Wyoming Livestock Roundup December 20, 2025

Volume 37 Number 35 • December 20, 2025

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by CAB..............................Page 6 MIWW contestants compete at annual state contest........Page 10 Test your ag knowledge with this month’s crossword puzzle............ ........................................Page 12

PLC highlights public lands, grazing wins at convention After years of uncertainty surrounding federal land management and grazing policy, producers are starting to see meaningful progress, according to Public Lands Council (PLC) Executive Director and National Cattlemen’s

Beef Association (NCBA) Government Affairs Kaitlynn Glover, who provided an update during the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) 2025 Winter Roundup Convention and Trade Show, held Dec. 8-10 in Casper.

During the morning session on Dec. 9, Glover told convention attendees the past year marked one of the most productive periods for public lands and grazing policy in more than Please see PLC on page 13

Quick Bits Office Closed The Wyoming Livestock Roundup Office will be closed Dec. 22-26 for Christmas. We wish all of our friends, families and dear readers a very Merry Christmas.

Snow Report In the first snow report for Water Year 2026, the state’s snow telemetry reads 72% of median, with a basin high of 99% and a basin low of 13%. Last year, the state was at 65% and at 81% in 2022.

The report and a map displaying basin snow water equivalent percentages of median for the state may be found at wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/nrcs/ nrcs.html.

ASI Contest The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) is reminding the public the deadline for the Reimagine Wool Digital Poster Contest is right around the corner. The contest allows interested individuals to submit an innovative idea for underutilized wool – less than 25 microns – through a design which inspires a new product, process or market for sustainable American fiber.

Entries are due on Jan. 1, 2026. For more information, visit sheepusa.org/reimaginewool-digital-poster-contest.

Farm Show

The Colorado Farm Show will take place Jan. 27-29, 2026 at Island Grove Park in Greeley, Colo. Themed “Cultivating Excellence,”the three-day event will feature ag exhibits, the latest in farm equipment and free educational seminars. For more information, visit coloradofarmshow.com or call 970356-9426.

CFD Tickets Tickets are now on sale for 2026 Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD), set for July 17-26, 2026. The entertainment lineup includes 10 full days of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) rodeo action, three nights of PRCA Xtreme Bulls and concert headliners including Blake Shelton, Treaty Oak Revival, Riley Green, Zach Top and Alex Warren, among others. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cfdrodeo.com.

NORTH POLE

Holiday Traditions

COWBOY

Ag takes center stage in seasonal celebrations

By HANNAH BUGAS Some folks still tell the story round a campfire’s golden light ‘bout a puncher from the High Plains who saved one Christmas night.

They say Santa had a problem one frosty Christmas Eve. The reindeer herd was actin’ froggy, and Santa couldn’t leave.

See, Donner busted Santa’s tug, and Blitzen bent the gate.

Rudolph spooked at his reflection, and Vixen showed up late.

So Mrs. Claus sent word down south lookin’ for’a guy who’d know how to handle flighty stock, especially in the snow.

A cowboy from Wyoming answered the request.

He was known for breakin’ raunchy broncs – some say he was the best.

Please see COWBOY on page 6

Artwork by Hannah Bugas

From sharing meals and exchanging gifts to decking the halls with the symbols of the season, many of America’s most cherished holiday traditions begin with agriculture.

Agriculture is the industry that helps every American celebrate, and it should be celebrated accordingly.

As Americans nationwide prepare to partake in their favorite holiday traditions, a spotlight on the industry that makes it all possible adds extra meaning and appreciation to the most wonderful time of the year.

Season’s eatings A holiday feast featuring food from American farms and ranches is the prime example of ag in action during the holidays.

While every meal begins with ag no matter the time of year, the holidays are the perfect time to take an extra moment to count the blessings of good food and good company.

Across the nation and the world, proteins like prime rib, roast beef, turkey, ham and lamb are the main

Please see TRADITIONS on page 11

NILE results posted for Continental breeds On Oct. 10-18, cattle producers from across the U.S. and Canada gathered in Billings, Mont. for the 2025 Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE), where they competed in some of the toughest breed classes in the region.

Cattlemen from Wyoming and other Western states made an impressive showing in Continental and Any Other Breed (AOB) classes during the week-long event.

Charolais show results Livestock Judges Curtis Doubet of Belgrade, Mont. and John McCurry of Burrton, Kan. sorted through some of the most competitive Charolais cattle in the region.

Both judges placed TR Miss Molly 4921, a daughter of M&M Outside 4003, first in the lineup, earning Jady LeDoux of Harrold, S.D. honors for the Grand Champion Junior Charolais Female and the Grand Champion Charolais Female.

In the junior show, Cora Tonne of Ephrata, Wash. followed in reserve with her heifer WC Sweetheart 4605P, sired by WC Premonition 138P ET, and in the open show, Clift Livestock of Ellensburg, Wash. claimed the reserve slot with CL7 MS Berkly Tally 2, a daughter of CCC WC Redemption 71.

CC CL7 Maverick 2413 P, sired by CCC WC Redemption 417 and shown by Brackyn Thayne of Altonah, Utah, was the Grand Champion Junior Charolais Bull.

In the open show, TS Woodford Reserve 02M, sired by M&M Outside 4003 PLD and shown by Samantha Colson of Please see NILE on page 7

World champions crowned at 2025 WNFR Every December, rodeo fans and elite contestants from around the globe gather under the bright lights of Las Vegas for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR).

Nicknamed “The Super Bowl of Rodeo,” the event is the premier championship rodeo of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).

Following 10 rounds of top-tier competition from Dec. 4-13, eight athletes took home coveted gold buckles representing their world champion status from the 2025 WNFR. World champions Stetson Wright of Beaver, Utah posted impressive performances in the saddle

bronc riding and bull riding to take home buckles in the all-around and bull riding competitions. The nine-time WNFR qualifier racked up an impressive $817,088 in season earnings across both events to take home the all-around title.

In the bareback riding, Weatherford, Texas Cowboy Rocker Steiner finished first in the world with $507,533 in season earnings. Steiner’s first-place finish is a continuation of a legacy started by his father Sid and grandfather Bobby, who also hold world champion bareback riding titles from 2002 and 1973, respectively.

Tucker Allen of Ventura, Calif. dominated the steer wrestling, earning both

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 37 No. 35 • December 20, 2025

Christmas Way Out West

From the Publisher Dennis Sun

Christmas is a comin, an’ all across the West, lists are bein’ written to put Santa to the test.

Country kids are wond’rin if he’ll really fill the bill – soon it’ll be Christmas mornin’ – won’t that be a thrill?

Tommy wants a King rope and Sally wants some reins, braided out of rawhide, the kind with jinglin’ chains.

A saddle is the hearts’ desire of Joe on Willow Crick, while Peg, up on the mountain, wants a harness for her pig.

Callie wants a pony – all spotted black and white – she’s waited months to see him, arrivin’ Christmas night.

Sam is into tractors, in miniature of Dad’s, John Deere is the only thing to suit this little lad.

His brother wants some wrenches so he can fix the truck, while Cody wants a riggin’ for “bare’s” that really buck.

Andy wants a shearing comb to tidy up his sheep, Cindy wants a heating lamp for tiny chicks that peep.

Kay wants an incubator to hatch the little things, while Bobby wants a bow to make his arrows sing.

Mary wants some books to read, the cowgirl romance kind, and Gary wants some puzzles to sharpen up his mind.

Jason wants a bull rope, with a bright and shiny bell, Candice needs a recorder, for stories that she tells.

Quentin ordered bronc spurs, with rowels that are sharp, Tammy wants a puppy, with a bright and laughing bark.

Nygil wants a pager, computer an’ such things, while Kathleen is dreamin’ of a diamond – in a ring.

Tabbie wants some rubber barrels, so bumpin’ them won’t hurt, Jack needs a cultivator, for stirrin’ up the dirt.

Angie wants a broomstick skirt, for wearin’ to the ball, an’ Bridget wants a Breyer horse – ‘cause she’s not into dolls.

Roger needs a Stetson hat, the kind his grandpa wore, Leroy asked for a Hampshire pig, a smooth an’ sturdy boar.

The elves have scurried wide an’ far, to fill these special needs, the sleigh is laden to “overflow” – big load for reindeer steeds.

All the harness is repaired, Rudolph polished up his nose, Santa’s catchin’ extra zzzz’s – in a state of deep repose.

Seems like some things never change, ol’ Santa sure is one – you can always count on him, like the risin’ of the sun.

So, come December twenty-fifth, the West, you’ll find, is glowin’ with rays of joy from all the grins those cowboy kids are showin’.

– Rhonda Sedgewick Stearns

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GUEST OPINIONS Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom prepares to celebrate 40 years

By Andrew Joannides 2025 has been a fruitful year for agriculture and agriculture education in Wyoming.

To start the year, I was asked to assist with the revamping of the agriculture education degree at the University of Wyoming (UW). I am proud of the group’s efforts, and I applaud the UW College of Education in evolving the degree due to the varied county and community-specific needs around Wyoming.

The degree now includes more practical animal science courses and other industry-related courses which will better prepare our ag teachers for their varied needs to lead high school students around this great state.

Additionally, I was lucky enough to be asked by Gov. Mark Gordon to join the Cowboy State Agricultural Initiative, joining a handful of fellow Wyomingites to develop a strategic plan to preserve and enhance Wyoming’s agriculture industry for current producers and generations to come.

As the executive director of Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom (WAIC), one of the initiative’s pillars stands out the most – kindergarten through 12th grade education.

Individuals may have seen a questionnaire sent out on Dec. 1 with a deadline to be completed on Dec. 15.

Within this questionnaire, kindergarten through 12th grade education was highlighted by asking if agriculture and natural resource education should be required.

This is a tough question as educators are required to do so much as is, but I firmly believe we can make this work in a manner that would fit in with teachers’ already busy schedules.

WAIC proudly supplies agriculture and natural resource elementary education in all 23 counties through our incredible Wyo Wonders curriculum.

However, not every elementary teacher uses it, as Wyo Wonders is considered a supplementary curriculum. This means

they voluntarily use it throughout the year when able.

This works beautifully now as in 2025 we have over 200 classrooms around the state where kids learn about our core heritage industries – agriculture, minerals and energy and outdoor recreation and tourism.

Our current success is due purely to educators who love and care about their students knowing where their food comes from, what our energy sources are, information on our vast public lands and wildlife and what jobs are available in different industries.

For every child in Wyoming to learn about agriculture and natural resources, we will need to require it at some level.

My dream is to have it required in a grade-level elementary school – just like Wyoming history in fourth grade – advance it into middle school and then create an avenue for high schoolers to take college-level courses they are passionate about that would expedite a pathway into a degree track at one of our state’s community colleges or at UW. In my opinion, this would be a great way to help employment in our heritage industries.

A data point we have been working on in the Cowboy State Agricultural Initiative that I have found interesting is the average age of a producer in Wyoming is 58.5 years old.

Not a new question, but still a very relevant one – how do we get young producers into an operation with a shot at succession or how do we get more young producers into the door with a shot to survive?

We all know there are many intricate factors which fall under this question.

One is available land and leasable land. Reductions in federal animal unit months in the last 35-plus years are concerning.

Can we get back to utilizing more federal land for grazing? There is a lot

to consider here.

Outside of fur trading, agriculture was one of the first industries in Wyoming, and to this day, the state remains a leader nationally due to our unique culture and heritage. Our state proudly leads the nation in average agriculture operation size for farms and ranches and annually provides more than $2.5 billion back to the state’s economy.

The Cowboy State didn’t just earn its nickname through rodeo – our state’s heritage and culture have been built through 135 years of livestock production and the agriculture industry.

Why wouldn’t we want to educate our kids – and adults – about an industry of this magnitude?

As WAIC goes into its 40th year in 2026, I want to thank everyone who has supported this organization with their time, talent or treasure. Not many businesses survive this long, let alone a little ol’ nonprofit.

It takes a village to run a nonprofit, and we have an incredible village.

Folks like you who believe in natural resource education are our lifeline in each community.

If you want to see Wyo Wonders utilized in your schools, let us know and let’s work together.

We work hard every day for our teachers and our children. As we hit the trail in 2026, I’d love to see you or hear from you.

For more information or to contact us, please visit wyaitc.org or wyowonders.org.

I hope Christmas allows you time with family and friends. I also hope winter brings us the moisture we need and maybe less of the “w” word. It’s already been a hectic December for us on the South Laramie Range.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Andrew Joannides is the executive director of WAIC. He can be reached at info@wyaitc.org or 307-369-1749.

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NEWS BRIEFS HPAI confirmed The Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a Carbon County backyard poultry flock.

This is the second case of HPAI in Wyoming backyard poultry this season and the fourth reported in 2025.

Samples from the flock were tested at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, and confirmed at the APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.

The affected premises is under quarantine to prevent further exposure to HPAI. Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease of birds which can cause high mortality rates in domestic flocks. Migratory waterfowl are the primary source for avian influenza.

Domestic poultry become infected through direct contact with infected wild birds or through contact with contaminated objects, equipment or the environment.

Multiple wild birds have tested positive for HPAI within the last few months across the state.

Improving flock biosecurity is the best prevention for exposure to avian influenza. Biosecurity measures can include cleaning vehicles and equipment, changing clothes upon contact with birds and limiting visitors.

Domestic birds should be monitored closely for symptoms, which include coughing, sneezing, nasal discharge, lack of energy and appetite, decreased water consumption, decreased egg production, incoordination and diarrhea.

HPAI can also cause sudden death in birds.

If these symptoms are observed or there is increased mortality in a flock, immediately contact a local veterinarian or WLSB at 307-777-7515.

HPAI is considered low risk to human health, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, but people should avoid contact with sick or dead poultry or wildlife.

For more information, visit aphis.usda.gov/livestockpoultry-disease/avian/defend-the-flock.

Deadline established The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) established a national Jan. 15, 2026 batching deadline for the first funding round of key conservation programs.

This national batching date ensures producers have a clear, consistent timeline for participating in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.

This includes NRCS’s new Regenerative Pilot Program, which provides targeted farmer-first assistance through EQIP and CSP. NRCS programs are continuous sign-up programs, but due to the government shutdown, the agency is implementing an initial national batching period to ensure producers have access to funding and support.

For more information, visit nrcs.usda.gov or contact a local USDA Service Center.

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BLM seeks volunteers The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kemmerer and Pinedale field offices are inviting volunteers to participate in the national Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey.

The Kemmerer survey is scheduled for Jan. 9, 2026, while the Pinedale survey will take place on Jan. 10, 2026.

Volunteers should call the Kemmerer and Pinedale field offices by Jan. 7, 2026 to be assigned survey routes along public roads in Sublette and Lincoln counties and to receive instructions on survey methods and eagle identification.

The Kemmerer Field Office will add an additional route in the Star Valley area of Lincoln County.

Two-person observation teams are needed so one person can safely drive while the other observes and documents eagles.

Since 1979, federal and state agencies, as well as volunteers from the public, have counted bald eagles throughout the U.S. every January. By monitoring and estimating national and regional count trends, an index of the total winter bald eagle population in the lower 48 states has been established.

For more information, contact Theresa Gulbrandson of the Pinedale Field Office at 307-367-5359 or David Merz of the Kemmerer Field Office at 307-828-4556.

Courtny Hinds, Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo general manager, has been recognized as certified in management at the 2025 International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) Convention and Trade Show in Denver.

“Eighteen individuals from across the U.S. and Canada dedicated more than a year to earning their management certification,” said Amy Listle, education manager. “They invested countless hours, developed valuable resources for IAFE members and learned extensively from one another.”

Participants in the IAFE Grad Track must first be graduates of the Institute of Fair Management.

Throughout the year, they collaborate on coursework, complete a service learning project in their communities and present a final case study at the annual IAFE Management Conference.

To maintain certification, participants must also complete three continuing education credits within five years and successfully pass a comprehensive exam at the conclusion of the program.

Additionally, Hinds was recognized in early November as the Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs (RMAF) Young Professional of the Year during the 2025 RMFU Annual Convention.

The award is given in recognition of an outstanding young professional in the fair industry.

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Calving College returns Following an overwhelmingly positive response last year, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension is bringing back its Calving College series for 2026.

The three-part webinar series, themed “Fundamental Knowledge for Successful Calving Season,” will run Jan. 19, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 2026 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. and will again be paired with hands-on, in-person workshops offered at four locations across Nebraska and South Dakota from Feb. 9-12.

Designed for farmers, ranchers and veterinary professionals, Calving College provides practical, research-based guidance to support successful calving outcomes. Each session is co-led by Dr. Becky Funk, animal health professor and Nebraska Extension specialist, and Dr. Lindsay WaechterMead, Nebraska Extension livestock educator, giving participants the chance to learn directly from experts and ask questions in real time.

Webinar topics include understanding normal calving processes, the first 24 and 48 hours and beyond. Additionally, participants will now be eligible for Beef Quality Assurance continuing education credits.

The series culminates in a hands-on workshop allowing participants to practice calving skills using a life-sized cow and calf model. Workshops will be held at 5 p.m. at Cherry County Extension in Valentine, Neb. on Feb. 9; Tripp County 4-H Center in Winner, S.D. on Feb. 10; West Holt FFA Shop in Atkinson, Neb. on Feb. 11 and Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb. on Feb. 12.

Registration is $80 and includes the three-part webinar series and one in-person workshop. The deadline to register is Jan. 12, 2026.

For more information, contact Waechter-Mead at 402-7463417 or lindsay.waechter-mead@unl.edu.

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NEWS BRIEFS U.S., Mexico reach agreement

Corridor advances

BLM approves project

The U.S. and Mexico reached an understanding to meet the current water obligations of American farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to repay the water deficit in Texas as part of the 1944 Water Treaty.

This agreement extends to the current cycle and the previous cycle’s water deficit.

With this understanding, Mexico has agreed to release 202,000 acre-feet of water to the U.S. with deliveries expected to begin the week of Dec. 15.

Timely repayment of the outstanding deficit from the previous water cycle is understood by Mexico. The U.S. and Mexico are in negotiations to finalize a plan by the end of January 2026.

As Mexico ramps up its water delivery, the U.S. Department of Agriculture stands ready to work with Congress, interagency partners and farmers to ensure Texas producers receive certainty as they plan for the upcoming crop season.

The agency also stands ready to provide better predictability for producers as they navigate challenges and make decisions during periods of water variability.

Under the 1944 Water Treaty, Mexico is obligated to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet over five years to the U.S. from the Rio Grande River. The U.S. in turn delivers 1.5 million acre-feet of water to Mexico from the Colorado River.

Mexico’s persistent shortfalls in deliveries have led to severe water shortages for Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers, devastating crops, costing jobs and threatening the local economy.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the Dry Piney Helium and Carbon Sequestration Project planned on public, private and state lands near LaBarge in Sublette County.

The project is estimated to be capable of producing more than 800 million cubic feet of bulk liquid helium per year from subsurface mineral estates.

With this approval, Blue Spruce Operating LLC may construct a natural gas plant to process and separate raw gas streams into saleable helium and methane products.

The project includes nine gas production wells, access roads, buried gathering and utility lines, a natural gas residue sales pipeline and an acid-gas injection facility to permanently sequester excess carbon in federal pore space deep underground.

Commercial operations are expected to begin during the summer of 2028.

Additional information, including the record of decision, environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact and other planning documents are available at eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/home.

For more information, contact the Pinedale Field Office at 307-367-5300 or BLM_WY_Pinedale_ WYMail@blm.gov.

On Dec. 10, Gov. Mark Gordon announced he will proceed with the consideration of the Sublette Antelope Migration Corridor, following the recommendation from the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to officially designate the pathway.

The governor’s actions follow steps outlined in Executive Order (EO) 2020-1, Wyoming Mule Deer and Antelope Migration Corridor Protection.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission identified the Sublette antelope corridor in March 2025 – the first step in the official corridor designation and review process. The commission voted to advance the corridor for designation to the governor in September 2025.

Next, the governor will appoint a local working group to analyze and evaluate the corridor. As outlined in the EO, the local working group will be composed of an appointed representative from each county affected, including Teton, Sublette, Lincoln and Sweetwater counties.

The governor has opened an application process for prospective members, including two ag industry representatives, two industrial users, two wildlife/conservation/hunting representatives and one representative of motorized recreation.

The local working group is ultimately charged with reviewing the commission’s risk assessment, corridor components, potential impacts to socioeconomic conditions of the region, conservation opportunities, highway projects and other factors appropriate to the potential designation.

Following their analysis, the working group will make a final recommendation to Gordon, who has the authority to either designate the corridor, return the recommendation to the commission for refinement or reject the proposal for designation.

Applications for the working group will be accepted until Dec. 31.

Following, the governor will review prospective representatives and make final appointments.

For more information, contact Sara DiRienzo, deputy director of policy, at sara.dirienzo1@wyo.gov.

UNL to host event Producers and community members are invited to attend the “Beef Systems Research and Management Forum” on Jan. 6 at 5 p.m. at the Knight Museum in Alliance, Neb. The event is held in partnership with University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension and the Cattle Capital Cattlemen’s Affiliate.

The educational beef cattle program will feature presentations from UNL Extension Specialists Dr. Karla Wilke who will discuss management considerations for confinement feeding cows prior to turnout on grass, including nutrition and system design and Dr. Mitch Stephenson who will share findings from his ongoing research on virtual fencing technology and its potential applications in rangeland management.

A meal will be provided. Registration is required by Dec. 30, and the cost to attend is $10, payable at the door.

To register, contact the Nebraska Box Butte Extension Office at 308-762-5616.

For more information, contact Brock Ortner at 308-327-2312 or bortner2@nebraska.edu.

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Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, establishments desiring to use a U.S.-origin claim on FSIS-regulated products will need to maintain and provide the agency access to documentation demonstrating the product meets the regulatory criteria for use of the claim.

On March 18, 2024, FSIS published the final rule “Voluntary Labeling of FSIS-Regulated Products with U.S.-Origin Claims,” which amended the regulations to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat and poultry products may bear voluntary label claims indicating the product is of U.S. origin.

Along with the directive, FSIS updated its guideline for label approval with information about complying with the new labeling guidelines.

For single ingredient items, the entire product must be derived from an animal born, raised, slaughtered and processed in the U.S. For a multi-ingredient product, the product must be derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered and processed in the U.S.; all other ingredients in the product – other than spices and flavorings – must be of domestic origin and the preparation and processing steps for the multi-ingredient product must have occurred in the U.S. The new guideline document also includes clarification to the section “Geographic Claims on Labels,” information and examples to the section “‘Factual Claims Other than ‘Product of USA’” and “‘Made in the USA,” an example to the section “Required Documentation to Support U.S.-Origin Claims” and other useful information.

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 37 No. 35 • December 20, 2025

IT'S THE PITTS

by Lee Pitts

Kids These Days When it comes to kids and ranching, there are four distinct species we should be concerned about.

1. The queasy tattooed urchin.

These are kids who grew up on a ranch and can’t wait to vamoose. When they are informed by their parents, “Someday this ranch will be yours,” they get a nauseous look on their face and run away screaming, “No, no, no.”

They escape to the big city where they’ll have ready access to tattoos that don’t wash off in the shower, earrings, nostril rings and tongue studs. They want no part of droughts, calving season or stringing barbed wire.

They have seen their parents get up at 3 a.m. to check heifers, stress out over if the banker will renew their loan one more year and worry themselves sick about wolves and whether the Bureau of Land Management will cut their numbers again.

They are sick and tired of riding the school bus an hour each day and don’t like having to drive 50 miles to the mall or to Costco. This species was born on third base and doesn’t even realize it.

This species has also been referred to as “killers of their parent’s dreams.”

2. The sad-faced second sibling.

These are ranch-raised offspring who love everything about the ranching lifestyle and want desperately to come home to raise their kids the way they were brought up. But they can’t because the ranch can only support one more family, and the antiquated law of primogeniture states the exalted oldest son shall inherit everything.

You’d think we lived in England for gosh sakes, where William becomes king and Harry is disinherited and sent to California as punishment.

So, the younger offspring are forced to find work in the city, living a life they hate and dreaming of the good old days when they rode horses, fed cows and hit the high school rodeo road almost every weekend.

They return annually to the ranch to help brand, which only makes it worse when they have to go back to their home in the city.

3. The western bug-eyed dreamer.

These are kids who live in town, join FFA or 4-H and show animals at the county fair every year. They love everything about animals and the romance of ranching, and they dream of one day going to college in Kansas, Texas, Colorado or Oklahoma and majoring in animal science.

They would gladly trade their sister or brother for the opportunity to grow up on a ranch.

I happen to belong to this species, and I would have willingly thrown my brother in with the deal.

As youngsters, we were encouraged by ag teachers and college professors to pursue our dreams of one day becoming a rancher. Turns out, this bordered on child abuse, because there is no way the child can become a rancher unless he or she inherits a $20 million windfall and buys a ranch or marries into a ranching family, which is often too high of a price to pay.

Besides, the ranching family is on the lookout for such freeloaders.

In my case, I’ve never owned more than one acre of ground and had to have seven other jobs just to support my ranching hobby.

I started acquiring cattle in the early 1970s, which coincided with one of the biggest wrecks in the history of the cattle business. Financially, I’d have been way better off buying stock that didn’t have four legs.

4. The traitorous sibling.

Sadly, this is a very prominent species of ranch kids today. Usually, the grandparents worked their butts off to acquire ranch land which they then pass on to a father or a mother who built up the ranch into a thriving business with multiple income streams worth many millions.

Usually, the parents of this endangered species have three or four children and all but one of the kids wants to come home to build on the ranch’s legacy, but there’s always one child who wants his inheritance right away.

So, the dreams of the three other siblings are dashed when the ranch has to be sold to pay off the greedy traitorous brother or sister, which reminds me of the old proverb, “The father buys, the son builds, the grandchild sells and his son begs.”

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Laramie County Fair receives awards The Laramie County Fair announced it has received an impressive collection of awards at the Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs (RMAF) Convention and the International Association of Fairs and Expos (IAFE) Convention.

These honors recognize the fair’s excellence in marketing, agricultural education, competitive exhibits, innovation and community programming.

The accolades highlight the hard work and creativity of the Laramie County Fair team, volunteers, exhibitors and partners who continue to elevate the fair’s impact and presence across the region.

RMAF awards the fair received include first place in the Innovative Sponsorship Approach, Agricultural Promotion, Social Media Post and Theme categories; second place in the Non-Fair Event and Promotional Poster categories and third place in the Website Landing Page, Premium Book/Competitive Exhibit Book and Event Guide categories.

IAFE awards the fair earned include first place in the Promotional Outdoor Digital Advertising, New Competitive Exhibits Contest with New Partner/Sponsor, Special Contest and Sponsorship Innovation categories; second place in the Candid Videos and Double-Sided, MultiPage or Folded Promotional Piece categories and third place in All Other Marketing, Double-Sided, Multi-Page or Folded Promotional Piece Display, Method and/or Prop, Newly-Established or Evolving Program/Exhibit Promoting Agriculture and Best First-Year Event not Produced by Facility Staff.

“Each of these awards represents the dedication of our team and the strong community support behind the Laramie County Fair,” said Nicholle Watkins, Laramie County Fair manager. “We are honored to be recognized at both RMAF and IAFE and look forward to continuing to grow, innovate and deliver experiences celebrating agriculture, youth and community.”

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 37 No. 35 • December 20, 2025

By Paul Dykstra

CAB Market Update The fed cattle trade has undergone a tumultuous ride in the past two months.

Weekly fed steer prices averaged $237 per hundredweight (cwt) during the second week in October, then rapidly declined $28 per cwt by the third week in November.

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The first week of December’s trade featured a sizeable recovery with the five-area steer average up $10 per cwt, landing at $221 per cwt with prices as high as $226 per cwt in Kansas.

Cash trade was limited to fewer than three packers in

Texas, triggering confidentiality rules by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations. This rule is typically only triggered in the Colorado region where it’s the norm for trade to be reported for just two packers.

Price recovery wipes out packer margins The total harvested head count was dramatically higher the first week of December, as the 600,000 head eclipsed the prior week’s holiday schedule by 102,000 head.

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price, packer margins were calculated somewhere north of $50 per head. This helped to incentivize packers to ramp up harvest levels, coupled with the increased volume needed to fulfill preholiday grocery store beef obligations.

The cattle price recovery quickly wiped out much of the packer margin, setting it closer to breakeven as this week got underway.

Carcass cutout values began December with a cheapening trend in continuation of the downward pattern established at the beginning of November.

Many observers are decrying weakening beef demand due to the lower price trend. However, softer cutout values were recorded for the month of November in four out of the last five years, with the exception of 2024.

December price trends are mixed in the last five years with 2022 and 2024 charting higher prices, and the remaining three years trending lower.

Cutout price spreads are mixed with the Certified Angus Beef (CAB) premium above Choice at a very reasonable $16.81 per cwt, down three dollars per cwt during the first week of December.

The Choice-Select spread remains relatively wide at $20.06 per cwt in Urner Barry’s data. This level is much lower than a year ago, as the Select grade share of fed cattle has slipped to just 10.9 percent of the carcass supply.

Customers for Selectgrade product are finding their orders shorted, while distributors have told them to get on board with “at least” USDA Choice moving forward.

Big shifts in quality grades The 2025 quality grade

trend tracked the USDA Prime grade a full percentage point higher than the prior year through August, averaging 11.5 percent. Since then, the Prime grade trend has defied seasonal expectations, normally setting a course toward a fall low in both Choice and Prime grade percentages.

Instead, the Prime share steadily increased in a punctuated departure to the upside, averaging 12.1 percent since August.

While the unseasonal swing to the upside is impressive, the past four weeks of data add more emphasis to the chart.

In November, Nebraska packers harvested three weeks of cattle above 14 percent Prime with the final week spiking to 17.2 percent. This stands to reason as the northern feeding region is currently carrying the most market-ready supply of cattle with the heaviest carcass weights, indicating days on feed are pushing grade upward.

Record-heavy industry carcass weights are a nationwide trend, but led by northern cattle.

On the other hand, Texas feedyards currently have the least occupancy with their cattle inventory hindered by the absence of Mexican cattle. Even so, the Texas grade trend is also charting much richer this season.

While the state’s Prime grade is exceptional compared to history, averaging 7.8 percent since June, the uptrend in USDA Choice is notable.

The Texas Choice grade average moved little on either side of 64 percent through October this year.

Yet, the last four weeks saw Choice carcasses jump

to average almost 69 percent of the total, while the Prime share gave no ground, averaging 8.1 percent in the past month.

A combination of factors in Texas creates ample cause for the richer grade trend.

First, the average Mexican feeder cattle supply has lower genetic potential for marbling. Absence of these cattle in the current Texas carcass mix easily pushes quality grade higher in the state.

Also, the increase in beef on dairy cattle over the past several years has brought the grade higher with refined terminal genetics introduced through this substantial Texas cattle supply.

Finally, it’s understood some northern cattle are shipping to Texas to be harvested as the northern feedlot sector is heavy on marketready head counts.

A larger share of upper two-thirds Choice and Prime carcasses in the Angus-type cattle supply is also helping to hold the CAB carcass certification rate a percentage point higher than a year ago, averaging 36 percent for the past six weeks.

Record-heavy carcass weights featuring average steer carcasses at 988 pounds are keeping a lid on brand acceptance rates.

While richer average marbling across the weekly fed harvest suggests the industry should see even higher brand acceptance rates, there has been an increase in carcasses disqualified because they exceed the brand’s maximum 1,100pound carcass weight.

Paul Dykstra is the director of supply management and analysis at CAB. He can be reached at pdykstra@certifiedangusbeef.com.

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NILE continued from page 1 Albany, Ore., was the Grand Champion Charolais Bull, while Clift Livestock’s CL7 Tahonta 2501P ET was the Reserve Champion Charolais Bull.

Gelbvieh/Balancer show results Jayden Carrier of Hermosa, S.D. topped the Junior Gelbvieh/Balancer Shows at the 2025 NILE with MARV Neesa N2505, sired by KARR Rumfelt’s Prime Time, as the Grand Champion Junior Gelbvieh/Balancer Female and CJLL Nemo N2520, sired by VRT TV Sam U451, as the Grand Champion Junior Gelbvieh/Balancer Bull.

Eva Petrick of Elgin, N.D. exhibited the Reserve Champion Junior Gelbvieh/ Balancer Female Mimosa Mae, sired by Ramblin’ Man. In the open shows, Ledgerwood Gelbvieh of Clarkston, Wash. took home honors with the Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female Ledgerwood Margarita, sired by JLSL Easy Rider 9160G ET, and the Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Bull Ledgerwood Nobel 531N, sired by JOB Danell TD Chico Loco.

Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Female and Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull honors went home to Pueblo, Colo. with ProHart Seed Stock with ProHart Hattie 51M and ProHart Northern Blaze 53, respectively. Both were sired by K113.

Wyoming’s own Dale

Steenbergen of Cheyenne earned top honors with Marilyn, sired by 02J, as the Grand Champion Balancer Female, followed by Carrier’s Maud Nellie N2538, sired by DLW Headline 9000K, in reserve.

ProHart Seed Stock topped the leaderboard again with the Grand Champion Balancer Bull ProHart Nomad 520N, a son of 384L MR Desparado 04, while Kathleen Rankin of Oilmont, Mont. exhibited the Reserve Champion Balancer Bull KHR 10N, sired by GRU Just N Time 714J. Maine Anjou/Mainetainer show results Montana breeders and exhibitors swept the Maine Anjou and Mainetainer shows at the NILE this year.

NFLL Pepper, a daughter of BMWZ Data Bank 1311 shown by Cassie Baker of Charlo, Mont., was named Grand Champion Female in both the junior and open Maine Anjou shows.

In the junior show, Baker was followed by Grace Bartos of Roy, Mont. in reserve with MVH Miss Final Drive 534M, a daughter of MINN Final Drive 246K ET. In the open show, reservechampion honors went to BOE Martini 402M, sired by Weis All Me 10F and exhibited by Hearts and Diamonds Cattle of Worden, Mont.

XCD Nacho Boss 528N, a son of XCS Haymaker 037H shown by Katy Mor-

Closure impacts industry According to a Dec. 8 DTN article by Senior Livestock Editor Jennifer Carrico, the upcoming closure of the Tyson beef packing plant in Lexington, Neb. will have an immediate effect on the city, as well as a longer-term effect on the cattle industry in the region and beyond.

Elliott Dennis, livestock and meat economist for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability, said the closure of the Lexington, Neb., plant as well as the reduction to one shift at Tyson’s Amarillo, Texas plant will reduce processing capacity nationwide by seven to nine percent.

Dennis said the capacity reduction by packers is due to the reduction of profits caused by lower cattle numbers.

While there have been temporary beef plant closures due to fire or during the COVID-19 pandemic, the last permanent closure dates back to Plainview, Texas in 2013. Other incidents including weather or health events have affected the markets through the years, with some taking longer than others to recover.

Price risk management will help cattle producers protect their investment. If they rely on selling on the cash market, Dennis said there will be more of an impact.

Laura Field, executive vice president of Nebraska Cattlemen, said the news was surprising and disappointing.

“This affects cattlemen all around Nebraska and surrounding states. This takes 15 percent of Nebraska’s slaughter offline,” she said, noting Nebraska Cattlemen leadership has been in contact with the state and national government officials to discuss the impact on the state and regional cattlemen, as well as the local area’s impact.

The Lexington, Neb. plant employs 3,200 people in the city with a population of 11,000.

Additionally, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced a collaboration between several agencies and community organizations to help families impacted by the upcoming closure.

The state departments of Labor, Health and Human Services; Economic Development and Agriculture are partnering with local Lexington, Neb. organizations to connect these residents with various assistance programs and support.

Resources will be provided for unemployment insurance benefits, job searching and economic support.

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ris of Sun River, Mont., also earned double honors as the Grand Champion Junior Maine Anjou Bull and the Grand Champion Maine Anjou Bull.

Morris was followed in reserve by Emmery O’Hara of Fort Benton, Mont. in the junior show with MVH All of This 6341N ET, another son of Weis All Me 10F, and MVH Time is Now, a son of NAGE Just in Time 117J shown by O’Hara Land and Cattle of Fort Benton, Mont., in the open show.

Baker also earned top honors in the junior and open Mainetainer shows, where her heifer CURC All Dreams 150M ET, sired

by Weis All Me 10F, was named Grand Champion Junior Mainetainer Female and Grand Champion Mainetainer Female.

Miss Charlotte, a daughter of KABG Kung Fu Panda 60J exhibited by Landon Daniels of Garland, Utah, claimed the Reserve Champion Mainetainer Female title in both the junior and open shows.

Likewise, SMMT Endless Fame 406M, sired by TJSC End Game 61G ET and shown by Coen Cahoon of Charlo, Mont., was the Grand Champion Mainetainer Bull in both the junior and open shows, followed in reserve by CHC Sweethearts Cupid, a son of KABG Kung Fu Panda 60J and shown by Cooper Clark

of Missoula, Mont.

Simmental show results Aribella Beins of Deweyville, Utah and Chael Roberts of Absarokee, Mont. topped the leaderboard in both the junior and open Simmental shows.

Beins’ RJ PF Rita M513, sired by SO Remedy 7F, was named Grand Champion Junior Simmental Female and Grand Champion Simmental Female, while Roberts’ heifer Dwyer/RSF Miss Honey Bee 410M, a daughter of W/C Relentless, claimed the reserve slot in both shows.

Additionally, Beins exhibited the Grand Champion Junior Simmental Bull TPHT Testify N451, sired by RP-BCR Insight G302, while Kane’s Double Shot 39N, a son of WHF/JS/CS Double Up shown by Quentin Harwood of Geyser, Mont., followed in reserve.

In the open show, Jonna McCullough of Fort Benton, Mont. took home Grand Champion Simmental Bull honors with TSR Shellshock 519N, a son of SSC Shell Shocked 44B, while fellow Montana breeder SidBar Cattle of Hardin, Mont. exhibited the Reserve Champion Simmental Bull SidBar Scared Money, another son of WCH/ JS/CCS Double Up. Texas Longhorn show results Wyoming cattlemen dominated the Texas Longhorn Show.

Belle Longhorns of Douglas took home hon-

ors for the grand and reserve champion females in both the junior and open shows with Belle Penny and Belle Billy’s Diamond Lil, respectively.

Belle Longhorns also exhibited the Grand Champion Junior Texas Longhorn Steer Belle Salty Carl and the Reserve Champion Junior Texas Longhorn Bull Belle Billy Jack.

Maverick 300, shown by Kris Johnson of Big Horn, was the Reserve Champion Junior Texas Longhorn Steer, and SL Coal, shown by Shelby Mohr of Lost Springs, was the Grand Champion Junior Texas Longhorn Bull.

Johnson’s winning streak continued in the non-haltered division of the open show, claiming three of the four slots on the leaderboard.

The Wyoming exhibitor’s Mandolin Rain was named Grand Champion Non-Haltered Mature Female, followed by Sangria in the reserve champion slot.

Johnson also earned honors for the Reserve Champion Non-Haltered Female with Eye of the Tiger, behind TCR Angel’s Envy 31, shown by Jeff and Jordan Widdows of Johnston, Colo.

In the haltered division of the open show, Johnson’s Diamond Dollar earned Grand Champion Haltered Mature Female honors, while Witch Doctor 17, exhibited by Jesse Dewey of Big Horn, claimed the reserve champion title in the

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Johnson and Dewey also exhibited the grand and reserve champion steers in the open show, with M.C. Ren and MG Americas Cherokee, respectively.

Pecos Tuff, shown by Bill Dennert of Box Elder, S.D., was the Grand Champion Texas Longhorn Bull in the open show, followed

by Mohr’s SL Coal in the reserve slot.

AOB show results In the 2025 NILE AOB Show, Allie Sorensen of Spanish Fork, Utah and Radley Berry of Port Orchard, Wash. had an impressive showing, taking home six of seven titles between the two.

Sorensen’s NSUL Jump of Faith 66M, a daughter of Jumpstart, was named grand champion female in both the junior and open shows.

Berry’s heifer Berrys Lioness, sired by Stag Good Times 201 ET, claimed the reserve slot in both shows, while his bull Berrys Nitro, a son of CJSL Windfall, earned top honors as the Grand Champion Junior AOB Bull and Grand Champion AOB Bull.

Blegen Galloways of Roundup, Mont. exhibited the Reserve Champion AOB Bull HB Money Maker 254, a son of HB Moto Moto 3342.

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WNFR continued from page 1 the world title and the 2025 WNFR average wins with season earnings amounting to $398,913.

Team roping partners Andrew Ward of Edmond, Okla. and Jake Long of Coffeyville, Kan. took home two gold buckles apiece at the end of the WNFR. Ward and Long won the world with respective season earnings of $373,838 and $372,092, as well as the 2025 WNFR average with a total time of 44 seconds at the end of 10 rounds.

Statler Wright of Beaver, Utah was crowned the World Champion Saddle bronc Rider, finishing just ahead of his brothers Ryder and Stetson with $455,940 in season earnings.

In the tie-down roping, Riley Webb of Denton, Texas won the world with $555,544 in earnings and a first-place finish in the WNFR average.

In the barrel racing, Kassie Mowry of Dublin, Texas became a back-toback world champion following her performance at the 2025 WNFR, which earned her a gold buckle and $403,882 in season earnings.

Bareback riding Helena, Mont. Cowboy Sam Petersen finished the season sitting second in the world behind Steiner, followed by Waverly, Kan. Cowboy Jess Pope in third.

Petersen took first in the average, finishing his first-ever WNFR with 854 points on 10 head and $94,036 earned throughout the rodeo.

Pope placed second in the average with 853.75 points on 10 head, earning $76,293 during his 2025 WNFR run.

Kade Sonnier of Carencro, La. took third in the bareback riding average with a total score of 850.25

points and $60,325 won throughout 10 rounds.

Steer wrestling In the big man’s event, eight-time WNFR qualifier Will Lummus of Byahlia, Miss. finished second in the world behind Allen, followed by Jesse Brown of Baker City, Ore. in third.

In the event average, Allen also finished first with 46.4 seconds on 10 head, winning $94,036 across all rounds.

Rowdy Parrott of Mamou, La. finished second in the average, racking up $76,293 and a time of 56.8 seconds on 10 head.

J.D. Struxness of Milan, Minn. finished third in the average with a time of 63.1 seconds on 10 head, bringing home checks amounting to $60,325.

Team roping On the header side, Kaleb Driggers of Hoboken, Ga. and Clint Summers of Lake City, Fla. finished the season in second and third place in the world standings, respectively.

Junior Nogueira of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Jade Corkill of Fallon, Nev. ended their seasons sitting second and third respectively in the world standings on the heeler side.

In the WNFR average, duo Summers and Corkill placed second behind Ward and Long, earning $76,293 throughout their 10-day run.

Driggers and Nogueira rounded out the WNFR team roping average in third, earning a total of $60,325 at the close of the final round.

Saddle bronc riding All hailing from Beaver, Utah, the Wright brothers proved a triple threat in the saddle bronc riding.

Ryder and Stetson finished second and third in the world, rounding out their seasons with $455,594 and $394,457 in earnings, respectively.

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collection with a firstplace finish in the saddle bronc average, securing 864.25 points and $94,036 across 10 standout bronc rides.

Lefty Holman of Visalia, Calif. placed second in the saddle bronc average, followed by Zachary Dallas of Mesilla Park, N.M. in third.

Tie-down roping In the calf roping world standings, Shad Mayfield of Clovis, N.M. came in second behind Webb, while Mount Pleasant, Texas Cowboy Kincade Henry finished third.

Mayfield and Henry logged season earnings of $388,931 and $342,799 respectively throughout the 2025 season.

Webb also took first in the calf roping average with 82.3 seconds on 10 head, bringing in checks amounting to $94,036 across all rounds.

Witter Springs, Calif.

Cowboy Brushton Minton finished second in the average, earning $76,293 with a total time of 84.1 seconds on 10 head.

Haven Meged of Miles City, Mont. finished third in the average with a total time of 90 seconds flat, taking home $60,325 throughout 10 solid runs.

Barrel racing Cowgirls from the Lone Star State dominated the barrel racing at the 2025 WNFR. Sanger, Texas Cowgirl Tricia Aldridge finished second in the world behind Mowry, while Brittany

Pozzi Tonozzi of Lampasas, Texas finished third overall.

Julie Plourde of Krum, Texas took first place in the barrel racing average with a total time of 139.67 seconds across 10 rounds, earning $94,036.

Pozzi Tonozzi finished second in the average, taking home $76,293 with a time of 140.36 throughout 10 rounds, and Aldridge rounded out the top-placing cowgirls with a total time of 141.40 seconds on 10 runs with her fan-favorite five-year-old stallion Adios Pantalones.

Bull riding In the bull riding, T.J. Gray of Dairy, Ore. finished second in the world behind Stetson Wright.

Gray also took home the bull riding average title and the RAM Top Gun Award, racking up 610.50 points and $94,036 on seven bulls.

Ky Hamilton, who hails from Mackay, Queensland, Australia, finished second in both the world standings and the average, with six qualified rides amounting to 522 points and $76,293 earned across 10 rounds.

Ignacio, Colo. Cowboy Luke Mackey rounded out the top three placings in the bull riding average with 513.25 points, taking home checks amounting to $60,325 in WNFR earnings.

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

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MIWW contestants showcase talent at awards luncheon On Dec. 8, the Wyoming Wool Growers Auxiliary hosted their annual Make It With Wool (MIWW) State Contest and Awards Luncheon during the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) Winter Roundup Convention and Trade Show at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Casper.

The event was sponsored

by WSGA and the Wyoming Wool Growers Association, as well as several donors including the Campbell County Wool Growers Auxiliary, Dorothy Jean Davis, Anne Leonard, Marcia Federer, Barbara Dilts, Bob and Marilyn Christensen, Eric and Kelly Barlow, Colleen Jennings and the Roxanna Johnson Memorial.

Lamb for the luncheon was provided by The Lamb Guys of Douglas and MIWW Director Kelly Barlow served as the emcee.

Contestants and awards Wyoming MIWW competitors who displayed their fashions in person included Jamie Wilkinson of Torrington in the adult division, Ashlynn Johnson of Encampment in the senior division and Miranda Smith of Lusk in the junior division.

A coat made by Karlie McDonald of Laramie was also on display, although McDonald was unable to attend the contest in person.

Additionally, Donna Cale of Gillette entered a pillow in the contest.

Judges included Hannah Danford, Colleen Campbell, Rhonda Dilts and Marcia Federer.

Contestants were evaluated on criteria including construction quality, fit and overall appearance, appropriateness to the contestant’s lifestyle, coordination of fabric and yarn with the style

and design of the garment, creativity of the design and use of wool, how well the piece promotes the beauty and versatility of wool and the contestant’s presentation and poise.

Each contestant was awarded a length of Pendleton wool fabric and $25 for participating in the fashion show.

First-place competitors in each division received a partially paid trip to the National MIWW Contest, set for Jan. 29-30, 2026 in Reno, Nev. Cash prizes were also awarded in the Exemplary Construction, Embellishment, Creativity and People’s Choice categories.

Division results In the adult division, Wilkinson was crowned the first-place winner. Her threepiece outfit included a shirt, skirt and coat made of Pendleton and Merino wool.

In addition, Wilkinson earned a Construction Award and Creativity Award, sponsored by the Roxanna Johnson Memorial and Anne Leonard, respectively.

In the senior division, Johnson earned first place with a navy blue embellished ensemble. She also received an Embellishment Award sponsored by Anne Leonard and was voted the People’s Choice winner, earning $100 donated

by Eric and Kelly Barlow.

McDonald earned second in the senior division with her 100 percent Pendleton wool coat.

In the junior division, Smith took first with a mustard yellow wool coat. She earned $25, a length of Pendleton wool and a partially paid trip to the national contest.

Additionally, Smith earned the Junior Construction Award sponsored by the Roxanna Johnson Memorial.

Junior division – Miranda Smith of Lusk earned first place in the junior division of the Wyoming State Make It With Wool Contest.

WYLR photo Talented seamstresses – Three talented Wyoming seamstresses earned first-place honors at the Wyoming State Make It With Wool Contest. They displayed their creations during a luncheon and fashion show held at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Casper on Dec. 8, held in conjunction with the 2025 Wyoming Stock Growers Association Winter Roundup Convention and Trade Show.

Pictured from left to right are Jamie Wilkinson of Torrington, Miranda Smith of Lusk and Ashlynn Johnson of Encampment. WYLR photo

Senior division – Ashlynn Johnson of Encampment earned first place in the senior division of the Wyoming State Make It With Wool Contest. WYLR photo

Cale’s pillow earned the Wool Handicraft Award and $25 donated by Bob and Marilyn Christensen.

A raffle was also held, with one-half of the proceeds going towards state MIWW expenses and the other half going towards expenses on

the national level. The raffle prize was a quilt donated

by Michigan’s director of the state MIWW contest.

Grace Skavdahl is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

Second place – A coat sewn by Karlie McDonald of Laramie earned second place in the senior division of the Wyoming State Make It With Wool Contest. WYLR photo

Adult division – Jamie Wilkinson of Torrington took first place in the adult division of the Wyoming State Make It With Wool Contest.

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TRADITIONS continued from page 1 attraction of holiday plates.

Ranchers in Wyoming and beyond make this possible, and their tireless efforts raising livestock span months and even years before the bounty is shared at the dinner table.

From appetizers like deviled eggs and pickled vegetables to side dishes like mashed potatoes and casseroles, every aspect of holiday dinners begins with the hard work of farmers and ranchers.

Seasonal treats like creamy eggnog, fresh-baked pies and festive Christmas cookies also rely on agricultural staples like eggs, spices and dairy products.

From candy canes to coffee syrups, the winter season wouldn’t be complete without peppermint.

According to statistics from AgHires, the U.S. is responsible for roughly 70 percent of the world’s peppermint and spearmint supply.

Mint production is concentrated primarily in the Pacific Northwest – the same region responsible for most of the nation’s commercial live Christmas tree production.

O Christmas Tree The crowning jewel and most iconic symbol of the holiday season is arguably the Christmas tree.

Every December, elegant evergreens adorned with shiny ornaments and twinkling lights help welcome Santa and the holiday season to homes and businesses across the nation.

Locally-sourced live trees – whether purchased commercially or harvested – offer many economic and environmental benefits.

Choosing local, live trees over imported, artificial ones supports farmers and boosts the economy, and since real trees are renewable resources, they can be recycled through local community recycling programs or repurposed into things like firewood or even furniture.

The National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) notes approximately 25 to 30 million real Christmas trees are sold annually in the U.S., and the 2022 Census of Agriculture reflected roughly 10,000 Christmas tree farms encompassing 293,000 acres nationwide as generating an estimated $553 million in revenue.

Data collected by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) in 2022 shows Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Washington and Pennsylvania as the top five states

responsible for Christmas tree production, and NCTA estimates the Christmas tree industry helps provide employment for upwards of 100,000 people.

In contrast, AFBF reports around 90 percent of artificial trees sold in the U.S. are imported from China, taking support away from U.S. jobs.

In addition, the U.S. forestry industry helps fuel the production of wrapping paper – another holiday staple.

Even wrapping paper alternatives such as linen, cotton and burlap have roots in ag.

‘Baa’ humbug Although animals like reindeer and horses may be more readily associated with the Christmas season, the sheep’s role in holiday traditions should not be overlooked.

Sheep can be found lining the manger in classic Nativity scenes and are primary features of pastoral scenes of wintry fields and farmhouses which adorn many holiday cards and decor.

When windy, wintry weather cuts across the Wyoming terrain, sweaters, scarves, mittens and hats made of quality sheep’s wool provide warmth and protection for

sledders, sleigh-drivers and ranchers alike.

Even the most classic Christmas treat – the candy cane – pays homage to the sheep and wool industry, as its curved shape is said to be modeled after a shepherd’s crook.

In addition, felted ornaments, festive “ugly” sweaters and wool stockings hung by the fire also bring holiday cheer by way of one of the West’s most important fourlegged agricultural staples.

Merry and bright Twinkling lights add a comforting glow to the

chilly winter season and provide the backdrop for many cherished holiday memories.

Nowadays, electric lights often take center stage in commercial holiday decorations, but candles made of beeswax and other natural materials continue to shine in Advent ceremonies, Christmas Eve services and Hanukkah menorahs, lighting the way for important religious celebrations throughout the nation.

A wood-burning stove brings cheer to holiday gatherings, and warmth

from the blaze is a welcome reprieve from the elements for a rancher coming in from long hours spent chopping ice or feeding livestock.

Even during the holidays, farmers and ranchers rarely take a day off.

Agriculture is the backbone of America in every season. It is the industry responsible for bringing people together during the holidays and beyond.

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

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OBITUARIES Kathleen Hall Jackson Sept. 24, 1931 – Dec. 13, 2025 Kathleen Hall Jackson, age 94, passed away on her father’s birthday, Dec. 13, at the Niobrara Extended Care Center in Lusk.

She was born at the old Ivinson Hospital in Laramie on Sept. 24, 1931 to Ed and Rose Hall.

The mountains, riv-

ers and creeks of Albany County helped shape her into the tough, independent woman she was. Fly fishing on the Little Laramie brought her the greatest joy, and a good fight with a big brown trout was a thrill that she cherished.

Make no mistake – she

was a world-class dry fly fisherman. She just did it for fun.

Education and ranching filled her life. After graduating from the University of Wyoming with a degree in education in 1952, Kathleen taught school in Escondido, Calif.; Saratoga; the Buckeye School in rural Albany County; Slade School in Laramie and Wheatland Elementary in Wheatland, where she retired from teaching.

As a teacher of primary students, her often-stated goal was to “teach them to read

because if children can read, they can learn anything.”

Kathleen was born to be a rancher. Her father gave her early instruction in survival of the fittest in Centennial Valley along the banks of the Little Laramie. Forking hay and chopping ice all winter to keep livestock healthy and thriving created the determined, independent and tough woman she would need to be in life.

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this union. She married Richard “Dick” Jackson, whom she had known since she was 14 on Oct. 30, 1954.

Two additional children, Arleen “Buttons” and Richard “RJ,” completed her family.

Her belief in education and reading started at home.

She made sure her own kids had access to books, and she monitored their use.

Dick and Kathleen left the ranch in Centennial Valley in 1969. They finished raising their family on a farm-andranch combination they purchased while teaching school in Platte County.

Dick passed away in 1984 after a long, hard battle with mesothelioma cancer when Kathleen was 52.

After spending 43 years teaching school, Kathleen retired and moved to Niobrara County. She said it was easier because she wasn’t looking for Dick everywhere she went and there was the rest of her life to fill up.

Ranching full time was exactly what she needed, so she loaded her herd of sheep and 11 black cows and hit the road with her loyal hired man Manuel in tow.

After a life of hard work spent doing what she truly loved, arthritis finally slowed her down. She couldn’t check

water or fix fence by herself anymore.

She lived with her daughter for a couple of years and finally moved to the extended care facility in Lusk in 2023, when the crippling effects of arthritis demanded she slow down even more.

Kathleen finally “retired” from ranching at age 93, selling her herd of fine-wooled Columbia sheep and her fantastic Black Angus cows.

Kathleen is preceded in death by her parents Ed and Rose Hall, her brother Robert Hall, her son-in-law Waldon York and the love of her life, her husband Dick Jackson.

She is survived by her daughters Katie (Rod) Smith and Buttons York and her son RJ (Shawn) Jackson; grandchildren Merritt, Cinnamon, Megan, Elly, Odessa, Clay, Laramie and Tally and 15 great-grandchildren.

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PLC continued from page 1 a decade, which she credited to U.S. producers’ unwavering advocacy and resilience.

“This year has been momentous for natural resource issues – not because of who is in the White House or who is in Congress, but because of the generations and decades of work all of you have done to turn your priorities into real policy wins,” she stated.

Grazing policy wins To begin, Glover said this is the most friendly Congress she has seen in over a decade when it comes to grazing issues, with more than a dozen grazing-related bills passed in the U.S. House this year, including legislation addressing rangeland improvements, targeted grazing, permit flexibility and forest health.

Among some of the most notable victories, Glover highlighted efforts to reverse late-term guidance from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) which would have restricted routine grazing permit renewals.

She explained the instructional memoranda, quietly issued without public process, would have undermined long-standing Congressional direction allowing permit renewals under categorical exclusions when no conditions change.

With the help of state and national partners like NCBA, WSGA, the Wyoming Public Lands Coalition and others, PLC intervened and successfully overturned the policy early in the year.

“Producers who have been through a permit renewal in the past 10 years know how dangerous this would have been,” she said. “It also flew directly in the face of Congressional direction.”

Additionally, Glover noted PLC and its partners determined this guidance wasn’t the result of a court-

approved settlement, but a voluntary policy shift by the agency instead.

“This wasn’t legal policy,” she pointed out. “It was voluntary change signaling a dangerous direction for grazing moving forward, and overturning it became priority number one.”

Glover also noted PLC’s success in halting the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) proposed National OldGrowth Amendment, a broad plan to standardize protections for old-growth forests across the U.S. She explained blanket protections across the nation’s 128 national forests would have undermined multiple-use management and livestock grazing.

Regulatory reset While regulatory activity often raises concern among producers, Glover said the past year brought meaningful improvements, particularly through reform to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), in which the administration is attempting to return to its simpler, 1970s-era framework.

“We know NEPA needs to be faster, shorter and more targeted and effective,” she said. “This is what holds up a significant number of permitted activities.”

“This is one of the biggest silent wins we’ve seen,” she added. “It changes the foundation for everything else we do on federal lands.”

Glover also outlined progress on BLM grazing regulation revisions, rolling back the 2001 Roadless Rule, expanding targeted grazing authority, addressing migratory bird depredation and scrutinizing major Endangered Species Act rules.

In addition, Glover confirmed BLM’s controversial Public Lands Rule, which originally went into effect in June 2024, is in the pro-

Optimistic outlook – On Dec. 9, Public Lands Council Executive Director and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Government Affairs Kaitlynn Glover delivered an update on major wins from Capitol Hill during the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) 2025 Winter Roundup Convention and Trade Show in Casper. WYLR photo

cess of being rescinded following litigation led by PLC and its partners.

“We’re likely going to be out of court very soon,” she noted. “We have a draft rescission out, comments have been submitted and we expect the rescission to be final early next year.”

“The agency stepped outside of its Congressional authority here,” she added.

“Rolling this rule back restores multiple use and puts grazing back on solid legal ground.”

Major reform Another landmark achievement Glover highlighted was the passage of a major tax reform package earlier this summer.

According to Glover, the legislation included extensions and relief related to the estate tax, improvements to Section 199A deductions and changes to capital expensing – provisions PLC believes are critical to protecting family ranches.

Export numbers reported According to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, pork exports totaled 233,816 metric tons (mt) in September, down two percent from a year ago.

Export value was steady at $683.9 million, highlighted by the highest value on record for Mexico – nearly $260 million.

The value of pork muscle cut exports trended higher in September at $586.2 million, up one percent, but pork variety meat exports declined, due in part to China’s retaliatory tariffs.

Excluding China, September pork and pork variety meat exports were four percent above last year.

Through the first three quarters of the year, pork exports were three percent below the record pace of 2024 in both volume at 2.16 million mt and value at $6.16 billion, and down just one percent when excluding China.

Exports to leading market Mexico – which have already topped $2 billion in value in 2025 – and Central America are poised to reach new annual highs. January through September shipments also increased year-over-year to Colombia, the Caribbean, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

September beef exports were just 80,835 mt, down 22 percent from a year ago and the lowest since June 2020. Export value was $660.9 million, also down 22 percent and the lowest since February 2021.

Even when excluding China, beef export volume fell 11 percent year-overyear, due in part to lower production.

January through September beef exports totaled 856,023 mt, down 11 percent from a year ago and down four percent when excluding China. Export value was down 10 percent

to $7.03 billion.

Exports trended higher to leading value market Korea and to Central and South America, Hong Kong, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and Africa, but these gains were more than offset by the steep decline to China and lower shipments to Japan, Mexico, Canada and Taiwan.

September exports of U.S. lamb muscle cuts totaled 130 mt, up 67 percent from last year’s low volume but the smallest in 12 months. Export value was $807,000, up 64 percent but also the lowest since last September.

Led by growth in Mexico, the Caribbean and Canada, January through September exports increased 47 percent from a year ago to 2,179 mt, valued at $11.7 million – up 31 percent. Exports also increased to Costa Rica and Panama.

“This was a massive deal,” she stated. “As you sit down with your accountants at the end of the year, this will be top of mind – protecting operations, protecting legacies and protecting the way we do business.”

Glover also noted the agency made significant strides on wildlife issues, particularly in regards to grizzly bears and gray wolves.

She explained PLC is in the midst of pursuing a multi-pronged national strategy to delist wolves across distinct population segments, and she noted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to develop a new recovery plan signals confidence the species has met recovery goals, which is a necessary step toward delisting.

“We have the science, and we have the proof,” she said. “These species do not need federal protections in

order to be managed.”

Looking ahead Despite positive progress on the policy front, Glover wrapped up her discussion by drawing attention to staffing shortages at federal agencies, particularly within USFS rangeland programs.

She urged producers to engage directly with agency partners and to take advantage of new contracting and cooperative authorities.

“The success of everything we have done in Washington, D.C. depends on what happens on the ground,” she said. “Producers’ partnerships with their local agency offices is what makes this work real.”

Glover closed her presentation by encouraging producers to participate in the United Nations’ (UN) International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists in 2026, deeming it a once-in-

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a-generation opportunity.

“I think we have an incredible opportunity in front of us to build on the success we have seen this year,” she stated. “The UN council who designates these international years is highlighting agricultural production, land management and the kind of pastoralism that really protects open space – not only just across the U.S. but around the world.”

Glover said she believes the initiative brings an opportunity for producers to tell their story in “the single largest global effort of any international year designation.”

“This is your opportunity to show the world what Wyoming ranchers do and why it matters,” she concluded.

Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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December 18 – 716 Head • Cows & Bulls Steady BULLS Shurtleff, Gavin - Kinnear Walker, Eric - Burlington 6 Hrfd BC, ST .................$2500/Hd 50 1 Blk Bull, 1855#.................. $187 Rusch, George - Lovell 50 1 Blk Bull, 2025#.................. $185 6 CharX BC, ST ..............$2500/Hd 1 Blk Bull, 2480#.................. $18100 Pascoe, John - Powell La-Ro, Inc. - Deaver 2 Blk BC, ST ...................$2400/Hd 1 Blk Bull, 1985#.................. $18450 BRED HEIFERS 00 1 BWF Bull, 1925#............... $180 Bower, Jarred - Glenrock Whitt, Bonnie - Meeteetse 5 Blk Bred Hfrs ...............$4000/Hd 1 Blk Bull, 1030#.................. $18000 COWS Lewton, Lonnie - Ten Sleep Shurtleff, Gavin - Kinnear 1 Blk Bull, 2170#.................. $17800 1 Red Cow, 1495# ............... $17100 1 Blk Bull, 1700#.................. $15400 1 Blk Cow, 1185# ................. $15700 Hoggs Black Diamond - Meeteetse 4 Rd/Blk Cows, avg. 1153# . $15650 1 Blk Bull, 1680#.................. $17800 Hoffman, Ronnie - Thermopolis Nicholson, Jerry - Burlington 1 Blk Cow, 1645#................. $17000 1 Blk Bull, 1675#.................. $17400 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1598# ....... $17000 Pendleton, Travis - Manila Walker, Eric - Burlington 1 CharX Bull, 1545# ............ $17400 1 Blk Cow, 1560#................. $16900 Nielsen, Jr, Jack - Greybull 1 Blk Cow, 1790#................. $16200 1 BWF Bull, 1620#............... $17000 Martin, Chuck - Riverton Palledsen, Boyd - Manila 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1590# ....... $16800 1 Blk Bull, 1915#.................. $16900 Rusch, George - Lovell Jones, Terry - Otto 1 RWF Cow, 1580# ............. $16800 1 Blk Bull, 1625#.................. $16800 Hamilton Ranch, Inc. - Hyattville BRED COWS 1 Blk Cow, 1270#................. $16700 Deep Creek-Foster Ranch - Riverton 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1405# ....... $16000 10 BWF BC, 2-4 YO .......$4600/Hd Doyle McKim & Sons, Inc. - Manderson 39 BWF BC, 2-4 YO .......$4550/Hd 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1663# ....... $16600 45 Blk BC, 5-6 YO ..........$4500/Hd Nye, Barry - Cody 45 Blk BC, 7-8 YO ..........$4200/Hd 1 CharX Cow, 1460# ........... $16500 19 BWF BC, ST ..............$3300/Hd V Cross Cattle Co. - Kemmerer Wiechmann, Jason - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1635#................. $16500 22 Blk BC, ST .................$3000/Hd 1 Blk Cow, 1555#................. $16000 Lungren, Luke - Worland Lungren, Luke - Worland 22 BWF BC, ST ..............$2800/Hd 1 BWF Cow, 1240#.............. $15800 Johnson, Rita - Thermopolis Homewood, Lucky - Frannie 10 Blk BC, ST .................$2700/Hd 1 CharX Cow, 1600# ........... $15800

1 CharX Cow, 1625# ........... $14750 Shepperson, Emily - Douglas 1 Blk Cow, 1360#................. $15800 Remfro, William - Coahoma 2 Blk Cows, 1240#............... $15600 Dobson, Martin - Burlington 1 Blk Cow, 1285#................. $15400 1 Blk Cow, 1345#................. $14700 Black, Vern - Riverton 1 Blk Cow, 1025#................. $15000 Wiechmann, Jason - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1435#................. $14900 Herman Livestock LLC - Hyattville 1 Blk Cow, 1320#................. $14200

• Upcoming Sales • Dec. 25 – Merry Christmas!

Jan. 8 – Weigh-Up Special w/ All Class Cattle Jan. 15 – Feeder Special Jan. 22 – Bred Cow & Heifer Special w/ All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat Jan. 29 – Weigh-Up Special w/ All Class Cattle Feb. 5 – No Sale Feb. 12 – Feeder Special w/ Weigh-Up Special Feb. 19 – Bred Cow & Heifer Special w/ All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat Feb. 26 – All Class Cattle

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

EVENTS Dec. 22-23

Dec. 22-26 Dec. 31-Jan, 2, 2026 Jan. 6

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Precision Education in Spray Technologies Academy Session Two, Precision Application Technology Lab, West Central Research, Extension and Education Center, North Platte, Neb. For more information or to register, visit go.unl.edu/pestacademy.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup Office Closed. Wishing our readers a very Merry Christmas! The advertising deadline for the Jan. 3 paper is noon on Dec. 29. For more information, call 307-234-2700.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup Office Closed. Wishing our readers a Happy New Year! For more information, call 307-234-2700.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Beef Systems Research and Management Forum, Knight Museum, Alliance, Neb. For more information, contact Brock Ortner at 308-327-2312 or bortner2@nebraska.edu.

To register, call the Nebraska Box Butte Extension Office at 308-762-5616.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Virtual Fencing Educational Symposium, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Central Pavilion Building, the CAM-PLEX, Gillette. For more information or to register, visit content.govdelivery. com/attachments/WYWGFD/2025/10/31/file_attachments/3443525/Virtual%20fence%20symposium%20agenda.pdf.

Sage Grouse Implementation Team Meeting, 10 a.m., Wyoming Game and Fish Department Headquarters, Cheyenne. For more information, visit wgfd.wyo.gov/wyoming-wildlife/sage-grouse-management/sagegrouse-executive-order#SGIT. Bureau of Land Management Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey, Kemmerer. For more information, call David Merz at 307-828-4556.

Up In Arms LLC Flea Market and Gun Show, Central Wyoming Fairgrounds, Casper. For more information, call 208-420-2295.

Bureau of Land Management Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey, Pinedale.

For more information, call Theresa Gulbrandson at 307-367-5359.

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

Four States Irrigation Council Annual Meeting, Northglenn, Colo. For more information or to register, visit 4-states-irrigation.org.

Precision Education in Spray Technologies Academy Session Three, Precision Application Technology Lab, West Central Research, Extension and Education Center, North Platte, Neb. For more information or to register, visit go.unl.edu/pestacademy.

Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, Fort Worth, Texas. For more information, visit fwssr.com.

15th Annual Women’s Agriculture Summit, The Play House, Buffalo.

For more information, visit johnsoncountycattlewomen.com or on Facebook @Johnson County Cattlewomen.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Calving College Series Part One, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Lindsay Waechter-Mead at 402-746-3417 or lindsay.waechter-mead@unl.edu. To register, visit cvent.me/GOYAra. Wyoming Applicator and Vector Education Summit, Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, Casper. For more information or to register, visit bit.ly/psep-waves-26.

Beef Cattle Research Council Hormone Implant Webinar, 7 p.m., online. For more information or to register, visit beefresearch.ca.

National Bison Association Winter Conference, Broomfield, Colo. For more information, visit nationalbison.org/events.

West Greeley Conservation District CERES Tag and ENVU Range and Pasture Workshop, 9 a.m., West Greeley Conservation District Office, Greeley, Colo. For more information or to register, call 970-2307020 or e-mail Roy Hall at leroy.hall@wgcd.org.

Larry Higgins Bison Junior Judging Contest, Denver, Colo. For more information, visit bisonranchers.com/events/the-larry-higgins-bisonjunior-judging-contest.

The National Bison Association Gold Trophy Show and Sale at the National Western Stock Show, Denver, Colo. For more information, visit nationalbison.org/event/gold-trophy-show-and-sale-gtss.

Fremont County Cattlemen Annual Meeting and Banquet, 12:30 p.m. meeting, 5 p.m. social hour, 6 p.m. dinner, Lander Community and Event Center, Lander. Tickets are available until Jan. 20 by calling Clay Espinosa at 307-349-7777.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Calving College Series Part Two, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Lindsay Waechter-Mead at 402-746-3417 or lindsay.waechter-mead@unl.edu. To register, visit cvent.me/GOYAra. Colorado Farm Show, Island Grove Park, Greeley, Colo. For more information, visit coloradofarmshow.com or call 970-356-9426.

American Sheep Industry Annual Convention, Reno, Nev. For more information, visit sheepusa.org/events-convention.

SALES Jan. 6, 2026 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 26 Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 16

Western Video Market, North Platte Stockyards, North Platte, Neb., 530-3473793, wvmcattle.com Rafter T Angus Annual Bull Sale, Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo, 307736-2415, 307-299-4569, raftertangus.com Cattle Country Video Winter Classic, Goshen County Rendezvous Center, Torrington, 888-322-8853, cattlecountryvideo.com Ingalls Angus Annual Production Sale, Riverton Livestock Auction, Riverton, 307-349-3097 Redland Angus Annual Range Calved-Range Raised Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo, 307-250-1548, redlandangus.com Ken Haas Angus 45th Annual Right Combination Bull Sale, at the ranch, LaGrange, 307-631-0844, 307-575-0095, kenhaasangus.com Marcy Livestock 64th Annual Angus Bull and Female Sale, Gordon Livestock Auction, Gordon, Neb., 308-430-2005, marcylivestock.com McConnell Angus Bull and Female Sale, at the ranch, Dix, Neb., 308-2355187, 308-230-0430, 970-215-3204, mcconnellangus.com Little Goose Ranch Ninth Annual Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo, 307-751-1535, 307-622-8330, 307-689-1072, littlegooseranch.com Triangle J Ranch 36th Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Miller, Neb., 308-6275085, 308-457-2505, 308-293-9241, trianglejranch.com Douglas Booth Family Angus 34th Annual Bull Sale, Torrington Livestock Market, Torrington, 307-532-5830, 307-532-6207, boothfamilyangus.com Bullis Creek Ranch Spring Production Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wood Lake, Neb., 402-376-4465, bulliscreek.com 21 Angus 32nd Annual Top Cut Bull Sale, at the ranch, New England, N.D., 701-579-4221, 21angus.com K2 Red Angus Winter Bull Sale, K2 sale barn, Wheatland, 307-331-2917, k2redangus.com Pilakowski Angus Annual Performance Tested Bull Sale, Lightning Valley Ranch, Arthur, Neb., 308-249-0885, pilakowskiangus.com G Bar H Genetics Angus Bull Sale, Torrington Livestock Market, Torrington, 307-575-5520, 307-575-0373 Booth’s Cherry Creek Angus 53rd Annual “Progress Through Performance” Bull Sale, at the ranch, Veteran, 307-534-5865, 307-532-1805, 307532-1532, boothscherrycreekranch.com Powder River Angus Annual Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo, 307-680-7359, 307-680-8266, powderriverangus.com Weaver Ranch 41st Annual Production Sale, at the ranch, Fort Collins, Colo., 970-568-3898

A Unique Idea for Christmas Giving Years ago, I wrote the following story. Hopefully this project still exists, but if it doesn’t it still makes a good Christmas Postcard.

Enjoy, and have a Merry Christmas.  This year’s idea for Christmas giving is an oldie but goodie – the Veterans’ Hospital in Cheyenne. For over a half century, members of the American Legion Auxiliary have gathered gifts to send to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Following is a story published in 1975 which prompted several local folks to donate gifts to our Veterans.

It is our hope it will continue to inspire gift giving for Veterans and their families and friends. If interested, please contact a local American Legion Auxiliary. It makes a Merry Christmas for all of us.

The 1975 Christmas time feature story in the Rawlins Daily Times stated: A doll’s second life

By Grace Healey “No, not a picture. People will think it is so silly – an old woman playing with dolls.”

The dolls which Mrs. Paul Pearson of Saratoga has mentioned are going to the Veterans’ Hospital in Cheyenne, among other

gifts either made or given by the American Legion Auxiliary of the state.

Each Veteran may choose one Christmas gift for each member of his family. If the gift needs mailing, it is also taken care of for him.

For many years Margaret has dressed dolls.

They are donated by girls or families who have outgrown them. They may be well-worn, but not broken.

The dolls get a bath, a new paint job when needed and often new hair from an old wig.

Then, Margaret makes each one six changes of

clothing. The teenage dolls will have a wardrobe of slinky, glittering skirts and mod pant suits. The baby dolls will wear knit sweaters and crocheted bonnets, made by Mrs. Lucille Brodin.

Mrs. Nester Miller and “the girls at the bank” donated this year’s dolls.

As the women surveyed the rejuvenated dolls, their eyes grew pensive with memories of Christmases past and little girls grown up. One doll came from a garbage pail in Denver.

“Maybe we could do something with it,” the finder said to his wife, who was a long-time friend of Margaret’s.

“I know exactly what to do with it,” she answered.

Even the dolls wondered about the mystery of the one in the garbage.

Every doll will go to its new home full of sage advice and interesting conversation from its days with Margaret.

Doll rejuvenator – Mrs. Paul Pearson of Saratoga has been active for many years in the rejuvenation of old and discarded dolls, which this year are being donated to the Veterans’ Hospital in Cheyenne. Photo for the Rawlins Daily Times by Grace Healey. From the Martin/Perue collection.

Historical Reproductions by Dick Perue

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MARKETS

LIVE CATTLE FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Compiled from USDA Market News Service information and other sources

Location Volume

Steers Heifers

PAYS 12-12

450

Centennial 12-12

400-500 600-700 700-800 Over 800 Sltr Bull UnUnder 400FOR THE500-600 WEEK ENDING May 24, Sltr 2019 Cows 442.50-520

450-475 390-435

389-401 332.50-342

355-386 335

510 420-450

445-460 420

300-445 320-410

395 287.50-337.50

142.50-183 65-132.50 322.50 270

Stock Cows Pairs 210-275

180.50-196.50 $2300-$3000 161-174 $3300-$4200

Crawford 12-12 1173

172-186.50 139-155

$2000-$4985

Riverton 12-12 283

170-179.50 141.75-220

$2350-$3325

175-182 162-176

$2400-$4700

Torrington 12-17 8146

625-680 525-550

545-609 469-522

420-489 381-447

379-429 340-385

405 442.50

453-460 365-460

392.50-408

St. Onge 12-12

361-379.50 327-329.50

351-340 288-326.50

177.50-190 140-172.50

Big Horn Basin 12-18 716 Billings 12-18 3379 Buffalo 12-17

777

390-705 345-580

290-581 360-475

285-511 340-432.50

344-434 319-361

343-353 295-340

585-625 414-462.50

493--605 421-495

440-505 362-430.50

357-419

363

305 272-295.50

154-187.50 142-171

$2400-$4600

131-181 55-190.50

161-359

PAYS

Volume

Feeder Lambs

Slaughter Lambs

Slaughter Ewes

Slaughter Bucks

1716

St. Onge

No Report

230.30 229.55 229.13 222.75 218.90

+3.50 +1.02 +0.75 +0.65 +0.55

SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

Change

338.38 332.83 331.90 329.88 330.18

341.53 336.33 335.03 332.73 332.85

+3.15 +3.50 +3.13 +2.85 +2.67

JANUARY MARCH APRIL MAY AUGUST

WHEAT FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

5.29 5.38 5.46 5.58

5.06 5.17 5.28 5.41

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

Change -0.23 -0.21 -0.18 -0.17

CORN FUTURES Week Prev

This Week

4.44 4.52 4.57 4.52

4.40 4.48 4.53 4.49

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

Change -0.04 -0.04 -0.04 -0.03

OATS FUTURES SETT PRICE

No Report

Centennial

226.80 228.53 228.38 222.10 218.35

SETT PRICE

158-193

Stock Ewes

Change

FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES

Month

WEEKLY SHEEP AUCTIONS Auction

This Week

DECEMBER FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE AUGUST

FOR THE WEEK ENDING December 19, 2025 WEEKLY CATTLE AUCTIONS

Week Prev

Month 215-400

Daily Grower Bids Region Price US #2 Yellow Corn Southeast WY 3.9850-4.1050 US #1 HRWW Southeast WY 3.8275-4.0775 US #1 Black Beans Min-Dak 21-22/cwt US #1 Great Northern Beans Den-Rate 28/cwt US #1 Pea (Navy) Beans Min-Dak 24-28/cwt US #1 Pinto Beans Den Rate 25/cwt Min Dak 21-22/cwt US #1 Small Red Beans MIN DAK 30/cwt Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington National Sheep Summary As of December 12, 2025 Compared to last week slaughter wooled and shorn lambs sold steady. Slaughter ewes sold firmer. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-3: San Angelo: 60-70 lbs 330.00-355.00; 70-80 lbs 354.00; 80-90 lbs 325.00; 90-100 lbs 300.00; 110-120 lbs 246.00.

Billings: No test.

Ft. Collins: 70-80 lbs 295.00-315.00; 80-90 lbs 280.00; 90100 lbs 265.00-290.00; 100-110 lbs 250.00-275.00; 110-120 lbs 235.00-245.00; 120-130 lbs 237.50-255.00; 140-150 lbs 220.00-222.50; 150-160 lbs 232.50-235.00.

Sioux Falls: 80-90 lbs 310.00-325.00; 90-100 lbs 250.00295.00; 100-110 lbs 264.00-285.00; 110-120 lbs 230.00-250.00; 120-130 lbs 236.00-241.00; 130-140 lbs 228.00-238.00; 140150 lbs 227.50-235.00; 150-160 lbs 227.00-237.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Good 2-3: San Angelo: 120.00-147.00.

Billings: No test.

Ft. Collins: 122.50-145.00.

Sioux Falls: 90.00-125.00.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1: San Angelo: No test.

Billings: No test.

Sioux Falls: 30-40 lbs 420.00; 50-60 lbs 425.00; 60-70 lbs 330.00; 70-80 lbs 325.00; 80-90 lbs 310.00-355.00.

Ft. Collins: No test.

Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2: San Angelo: No test.

Billings: No test.

Ft. Collins: No test.

South Dakota: No test.

Sioux Falls: Middle aged exposed 130-190 lbs 200.00-275.00 per unit.

Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 40,000 compared to 40,000 last week and 40,259 last year.

Source: USDA AMS LPG Market News, San Angelo, Texas National Wool Review As of December 17, 2025 Domestic wool trading had no confirmed trades reported this week. Prices reflect trades FOB warehouse in original bag or square pack, bellies out, some graded, and 76 mm or longer.

No allowance made for coring, freight, or handling fees at the warehouse level to reflect net grower prices. Wools shorter than 75 mm typically discounted .10-.20 clean. Classed and skirted wools usually trade at a .10-.20 premium to original bag prices.

Australian Wool Exchange Clean Del Price Change from 75-85 Percent Micron US Grade in U.S. Dollars Previous Sale of Australia 17 > 80s 6.58 0.12 4.93-5.59 18 80s 6.29 0.17 4.72-5.35 19 70-80s 5.94 0.15 4.45-5.05 20 64-70s 5.73 0.13 4.30-4.87 21 64s 5.71 0.13 4.28-4.85 22 62s 5.70 0.14 4.27-4.84 23 60-62s -------------------------24 60s ------------------------25 58s 2.76 0.06 2.07-2.35

135-190

165-210

105-155

26 56-58s 2.42 0.01 1.82-2.06 28 54s 2.16 0.05 1.62-1.84 30 50s 1.93 0.06 1.44-1.64 32 46-48s 1.48 0.01 1.11-1.26 Merino Clippings 2.52 0.03 1.89-2.14 Source: USDA- CO Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO Nebraska Hay Summary As of December 18, 2025 Compared to two weeks ago, all reported hay sales sold steady. Demand was mostly light instances moderate in some areas for bales of forage.

Good demand for dehy and suncured pellets for regrinding into feed products. Reports of quite a lot of 2024 hay sitting around the state plus a rather large supply of 2025 hay along with several thousands bales of cornstalks. Most of the cornstalk bales are taking the excess trash off fields but are adding a surplus of roughage to a market that is already saturated with product to market. Some livestock owners are supplementing feeding in the cold snap this month, but overall tonnage fed has been quite a lot less for most Decembers compared to previous years.

Central Nebraska Alfalfa Ground (Delivered Feedlot) 130 Alfalfa - Good Large Round 80-85 Corn Stalk Large Round 45-50 Grass - Premium Large Round 95 Grass - Good Large Round 85 Grass - Fair Large Round 75 Oat Large Round 50 Prairie/Meadow Grass - Premium Large Round 90-100 Prairie/Meadow Grass Good/Premium Small Square 8/bale Prairie Meadow Grass - Fair/Good Large Round 70 Prairie Meadow Grass - Utility/Fair Large Round 65 Eastern Alfalfa Pellets 17% Dehyd 330 Pellets 17% Suncured 240 Alfalfa - Good/Premium Medium Square 3x3 90 Alfalfa - Good Large Round 80-90 Brome Grass - Good/Premium Medium Square 3x3 115 Grass - Fair/Good Medium Square 3x3 95 Platte Valley Nebraska Alfalfa Ground (Delivered) 130 Pellets 17% Dehyd 300-310 Pellets 17% Suncured 290 Alfalfa - Good Large Round 75 Corn Stalk Ground (Delivered) 100 Western Nebraska Alfalfa Ground (Delivered) 150 Pellets 17% Suncured 260 Alfalfa - Premium Large Square 3x4 180 Alfalfa- Fair Large Square 3x4 120-125 Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Kearny, NE Colorado Hay Summary As of December 18, 2025 Compared to last report: Trade activity light on moderate demand.

Prices mostly steady. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s High Plains Summary for December 16, 2025, the High Plains remained largely unchanged this week. Areas of less than one inch of precipitation fell across some areas of the Dakotas and northeastern Wyoming. In east-central South Dakota, this precipitation led to minor improvements with the removal of some abnormal dryness (D0).

Nebraska, Colorado, and most of Kansas remained unchanged. In southeastern Kansas along the Kansas-Missouri border, hydrologic deficits led to further deterioration and the expansion of moderate drought (D1). In southeastern Wyoming, frequent strong winds and above-normal temperatures combined with continued lack of precipitation contributed to further degradation and the expansion of moderate drought (D1). Due to the upcoming holidays, the next available report will be Thursday, January 15, 2026.

Mountains & Northwest Grass - Good Medium Square 3x3 170

Week Prev

This Week

2.92 3.02 3.09 3.09

2.87 2.94 3.00 3.04

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

Change -0.05 -0.08 -0.09 -0.05

SOYBEAN FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

10.91 11.01 11.10 11.19

10.58 10.69 10.80 10.91

JANUARY MARCH MAY JULY

Change -0.33 -0.32 -0.30 -0.28

CUTOUT VALUES CUTOUT VALUES PRIMAL RIB PRIMAL CHUCK PRIMAL ROUND PRIMAL LOIN

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

361.52 625.37 291.43 289.87 469.67

366.40 643.29 292.58 291.02 477.85

308.40 607.83 246.91 240.24 382.14

5 AREA WEEKLY WEIGHTED CATTLE PRICE Live Steer Live Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer Grass - Fair Timothy Grass - Fair/Good

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

228.19 227.88 353.62 353.92

221.21 221.74 342.61 343.46

194.31 193.85 303.44 302.65

Medium Square 3x3 155 Medium Square 3x3 90 Northeast Alfalfa - Premium Small Square (Old Crop 2nd Cut) 11/bale (Old Crop 3rd Cut) 11.75/bale Small (Bundled) 10/bale Alfalfa - Good/Premium Medium Square 3x3 117 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 3x4 175 Alfalfa - Utility Large Square 3x4 120 Forage Mix-Three Way - Premium Small Square 12/bale Forage Mix-Three Way - Utility Small Square 4/bale Forage Mix-Two Way - Premium Small Square (Old Crop 1st Cut) 10./bale (Old Crop 3rd Cut) 11/bale Forage Mix-Two Way Good/Premium Medium Square 3x3 120/bale Millet - Fair/Good Large Square 3x4 130 San Luis Valley Alfalfa - Premium/Supreme Large Square 3x4 225 Alfalfa - Fair Large Square 3x4 140 Straw (Barley) Large Square 75 Southeast Alfalfa - Premium Large Square 3x4 195 Small Square (Bundled) 9/bale Alfalfa - Good Large Square 3x4 125 Alfalfa - Utility Large Square 140 Prairie/Meadow Grass - Premium Small Square 10/bale Sorghum - Good/Premium Large Square 3x4 100 Sudan - Fair/Good Large Round 120-135 Southwest Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Premium Small Square 10/bale Source: USDA-AMS Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 37 No. 35 • December 20, 2025

CLASSIFIEDS

Custom Feeding

307-234-2700 • 1-800-967-1647 • Fax: 307-472-1781 • E-mail: denise@wylr.net or jodym@wylr.net Website: www.wylr.net. Weekly Deadline: Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.

Notice

Services

Services

Hereford

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, 109 Capitol Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, 307-777-6397........ TFN

FOR SALE AHA REGISTERED POLLED MINIATURE HEREFORD BULL CALF: Born July 2025. Available following weaning, about February 2026.

Documented pedigree. Located in Powell, WY. Shots and RFID tagged. Call Bob or Linda at 307-254-7047 .....................1/3

Events

Shorthorn

UP IN ARMS, LLC FLEA MARKET AND GUN SHOW JAN. 9-11, Casper, WY at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds. Open to the public. Fri., Jan. 9, 3-7 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Jan. 11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Giving away a .22 pistol Sunday at 2 p.m., must be present to win, 21 years of age and able to pass background check. Buy, sell, trade. Adults $6, children 12 and under free (when accompanied by an adult). For more information, contact Lisa, 208-420-2295 ......................... 1/3

TWO-YEAR-OLD POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, top bloodlines. Call Donald, 208201-6213 ........................1/17

Solar Water Pumping Systems Water Well Services • Well & Pipeline Design Submersible Pump Specialist Pump

Parker Blakeley, Owner ppr@pronghornpump.com www.pronghornpump.com

Service LLC.

• (307) 436-8513 •

Help Wanted 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 feedyard 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. Retention bonus offered to full-time employees. Incentives paid out at 6 months and 1 year of employment. 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.

LOOKING FOR CALVING, FEEDING AND SPRING WORK HELP: Feb. 20-June 1. POTENTIAL to become long-term job which includes: Riding, welding, fencing, irrigation and all general ranch-required jobs. Christian family ranch, high QUALITY horses to ride, vehicle provided, COMPETITIVE pay with healthcare and housing included. Must be willing and able to get along with others. Addicts and abusers please do not apply. Must want and be willing to be a part of a team. Please send resume to ghenry1984@gmail.com.... 1/3

Auctions

Torrington Livestock Markets 307-532-3333

www.torringtonlivestock.com

S U B S C R I B E TO T H E RO U N D U P

SHORTHORN BULLS FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY: Yearlings up to mature bulls available. Developed conservatively so they hold up. Remember a red Shorthorn bull on your homozygous black cows will give you black calves. Shorthorns are excellent maternal cattle that produce quality beef. Francis-Millvale Shorthorns, Gene and Roberta Francis Family, 701-331-2403, e-mail francis. millvale@gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................12/20

FAITHFUL FEEDERS: Heifer development, backgrounding and grass calf prep. Billings, MT. Call Ryan, 406-696-0104 .......... 4/11

Meat Processing

Offering custom processing and bulk meat sales.

Veteran Owned Call to schedule!

605-456-2230 • Newell, S.D.

Pasture WINTER CARE AVAILABLE FOR 200+ HEAD OF CATTLE. Cody, NE. For more information, call 605-488-0301 ...........12/27

Pasture Wanted SUMMER PASTURE WANTED FOR YEARLINGS: Seeking summer grass for 2026. For 500-1,500 head. Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota.

Prefer long-term potential, competitive rates offered. Call Jon, 831-240-5795 ...................TFN

Limousin

Ranch Lease Wanted

2-Year-Old Registered Limousin Bulls

LOOKING TO LEASE A RANCH FOR APPROXIMATELY 150-200 HEAD OF COWS. Prefer area in Johnson and Sheridan counties. Call 307290-1643 ............................1/3

Ranch for Lease

Financial Services

Brands

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

Call Chuck Brown at C.H. Brown Co., LLC, 307-3223232 (office), 307-331-0010 (cell) or e-mail chuckbrown@ wyoming.com .............. 12/20

WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC, RSS, RHH. Expires Jan. 1, 2029. Electric iron included. $2,500 OBO. Call 307-575-6589 ............12/20

AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ranch and all commercial loans. RATES AS LOW AS 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 for 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!! ............ 12/27

Brands REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RHC, RHH, no earmarks, registration #A0715200, renewed to Jan 1, 2027. Comes with cattle irons and horse irons. $750 OBO. Call/text 520-9048305 or e-mail griz-2006@hotmail.com ...........................1/3 OWN A PIECE OF WYOMING HISTORY, OLD WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, LTH, originally issued in 1910. Purchased by my grandfather in 1913. Easy to read when placed on cows or horses, $12,500. ALSO, RANCH SADDLE manufactured

by Fred Mueller Saddle Co., Denver, CO. Good condition, located in Cheyenne, WY, digital photos available, asking $400.

Call 307-631-6838 ...........11/29

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

Pat Kelley 303/840-1848

Horses

Advertise your brand here for just $25/week.

Dogs TOY AUSSIEDOODLE PUPPIES: Three girls ready just in time for Christmas. First shots and tails docked. Exceptional breeding. Gorgeous colors.

Located in Billings, MT. Reserve your furever friend today. Asking $700. Call or text for more information and pictures, 208-540-2667. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds.................1/10

Angus BULLS FOR SALE: Registered yearling and 2-year-old Black Angus range bulls for sale private treaty. Good selection for heifers and cows. From popular sires and industry leaders. Semen tested and ready to go. CLAY CREEK ANGUS, 307-762-3541, www.claycreek.net ...........TFN

PARK COUNTY, WY RANCH NEAR CODY, WY IS AVAILABLE FOR A LONG-TERM LEASE: The ranch has over 50,000 acres and supports an irrigated hay base with BOR water rights. Carrying capacity is 700 animal units year-round with hay production. Willing to split the hay ground and grazing. Please e-mail Honora Beirne (hbeirne@acpg.com) and Melanie Giliati (mgiliati@ acpg.com) for details .....1/10

Angus FOR SALE: 300 head of commercial Angus and F-1 baldy bred heifers. Hand selected and purchased from top ranches in the region. All Miller Angus Farms customer genetics. UTD on vaccinations, pelvic measured, dewormed. Pregged/sorted into calving window groups. AI bred to elite calving ease bull GB Mogul M64J and cleaned up to top tier calving ease bulls. Group 1 due March 1. Group 2 due March 16.

Group 3 due March 28. Group 4 due April 1 for 30 days. Group 5 due May 1 for 30 days. Will go on to make a productive, high performing cow that will add value to your program. First come, first served. Small loads to pot loads and volume discounts available.

Free delivery. Miller Angus Farms, Kody, 605-690-1997 or Brady, 605-690-5733 ........... 1/3

Twenty-Six Years of Predictability

SPRING PRODUCTION BULL SALE January 26, 2026 • 1:30 p.m. CST At the Ranch • Wood Lake, Nebraska Selling 65 Age Advantage Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls Red Angus • Limousin • Lim-Flex

Bullis Creek Ranch • bulliscreek.com • 402-376-4465

RANCH, RODEO, ROPING, BARREL RACING PROSPECTS: 2024 APHA black solid and sorrel Tobiano geldings.

2025 AQHA bay, red roan, bay roan colts. 2025 AQHA bay and APHA sorrel Overo fillies. 2025 grade buckskin colt. Visit www. brokenbackranchquarterhorses.com. Call for pricing, 307-2725509. Ten Sleep, WY............ 1/3

Saddles & Tack COWBOY SANTA SHOPS HERE!! 5 STAR saddle pads and MOHAIR cinches. MONTANA Silversmith and AUSTIN Accent jewelry, MONEY clips, barrettes and MORE… Tom BALDING and DUTTON BITS and SPURS. It’s ALWAYS a great day to $AVE on BOOTS: HONDO, BOULET, JUSTIN WORK BOOTS, TWISTED X (boots and shoes) and more!!

RIDE, ROPE, WORK and play!! LEATHER belts, WALLETS, checkbook covers. SILK SCARVES and more!! 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 .................... 12/20

Leatherwork LS CUSTOM LEATHER: Belts, tack, cell phone cases and much more!! Contact Lester, 307-631-1053, leave a message. Located in Riverton, WY........................12/20

Sheep COMMERCIAL WHITE FACED RAMBOULLET RAMS FOR SALE: Askin Livestock purchased the entire ram band from Ladder Livestock’s 50+ year genetics program this spring. We have plenty of extra rams and are selling choice Rambouillet breeding rams of various ages. All have already had the bottom sorted out.

These will sell with a negative B. ovis test from this April. If you missed the Wyoming Ram Sale and still want the same quality genetics to cover your band, please consider this offering. $650/head choice. Forty to choose from. Volume discounts for 5+. Available at Jay Em, WY. These are fine wooled sheep that sold fleece at 20.5 micron in May 2025. They have good feet, strong pasterns, bred and raised on Wyoming’s Red Desert. They will go anywhere in the continental U.S. and work for the range producer. Call or text Sage Askin for more information, 307-351-4875 or e-mail saskin12@gmail.com .......1/3 YEARLING HORNED RAMBOUILLET BUCKS FOR SALE: Average on herd micron is 18.6. 64% yield while maintaining a 3” staple, ewes average 11 lbs. fleece. Look us up on Facebook @ Edwards Rambouillet or call for questions, 307-670-3360.......12/20

Swine WEANER PIGS FOR SALE, located in Powell, WY. For more information, call 307271-1014 ........................1/17

Seed OPEN POLLINATED SEED CORN out produces hybrid for silage and grazing quality grain, $69/bushel +S/H. Call 217-857-3377 or text cell 217343-4962, visit website www. borriesopenpollinatedseedcorn.com ...................... 12/27

Hay & Feed STRAW FOR SALE: 150 TONS OF BARLEY STRAW, 4x4 squares, $40/ton. Located west of Powell, WY. Call or text 307-2020532 for more information ...1/10 HAY FOR SALE: First, second and third cutting alfalfa, alfalfa/ orchardgrass and grain hay options, net-wrapped round bales and 3x3 square bales. Delivery available. WE ALSO OFFER CUSTOM TRUCKING, hay hauling and side dump to haul gravel. Call Cheney Trucking/ Jonathan Cheney, 605-5690469................................12/20 HAY FOR SALE: Grass and alfalfa hay. ALSO, grass/alfalfa mix, millet, forage wheat and straw. Round bales and 3x4 square bales. Delivery available!! Call 307-630-3046 ....1/3 HAY FOR SALE: Triticale, barley, pea blend with alfalfa. Nice hay, 3x3 bales. ALSO, alfalfa with some rain, 3x3 bales. Shed stored. $170/ton. Farson, WY. Call 307-350-0350 ..............1/3 HAY FOR SALE: 2025 grass/ alfalfa, first and second cutting alfalfa, millet, haybet barley and CRP hay. 2024 first cutting grass/ alfalfa, first and second cutting alfalfa and CRP hay. GRINDING HAY also available. All in net-wrapped round bales. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, ask for Klint, 701-2904418, if no answer, send a text or keep trying ...................... 1/3 CERTIFIED WEED-FREE PURE ALFALFA HAY: 2025 third and first cutting available in small squares, averaging 7080 lbs. Will load trucks and any open trailer. MONIDA OATS: $16/cwt. Combine run, great for seed or feed. Will auger into truck, trailer or large totes/ag bags. Located between Powell and Cody, WY. Certified scales on site. Call or text Knopp Farms for details, 307-2540554..................................1/31 CERTIFIED BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x4 bales. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 ..... TFN

Wyoming Livestock Livestock Roundup Roundup • Volume 37 No. 35 • December 20, 2025 Wyoming

Hay & Feed

Trucks & Trailers

VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Representing 40 of the best growers in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. Call now for your winter needs, Barry McRea, 308-235-5386, www. valleyvideohay.com ............. 1/3

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 179 TAX DEDUCTION! ENDS DEC. 31!

CERTIFIED ORGANIC ALFALFA/GRASS MIX HAY: No chemicals, 3x3 squares and round bales. Adrian Troyer, Byron, WY. Call 307-631-4104 .............12/27 ROUND-BALED GRASS: 2025 crop 1,000 lb. netwrapped bales, $50-$60/bale depending on variety. Cody, WY area. Call, don’t text, Anthony at 307-254-2645 ... 1/31 EXCELLENT QUALITY PRAIRIE HAY: Big round bales, weighing 1,400-1,500 lbs. each. Located near Chambers, NE. Call for price and delivery, 402-583-9924 or 402-340-2218 (cell) ............12/27 400 TONS DURUM STRAW: Round bales, 1,000 lbs., $40/bale, 780 bales available. Excellent bedding or feed. Call 406-7657172 ....................................12/27 BARLEY STRAW: Certified weed-free small squares, $4/bale.

ALSO, 5x6 round bales, $125/ton.

GRAIN OATS, wheat and barley, $20/cwt. Greybull, WY area. Call 307-762-3878 or 307-899-4714, leave message ...................12/27 QUALITY HAY FOR SALE: Grass, grass/alfalfa mix and straight alfalfa, net-wrapped large round bales, no rain. Western Nebraska location. Pick up or delivery available for fee. Call or text 303-906-2691 .....................12/20

Vehicles Wanted 1932, 1933 OR 1934 FORD WANTED, in any condition, unrestored or restored. Call 605290-3208 ........................12/20

Equipment

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

NEW DIRECTION EQUIPMENT 804 MIXER/GRINDER WAGON: Clean, solid unit with dual augers, working scales and side discharge conveyor.

Well maintained and ready to mix and feed today. Selling due to a death in the family so we are no longer able to run cattle.

Asking $25,000 OBO. Located between Shoshoni and Riverton, WY. Call 307-851-1100. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds ......... 1/3

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Equipment

Equipment

PIPE FOR SALE!! 2 7/8”, 3 1/2” tubing, 4” drill pipe, 4 1/2” casing, 5” casing, 7” casing. Rods 3/4”, 7/8” and 1” located in Montana, can ship anywhere. Call Mike, 602-758-4447. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................12/27

RETIREMENT SALE

Irrigation

Irrigation USED IRRIGATION PIVOTS FOR SALE, www.zimmag.com ● 2014 Zimmatic 8500 7 tower 1,286’, 2,764 hours ● 2014 Zimmatic 8500 7 tower 1,286’, 5,132 hours ● 2020 Zimmatic 8500 7 tower 1,286’, 500 hours ● 2013 Valley 7000 7 tower 1,336’, 3,882 hours. Call 402-910-3236 ..12/27

Irrigation Systems

The choice is simple.

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Your authorized Central Boiler Dealer. Get your outdoor wood furnace today!! $2,000 tax credit on qualifying models!! Efficient wood heat. Heat multiple buildings. Invest in your heating, don’t just pay for it!! See us at www.cb.lodgepoleproducts. com!! .............................12/27

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gmaxson@wyoming.com • 307-850-2990 • Riverton, WY 2013 JOHN DEERE 8285R: 4,600 hours, before DEF. Great condition. Call for details, 308550-0673 ............................. 1/10 RETIREMENT SALE!! Brand new medium weight corral panels, 12 ft. long x 5 ft. high, if buy minimum of 100, $90/panel.

Brand new Cattle Master squeeze chutes, $2,850. John Deere 6400 tractor, $38,000. Calls only, no texts, 208-651-8698............ 1/10 EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, FARMER RETIRING: John Deere 71 Flex 8 row corn planter on a 24’ stackable bar.

AC Model 1300 30’ ripper with rakes. A 20’ Krause offset disc (new blades in front). Safety pull with a bull hitch. 2003 IHC 9400I Eagle semi fifth wheel truck, Cat engine, 26’ end dump trailer with roll tarp. 1997 Kenworth T800, Detroit engine, 20’ box with hoist, roll tarp, both beet and grain end gates. John Deere front suitcase weights. IHC front suitcase weights. Contact Greg Keller at 406-679-1136 ......1/3 FOR SALE: Vermeer BP 7000 bale processor. Farm King 8’ snowblower with hydraulic spout.

Erskine model 1812 skid loader 60” hydraulic snow blower. John Deere 714A and 716A chuckwagons with John Deere tandem running gear. H&S 7+4 18’ chuckwagon with bunk feeding extensions and tandem 14 ton running gear. J&M 385 gravity box with 12 ton gear, truck tires. Landoll 36’ cushion gang disc with 3 bar mulcher. Gehl 410 bushel manure spreader with slop gate, double floor chains, 2 beaters, tandem axle. Meridian 240 seed tender, all hydraulic and roll tarp.

2019 Freightliner, DD13 engine, 12 speed automatic, daycab, good rubber, air ride, 318,000 miles. Burns portable loading chute. 12’ and 14’ HD box scrapers with tilt. All in very nice condition!! Call 605-999-5482 ..... 1/10

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Beautiful 327 acre ranch with Powder River running through it.

Aprx. 100 acres of hay meadow and irrigation rights. Nice updated 3 BD/1 BA home.

Call Cristy at 307-620-0037.

294 Main St., Buffalo, WY, 82834 307-684-9531

294 Main St., Buffalo, WY, 82834 307-684-9531 100 ACRES 7 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS, MT: Half mile of Stillwater River frontage, 3 bed, 2.5 bath home with heated oversized 2 car garage. Two 48’x30’ metal pole barns and corrals, 100+ irrigated acres on the Stillwater River. Excellent location, 45 minutes to Billings, MT. Mountain views.

Wildlife is very abundant, deer, elk, pheasants, ducks, geese, turkeys, trout fishing and more. $2,500,000. Sidwell Land & Cattle, Richard Sidwell broker, 406-861-4426 ........ 12/27 CODY, WY PROPERTY FOR TRADE OR OUTRIGHT SALE: Eight acres with 3 dwellings on Lower Diamond Basin Rd. Nine miles from Walmart on Southfork Rd. Two new 1,700 sq. ft. houses, 2 bed/2 bath (each) and 1 car garage (each). Horse property with corrals, round pens and small tack shed.

Seven acres with water rights, 2 ponds, gated pipe, lake view canal with some fence. Yearround live water from Diamond Creek. End of the road BLM access. $800,000 (may be some terms to the right buyer). For more information, call 307-5786345 .............................. 12/20

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Property for Sale

Property for Sale

Property for Sale

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Morristown, S.D. Working Ranch & Farm: Corson County, S.D. $2,499,000 See Ranch video on YouTube https://youtu.be/g1abP9970Z8.

Located just south of Morristown, SD and only 6 miles off US Hwy. 12, this expansive 1,440 acre contiguous ranch offers a prime opportunity for agricultural and livestock operations. With 650+ acres of productive cropland and hay land, the balance is well suited grassland, providing an ideal mix for farming and ranching. Reliable water sources are in place, supporting both livestock and crop production.

605-569-0376

KEN.WILSON@EWHEELER.COM

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUT THERE IN WyLR COUNTRY! Thank you for making 2025 a successful year for our outfit. Hope all of yours’ was also and wishing you an even better 2026!

RANGE REALTY, LLC Fred Nelson, Broker/Owner 307.840.0593 255 Shetland Road • Riverton, WY 82501 email: kinnear@wyoming.com www.wyomingrangerealty.com

HIGHWAY 92 HIGH PRODUCTION FARM: Prime 200+ acre farm featuring 2 Zimmatic center pivots, excellent soils, 2 older, livable homes and 191 acres of reliable water rights from the Goshen Irrigation District.

Unbeatable location along Highway 92, 6 miles south of Torrington, WY, for convenient access. A strong producer and solid investment at $1,250,000. Pictures at www.buyaranch.com. Call Casey Essert, Land Broker, 307-532-1750 .............. TFN

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Thanks to our friends, clients and customers for the continued loyalty and support. We hope the upcoming year brings you and your family peace and prosperity.

Roy Ready - Broker • Steve Hickstein - Sales Associate Amy Ready - Sales Associate • Rees Ready - Office Manager

Office: 307-234-2211 Roy Ready - Broker: 307-921-0170 Steve Hickstein: 307-258-6306

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SALE REPORTS McDonnell Angus Beef Country Genetics Production Sale

Top Sellers Bulls Lot 105 – McD Congress 4208 – Price: $90,000 DOB: 8/15/24 Sire: Crouch Congress Dam’s Sire: Marta Swagger 9182 EPDs: BW: +1.4, WW: +90, YW: +154 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Fintail Ranch, Twin Bridges, Mont.

Lot 50 – McD Effec-

tive 4201 – Price: $29,000 DOB: 8/7/24 Sire: McD Effective 789 Dam’s Sire: Marda Blacksmith 683 EPDs: BW: +1.8, WW: +80, YW: +138 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Fintail Ranch, Twin Bridges, Mont.

Lot 130 – McD Great Lakes 4234 – Price: $26,000 DOB: 10/3/24 Sire: Marda Great Lakes 370 Dam’s

Paint Rock Angus Annual Fall Production Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Nov. 25, 2025 Paint Rock Angus Ranch, Hyattville Auctioneer: Joe Goggins 175 Angus Bull Calves Avg. $8,690 26 SimAngus Bull Calves Avg. $7,798

Top Sellers Angus Lot 15 – Paintrock Brkn Bow 816-341-5 – Price: $45,000 DOB: 1/7/25 Sire: Paintrock Brkn Bow 904816-3 Dam’s Sire: Issacs Alliance 7161 EPDs: BW: +0.3, WW: +69, YW: +114 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Dou-

ble JJ Acres, Eldrige, Iowa Lot 8 – Paintrock Reride 564-403-5 – Price: $20,000 DOB: 1/8/25 Sire: Paintrock Reride 564-3 Dam’s Sire: Paintrock IN Focus 91-8 EPDs: BW: +0.9, WW: +55, YW: +98 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Bob Stoddard, Newcastle

Frederickson Ranch Annual Bull Sale Oil/Mineral Rights

Oil/Mineral Rights

Three Crown Petroleum

P.O. Box 774327 • Steamboat Springs, CO 80477

We Buy or Lease Minerals

970-756-4747

hcooper@ipcoilandgas.com www.threecrownpetroleum.com Fax: 970-457-5555

Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Dec. 6, 2025 Frederickson Ranch, Spearfish, S.D. Auctioneer: Roger Jacobs 199 Angus and Hereford Bulls Avg. $11,201 40 Commercial Bred Cows Avg. $5,000

Top Sellers Yearling Angus bulls Lot 95 – FR Platinum 5023 – Price: $33,000 DOB: 1/30/25 Sire: Coleman Platinum 5023 Dam’s Sire: Koupal Junction 037 EPDs: BW: +1.8, WW: +84, YW: +140 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Steppler Ranch, Montana

Lot 98 – FR Platinum 5055 – Price: $29,000 DOB: 2/4/25 Sire: Coleman Platinum 2622 Dam’s Sire: S A V Rainfall 6846 EPDs: BW: -1.5, WW: +63, YW: +109 and Milk: +19 Buyer: Commercial Buyer, Wyoming Lot 133 – FR Chiefton 5065 – Price: $26,000

Hunting & Fishing

Hunting & Fishing

VELVET RIDGE RANCH COW ELK HUNTS: Fill your freezers!!

Private elk ranch. No license required. Alfalfa raised. CWD tested negative, $3,000/each. Call 970631-5921 ............................12/27

JAN 1: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: JAN 1: Rock Springs 7:30-8:15 a.m., WY Wool Warehouse; Wamsutter 9:15-9:30 a.m., Wamsutter Conoco (drive thru); Rawlins 10:10-10:40 a.m., Tractor Supply; Saratoga 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Saratoga Feed & Grain; Elk Mountain 12:501 p.m., Conoco on I-80 (drive thru); Hanna 1:05-1:15 p.m., Hometown Market (drive thru call/text Greg); Medicine Bow 1:20-1:30 p.m., JB’s (drive thru); Rock River 2:15-2:30 p.m., Rancher’s Supply (drive thru); Laramie 3:20-4 p.m., West Laramie Fly Shop. For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700 or visit www. petskafur.net ............... 12/20

DEC. 30 & 31: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/ DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: DEC. 30: Ft. Bridger 3:40-4 p.m., Cash Store; Evanston 4:40-5:10 p.m., Prairie Inn. DEC 31: Kemmerer 7-7:20 a.m., Ham’s Fork Station/Sinclair; Cokeville 8:10-8:30 a.m., Flying J Truck Stop; Afton 9:30-9:50 a.m., Afton Country Village; Thayne 10:0510:20 a.m., Farmer’s Feed (drive thru); Etna 10:20-10:30 a.m., Etna Trading Post (drive thru); Alpine 1111:30 a.m., Grey’s River Saloon; Hoback Jct. 12-12:20 p.m., Hoback Market/Exxon; Bondurant 12;50-1 p.m., Elkhorn Bar (drive thru); Bondurant 1:05-1:15 p.m., Post Office (drive thru); Daniel 1:50-2:10 p.m., The Den; Pinedale 2:40-3:10 p.m., Gannett Sports; Big Piney 3:50-4:10 p.m., Public RR Visitor Info. lot; La Barge 4:304:45 p.m., All American Fuel (drive thru call/text Greg); Fontenelle 5-5:15 p.m., (drive thru, call/text Greg); Green River 6-6:30 p.m., Hitching Post. For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700 or visit www.petskafur.net...12/20

E-mail your ad to denise@wylr.net

Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Dec. 3, 2025 Midland Bull Test Sale Facility, Columbus, Mont.

Auctioneers: Joe Goggins 29 Two-Year-Old Angus Bulls Avg. $10,724 113 Fall Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $9,918 29 Commercial Angus Bred Heifers Avg. $3,950

Sire: McD Effective 789 EPDs: BW: +0.5, WW: +75, YW: +129 and Milk: +26 Buyer: Six-Ess Ranch, Ekalaka, Mont.

Lot 102 – Marda Congress 4205 – Price: $25,000 DOB: 8/14/24 Sire: Crouch Congress Dam’s Sire: Sterling Pacific 904 EPDs: BW: +2.9, WW: +93, YW:

+155 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Sunny Okanogan Angus, Omak, Wash.

Lot 89 – McD Tiger 4230 – Price: $21,000 DOB: 7/20/24 Sire: JVC Tiger 21417 Dam’s Sire: Deppe JA Insight 898 EPDs: BW: +3.9, WW: +95, YW: +156 and Milk: +25 Buyer: SixEss Ranch, Ekalaka, Mont.

Lot 65 – Paintrock Profound 32-5 – Price: $20,000 DOB: 1/3/25 Sire: Ellingson Profound 2252 Dam’s Sire: ICC Pay Raise 4886 EPDs: BW: +0.8, WW: +68, YW: +115 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Mitch Vigil, Manderson Lot 4 – Paintrock Coalition 916-5 – Price: $19,000 DOB: 1/13/25 Sire: U-2 Coalition 206C Dam’s Sire: TR Mr Comrade 6029C EPDs: BW: +1.6, WW: +52, YW: +102 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Nick Geis, Worland Lot 31 – Paintrock Element 506-767-5 – Price: $19,000 DOB: 1/11/25 Sire: Paintrock Element 506-2 Dam’s Sire: Hartz Quality

Product 42 EPDs: BW: -0.5, WW: +60, YW: +103 and Milk: +25 Buyer: Bob Stoddard, Newcastle SimAngus Lot 46 – Paintrock Bullseye 497N – Price: $17,000 DOB: 1/25/25 Sire: W/C Bullseye 3046A Dam’s Sire: Vermilion Spur B020 EPDs: BW: -1.6, WW: +61.6, YW: +91.9 and Milk: +16.7 Buyer: Merlin Ranch, Buffalo Lot 47 – Paintrock Bullseye 708N – Price: $17,000 DOB: 1/25/25 Sire: W/C Bullseye 3046A Dam’s Sire: Comm Angus Bull EPDs: BW: -2.2, WW: +60.2, YW: +89.7 and Milk: +17 Buyer: Sage Creek Ranch, Worland

DOB: 2/7/25 Sire: LT Chiefton 1440 Dam’s Sire: O C C Unmistakabull 896U EPDs: BW: +0.6, WW: +69, YW: +117 and Milk: +26 Buyer: Bar X Bulls, Wyoming Two-year-old Angus bulls Lot 39 – FR Chiefton 4136 – Price: $22,500 DOB: 3/3/24 Sire: LT Chiefton 1440 Dam’s Sire: KG Justified 3023 EPDs: BW: -1.2, WW: +88, YW: +154 and Milk: +30 Buyers: TSR Cattle, Penrod and Dykstra, South Dakota Lot 15 – FR Coal Train 4152 – Price: $17,000 DOB: 3/10/24 Sire: Pyramid Coal Train 0005 Dam’s Sire: S A V Rainfall 6846 EPDs: BW: -1.8, WW: +73, YW: +127

and Milk: +30 Buyer: Commercial Buyer, Kansas Two-year-old Hereford bulls Lot 160 – FR On Demand 4601 – Price: $35,000 DOB: 3/5/24 Sire: Bar JZ On Demand Dam’s Sire: SHF 782B Highland 84E EPDs: BW: +4.2, WW: +82, YW: +123 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Hennebold Herefords, South Dakota Lot 162 – FR Final Print 4626 – Price: $21,500 DOB: 4/2/24 Sire: RST Final Print 0016 Dam’s Sire: NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET EPDs: BW: +2.3, WW: +73, YW: +111 and Milk: +36 Buyer: Commercial Buyer, South Dakota

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SALE REPORTS Hollow Top Angus Production Sale Top Sellers Lot 19 – HT Preeminent 4160 – Price: $15,500 DOB: 4/1/24 Sire: Ellingson Preeminent Dam’s Sire: HA Cow Man 7939 EPDs: BW:

+1.6, WW: +70, YW: +120 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Arapaho Ranch, Coalmont, Colo.

Lot 1 – HT Basco 4155 – Price: $15,000 DOB: 4/1/24 Sire: Cherry Crk Blue Col-

Cross Diamond Cattle Company Top Sellers Lot 1 – CRS Diamnd Bond 475 – Price: $55,000 DOB: 4/17/24 Sire: HXC Bond 8840F Dam’s Sire: CRS Diamond Synergy 394 EPDs: BW: -1.4, WW: +77, YW: +122 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Rough Diamond Ranch, Elwood, Neb.

Lot 150 – Pope Blue Chip M366 – Price: $40,000 DOB: 5/27/24 Sire: Beiber Blue Chip H302 Dam’s Sire: Brown AA Prestigious B5153 EPDs: BW: -3.1, WW: +77, YW: +122 and Milk: +25 Buyer: Right On Cattle Company, Bertrand, Neb.

lar G275 Dam’s Sire: KG Justified 3023 EPDs: BW: -2.3, WW: +80, YW: +142 and Milk: +22 Buyer: Mystic Hill Farm, Culpeper, Va. Lot 12 – HT Preeminent 4093 – Price: $15,000 DOB: 3/27/24 Sire: Ellingson Preeminent Dam’s Sire: Connealy Black Granite EPDs: BW: +2.5, WW: +77, YW: +129 and Milk: +25 Buyer: Split Diamond Ranch,

Whitehall, Mont.

Lot 23 – HT Preeminent 4175 – Price: $15,000 DOB: 4/2/24 Sire: Ellingson Preeminent Dam’s Sire: Connealy Black Granite EPDs: BW: +1.6, WW: +72, YW: +123 and Milk: +24 Buyer: Split Diamond Ranch, Whitehall, Mont.

Lot 5 – HT Blue Collar 4015 – Price: $13,500 DOB: 3/3/24 Sire: Cherry Crk

Lot 7 – CRS Diamnd Security 4248 – Price: $30,000 DOB: 4/25/24 Sire: BB Security 1263 Dam’s Sire: Feddes Packer Z127 EPDs: BW: -3.4, WW: +70, YW: +112 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Right On Cattle Company, Bertrand, Neb. Lot 146 – Pope Blue Chip M250 Price – $30,000 DOB: 5/6/24 Sire: Bieber Blue Chip H302 Dam’s Sire: Collier Finished Prod-

uct EPDs: BW: -7.2, WW: +59, YW: +101 and Milk: +20 Buyer: Duff Cattle, Hobart, Okla.

Lot 46 – CRS Diamnd Triumph 436 – Price: $29,500 DOB: 4/14/24 Sire: CRS Diamnd Jubilee 1241 Dam’s Sire: Red SSS Big Shot 703G EPDs: BW: -3.8, WW: +74, YW: +109 and Milk: +24 Buyer: Rough Diamond Ranch, Ellwood, Neb.

Reported By: Greg Goggins, WYLR Field Editor Dec. 8, 2025 Hollow Top Ranch, Pony, Mont.

Auctioneer: Kyle Shobe Sale Manager: Dave Mullens 87 Coming-Two-Year-Old Angus Bulls Avg. $9,046

Blue Collar G275 Dam’s Sire: Sitz Continuity EPDs: BW: -0.6, WW: +77, YW:

+134 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Teixeira Cattle Company, Pismo Beach, Calif.

Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Dec. 8, 2025 Cross Diamond Cattle Company Sale Facility, Bertrand, Neb. Auctioneers: Charly Cummings and Cody Lowderman 239 Coming Two-Year-Old Red Angus Bulls Avg. $14,262 396 Commercial Bred Heifers Avg. $4,310 50 Commercial Bred Three-Year-Old Cows Avg. $4,600

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Friday, December 12 Market Reports 283 Head Sold Representative Sales BRED COWS KINNEAR 5 Bred Cow, 996# ..........................$3,325.00 2 Bred Cow, 1440# ........................$3,325.00 LANDER 1 Bred Cow, 1330# ........................$3,000.00 PAVILLION 1 Bred Cow, 1315# ........................$2,800.00 LANDER 1 Bred Cow, 1300# ........................$2,750.00 7 Bred Cow, 1277# ........................$2,700.00 1 Bred Cow, 1185#.........................$2,675.00 KINNEAR 6 Bred Cow, 1254# ........................$2,600.00 LANDER 2 Bred Cow, 1465# ........................$2,600.00 15 Bred Cow, 1060# ........................$2,350.00 BRED HEIFERS EDEN 7 Bred Heifer, 862# ........................$2,950.00 5 Bred Heifer, 834# ........................$2,575.00 HEIFERETTES ROCK SPRINGS 2 Heiferette, 780# .............................$280.00 KINNEAR 1 Heiferette, 960# .............................$222.50 ROCK SPRINGS 1 Heiferette, 965# .............................$220.00 LANDER 3 Heiferette, 1016# ...........................$212.00 COWS KINNEAR 6 Cow, 1012# ....................................$220.00 LANDER 2 Cow, 1000# ....................................$204.00 2 Cow, 1010# ....................................$191.00 1 Cow, 1015# ....................................$189.00 RAWLINS 1 Cow, 1100# ....................................$181.00 1 Cow, 1195# ....................................$171.00 LANDER 7 Cow, 1198# ....................................$163.50 ROCK SPRINGS 1 Cow, 1335# ....................................$162.00 KINNEAR 3 Cow, 1131# ....................................$160.50 LANDER 4 Cow, 1438# ....................................$160.00 BIG PINEY 1 Cow, 1200# ....................................$159.00 DANIEL 3 Cow, 1148# ....................................$156.50 LANDER 3 Cow, 1145# ....................................$153.00 ROCK SPRINGS 1 Cow, 1640# ....................................$151.00 LANDER 1 Cow, 1250# ....................................$150.00 PINEDALE 1 Cow, 1420# ....................................$150.00 BIG PINEY 7 Cow, 1197# ....................................$149.50 BOULDER 2 Cow, 1457# ....................................$149.50 DANIEL 2 Cow, 1252# ....................................$148.50 2 Cow, 1432# ....................................$148.00 ROCK SPRINGS 2 Cow, 1205# ....................................$147.00 BIG PINEY 3 Cow, 1231# ....................................$146.50 LANDER 2 Cow, 1380# ....................................$146.00

ARMINTO 1 Cow, 1545# ....................................$145.00 PINEDALE 2 Cow, 1345# ....................................$144.50 BIG PINEY 10 Cow, 1088# ....................................$141.75 BULLS LANDER 1 Bull, 2175# .....................................$179.50 KINNEAR 1 Bull, 2120# .....................................$179.00 BIG PINEY 1 Bull, 1525# .....................................$177.00 FORT WASHAKIE 1 Bull, 2225# .....................................$177.00 KINNEAR 2 Bull, 1257# .....................................$175.50 1 Bull, 1725# .....................................$175.00 CROWHEART 1 Bull, 1820# .....................................$174.00 LANDER 1 Bull, 1915# .....................................$173.00 1 Bull, 1895# .....................................$170.50 ARMINTO 2 Bull, 1942# .....................................$170.00

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 A.M. CALVES Waldo & Emmi Tarango- 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-650#. Rec Vista Once PMH & 7 way + Spur @ branding; Inforce 3, Vista Once, 7 way w/Somnus & wormed @ weaning. Weaned 60 days. Good set of high elevation calves!

Jason & Laura Lozier- 175 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500-600#.

Rec Vision 7 w/Somnus @ birth; Vista Once SQ and Vision 7 w/Somnus @ branding. Vista Once SQ and Poured @ weaning. Weaned 10-20, been running out on pasture. 100% Lucky Seven Black Angus Sired! High Elevation, Genetics, and Green!!!

Axtell Ranch- 150 Blk/BWF/sml %RWF Strs (100) & Hfrs (50) 500-600#. Rec Bovishield Gold, Ultrabac 7 & Inforce 3 @ branding & Precon. Rec Dectomax injectable & poured @ weaning. Weaned 100+ days. Sired by Sitz & Vermillion Black Angus bulls. High elevation. Choice calves!!

Boysen Lake Ag- 150 Blk Ang & BWF Strs & Hfrs 600-650#.

Rec Vista 5, Vision 7 w/Spur & One Shot Ultra 8 @ branding. Rec One Shot Ultra 8, Vision 7 w/Spur, CleanUp & Safeguard @ weaning 9-16. One iron & Fancy!

Tim Tolton- 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Virashield 6 & Vision 8 @ branding; Bovishield Gold & Vision 8 @ weaning (11-1). No implants. 100% Angus sired. Hay fed, green & Fancy!!

Skylark Cattle- 125 Blk Ang & BWF Strs & Hfrs 600-650#.

Rec Vista 5, Vision 7 w/Spur & One Shot Ultra 8 @ branding. Rec One Shot Ultra 8, Vision 7 w/Spur, CleanUp & Safeguard @ weaning 9-16. One iron & Fancy!

Abernathy Ranch- 120 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500600#. Rec 2 rounds Vista Once & Vision 7 w/Somnus, poured this fall w/ Clean-Up. Weaned on 11-1. High desert, reputation calves!!

Woolery Ranch- 90 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 430#. 2 rounds of vacc (spring & fall). Poured. Weaned 10-6 on pasture & hay. Fancy, light, green! Choice, high desert Heifers!

C&D Enterprises- 85 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 300-500#.

Rec Enforce 3 & MultiMin @ birth; Enforce 3, BVD & Ultrachoice 8 @ branding; & Bovishield Gold, Ultrabac 8 & Multimin @weaning. Weaned since 10/24. Hay fed.

Choice, high altitude calves!

Mitch Benson- 80 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 525-650#.

Rec Vista Once SQ & 7 Way @ Branding, knife cut. Precon 11/1/25 with Vista 5, Nasalgen, Vitaferm Minerals, Keylix Tubs & poured. Sired by Angel Angus & Hancock

Early Consignments Registered Bulls. Over 60 days fence line weaned, bunk & water trough broke, No Implants, nice set of calves!

Armstrong Ranch- 70 Red & Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 450-650#.

Weaned 90 days on meadow & #1 Distillers Cake. Rec Nasalgen 3 PMH, C&D 7 way @ birth; Vista Once SQ & 7 way @ branding & weaning. Poured w/Clean-Up & Safeguard @ weaning. Enrolled & tagged w/ 840 tags in the Angus Access Program. The bull battery averages are in the Top 28% for every carcass trait! Good, high desert calves!

Steers Ranch- 45 Blk Ang Strs 500-550#.

25 Blk Ang Hfrs 450-500#. Rec 7 way & Nasalgen 3 PMH @ branding & Precon. Poured this fall. Weaned 10-1, been running on meadow w/ some hay. High elevation. Reputation calves!

Charlie & Carmen Needham- 65 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 500-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 @ branding & weaning (9-15). Poured @ weaning. Weaned on pasture. Fancy, light green, long-time weaned steers!

Huxtable & McKee- 60 Blk Ang Hfrs 550-600#. Rec Vista Once & Vision 7 on May 9th & Nasalgen on Oct. 13th.

Sired by Hancock, SO, & Flying M Blk Ang bulls. High elevation calves! Reputation!

Jay Rodewald- 41 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#.

Rec Once PMH IN, Vision 7 w/Somnus & Vista 5 @ branding; Once PMH IN, Vision 7 w/Somnus, Vista 5 & Safeguard @ Precon. Fenceline weaned 70 days.

No implants. Full access to minerals w/Bio-Mos. Bunk broke. Knife cut. Sired by JO bulls & powerful Black Angus bulls.

Luke Fidler- 30 Mostly Blk Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec comp vacc @ branding & weaning. Been on Redmond salt.

Heifers are bangs vacc. No replacements kept! Weaned 1st week of Oct on meadow. Cake & bunk broke. Nice calves!

Barney Ranch- 28 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-525#.

Rec Vista Once SQ & 8way w/Somnus @ branding & weaning (10-15). Poured this fall. High elevation, long time weaned. Hay fed & Green!

Boreen Hay and Cattle- 25 Angus/Polled Hereford Cross Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec 2 rounds of Nasalgen, 5-way Presponse w/ Mannheim, 8-way clostridium, and poured.

Long time weaned, bunk broke to hay. Run on high desert all summer. No hormones. No antibiotics.

Diamond X Ranch- 20 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 600-625#. Rec Vision 7 w/Somnus & Pyramid 5 w/Presponse @ branding & weaning. Running out on meadow w/pellets & hay as needed. Good, high desert calves!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9 COW SALE • BREDS AT NOON START TIME 9:30 A.M. • LAST FRIDAY SALE!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 BRED COW SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS • BREDS @ NOON BRED COWS Abernathy Ranch- 120 Blk Ang & AngX Bred ST Cows.

Bred to Powerful Black Angus bulls to calve March/ April. Rec Virashield 6VL5, Guardian, Poured & Clean-Up this fall. Super set of high desert, reputation cows!

Dillon Hedges- 8 Blk & Red Sim/Ang 3-6 yr old Bred Cows. Bred to Chet Jackson & Warner Ranch Simmental Bulls to start calving March 1st- May 15th.

Rec Virashield 6 VL5 & 7 way w/Somnus & poured w/Clean-up this fall. Big, stout powerful cows! Calves averaged 625# 1st week of Oct. Run on high desert.

Some of the cows originated from PT Livestock.

2 Red Roan Shorthorn Bred ST Cows. Bred to Black or Red Sim/Ang bulls to start calving March 1st- May 15th. Rec Virashield 6 VL5 & 7 way w/Somnus & poured w/Clean-up this fall. Big, stout powerful cows!

Calves averaged 625# 1st week of Oct. Run on high desert.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 FEEDER SPECIAL • START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS • BREDS @ NOON

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 BRED COW SPECIAL START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 FEEDER SPECIAL START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, MARCH 3 FEEDER SPECIAL START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, MARCH 10 BRED COW SPECIAL • BREDS @ NOON START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, MARCH 17 ALL CATTLE CLASSES START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, MARCH 24 ALL CATTLE CLASSES 48TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST ANGUS ASSOCIATION BULL SALE (1:00 P.M.) START TIME 9:30 A.M. W/ WEIGH UPS Northwest Angus Association Black Angus Yearling & 18 Month Old Bulls From: Obsidian Angus, Hoggs Angus, Davidson Angus, Lazy BV Cattle, JOH Ranch & WYO Angus. Bulls will be BVD, Semen & PAP tested. (1:00 PM) Representing 27 herd sires. Contact Fred Thomas 307-868-2595 or any Breeder to request a catalog or more information fkdramsrus@gmx.com.

E-mail us at: riverton@winterlivestock.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Consignors~~~~~~~~~~~ Preg Checking/Bleeding Cattle: Cattle need to be in the yard by 2:00 PM prior to the day of sale if they need preg checked or bled.

Thank you for your cooperation!

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