his flock, Mahoney maintains his rams’ condition with pasture grass.

“We tend to run rams separate from ewes on another hill pasture,” notes Mahoney. “The stocking density for rams is roughly one-third less than our other pastures because we do not want to rotate.”

Longevity With the right combination of breeding soundness and quality nutrition, rams should stay in the flock for multiple generations. However, despite the effort to keep rams in ideal shape, longevity ultimately depends

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on the genetics of sheep.

Noting longevity is a complex trait, Mahoney shares, “We value longevity as a trait, but it is incredibly hard to measure and incredibly hard to keep track of.”

“Ninety-five percent of producers are not equipped to manage 10 years of longevity,” says Mahoney, explaining the challenge of keeping rams in the flock for a long time. “Electronic identification (EID) tags give producers the potential to keep long-term records more easily, but it is still really hard to do.”

Mahoney’s best advice to keeping good rams around for generations is to select rams from long-producing ewes.

Savannah Peterson is an intern for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 19 • September 4, 2021

It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

It’s Genetic I’ve researched why people drive the brand of pickup they do, and I’ve reached the conclusion it’s genetic.

If both your father and your mother drove Fords, you will too.

This is called “being homozygous” for the Ford gene. If both parents drove a Chevy or a GMC, so will you.

If one parent drove a Chevy and the other a Ford, you probably drive a Ram. Having two parents with different truck genes means you are “heterozygous” or “trans,” which has nothing to do with the transmission.

If somehow you drive a Toyota pickup, yet both parents were homozygous for the Chevy gene, this is called a “mutation” or “mutant.” No offense.

I’ve loved trucks all my life. My old man was a long haul trucker, and he never owned anything but a Kenworth, or KW as they’re known in the trade. If I were a trucker, I’d drive a KW, too, because that’s what I learned to drive in. But, I have to admit, I’ve seen a lot of Peterbilts and Mack trucks that made my heart go pitter-patter.

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Working group set to meet Gov. Mark Gordon’s Colorado River Working Group will hold its first meeting from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 7 in Rock Springs. The group will discuss important Colorado River matters and monitor potential impacts to Wyoming.

The kickoff meeting will be open to the public and led by the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office.

The formation of the working group comes in response to continuing drought conditions in the Colorado, Green and Little Snake River basins and associated issues concerning Colorado River Basin management. This group is made up of representatives of key water use sectors in the Green and Little Snake River basins.

The Sept. 7 meeting will be held at Western Wyoming Community College in Business Office Room #3650 A&B in Rock Springs. More information, including background materials and future meeting agendas, will be posted on the Colorado River Working Group web page on the Wyoming State Engineer’s websitea at seo.wyo.gov/interstate-streams/ wyoming-colorado-river-working-group.

I also love fire trucks because both my grandpa and my great-grandpa were fire chiefs for decades on our volunteer fire department. I went with grandpa once to a trade show where he was looking to buy a new fire truck for our town.

We looked at Peterbilts, Macks, Sutphens and Seagraves, but it was the American LaFrance grandpa and I settled on. It had nothing to do with France. LaFrance was the last name of the founder.

I still collect fire truck ephemera, and one of my unattained goals in life was to either have a six-horse hitch of Clydesdales pulling a Concord stage or an old fire truck I could drive in local parades and blare the siren. Both, no doubt, would stampede the Paso Fino riding group and

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terrorize the piccolo players in the band.

Today’s pickups are fabulous, but my all-time favorite is the 1952 Chevy, preferably blue with baby moon hubcaps. It’s a step-side truck, which made it easier to get in and out of the bed.

This is a big deal for old geezers like me who need either a ladder or a forklift to get in the bed of today’s trucks. I don’t understand why it took so long for truck manufacturers to come up with a tailgate someone could use like a stepstool, but I think they’ll be very popular with truck buyers.

When women were polled on which make of truck made men look more sexy, 16 percent said Ford, while 13 percent said Chevy.

Although I admit to not knowing much about how

women think, I would have thought they’d prefer an old Dodge Power Wagon or a 1925 model TT International, which was made by the International Harvester Corporation.

Although, I can see why a woman wouldn’t want their man driving a truck made by a farm equipment manufacturer.

As for what truck women look sexier driving, there’s nothing quite as sexy as a female behind the horn of a Ram. I enjoy reading a column called “Mr. Truck,” which is written by an expert on the subject and he recently wrote the future in trucks is a hybrid, although Mr. Truck never struck me as a “save the earth” type of guy. I’m not sure a hybrid is the image most men want to convey.

I’m also curious if the Tesla truck is going to be very

popular because it looks more like a minivan that’s been in a crash or an isosceles triangle on training wheels. Will this really appeal to cowboys, roustabouts, roughnecks or city slickers who drive fourwheel drive trucks that never leave the pavement? And how about the demographic who drive a diesel so they can “fuel up” at the truck stop, or tough guys who have studs on their rims but not in their tires, or old guys like me who have a roll of toilet paper on their dash you can see through a cracked windshield?

Right now it’s just not genetically possible for there to be Tesla or hybrid-truck drivers, but with all the mutating of genes I see these days, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of mutants on the road in the future.

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Marcy Cattle Company Bred Female Complete Dispersal anthe Marcy Livestock Scale Crusher Mature Cow Herd Dispersal 75 Years of Angus Breeding 60 Years of Performance Testing

Noon (MDT) • Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 Gordon Livestock Auction, Gordon, NE

204 HEAD SELL

Including 28 Daughters of Marcys Scale Crusher

120 Bred Cows • 76 Bred Heifers Elite Donor Cows • 1 Open Heifer Pick

Featuring:

From Marcy Livestock (George Marcy): • Complete Dispersal of 2015+ Model Bred Cows (36 head) • Select 2020-Model Bred Heifers (28 head) • Elite Donors and Frozen Embryo Packages • Highlights Include Full Sister to Marcys Scale Crusher

MArCYS EriCA 337

The incredible full sister to Marcys Scale Crusher, sire of the top-selling sire group in Marcy sales for seven consecutive years and the recordselling sire group of the entire 2021 Angus sale season. She sells open and ready to flush.

MARCYS SCALE CruSHEr

Featuring his full sister, plus 28 daughters.

MArCYS 12 EtHELDA E 64-2

Dam of Marcys Panhandle 214-9, the top-seller of the 2021 Marcy Sale.

She sells.

Featuring his dam.

MArCYS 13 EtHELDA E 48-3 This productive Pathfinder and donor

by Marcys Scale Crusher sells.

Tom & Kim Marcy (308) 638-7587 cell: (308) 430-0370 marcycattle@hotmail.com

George & Andrea Marcy cell: (308) 430-2005 marcylivestock@msn.com

MArCYS PriDE 41 This donor by Leachman Right Time sells open, along with her yearling bred daughter who is a flush sister to the top-selling yearling bull of the 2021 Marcy Sale sired by Marcys Scale Crusher.

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MArCYS EriCA 578 This productive Pathfinder and donor

by Marcys Scale Crusher sells open.

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MArCYS 16 EtHELDA E 174-6 This proven Pathfinder is from one of the most productive and prolific families in the history of the Marcy program. Dam of one of the elite Scale Crusher sons to sell in our 2022 sale.

AuCtiOnEEr: Matt Lowery

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From Marcy Cattle Company (Tom Marcy): • Complete Dispersal of All Bred Cows (84 head) • Complete Dispersal of All Bred Heifers (48 head) • Pick of the 2021 Open Heifers (Balance will sell with the 2022 Bull Sale) • Highlights Include Dam of Marcys Panhandle 214-9 and Elite Donor Cows.

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Tuesday, August 31 Market Report • No Sale Early Consignments TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 LABOR DAY FEEDER SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS YEARLINGS @ 10:30 AM EXPECTING 2,000 YEAD

CALVES Lazy WA - 50 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 300-450#. Comp vacc. High desert.

Britt Givens - 30 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500# 12 Holstein Bulls 500# Anna Noseep - 27 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec 7-way @ Branding. Sired by powerful Blk Ang bulls.

High elevation.

YEARLINGS JM Livestock - 285 Yrling Spayed Hfrs 800-850# (90% Blk, 10% Red & CharX). High elevation.

Coming out of the dry. Green!

Banner Ranch - 110 Hereford & HerefordX Yrling Strs 700-800# 70 Hereford & HerefordX Yrling Spayed Hfrs 600700#. All natural. One brand, high elevation.

Riverside Ranch - 125 Yrling Strs 700-750# (90% Blk, 10% BWF/RWF). No implants. Green! Fancy, lightweight Yrling Strs!

Rafter Cross Livestock - 65 Blk Ang Yrling Spayed Hfrs 900#. Coming out of dry conditions. High elevation. Fancy!

Don Frank - 60 Ang & AngX (F1 BWF) Strs & Hfrs 800-850#. No implants. Hfrs are guaranteed open. 13 months old. High quality genetics!

Freeman Ranch - 50 Red Ang Yrling Strs 775-800#.

High elevation. No implants. Green & fancy!

Tim Tolton - 30 Yrling Strs & Spayed Hfrs 800-850# Sarah Faith Ranch - 30 Blk PTO Yrling Hfrs 825875#. High elevation.

Brad Carlson - 30 Blk Ang & AngX PTO Yrling Hfrs 850#. Fancy!

Diamond X Ranch - 25 Mostly Blk PTO Yrling Hfrs 700-800# Tracy Eckhardt - 23 Blk Yrling Strs 675-725#. High elevation. Fancy!

Whispering Creek Cattle Co - 22 Yrling Strs 600700#. Comp vacc. All natural. Fancy!

Dixon Ranch - 20 Blk Yrling Strs 650#. Handy weight & green!

V Ranch -13 PTO Yrling Hfrs 850-900# 7 Holstein Strs 600# Wapika Ranch - 16 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 900# Otis & Norma Jones - 12 Blk Yrling Strs 800#.

Fancy!

Clay Kassa - 11 Yrling Strs & Hfrs 750-850# Kenny Fleenor - 5 Red Yrling Hfrs 600#. Guaranteed open. Fancy!

Ciara Grimes - 1 Fat Str 1,250# WEIGH UPS Robert McMurry - 1 Load of Open Cows & Bulls Ferris Mountain Ranch - 15 Weigh ups 6 Heiferettes Wapika Ranch - 10 Open Cows V Ranch - 10 Weigh Cows & Bulls

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS YEARLINGS Keyhole L - 50 Yrling Strs & Hfrs 650-775#. Comp vacc & poured. High elevation. Green!

CALVES Nichols & Jones - 335 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-500#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding; Vista Once SQ @ Precon. Fancy, high desert calves!

Ellis Ranch - 200 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450-550# 125 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 400-500#. Rec Ultrachoice 7 & Bovishield Gold One Shot @ Branding. High elevation. Great performing, powerful calves!

Flagstone Ranch - 225 Mostly Blk Strs & Hfrs 400450#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High desert!

Kenny Whitt - 100 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 500#.

Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS YEARLINGS Circle 4 Ranch - 300 Yrling Strs (90% Blk, 10% Red) 750-850#.

100 Spayed Yrling Hfrs (90% Blk, 10% Red & CharX) 700-800#. High elevation yearlings. Green, coming out of the dry. Fancy!

Eastfork Livestock - 260 Blk, BWF, RWF, small % Hereford Yrling Strs 850-900#. Cattle have received Vista Once SQ & 8-way @ Branding, mid June prior to elevation & weaning. One brand, reputation steers!

Arapahoe Ranch - 75 Blk Ang & AngX PTO Yrling Hfrs 800-850# CALVES Arapahoe Ranch - 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400-500#. Rec Bovishield One Shot & Ultrabac 7.

Knife cut. Age & source verified - IMI Global. 100% all natural. Sired by Diamond Peak & small % Colyer Hereford bulls. Green, very high quality!

TY Cattle Co - 100 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation, fancy!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM YEARLINGS Eastfork Livestock - 100 Blk, BWF, RWF, small % Hereford Open Yrling Hfrs 800#. Cattle have received Vista Once SQ & 8-way @ Branding, mid June prior to elevation & weaning. One brand, reputation!

CALVES Mike & Cindy Fabrizius - 200 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400-450#. Rec Vision 7, 7-way w/ Somnus, Once PMH Nasalgen & Vista Once @ Branding.

Complete mineral program at all times. High quality genetics! One brand, high elevation!

Ramon Walker - 80 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Rec One Shot & 8-way @ Branding. Registered herd of Angus cows. Lots of AI genetics. Fancy!

Eldon Martin - 75 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400450#. Rec 7-way @ Branding. May calves. High elevation, fancy!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 COW SALE • START TIME 9:00 AM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM Ruby Ranch - 300 Blk Ang & AngX 450-550#. Rec C & D @ Birth; Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding.

Sired by Lucky 7 & Popo Agie Blk Ang bulls. Reputation, high elevation! Green!

Mike & Cindy Fabrizius - 65 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450# 35 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 400#. Rec Vision 7, 7-way w/ Somnus, Once PMH Nasalgen & Vista Once @ Branding. Complete mineral program at all times.

High quality genetics! One brand, high elevation!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 COW SALE • START TIME 9:00 AM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 BRED COW SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS, BREDS @ NOON

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